11/02/16
BISHOP MARTIN WEEKLY NEWS
Spring Term Issue 6
“Inspire, Enjoy, Achieve” Tel No. 01695 724730 Dates for Your Diary Friday 12th February Staff Training Day – school closed for children 7.00pm Prize/Cash Bingo at Christ the Servant Church in aid of the Church Roof Fund Wednesday 17th – Friday 19th February 7.00pm - Ali Baba Pantomime in Christ the Servant Church. Pay on the door - Wednesday 17th and Thursday 18th. £3 – Adult, £2 Child. Monday 22nd February School re-opens for all 8.00am Y4 Residential to Drapers’ Field, Wales Tuesday 23rd February 3.00pm approx. Y4 due back Monday 29th February 6.00pm Governors Resources meeting Friday 11th March 7.00pm Prize/Cash Bingo at Christ the Servant Church in aid of the Church Roof Fund WC 14th March Travelling Book Fair Friday 18th March Dress up day (for World Book Day) Monday 21st March 2.00 School closes 2.30 Parents Evening Thursday 24th March 1.30pm School closes for Easter Monday 11th April 8.55am School re-opens for all
Headteacher – Mrs A Gray Praise Assembly – Weekly Awards
www.bishopmartin.lancs.sch.uk ATTENDANCE
W/E 05/02/2016
Class
Star Award
Respect Award
Caterpillar Rabbits
Luis Stalker Evita Zeberga
Jodie-Leigh Kelly Lyla Smith
Badgers
Summer-Rose Chadwick
Lucas Pennington
Owls
Chloe Kimmance
Tiegan Gibson-Collier
Giraffes
Finlay Phillips
Amber Denton
Zebras Koalas
All (Assembly) Teona Jeremy
Ellie Amor Rebecca Evans
Leopards
Lewis Keane
Emily Woods
Lions
Sarah Rogers
Caitlin Holt
School Clubs
Congratulations to the Lions on achieving 99%
W/C 22/02/2016 Every Lunch Y6 Revision ICT Suite Thursday KS2 Music Club 3.10 – 4.00 On Chess Club 3.10 – 4.30 On
Maximum Curriculum! Last Thursday, Zebras class performed a spectacular class assembly. Their theme this half term was ‘See You Later Gladiator!’ a study of The Romans and their impact on life in Britain. They managed to cram ten different subjects into this fantastic celebration of learning. The children thoroughly enjoyed performing to their audience seated in a Roman amphitheatre. Another example of learning by our school motto: Inspire, Enjoy, Achieve. Well done Zebras!
Y6 Cadbury Trip On Tuesday morning, the Y6 Lions and Leopards had to be in school by 8:30am for a very special reason – we were going to Cadbury’s World in Birmingham. After a two and a half hour journey we finally arrived at our destination. Everyone was so excited to get off the coach and eat chocolate!! When we walked inside the huge factory the teachers scanned their tickets and we all got freebies: Curly Wurly, Crunchie and Dairy Milk. The first exhibition we saw was the Origin of Chocolate. Continuing our tour we saw a mini movie of how Cadbury came to be so popular today. Following that there was another presentation about how they make chocolate featuring: shaking chairs, gusts of compressed air and heaters. Next we toured the amazing factory and learned how they package the chocolate. Finally, we went into the 4D Experience which was great fun! It was a fantastic trip and our behaviour was excellent as usual. (Keifron and Emily Y6) Football News A big well done to all the children who have represented the school in the football competitions this half term! Our year 5/6 team reached the final and finish 3rd out of all primary schools in Skelmersdale! Our infant team enjoyed the trip out despite the horrendous weather! Well done to all the children who took part.
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Attendance figures for week ending 5th February 2016. 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th
Y6 – Lions Y2 - Owls Y5 – Koalas Y6 - Leopards Y4 - Zebras Y1 - Rabbits Y3 - Giraffes Y1/2 – Badgers R – Caterpillars
99% 98.9% 98.8% 97.9% 96.5% 95% 92.5% 91% 86.9%
95.2% for whole school attendance The minimum acceptable attendance is 96%. If a child misses 8 days or more a year they will not achieve 96% this is reportable to Lancashire County Council and may result in a Penalty Notice being issued. Please ensure your children are in school every day and on time. School starts at 8.55am.
MAD ABOUT OUR CHURCH CHRIST THE SERVANT DIGMOOR Our school, Bishop Martin Church of England Primary, has the opportunity to enjoy the community link with our local church. This has been through School Christmas Performances, School Assemblies, Anniversaries, Summer Fairs, Pantos and much more. Last November our church was informed they needed the roof fixed with a matter of urgency. This led to parishioners starting to fund raise by holding Prize Bingos, completing Dry January, organising a Sponsored Cycle Ride etc. Our school decided that with all the help the church has given us in the past by raising money for our playground equipment and values walk we wanted to repay the generosity. On Tuesday 9th February the children and staff came to school with a selection of mad hair styles. As it was Shrove Tuesday (Pancake day) we also sold pancakes for break. Thank you very much to all who supported us we raised £175. If you would like to help Christ the Servant Church please go to https://www.justgiving.com/christtheservantdigmoor
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