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welcome to ST MARTIN DE PORRES CATHOLIC PRIMARY SCHOOL

"Through Jesus, we achieve our very best"

St Martin de Porres is a voluntary aided Roman Catholic school where the teachings of Christ form the core of our work. We aim to provide high quality teaching and learning for all our members so that they are able to recognise and fulfil the gifts and potential given to them by God.

We pride ourselves on being a school which is warm, friendly and supportive. An environment where all can flourish and achieve success.

The school was built at the end of the 1960's and takes 30 children into the reception class each September. Application forms for school places and our admission criteria are available from the Parents Tab, Key Information page on this website.

St Martin’s Prayer

Dear St Martin,

Your whole life was committed
to looking after the sick and needy
as well as the animals upon the earth.
You showed us a wonderful example
of the teachings of Jesus.
Bless all of us in this school family
and help us all to continue to follow your example.
St Martin, pray for us.

A Child’s view

I like St. Martin de Porres, it’s the best of all,
A helping hand with any incident or fall,
Including everyone, leaving no one behind,
Oh! And don’t forget the teachers are really kind,
There are lots of subjects and activities to do,
And the uniform is really smart too,
The dinners are tasty made by the kind cook,
If you come to this school you’ve got really good luck!

Children at St. Martin's achieve high academic standards. OfSTED described the standard of behaviour and relationships at the school as outstanding.

LATEST NEWS:

Newsletter 1 was issued on Friday 14th September.
Our next newsletter will be issued on Friday 28th September. Please do continue to share with us any of your children’s special achievements in anything that they may participate in outside of school.

Celebrations for Roald Dahl Day took place worldwide this month.
Children, here at St Martin de Porres, were invited to join in on Friday 14th September by dressing as a character or wearing something yellow.
The money raised that day will go towards buying new books for your children.
Click here to view the photos of the day.

Reminders from the office
- Dinner Money for this half term is £85.10. All dinner monies must be paid in advance.
- School Fund is £10 per year per family. It is more important than ever that we have your support with this contribution.
This fund helps towards all the extras which cannot be funded from school budget.
- All GDPR forms and Annual Medical forms must be returned no later than Monday 24th September 2018.
Thank you very much.

A copy of our School Uniform Policy is available on our school website or upon request from the school office. Uniform is available from Clive Marks and Mansuri Ltd, both in Kings Heath. Parents of children starting Year 3 in September are particularly reminded that KS2 children should wear a shirt and tie with either a v-neck jumper or cardigan.
Please ensure your child has their name in all items of clothing (PE kit included).Thank you.

It is most important that we have up to date emergency contact numbers for your child. In the event of an emergency we must be able to contact you. Please have your phone with you at all times.

… so very much for all the gifts you gave to the staff at the end of last school year. We are all very grateful and touched by your kindness.

We would like to invite you to our first Coffee Morning this school year. This will take place in the school hall just after 9am on Friday 28th September. As well as being a lovely opportunity to meet, this would give us the chance to raise money for a very good cause –MacMillan Cancer Support. Any donation of cakes would be greatly received.

MEDICINE
Please ensure we have up to date Inhalers/
medication for your child in school.

Thanks to Mrs Kausar’s hard work and commitment our after-school club has proved very popular last year and a number of parents have asked whether we could extend the hours to 5.30pm or 6pm. In the past there has not been enough demand to run the club to these times without making a loss but we are hopeful that there may be enough parents who would benefit from longer hours to make it viable this year. The cost at the moment is £5 per hour which enables us to break even.

If you would be interested for this academic year 2018-2019, please email enquiry@stmartindeporres.bham.sch.uk stating whether you would use after-school club until a) 5.30pm or b) 6pm. As soon as we know if there is sufficient uptake, we will inform you to help you plan ahead.

Mrs Kausar is hoping to run a lunchtime book club this school year for our Key Stage 1 children. If you have any age appropriate pre-loved books that you wish to donate, please bring these to the school office. Thank you.

DAY TO DAY IMPORTANT INFORMATION

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