Prospective Parents
Welcome to
St Andrew's and St Mark's CofE Junior School
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Opening morning for prospective parents and carers
Monday 21st October 2024 - 9-11am
Missed the morning?
Watch the presentation here
Headteacher's welcome - Matthew Gates
A very warm welcome to St Andrew’s and St Mark’s CofE Junior School, where we believe in nurturing every child to live life in all its fullness, as inspired by John 10:10: “I have come in order that you might have life - life in all its fullness.”
At our school, we are committed to creating a caring and supportive Christian environment where each child is valued, respected, and encouraged to flourish. Our school is a special place with a genuine love of learning. There is a high level of innovation in our teaching practices - from lessons in oracy to using a personal Chromebook, our pupils are supported to the fullest extent in their learning. By giving equal importanace to developing pupils' values as well as their academic study, we strive for every child to become a confident and positive life-long learner.
We work in partnership with our families, the local community, and the church to provide the best possible education for all our children and I am delighted that you have shown an interest in your child joining our school.
We look forward to welcoming you and your child to St Andrew’s and St Mark’s, where together we can help them grow, thrive, and achieve their fullest potential.
Our Christian Values
John 10:10: "I have come in order that you might have life - life in all its fullness."
At St Andrew’s and St Mark’s CofE Junior School, we believe in providing a caring and supportive Christian environment. We achieve innovation in teaching practice and technology. Through these, we succeed as confident and positive life-long learners.
Caring for others is at the heart of what we do. We are guided by our 12 Christian values.
Pupils earn Christian Value Points (CVPs) for demonstrating any of our values. When pupils reach a milestone they earn rewards, such as a book from our own book vending machine.
A message from Father Robert Stanier - Chair of Governors
Copy of Message from Fr Robert.mp4
Our exceptional facilities include a whole-class cookery room, science lab, art room and 'pod' spaces for group work.
Teaching and Learning
Our school curriculum is bespoke to our pupils and has been developed by our team. All pupils are taught English, maths, RE. science, geography, history, music, PE, art, French, classics and computing.
Our teaching approach combines the best of current pedagogical thinking with technology. All pupils have their own Chromebook for use within school, which support their written work within lessons.
Educational Visits
As a result of the outstanding efforts from our Parent Teacher Association (PTA), all non-residential educational visits are provided at no cost to parents and carers.
Residential visits include the Big Sleep (Y4), Marchants Hill (Y5) and the Isle of Wight (Y6). These are provided free-of-charge to pupils in receipt of the Pupil Premium Grant.
Here are some of the educational visits that have taken place at SASM in the past 12 months:
Y3 Buster Farm (Iron Age and Stone Age)
Y5 Marchants Hill
Y5 non-Marchants Hill park visit
Y6 Gunnersbury Park (Victorians)
Y4 Roman Day (Freshwater Theatre)
Y5/6 Hockey team competition
Y4 boys Football team competition
Cressida Cowell author talk
Y3 Rose Theatre (A Christmas Carol)
Y4 Classics worship at Surbiton High
Hockey tournament
Football tournament
Cross Country
Indoor athletics
Y6 Primary Mental Health Conference
UK Junior Maths Challenge (online)
Girls’ basketball competition (Y5)
New age kurling competition (
Table tennis festival (Y3/4)
Morden Mosque (Y6)
Slam Poetry (Y4)
Hampton Court Palace (Y4)
Junior Citizenship (Y6)
Painshill park (Y6)
UK Junior Maths Challenge bonus round (Y6)
Year 4 swimming lessons at Imber Court (Y4)
School on the River (Y5)
Rose theatre author talk (Y5)
Kayaking (Y6)
Southwark Cathedral (MPs)
Battersea Arts Centre - author talk (Y6)
Isle of Wight residential (Y6)
STEM day at Surbiton High (Year 3 group)
Transition experience at Hollyfield (Y5)
Curriculum Clubs, Enrichment and Wrap-Around Care
Outside of the core curriculum and visits, we plan enrichment events for pupils to gain a broad range of experiences.
Here are some of the enrichment events that have taken place at SASM in the past 12 months:
Insight talks (Y3)
Chelsea FC digital blue coding sessions (Y3)
HSBC finance education lessons to all classes
Communion talk (Y4)
Viking day - Hobgoblin theatre (Y5)
Egyptain day - Hobgoblin theatre (Y3)
Rock Squad Assembly (all years)
NSPCC workships (Y5/6)
Art project day with local artist (Y4)
Sam Copeland - author talk (all years)
Diwali Dance workshop (Y3)
Blitz workshop (Y3)
Karate workshop (Y3/4)
Yoga workshop (Y5/6)
RSE nurses (Y5/6)
Bikeability (Y6)
How we Support Pupils to Succeed
Supporting Children at SASM (print).pdf