There will be a cake and candy stall for the Christmas Cafe on Friday 13th December from 10am – 12 noon. We are looking for donations of baking. Please hand in any baking to the office or to class teachers on the morning Friday 13th December. Thanks for your help!

Primary 5 are running two Christmas competitions. There is a Christmas Quiz you can buy for 20p and a Christmas colouring competition which also costs 20p. Please complete all of the questions in the quiz or colour your entry and return to Miss Howard in Primary 5 by Wednesday 11th December 2019. A winner for the quiz and the colouring competition will be selected from each class.

Miss Howard

Author Event at Merchiston Castle

Some of our Senior pupils were invited to attend author event at Merchiston Castle. They were very lucky to meet the extreme ultra runner Dion Leonard and his dog Gobi. They loved hearing about his adventures and found both Dion and Gobi quite inspiring!

Out of School Care Consultation

Please see below for survey on parents views about what they need from out of school care.

https://consult.gov.scot/children-and-families/out-of-school-care/

Parent Pack

Parent Pack form

Out of School care poster

Foodbank

Reminder

The Pupil Council are collecting for the Edinburgh food bank again this year. Here is a list of items we are looking to collect. Please hand your donations in to the office or give them to your class teacher. All donations must be handed in by 4th December. Thanks in advance for your support.

Miss Howard

Outdoor Classroom Day

St. Mark’s pupils took part in Outdoor Classroom Day on Thursday 7th October. We braved the cold weather and took different parts of our learning outside. It was great fun to get outdoors!