Birmingham City Council Education Department
St. Mark’s Catholic Primary School
Headteacher
Mr. S. Murphy
Week Ending Friday 24th March 2017
Dear Parents,
Gospel of Sunday 26th March 2017
As Jesus went along, he saw a man who had been blind from birth. Jesus spat on the ground, made a
paste with the spittle, put this over the eyes of the blind man and said to him, “Go and wash in the Pool
of Siloam” (a name that means ‘sent’.) So the blind man went off and washed himself, and came away with
his sight restored. His neighbours and people who earlier had seen him begging said, “Isn’t this the man
who used to sit and beg?” Some said, “Yes, it is the same one.” Others said, “No, he only looks like him.”
The man himself said, “I am the man.” Some of the Pharisees did not believe that Jesus had healed him
and they drove him away. Jesus heard about this and when he found the man he said to him, “Do you
believe in the Son of Man?” “Sir,” the man replied, “tell me who he is so that I may believe in him.” Jesus
said, “You are looking at him; he is speaking to you.” The man said, “Lord, I believe,” and he worshipped
Jesus.
(John 9:1-38) The 4th Sunday of Lent, Year A)
- Commencing 3rd April – 6th April 2017
An extremely important week in our Church’s calendar – we will be celebrating
Holy Week in school through a series of daily services led by the children.
These will take place on Monday – Thursday at 9.10-9:45am. All members of our
school community are encouraged and welcome to attend any/all of services.
Monday 3rd April
Year 3
Tuesday 4th April
Year 4
Wednesday 5th April
Thursday 6th April
Year 5
Year 6
Jesus enters Jerusalem
The Last Supper
The Betrayal and Arrest
The Crucifixion and Resurrection
THURSDAY MASS DATES
Family and friends are very welcome to join us on the following dates:
30th March
6th April
Year 4
NO MASS
THANK YOU
We would like to THANK all of Reception for their special ‘Mother’s Day’
assembly. It was lovely to see so many family members and friends able to watch
and support the children. We would also like to THANK all of Year 5 for their
excellent behaviour and polite manners during their visit to Holy Name Church.
Continuing with the Love thy Neighbour programme, where they attended Mass and
kindly served the parishioners tea and coffee.
Best attendance for week ending 24th March – Year 3 with 99.6% attendance –
Well done to Miss Ward and class for such good attendance.
Keep up the good work!
Class
Reception
Year 1
Year 2
Year 3
Attendance
97.9%
97.9%
98.3%
99.6%
Lates
2
5
3
6
Class
Year 4
Year 5
Year 6
School
Attendance
98.8%
95.8%
98.8%
98.2%
Lates
0
1
0
17
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU…
The following members of our school have and will be celebrating their birthday
last week and this week: Nikol (Y5), Zayaan (Y2), Emily (Y5), Jesse (Y1), Joseph (Y6), and Kimaya (Y1)
We wish them a wonderful birthday and hope all their wishes come true.
SACRAMENTAL PREPARATION
Please see below a list of important dates for Year 3 children preparing for the Sacraments of
Reconciliation and Eucharist.
Sunday 2nd April 2017
10:30am - Sacramental Enrolment Mass at Holy Name Church
Thursday 18th May 2017
3:30pm – Journey of Faith at St. Mark’s school
Sunday 21st May 2017
10.30am – Sacramental preparation Mass at Holy Name Church
Thursday 8th June 2017
3:30pm – Journey of Faith at St. Mark’s school
Sunday 11th June 2017
10.30am – Sacramental preparation Mass at Holy Name Church
Thursday 22nd June 2017
4:00pm – Sacrament of Reconciliation at Holy Name Church
Sunday 25th June 2017
10:30am – Sacrament of Eucharist at Holy Name Church
Class Assembly Dates/Times:
Please note: All assemblies will start at 2:30pm
Friday 5th May 2017
Friday 26th May 2017
Friday 9th June 2017
Thursday 20th July 2017
Year 3
Year 5
Year 1
Year 6 Leaver’s Assembly
ONGOING SCHOOL IMPROVEMENTS
We would like to inform you of some of the recent school improvement we have made at St.
Mark’s. These have included; the repainting of some of the internal walls, the large Jesuit
Virtues situated within our main school hall and inspirational quotations around the school
to motivate and encourage children to reflect on their learning. We are currently developing
an external prayer garden that we are hoping will be completed for the summer term.
Good Shepherd Appeal: Thank you for your generosity so far with this appeal. We would
be grateful if the boxes could be brought back in to school by Monday 3rd April 2017.
VINCENT DE PAUL CHARITY –
St. Mark’s school will be supporting the Vincent de Paul by organising and providing a soup kitchen to
help those currently less fortunate than ourselves. More details to follow in the future.
WAVE GOODBYE & SAY HELLO!
I would like to inform you that one of our staff members will be moving on after Easter. We would like
to thank Mrs Sabharwal for her time as a lunchtime supervisor, as well as her support to Year 2 & 3.
We wish her good luck in the future.
We are delighted to welcome back to our St. Mark’s family, Mrs Greaves, who will be returning from
maternity to continue her role as a lunchtime supervisor.
“BY THE WAY… FACT OF THE DAY”
Please help your child to learn and remember this week’s “Fact of the Day”. They will be encouraged to
recite this fact on a number of occasions.
Key Stage 1
Monday
A quarter is 1 cup cut into 4
Tuesday
100 x 5 = 500
Wednesday
Thursday
2,4,6,8 and 10 are even numbers.
Can you explain why?
A triangle has 3 sides and 3 angles.
Friday
A decagon is a 10 sided shape
Key Stage 2
A remainder is the amount left over
after dividing a number
A denominator is the bottom number
in a fraction
1 decimetre = 10 centimetres.
¾ of one full turn is 270
2/5 = 0.4
DATES FOR DIARIES
KS1 ATTENDANCE ASSEMBLY – Monday 3rd April 2017 at 2:30pm
KS2 ATTENDANCE ASSEMBLY – Tuesday 4th April 2017 at 2:30pm.
WINNING HOUSE TRIP – Wednesday 5th April 2017
Autumn Term 2016
Spring Term 2017
Summer Term 2017
Tuesday 6th September
To
Friday 21st October
- half term Monday 31st October
To
Friday 16th December
Tuesday 3rd January
To
Friday 17th February
- half term Monday 27th February
To
Thursday 6th April
Tuesday 25th April
To
Friday 26th May
- half term Tuesday 6th June
To
Friday 21st July
God Bless
Mr. S. Murphy
Headteacher
Teachers’ Training
Days
Friday 7th April 2017
Monday 24th April 2017
Monday 5th June 2017