St Mark’s is launching a new Lego club . The groups will be small, engaging and excellent for developing communication skills. Children adopt specific roles and work together, communicating effectively to follow instructions and complete tasks. To help purchase some additional Lego materials some of the new members went shopping at the Lego store today, spending over £250 on Lego goodies.
Dyslexia Scotland Meeting
House Points
Aqua Zone
Swimfit Classes
Feast Day of St. Mark
Saturday 25th of April is the Feast of St Mark. We will be celebrating, as a school, on Friday 24th April with a Mass at St John’s and a special treat for pupils in school.
About St. Mark
His feast day is April 25. He is the patron saint of notaries.
The second Gospel was written by St. Mark, who, in the New Testament, is sometimes called John Mark. Both he and his mother, Mary, were highly esteemed in the early Church, and his mother’s house in Jerusalem served as a meeting place for Christians.
St. Mark was friends with St. Paul and St. Barnabas (who was Mark’s cousin) on their missionary journey through the island of Cyprus. Later he accompanied St. Barnabas alone. We know also that he was in Rome with St. Peter and St. Paul.
St. Mark wrote the second Gospel, probably in Rome sometime before the year 60 A.D Tradition tells us that St. Mark was requested by the Romans to set down the teachings of St. Peter. In this way the second Gospel is a record of the life of Jesus as seen through the eyes of Peter, Prince of the Apostles.
Reminder-Breakfast Provision
Removal of Free Breakfast Provision
Unfortunately given the financial situation facing the Council, the provision of free breakfasts will cease with effect from the start of the next term (i.e. when pupils return after the Spring break on 20th April 2015). Please note that the breakfast club will continue to operate after this date (and at least until 31st March 2016) at a charge of £0.95 per day for each pupil (discounted to £0.90 for each additional sibling attending).
In taking this decision the Council is hopeful that the recently introduced provision of free school lunches for all P1-P3 pupils will help to reduce the impact of this saving.
Easter Parade and Competition Winners
March–April Newsletter
Easter Reminders
Easter Play– Wednesday 1st April, 7pm
Easter Bonnet Parade– Thursday 2nd April, 1.30pm-2.30pm
School Close -Thursday 2nd April, 2.30pm
School Reopen– Monday 20th April
GIRFEC- Update
Getting It Right For Every Child
The Scottish Government is currently consulting on detailed guidance that supports parts of the Children and Young People (Scotland) Act 2014. The Act is a new law that will give children, young people and their families extra support and will encourage everyone to talk about children’s wellbeing using the same words. The consultation on the guidance is due to run until 1st May. It is mainly aimed at the people who support your child-including parents’ organisations-but individual parents are welcome to get involved if they wish.
You can take part in the consultation via this link:
Keeping Parents Informed- Information Leaflet:
ERC Tackles Exploitation
Easter Show
Primary 3 and 4 first performance of the Easter Show was a great success. Well done Primary 3 and 4.
Weekly House Points
John Byrne Drawing Competition
Renowned artist and playwright, John Byrne, invited children and young people in schools across Scotland, from P4 – S3, to participate in the first annual John Byrne Drawing Competition. The aim of the competition was to enhance the profile of drawing in the curriculum. John wanted to highlight the importance of developing drawing skills in children as they go through the developmental stages of mark making and begin to represent their world through drawing.Emily Wilson was awarded Highly Commended, competing against more than 3000 entries. She was a great ambassador for St Mark’s. Well done Emily!
Mela on the Main Street, Neilston
Free Tennis
Anyone for tennis?
Free coach led group tennis sessions every Saturday between 1.30pm-3.30pm, Cowan Park, Barrhead.
To find out more details and to register visit www.barrheadtennis.org
Partial Eclipse
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!
House Points
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