Messages from our Headteacher

Thursday 2nd September- Message from Mrs Braithwaite and Mrs Laird:
Dear Parents/Carers,  
 
We hope you and your families are safe and well and have had a lovely summer break. We are very much looking forward to opening the gates on Monday morning and welcoming the children back for a new academic year. We would also like to take this opportunity to welcome all our new families to St Martin’s School community.  
Following the Government's most recent guidelines we will endeavour to return to ‘normal’ school life as soon as we are able to.  

Please note some of the updates below:

• The Government advises that we go back to previous opening times. As a school, we would like to continue with a fluid opening for Years 1 to 6 and will therefore open the gates at 8:40am. There will be a member of staff to meet and greet the children on the gate as they come in. The children will go straight to their classroom. Reception class children will be greeted at their gate by their class teacher at 8:55am.
• We will return to our previous end of day time of 3:15pm for all classes. Each class will be collected from their own gate. We are aware that this will mean that some families will need to collect from different gates. Gates will be numbered so you will know where to collect from. Please remember to inform the office before the end of day if your child/ren are being picked up by another family member/friend known to your child.

Gate 1 (Forest Road) - Year 3
Gate 2 (Forest Road) - Year 4
Gate 3 (Corner of Oakland Road & Forest Road) – Year 1
Gate 4 (Oakland Road) - Reception
Gate 5 (Main entrance) - Year 2
Gate 6 (Car Park) – Year 5 and Year 6

• We expect children to return in full school uniform, with their water bottle, book bag and any inhalers or medication. Can we just remind you to label each item and especially jumpers and cardigans. We are going to continue with classes attending school in PE kits on the day they have their PE/Games lesson. Again, we are expecting full school PE kit.  
•  We are holding ‘Parents Welcome Meetings’ within the first fortnight of the term. This is to give you an opportunity to meet your child’s teacher and talk about the expectations for the year ahead. Study plans will be shared with you during this meeting.

​Reception – individual meetings as arranged with class teachers 
Year 1 – Thursday 16th September - 3.30pm 
Year 2 – Friday 17th September - 3.30pm 
Year 3 – Monday 13th September - 3.30pm
Year 4 – Friday 10th September - 3.30pm 
Year 5 – Thursday 9th September - 3.30pm 
Year 6 – Tuesday 14th September - 3.30pm 

We would also like to remind anyone who has to drive to school, the importance of safety for all. We ask that you make use of the car park on Church Road belonging to Moseley All Services Club and then walk those couple of minutes to school.  
We look forward to seeing you all again on Monday. Please do not hesitate to speak to us if you need to, we are here for you.  
 
Many thanks and God Bless,  
 
Mrs Laird and Mrs Braithwaite