Welcome to St Martin de Porres Catholic Primary School |
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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.
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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.
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It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of ex-Head Teacher Mary Danaher, last Thursday.
Mary was a wonderful head teacher from 1991 to 2004 and a friend to everyone who knew her. A number of our staff have sent beautiful messages to her family, which has touched them greatly. Mary gave Mrs Braithwaite and Mrs Laird their first teaching posts at St Martin's and many of our parents who were former pupils will also remember her with love and respect. You can leave a message of condolence in the box below. When pressing the submit button, your words will be directly sent to her family. |
Latest News
Newsletter 2 was issued on Friday 7th May 2021.
Our next newsletter will be issued on Friday 21st May.
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.
Our next newsletter will be issued on Friday 21st May.
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.
Message from our Chair of Governors: School Leadership
The governors recently conducted a recruitment process for Headteacher at St Martin de Porres. The outcome was that the governors did not feel confident to make an appointment from the candidates who applied. We recognise that this is disappointing and may cause some uncertainty about the future leadership of St Martin's. The governors have every confidence in our acting headteachers, Mrs Braithwaite and Mrs Laird, and are grateful for their efforts, and the hard work of all the staff. St Martin's deserves the best possible leadership, and we will work to ensure that we appoint an excellent head teacher in due course.
Chris Packham
Chair of Governors
The governors recently conducted a recruitment process for Headteacher at St Martin de Porres. The outcome was that the governors did not feel confident to make an appointment from the candidates who applied. We recognise that this is disappointing and may cause some uncertainty about the future leadership of St Martin's. The governors have every confidence in our acting headteachers, Mrs Braithwaite and Mrs Laird, and are grateful for their efforts, and the hard work of all the staff. St Martin's deserves the best possible leadership, and we will work to ensure that we appoint an excellent head teacher in due course.
Chris Packham
Chair of Governors
Click on the sun to access resources to help you and your family stay healthy and happy in these difficult times.
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Click on the picture to access Mrs Barwell's Shakespeare club
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Click on logo to follow your class' progress on reading
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Click on the picture for more ideas to keep on reading
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Click on the picture on the left to access all important information and messages about how our school is dealing with the crisis.
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Click on Pobble's logo for ideas on non-screen activities
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Ms Steele recommends: Click on the Virtual School Library banner to access this National Literacy Trust/Oak Academy website for reading.
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Dear Parents,
In these difficult times when Covid19 makes us send whole classes home for a fortnight more often than we ever wished, we are doing our best to provide your children with other means of learning than traditional school attendance. We are posting worksheets and other resources on the Birmingham Grid for Learning (BGfL365) as well as on this website and are organising online video lessons. However, all this is pointless if our families do not have access to the internet. The survey below will allow us to assess the ability of our school community to access online learning, to scale the issue and to find solutions for families who do not have access to the internet. We would thus be grateful if you could take a minute to complete the survey here. Thank you very much for your time. |
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DAY TO DAY IMPORTANT INFORMATION
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PLEASE ENSURE THAT CHILDREN ARRIVE IN THE SCHOOL PLAYGROUND EACH MORNING BY 8.50AM,
READY TO BE COLLECTED BY THEIR CLASS TEACHER AT 8.55AM.
READY TO BE COLLECTED BY THEIR CLASS TEACHER AT 8.55AM.
