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"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.

welcome to ST MARTIN DE PORRES CATHOLIC PRIMARY SCHOOL

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 17 was issued on Friday 14th June 2019.
Our next newsletter will be issued on Friday 28th June 2019.
Please do continue to share with us any more of your children’s special achievements in any activities that they may participate in outside of school.

Click on the picture above to read Miss Haydon's latest Sports Newsletter.

End-of-year school trips

Class
Rec
Year 1
Year 2
Year 3
Year 4
Year 5
Year 6

Visit
Hatton Country World
Think Tank
Weston-Super-Mare
Museum of Cannock
Ackers Adventure
Space Centre
Go Ape!

Date
Monday 24th June
Wed 26th June
Friday 14th June
Friday 7th June
Thursday 11th July
Thursday 20th June
Thursday 11th July

Time
9am-3.15pm
9am-3.15pm
8am-6pm
9am-3.15pm
9am-3.15pm
9am-3.15pm
9am-3.15pm

If a competition or a tournament has to be cancelled due to the weather conditions, it is out of the school's control completely. These decisions are not taken lightly. They are made by the tournament organisers and are based on health and safety conditions and that the children get the best possible sporting experiences. Some venues do not have adequate shelter/indoor facilities and obviously, the safety of all children is paramount. We cannot have children participating on slippy/muddy surfaces and in the pouring rain. We try to contact parents ASAP if a competition is cancelled and this is done via our school text messaging service. Miss Haydon works closely with these organisers to get any cancelled event rearranged where possible as long as it doesn't clash with events the school already have booked ie school trips!

Friday 21st June
Morning KS1
Afternoon KS2
All welcome

Please let us know if you would like to help on the mehndi/henna stall at the Summer fair on Saturday 22nd June.

Our school’s

will be organised this year in collaboration with the Parish and will take place on Saturday 22nd June – 12-3pm

Friday 24th May
Friday 7th June

Friday 14th June

Wed 19th June
Friday 21st June

Your Summer Fair needs you and your generous donations:

WEAR TRAINERS TODAY and bring Bric-a-brac/toys/books.
WEAR TRAINERS TODAY and Fill-a-bag with sweets (KS1) or stationary (KS2).
Please send bottles for the tombola: shloer, cordial, wine, spirits, etc. (no squash, thank you, we have plenty).
WEAR TRAINERS TODAY and bring chocolate for the tombola
Please bring cakes and strawberries.

We also need your help on the day. If you can, please let Mrs Sullivan know.

Thursday 11th July - 9am
Please do add this date to your diary – our coffee mornings are a wonderful opportunity to meet and chat with other parents and our Family Support Worker Mrs Dowling.

With deep cuts to our budgets, the Save Our Schools campaign continues with a mass demonstration in London on 5th July. We encourage any parents who support the campaign to attend. Coaches are being provided free of charge thanks to the fund raising and campaigning of a group committed to fighting the cuts to school budgets. For further details, please contact Mr Gray.

You have received a letter on Monday 13th May asking you about Free School Meals. We really need EVERYONE to fill in the form, even if you are quite certain not to be eligible. This will allow the school, if you wish, to apply for free meals for your child on your behalf but also gives vital EXTRA FUNDING for our school.

We have been sorry to notice lately that some children are coming to school with one or more wrong items of clothing. Our school has a strict uniform policy for the benefit of all our children. Please refer to this policy by clicking here or ask us for a paper copy, and make sure that your child is wearing the correct uniform. Thank you.

To date, 22 of our families out of 153 have donated to our school fund. These funds are of a great help for all the little extras that the school budget cannot possibly cover. Thank you very much if you have already donated.

Let’s READ, and READ, and READ!
By the time our children leave school at the end of Year 6, they MUST have read a great number of books. To help and encourage them in that, we put together a display in the school foyer, with vouchers for the library and actual books to borrow. Please come and visit our little library with your children and leave with a book to read!