Highcliffe St Mark’s Primary School/St Mark’s Church in cooperation.

 The church welcomed the year 6 school leavers from Highcliffe St Marks School and their parents and carers to the church for their very special ‘Leavers Service’ in July.

The students shared ‘memories’ of their time at the school and also read out the acrostic poems they had written, describing the school’s Core Christian Values of Courage, Compassion and Respect.

Do please spend some time to read them.

During the service, the students were each given a copy of The Lion Graphic Bible for them to take with them into the next stage of their lives. The cost of the Bibles was shared equally with generous donations from the congregation of St Mark’s church and the school itself.

Please click here to see 2024 year 6  "Leaving our Legacy" Poems

Open The Book

The Open the Book team have presented a weekly assembly to KS1 throughout this Summer Term.

The team have been telling stories about Old Testament.

The children really enjoyed dressing up, joining in and getting stickers at the end!

The children made lovely ‘Thank you’ cards for the team.

Please click here to see some photos of the adults and the thank you cards.

Chewton Common Playgroup/St Mark’s Church in cooperation.

Some children and their leaders from Chewton Common Playgroup visited the church for songs, dancing, story and activities in June.

The Theme was The Beach.

The children listened to a story about Jesus cooking breakfast on the beach for His disciples. Then they did a picture hunt around the church and other craft activities.

The children learnt that Jesus has compassion and love for everyone.

   
Chewton Common Toddler group meets every Monday morning in term time in St Mark's church hall.

Diana, from the church visited the playgroup  in June. She read a story about Jesus from the Bible and sang some songs with the children.

Then Diana, the children and their parents, went on a sensory walk in the churchyard. The children enjoyed listening to birdsong, smelling the flowers, touching the rough and smooth gravestones, and looking for insects!

All personnel hold current and clear DBS certificates.