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We have some budding photographers at our Preschoo

We have some budding photographers at our Preschool! A massive thank you to photographer Catherine Cattanach who came to do a photoshoot for us, and ended up teaching our students how to use her equipment! 📷

There was plenty of discovery, learning and hands-

There was plenty of discovery, learning and hands-on experiences - our students had a lot of fun broadening their knowledge at the Science Roadshow yesterday.

A big thank you to Jo from Wellington City Council

A big thank you to Jo from Wellington City Council for visiting the Preschool this week to talk to us about Reduce-Reuse-Recycle. She helped our tamariki explore waste minimisation through a connection with our natural environment and fostering an attitude of care for our places. We discussed how recycling and reducing our rubbish helps keep our world a healthy place for us and all the living things we share it with. She was very impressed with the knowledge of our children and this was a great reflection on our Unit Of Inquiry - Sharing the Planet. She ended the session with a recycling sorting game.

Our school orchestra, creating beautiful music tog

Our school orchestra, creating beautiful music together at their rehearsals today. 🎻🎼

Building a team of girls who will always support o

Building a team of girls who will always support one another - a lunchtime bonding session with some inspirational stories from @rebelgirls , at our Girls' Club today.

Our Year 1s have been inquiring into our senses, a

Our Year 1s have been inquiring into our senses, and are learning some sign language as part of New Zealand Sign Language Week.
#NZSLWeek

What a fantastic evening we all enjoyed yesterday,

What a fantastic evening we all enjoyed yesterday, as our Year 8s presented their PYP Exhibition to friends and family! We are so proud of the students for their excellent inquiry, collaboration and communication skills, and for all the hard work they have put in.

Our students enjoying some cricket practice today.

Our students enjoying some cricket practice today. A big thank you to @cricketwellington for their time and expertise - our students really enjoyed working on their batting and bowling skills!
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#cricket #wellington #primaryschool #cricketnation #sportscurriculum

This year our senior dance group has been working

This year our senior dance group has been working towards the national competition, Showquest . Due to Covid-19, this year's competition was changed to an online event, which meant the students had to adapt their performance down to a 7-minute item that could be filmed and sent away to be judged. The children put in countless hours of preparation and even gave up a Saturday to film the event.
We've just received the results and are pleased to announce that we received 3rd overall for the Wellington region. A huge congratulations to all the students involved!

Yesterday was a super sporty day of football, bask

Yesterday was a super sporty day of football, basketball and netball, at our fixture against Hadlow School. What great team work and fun - well done everyone!

For Maori Language Week, some of our students play

For Maori Language Week, some of our students played a game called Poi Rakau. The idea is that everyone holds a stick - someone calls out mauī (left) or matau (right) and you have to let go of the stick and move in that direction. If you go the wrong way or drop a stick you are out. Loads of fun!
#TeWikioTeReoMāori #maorilanguageweek

The Year 7s are currently cooking up a storm in th

The Year 7s are currently cooking up a storm in their Spanish Masterchef class. Delicioso!

Two of our exhibition groups, focusing on the UN S

Two of our exhibition groups, focusing on the UN Sustainable Development Goal of ‘Life Under Water’ were lucky enough to be joined recently by Marine Physicist, Dr Craig Stevens, from @niwa_science . He shared his knowledge of what is happening in our oceans, how science is helping to make sense of this, and what the future generations can do to make a difference. What an incredible experience for our young inquirers.

Rocking out to some Fleetwood Mac at lunchtime ban

Rocking out to some Fleetwood Mac at lunchtime band rehearsals today. 🎵🎸

Announcing the winners of last week's Swim Sports.

Announcing the winners of last week's Swim Sports....
Year 4 boys - Nikolas Ye-Qing/Gus von Dadelszen;
Year 4 girl - Rebecca Yu;
Year 5 boy - Qian Yang Shu;
Year 5 girl - Aria Swallow;
Year 6 boy - Victor Yu;
Year 6 girl - Ana Berry;
Year 7 boy - Roma Lidstone;
Year 7 girl - Grace Forrester-Gray;
Year 8 boy - Douglas Berry;
Year 8 girl - Indiana Willis.
A big congratulations to you all!

Today, the Preschool kicked off Maori Language Wee

Today, the Preschool kicked off Maori Language Week with some storytelling from our whanau - Marni's mum Samara read us a book about numbers, colours and animals in Te Reo Maori. She also brought in a special necklace belonging to Marni, her Te Kaitiaki. Finally we were all treated to some waiata and a haka from the students.
#maorilanguageweek #tewikiotereomāori

This week, Year 3 were treated to a visit from Lew

This week, Year 3 were treated to a visit from Lewis Ferris who is a meteorologist at @metservicenz . He kindly came to speak to us about the weather and how important it is for people to know what the weather is doing in order to be organised for various jobs and also in case of emergencies. Lewis was very impressed with the quality of questions Year 3 had for him, and we really enjoyed learning from our visiting community expert.

We're celebrating our 103rd birthday today - Happy

We're celebrating our 103rd birthday today - Happy Birthday St Mark's School! 🎂🎉

The Year 4s worked so hard today in their Music le

The Year 4s worked so hard today in their Music lesson, following their music, so they could play the whole piece together in five parts.

Hard at work sewing fask masks...

Hard at work sewing fask masks...

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