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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.

Cashless 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!

Parents’ Evenings to come:
Early appointments:
Tuesday 10th November – 3.30 to 6pm
Late appointments:
Thursday 19th November – 5 to 7.30pm

Because of the current Covid crisis, this year's first Parents' Evening will not take place as usual as a face-to-face meeting with your child's teacher. We have arranged for the teachers to call you on the phone for a 10 minute chat.

To book you slot with a teacher, log onto your sQuid account, go to 'Bookings', choose a slot on 'Parents evening' for your child's class and to put it into your basket. This booking is free of charge, of course. However, think twice before booking because once it's checked out, you won't be able to change your mind.
If you're having any difficulty booking your phone call, don't hesitate to call or email us at the office.

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 below.
Thank you very much for your time.

Online applications for Reception places for September 2021 are now open. All applications, including those to our school, must be made online by Friday 15th January 2021. Please be aware that you MUST make an online application even if you've already visited the school and submitted a supplementary form. Click here to access Birmingham City Council website where you need to register and apply. Please read the letter to the right for more information. If you know of anyone with a child who is due to begin Reception in September 2021, please encourage them to contact us.

Thursday 22nd October - Message from Mr Gray:
Dear Parents,

I hope that you are all keeping well. Tomorrow is a Teacher Day with the staff receiving training through a range of workshops on RE, English, Maths, Science and Computing delivered by Bishop Challoner Catholic College. The staff will also undertake their annual training in supporting children with asthma and anaphylaxis.

Our Parents and Teachers' Association (PTA) held a non-uniform day on Thursday 22nd October to help raise funds and to celebrate the diversity of our wonderful school community.

Thank you for your generous donations to the PTA on our non-uniform day. The children were wonderful and enjoyed their day. In the assembly we talked about diversity and black history. We highlighted the artists Lubaina Himid and Keith Piper and from the sciences, Dame Elizabeth Anionwu. We talk about Piper and Anionwu not only as people who are brilliant in their chosen field but also because they were brought up in Birmingham. Our curriculum should also reflect the lived experiences of your families and if there is anything you feel we are missing or anyone inspirational in your family, please let us know.

School returns on Monday 2nd November. When the children return, we are going to attempt to provide every class with hot meals (rather than have KS2 on a rota for sandwiches) which will be an interesting challenge with limited time, social distancing and the cleaning that is involved. Click here to view the 2 weekly menus.

Stars of the week this week were:
Reception - Arthur for his confidence; Aaryan for hard work
Year 1- Maryam and Ruqayyah for reading;
Year 2- Maleeya for a great Autumn poem; Diya for Maths work on inverse operations
Year 3- Lilly for Maths; Harun for being a great role model
Year 4 - Scarlett for fantastic work with Mrs Vaughan; Hanin for clear presentation in Maths; Tezzy for a story full of suspense
Year 5- Ayaan for plotting data on a line graph; Neveah - fantastic independent writing
Year 6 - Ishmail for division work in Maths

Leaves awarded for being Curious and Active:
Khalisa - actively helping her teachers
Tabitha- asking fantastic questions about God;
Jaydam, Oskar, Hamza and Kassim - actively caring for an injured child.
Shiv - curiosity about construction.

Despite all the challenges, it has been a great half term and a privilege to see the children's progress.

As well as all the class work that will be going on after the break, we are delighted that the PTA are organising an art exhibition during November (Read letter on the right). We are really looking forward to seeing not only the children's entries but also your own and those from members of your families.

Year 6 parents- there has been an email coming from Mrs Rafferty-Jones about Secondary application so please look out for that.

Online Classroom - Oak National Academy
Welcome to the online classroom. Here you can access all of our lessons. To see the full plan of what we’re teaching this week, download our plan. If you’re a parent or a pupil, before you start, please talk to your teacher in your school about how best to use these resources and read our information for parents and pupils, and then click on the logo to the left to access at our website.

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