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School Improvement Plan Workshop
Our ‘Have your say in our School Improvement Plan’ workshop has moved from the 28th March 9am and 2pm to the 2nd May 9am and 2pm
All Welcome!
Reading Recovery Parent Workshop
Are you wanting to help your child with their reading at home but not sure how?
Mrs Guy would like to invite parents/carers to a reading recovery workshop 14th March 2-3pm in the family room where she can share some top tips to help improve reading at home.
All welcome!
Parent Helpers Needed
Pupils will be walking to the Foundry on Friday 15th March as part of World Book Day and if you would available to help, please complete the form above.
Many thanks!
World Thinking Day
World thinking Day is tomorrow 23rd February 2019
To celebrate, pupils are invited to wear uniforms from Brownies, Cubs etc.
Pupil Celebration Menu
Read Aloud Launch
Read Aloud is a month of events to increase awareness of Reading Recovery and allow all those children who have been participating an opportunity to celebrate their achievements in literacy and become role models for others.
To celebrate the launch of Read Aloud, St. Mark’s pupils attended a very special event at the Barrhead Foundry Library today with important guests and lots of children from across East Renfrewshire schools.
The children’s challenge this week is to read at least 20 book as ….
READING IS MY SUPERPOWER!
This was kicked off by the children reading their favourite books to each other!
Next week we will attend the Barrhead Foundry Library again on Wednesday 20th of February, 9.30am to read to David Currie from the BBC.
On Thursday 21st of February, we will read to the children of Arthurlie Family Centre at 10am
And to close our week, we would like to invite any parents/carers into our family room on Friday 22nd February at 2.45pm for tea, biscuit and a good read!
Free Swimming Lessons at the Foundry
Free Swimming Lessons
from ages 5 to 12
These free lessons will be taught by probationary teachers, hoping to pass their swimming qualification and become qualified swimming instructors and gain employment with ERCLT.
If interested, simply come along to the Barrhead Foundry and register (You do not need to be already attending swimming lessons)
Please see all the dates for lessons below:
| 24/02/2019 Sun 1.00-1.30 | 24/02/2019 Sun 1.30-2.00 | 24/02/2019 Sun 2.00-2.30 | 24/02/2019 Sun 2.30-3.00 |
| 09/03/2019 Sat 10.00-10.30 | 09/03/2019 Sat 10.30-11.00 | 09/03/2019 Sat 11.00-11.30 | 09/03/2019 Sat 11.30-12.00 |
| 10/03/19 Sun 1.00-1.30 | 10/03/19 Sun 1.30-2.00 | 10/03/19 Sun 2.00-2.30 | 10/03/19 Sun 2.30-3.00 |
| 16/03/19 Sat 10.00-10.30 | 16/03/19 Sat 10.30-11.00 | 16/03/19 Sat 11.00-11.30 | 16/03/19 Sat 11.30-12.00 |
| 17/03/19 Sun 1.00-1.30 | 17/03/19 Sun 1.30-2.00 | 17/03/19 Sun 2.00-2.30 | 17/03/19 Sun 2.30-3.00 |
| 30/03/19 Sat 10.00-10.30 | 30/03/19 Sat 10.30-11.00 | 30/03/19 Sat 11.00-11.30 | 30/03/19 Sat 11.30-12.00 |
| 31/03/19 Sun 1.00-1.30 | 31/03/19 Sun 1.30-2.00 | 31/03/19 Sun 2.00-2.30 | 31/03/19 Sun 2.30-3.00 |
Breakfast Dance Club
Energise your mind and body before school by coming along to our Free Early Bird Dancing Club
Kim from McLennan Dance Academy will run the 5 week club starting on
Friday 22nd Feb –
Friday 22nd March
from 7:45am
Come along and join in the fun!
Outdoor Learning Workshop
Come along and share in our Outdoor Learning Workshop on
Thursday 14th February 2019
2.20pm
St Mark’s Family Room
Great fun for all!
Please see the poster for further info: outdoor learning
Family Quiz Night
Tune in to St. Mark’s Radio
We are pleased to announce our 1st ever show on the new St. Mark’s Radio!
With great features such as:
- Book Week Scotland, Challenge the Teacher & and Superstar class.
Listen through the link below!
Places to Play P1-4
Places to Play Project in Auchenback
Save the Date: 20th March, 18:00-19:30pm
Venue: St. Mark’s Primary
Come and hear whats been happening in your community with outdoor play and children’s experiences.
Pizza, Tea & Coffee Provided.
For more information and to confirm your attendance, please see the link below!
Swap Shop
Dear Parents and Carers,
Thank you to everyone who has donated clothes to our Swap Shop. We have built up quite a collection and will be launching at Parent’s Evening on Thursday 8th March. Please stop by our stall and pick up any pieces of uniform that you need at excellent prices. If you have any donations we will also be collecting that evening and will do a straight exchange for new uniform. We are especially keen to build up a bank of PE Kits.
Primary 4 have their First Holy Communion in May and we are appealing to Parents with older pupils to consider donating your Communion dresses, kilts, suits, shoes or accessories. We would also be delighted to accept any donations from the current primary 4 children after their First Holy Communion has taken place to store for nest session.
Thank you for all of your support,
The Swap Shop Committee
Lenten Mass reminder
Euro Quiz Team
Well done and thank you to our Euro Quiz team who represented St. Mark’s so well!
New Year, New Career
New Year, New Career
The Studio, 67 Hope Street, Glasgow
Thursday 1 February 2018
9.30am for 10.00am until 11.30am
You may have noticed in the media this week that Early Years Scotland, in partnership with Skills Development Scotland (SDS) and the Daily Record, has been extensively promoting and advertising our exciting first ever Careers Morning.
Early Years Scotland has been funded by SDS to organise and deliver this event to support the national expansion of the ELC workforce by 2020.
We would like to ask you to share this invitation with anyone you feel may be interested in coming along. The link below can be used to book a FREE space. A crèche (also free) is available, and can be booked when registering.
http://www.earlyyearsnewcareer.co.uk/register.html
You would of course be most welcome to come along too if you have time and availability on Thursday 1 February. We would ask that you also follow the link to book a space.
I look forward to welcoming everyone on the day!
Best Wishes,
Jean Carwood-Edwards
Chief Executive
St. Luke’s Cluster Family Quiz Night
Friday 2nd of February is the St. Luke’s Family Quiz Night!
Please click below for details:
Swap Shop!
St Mark’s Swap Shop is collecting Christmas Jumpers to allow for swaps next year. If you have any Christmas jumpers that are likely to be too small for Christmas 2018 and wish to donate them, they can be dropped off in Room 4.
Thank you for your continued support.
