BISHOP MARTIN WEEKLY NEWS
13/03/15
Spring Term Issue 9
“Inspire, Enjoy, Achieve” Tel No. 01695 724730 Dates for Your Diary
Monday 16th March 3.15 – 3.45 Travelling Book Fair in the infant hall Monday 16th March Easter raffle starts – 20p per ticket and a chance to win Easter goodies and a spring cleaning hamper. Thursday 19th March SUPSSA Swimming Gala Friday 20th March World Poetry Day Monday 23rd March Y5 Easter Hope Journey Tuesday 24th March 2.00pm school closes 2.30pm – 6.00pm Parents open Day Friday 27th March ‘Wear Something Colourful’ day - £1 1.30pm School Closes for Easter Monday 13th April School re-opens for all
Reminder No dogs allowed on the premises.
Headteacher – Mrs A Gray
www.bishopmartin.lancs.sch.uk
World Book Day - Author Visit At Bishop Martin we aim to inspire all our children. We want them to enjoy the activities in school so that they go on to achieve great things. This week we have had a visit from Damian Harvey, who is a well-known author, as part of our book week celebrations. Damian worked with every class and had children laughing and learning at the same time! We have had some great feedback from him about our school. 'It was a real pleasure coming to visit Bishop Martin. Everyone was friendly and welcoming and the children were a delight. ' The children really enjoyed his visit and said, 'Best author I've met.' 'When I got home I was writing books like him.' 'He was funny and energetic.’ Several children have started to write their own books in school! A great example of how we can 'Inspire, Enjoy, Achieve'! World Book Day - Book Fair There is still time to visit our great book fair! A wide range of books are on sale today (Friday) and on Monday from 3.10-3.45. Anyone visiting the book fair will get a £1 book voucher to use at the fair or in local book shops. Come along and join the fun! Lights, Camera, Action! Year 5 Giraffes and Dolphins enjoyed an amazing day in the life of a Hollywood movie producer! With the help of Mr Eyre from The Movie Workshop, our children storyboarded, rehearsed and shot an all-action news report ‘LIVE’ from the Sky News HD studios! We had directors, runners, sound engineers, presenters and camera-operators who all came together to produce fantastic ‘Breaking News’ reports. Using the Green Screen, we were transformed into a field- reporter, having to improvise and commentate for 60 seconds without pausing (This really made the children realise how difficult live-broadcast improvisation is). Later, we had children flying over snow-peaked mountains, as Superman, others being sucked into another dimension through a worm hole, while some chose to disappear under an invisibility cloak, leaving just their heads on show! This was another outstanding example of learning enrichment through our thematic topic of ‘Lights, Camera, Action!’, and with our Class Assembly approaching fast there is even more exciting learning to be done!
ATTENDANCE Attendance figures for week ending 6th March 2015.
Congratulations to the Otters on achieving 98.6% 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 4th 6th 6th 8th 9th
Y1/2 – Otters Y1 – Rabbits Y5 – Dolphins Y4 - Owls Y6 – Lions Y2 - Squirrels Y3 - Penguins Y5 - Giraffes R – Caterpillars
98.6% 98.3% 98% 97.9% 97.9% 95.7% 95.7% 95.2% 90.7%
96.4% for whole school attendance WELL DONE!!! The minimum acceptable attendance is 95%. Please ensure your children are in school every day and on time. School starts at 8.55am.
School Clubs W/C 16/03/2015 Monday Gardening Club 3.10 – 4.10 On Tuesday KS2 Explorers Lunchtime On KS2 Football Lunchtime On Cake and Craft Lunchtime On KS1 Dance Club 3.10 – 4.10 On Wednesday Mathemagician Club Lunchtime On Baking Club 3.10 – 4.10 On
Wednesday KS2 Cross Country Club 3.10 – 4.00 On Thursday French Club Lunchtime On Sumdog/Bug Club Lunchtime On KS2 Choir Club Lunchtime On KS2 Dance Club 3.10 – 4.10 On KS2 Recorder Club 3.10 – 4.00 On Y5 Hockey Club 3.10 – 4.00 On
Otters Class Assembly The Otters had great fun performing their class assembly on today. We shared all the information we had found out about Mother’s Day and had a special surprise for our mums. There were quite a few (happy) tears!
Happy Mother’s Day