A reminder that this Friday is the ‘BIG LUNCH’. Come along, share a lunch and take part in some fun family friendly activities. Free and open to all!
Category Archives: Visitors
The St. Mark’s Family Room!
Family Room
In listening to your views over this past year, this session we have started running informal family coffee sessions and so far these have been very successful. It has been a great opportunity for parents/carers to hear about the priorities of the school but also get to know other parents with children of a similar age. Already we have had lots of great suggestions about how to further develop genuine parental engagement in St Mark’s.
As you know last session we created and opened our ‘Family Room’ we would love this to be used as often as it could both informally and for more formal workshops.
The ‘Family Room’ will be opened Tuesday to Friday mornings from 8.45am until 9.45am if parents/carers would like to come in for a coffee with other parents/carers – it’s much warmer than the playground for a chat!
As a result of discussions at one of the coffee afternoons the Family Room is now opened from 3pm so that parents/carers and their children can use the room to complete homework in a relaxed environment without the distractions that can occur at home.
Many Thanks
Christine Healey
Depute Head Teacher
St Luke’s Science Visit
Pupils from St Luke’s visited this morning with some fluffy little chicks. After a brief presentation of their science project and how they hatched the eggs and cared for the chicks. Pupils were also given an opportunity to hold the fluffy little birds.
“They were really warm, fluffy and soft.”
“I learned how to properly care for chicks”
“I found out that fertilised eggs are softer than others.”
“I found out how to tell the difference between male and female”
“It’s really relaxing to hold them. They’re very, very cute”
Lindsay Littleson
Author Lindsay Littleson visited St Mark’s today. The children enjoyed listening to a reading from her book ‘The Mixed-up Summer of Lily McLean’ and finding out how to write a good story.
Articulate and Art Show
The St Mark’s Art Show took place on Thursday the 21st May. This year the pupils had a slightly different agenda, the primary 6/7 pupils took part in Art-iculate, this was an opportunity for solo talks based on paintings by The Glasgow Boys and Girls. All four classes were immersed in the works of the Glasgow Boys and Girls, they began this Literacy and Art Adventure at the Kelvingrove Art Galleries where they attended workshops tailored to this topic. The finalists were judged by Ron Cowie Senior Education Officer at Education Scotland, Alan Horn Director of Development Glasgow School of Art and Muriel Gray Chair of the Glasgow School of Art Board of Governors. No pressured there! The pupils were outstanding and received a lot of acclaim from distinguished guests. Sophie and Emily were the two overall champions. All the finalists have been invited to spend a morning at the Glasgow School of Art before the end of term. What an achievement.
British Science Week
Steve Owens, ‘The Dark Sky Man’ visited St Mark’s last week to speak to the Primary 4-7 children about the solar eclipse. He told them what to expect, how best to view it safely and chatted about space. It was fascinating for the children to meet a real life stargazer!
Book Week Scotland 2014
To celebrate Book Week, 2014 St Mark’s had two very special visitors.
Nick Sharratt
Nick Sharratt, illustrator and author came to see Primary 1-3. Nick read from his books and helped the children to write and illustrate a story. It was great fun!
Book Week Scotland 2014
Stuart Reid
Stuart Reid came in to see Primary 4-7. He spoke to them about his work and had everyone in stitches. Primary 5 were lucky enough to have a personal visit from Stuart to find out more about creative writing.
Danish Vistors
A group of nine Danish educators visited St. Mark’s today as part of a visit to Scotland to learn more about the Scottish education system. They heard presentations from Mr McLaughlin, Miss Healey, Mrs Hallan, Mrs Rook and Mrs Law about teaching in learning in St. Mark’s and were very impressed with the variety of ways learners are supported in our school.
When walking around the school and playground, they commented on the warmth, friendliness and good manners of our pupils. What particularly caught their attention was that all of our children were smartly dressed in full school uniform, as children in Denmark do not wear uniforms.
They are returning to Denmark with lasting memories of a school, we can all be proud of.
