Dear Parents/Carers,

Diocesan Cluster Masses, Lent 2018

Following the Synod, Paisley Diocese is embarking on a diocesan renewal initiative called, Making All Things New. Copies of Bishop John’s pastoral letter and of an explanatory leaflet have been emailed to all parents and carers

A central idea from the Synod is to create new church cluster areas around the eight high schools of the Diocese, matching the local authority associated primary cluster areas.

The first event in our church cluster is a Lenten Station Mass. This will be held in St. John’s Church, Barrhead, Thursday 15^th February, 7.00pm.

Bishop John hopes that there will be involvement of a representative group of pupils at our local Mass. Children from St. Mark’s, St. John’s and St. Thomas’s are invited to participate in the offertory procession.

Please indicate below if you intend to attend this mass.

Yours sincerely

Lindsay Kelly
Principal Teacher

Diocesan Cluster Masses

My child ___________________________________ will be attending the Lenten Station Mass, Thursday 15^thFebruary, 7.00pm.

Signed ___________________________________________

As the Read, Write, Count bags aim to support family learning, we are also gathering feedback from parents and carers of children in P2 and P3. .

The survey for parents can be found at: https://www.surveymonkey.co.uk/r/ReadWriteCount17

All parents who fill in this survey will be entered into a prize draw to win a personal Read, Write, Count goodie bag filled with books, games and activities for all the family to enjoy.

The deadline for completing this survey is Tuesday 27 February.

Our policy is to promote positive behaviour at all times and build good relationships with the children based on our school values of Love, Faith and Understanding.  Moreover, it is incumbent on all staff to ensure fairness, equality and equity at all times regardless of race, gender or ability.

Building Positive Relationships in St Mark’s Primary

As we celebrate Catholic Education Week, I wanted to bring to your attention two Motions put to the Westminster and Scottish Parliaments in support of Catholic Education, and in particular the note that we are marking the Centenary of the 1918 Education (Scotland) Act.

We would like to encourage every MP and MSP to sign the appropriate Motion as a sign of the continuing partnership between Church and Government. I would therefore ask your assistance in encouraging our parents, parishioners, staff and pupils to contact their local MP and MSP to ask if they will be publicly supporting Catholic Education by putting their name to this Motion.

http://www.parliament.scot/parliamentarybusiness/28877.aspx?SearchType=Advance&ReferenceNumbers=S5M-10034&ResultsPerPage=10

http://www.parliament.uk/edm/2017-19/735

As you will see there are already 8 supporters (including the proposer Donald Cameron) in the Scottish Parliament and 19 in Westminster.  We would hope that with the help of our Catholic Education community we could contact all MPs and MSPs and encourage them to sign.

Click the link below for further information:

Tips_for_having_an_autism_friendly_Christmas

New Saturday Morning Cooking Classes- City of Glasgow College.

Please click the link below for all the details:

Sat Morning cook class_A5flyer_Sep17

We are looking for your thought’s tonight!

Click here:

Tennis on the Road will be visiting Barrhead High

School on Friday 15th September from 15:45 – 17:00

If you are interested in attending with your child (5-10y/o),

please e-mail tennisontheroad@img.com or call

02082336410. It’s completely free but spaces are limited.

For more information about the types of activities on offer, click here:

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Please see attached East Renfrewshire Early Years Parenting Leaflet for your information

Parenting Leaflet final inc MART

Please find attached our School Improvement Plan for 2017-18

St Mark’s SIP 2017-18 (7)

National Parent Forum Scotland (NPFS)  want to hear your views on how your school uses social media. Please click the link to respond. Thank you!

Please find attached a copy of our Standards and Quality report for 2016-2017

St Mark’s S&Q 2016-17

Places to Play Invitation for children June 17 (2)

Drop in for coffee and chat to hear about the exciting project taking place in Auchenback over the summer holidays. Please find all details by clicking on invite below.

Places to Play Invitation for parents P3

What a wonderful day we all had on our whole school trip to Findlaystone today! The weather was amazing and we all had a ball.

Please check out all the pictures and videos on twitter-you will love them!

Tomorrow is sports day and again we are so lucky with the forecast which is very warm-18 degrees. Please remember to bring filled water bottle! Parents are invited to join us for sports with P1-3 at 11-12.30 and P4-7 at 1.30-3. Parents are more than welcome to stay the whole time and bring a picnic for lunch in the grounds or purchase from a selection of food and drinks for parents and pupils from the stall Aurs Cafe will set up. There will also be a pocket money prices tuck shop run by P7 pupils (please bring loose change for this if possible!)

We are all looking forward to another fantastic day at St Mark’s!

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We are looking forward to our Health Week this week with loads of fantastic activities and taster session for our pupils.

All pupils are invited to wear their sports clothes this week instead of school uniform. Please ensure raincoats for the showery weather forecast as well as a filled water bottle and a healthy snack.

Tuesday is our whole school trip to Findlaystone which we are all looking forward to and we ask the children come suitably dressed for the weather-for eg. old trainers or wellies, joggies, school polo shirt, jumpers/ hoodies and showerproof jackets etc.

Please ensure your child brings a packed lunch this day in a throwaway bag. If you are  in receipt of free meals a packed lunch will be provided by the school.

P7 will have their own tuck shop on the day with pocket money prices for all pupils to buy from so feel free to bring a pound to spend (no need for more than  £1  as we will not be going to the shop)

On Wednesday is our school sports day with P1-3 at 11-12.30 and P4-7 1.30-3pm

Please feel free to stay over lunchtime this day  and bring your own picnic and blanket or bring money to buy from our stall provided by Aurs Cafe.

We look forward to all activities this week and pleased keep an eye on twitter for pictures/ more news of events!

P4 Invite:

Corpus Christi Procession school invitation P4 2017

P7 Invite:

Corpus Christi Letter for P7 2017

Whole School Invite:

Corpus Christi Letter for whole school 2017