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Travel to Ancient Greece - Live online event
Date: 20th May 2021 @ 8:21pm
The following online event may interest Year 5 pupils and parents to whet your appetite ahead of our Ancient Greece topic next term.
Travel to Ancient Greece - Wednesday 26th May 6pm
Travel to Ancient Corinth, Greece and connect with a real archaeologist to learn about the myths, artifacts and monuments that make this ancient city unique! The Corinth Excavations Educator will give you a sneak peak at the ongoing excavations by the American School of Classical Studies and a look inside the Archaeological Museum of Ancient Corinth. Recommended Age Range: 5 - 12
Find out more and register for the event here
Date: 18th Mar 2021 @ 8:26am
Friends of St Mark's (FOSM)
Thank you also for the delivery of the Mother’s Day gifts c/o FOSM – they were so thoughtful.
Free non-uniform day (go crazy if you want) on Thursday 1st April - last day of T4
Many thanks to FOSM for supporting the school so incredibly generously throughout the year. All the children will again benefit hugely from the significant money raised before Christmas (please see enclosed FOSM newsletter). We will be in touch with our spending plans for T5/6. Thank you sincerely to Jackie and the team for the unswerving care and commitment you maintain for St Mark's.
Santa’s flotilla is ready! Well done to the amazing boat builders!
Date: 18th Dec 2020 @ 2:03pm
Date: 17th Dec 2020 @ 5:56pm
Carol Service 2020
Twelve days of Christmas
Date: 16th Dec 2020 @ 12:50pm
Children have enjoyed taking part in the Hour of Code this week. They can continue with the activity at home or show you what they have been doing by clicking here
Date: 16th Dec 2020 @ 11:19am
The children made freeze frames to retell the Christmas story.
Date: 14th Dec 2020 @ 1:32pm
In scenes reminiscent of Santa's workshop, the children are hard at work building a boat for Santa.
New packed lunch menu for Term 3
Date: 14th Dec 2020 @ 11:42am
Look at our fabulous Kenning poems.
Date: 11th Dec 2020 @ 11:55am
A Kenning is a two word phrase describing something using a metaphor. Kennings came from Anglo-Saxon and Norse cultures. We have written poems about Beowulf and Grendel.
COVID-19 info from Wiltshire Together
Date: 9th Dec 2020 @ 11:26am
Teaching Assistant (+MDSA) role – Wyndham Park
Date: 6th Dec 2020 @ 7:16pm
We are looking to appoint a new Teaching Assistant at WP in the coming weeks. The position is fixed until the end of the summer term and will include an MDSA role. See attached flyer for more details.
Date: 6th Dec 2020 @ 7:08pm
Showcasing our boxercise routines to the ‘ROCKY’ theme tune!
Date: 4th Dec 2020 @ 2:38pm
We investigated the effect of shape and surface area on water resistance.
Date: 4th Dec 2020 @ 1:49pm
Date: 3rd Dec 2020 @ 7:43pm
In Year 3, we created these letters by using arrows and then editing our code in LOGO.
We used these commands:
arrow buttons, reset, setpensize, colour, penup, pendown
Date: 3rd Dec 2020 @ 7:30pm
In Year 4, we created these borders by programming in LOGO.
We used these commands:
reset, setpensize, to....end (procedure), fd, bk, rt, lt, repeat […], pu, pd, setxy
Date: 3rd Dec 2020 @ 2:07pm
We created these pictures by typing code in LOGO.
We used the following commands:
fd, bk, repeat […], rt, setpensize, pu, pd, reset, colour, setxy
Guided Reading- A Viking Saga Playscript
Date: 1st Dec 2020 @ 9:15am
Today we are working on our retrieval skills (finding answers in the text).
Date: 26th Nov 2020 @ 3:30pm
Reading aloud with fluency, expression and appropriate volume
Date: 24th Nov 2020 @ 2:07pm
Being archaeologists- Looking at mystery objects
Date: 23rd Nov 2020 @ 4:11pm
Boxing clever on a wet and windy afternoon!
Date: 20th Nov 2020 @ 4:41pm
Lindisfarne witness interviews in preparation for our newspaper reports.
Date: 19th Nov 2020 @ 3:31pm