18th July 2018

BISHOP MARTIN END OF YEAR NEWS “Inspire, Enjoy, Achieve”

New School Uniform Code (From September 2018) Boys

18th July 2018

Girls

Black Tailored Trousers/Shorts

Plain white polo T-shirt (can be bought from any

Blue Polo T-shirt (Logo version can be bought from school)

supermarket. No requirement for blue logo t shirts)

Royal Blue V-neck jumper

Blue and Yellow Tartan design skirt/pinafore

(Logo version can be bought from school)

If trousers are preferred: black

Black Shoes (Not Trainers)

Royal Blue Cardigan or Jumper

From Mr McDonald and all the staff

Saturn

To our wonderful Year 6 Lions,

Black Shoes (flat soled)

W/E 13/07/2018

Respect Award

Caterpillars

Blanka Zurawik

Jason Lackland

Rabbits

Declan Price

Lacey-Faye Haworth

Owls

Lily-Mai Webster

Jodie-Leigh Kelly

Giraffes

Lynnette Benson

Lyla Smith

Koalas

Freddie Ferguson

Jadon Kelly

Tigers

Maria Kowalska

Cohen Jeremy

Lions

Abbi Batt

All of the Lions

Headteacher Awards: Lee Ingham, Grace Ives, Lily-Mai Webster, Ally Gillespie, Macey Irwing and Amelia Murphy.

ATTENDANCE Attendance figures for week ending 13th July 2018.

Congratulations to the Lions on achieving 98.6% 1st

Y6 - Lions

98.6%

2nd

Y1 - Rabbits

98.4%

3rd

Y5 – Tigers

97.5%

4th

R - Caterpillars

97.2%

Good to be Green

5th

Y2 - Owls

94.4%

Y4 - Koalas

93.3%

Raffle

Y3 - Giraffes

93.2%

6

th

7th

95.9% 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.

To all our Parents, Carers, Governors and Friends,

Whole Year Winners

preferred)

Star Award

www.bishopmartin.lancs.sch.uk

Team Point

Gingham pale blue summer dress (in summer term if

Class

Headteacher – Mr IJ McDonald

Well, what a year we have had here at Bishop Martin! Just thinking back to September makes me realise how amazing, but also exhausting it’s been! So much has happened for us to celebrate, cherish and remember and there is also so much to look forward to!

Academic standards across the school continue to be incredibly high, not just compared to schools in Skelmersdale but across the whole of Lancashire. This was highlighted in our recent KS2 results, which again have placed us well above the national average (and given us our BEST EVER KS2 Attainment in Maths (95%), Writing (82%) and our Combined Reading, Writing and Maths score (73%)). It is truly a testament to the dedicated team I am blessed to lead here that, despite the relentless national focus on testing in English and Maths we have continued to develop our inspiring, thematic curriculum. This was highlighted during our successful Spring Term Ofsted inspection. Inspectors praised the curriculum for the rich breadth and range of experiences it provides for the children. I hope the ‘Down Memory Lane’ assemblies many of you were able to attend in the Spring Term helped to showcase the amazing curriculum that your children enjoy here.

We continue to achieve well in sports and extra-curricular activities. We won medals this year at events as wide ranging as the Robin Park Athletics Event (where a Bishop Martin pupil now holds the town record for the 70m Sprint!) to the School Swimming Gala. I’d like to express a HUGE thank you to the staff who willingly give up their own time to prepare for and then take children to these events. Also to the parents who come out to support the children in all weathers!

We have said some sad farewells already this year and make some more today. Mrs Gray, Miss Harvey and Miss Malins have all left us this year and we remember and miss them! Mr Arnold (Site Supervisor), Mrs Palin (Y5 Teacher), Miss Douglas (Y4), Mrs Niven (Y6 TA) and Mrs Hampson (Y4 TA) are all moving on to new challenges and we wish them every success in what they do.

We look forward to welcoming our new staff arrivals in September. Mrs Warrington (Deputy Head), Miss Davies (Reception Teacher), Miss Rankin (Y4 Teacher), Miss Casey (Y5 Teacher) and Miss Mason (Extended Services and Pastoral Support) are all high quality appointments and will bring a huge amount of skill and commitment to the school.

Finally we wish to thank you Parents, Carers, Governors and Friends for entrusting your children into our care and your ongoing support for all that we do.

Let’s hope we have a warm, dry, sunny and safe 6 weeks in which you and your family enjoy a happy holiday together. We look forward to seeing you all safe and sound with all pupils in our smart new uniform in September.

(Logo version can be bought from school)

Praise Assembly – Weekly Awards

Tel No. 01695 724730

Olivia Blackwell-Price Darius Ivascu

We are extremely proud of you all. You have achieved so much and it has been a privilege to work with each and every one of you. You have been a fantastic class to teach and your attitude and determination to achieve this year has really paid off. We are very sad to see you go but we wish you all the best in your new and exciting chapters in your lives. You will always be part of our Bishop Martin Family. Remember to come visit us to let us know how you are getting on at high school.

Good luck class 2018!

Fundraising Thanks 2017-18

Prize Giving On Tuesday we had our Annual Prize Giving Assembly. Thank you to all the parents of award winners and Governors who came along to support us and made the event so special for the children.

NSPCC (Mr Fendle and Mr Woods) = £141.00

Respect Award Winners

Star Award Winners

Emma Phillips

Leighton Murphy

Ruby Haughton

Phoebe Fendle

Thomas Benson

Kaden Charnock-Kirby

Alexa-May Medlicott

Laurynas Balsys

George Bailey-Battell

Dominic Cooney

The Wright Award

Amelia Rendall

Craig Blackwell-Price

KS1 = Lily-Mai Webster

Tereze Zvejniece

Abbi Batt

KS2 = Isabelle Blackwell-Price

Handwriting Award

Sportsperson of the year – Eva Smith.

Alfie Dickinson

Chess Award—Bishop Shield - Chloe Rochester.

Karl Prunetti

This year, Bishop Martin CE Primary School has supported a range of charities as well as raising money for the School Fund. Below is a breakdown of all monies raised this year and an explanation of how the money raised for the School Fund has been used:

SCHOOL SHIELD SUPERSTAR WINNER

In addition to this charity, you have contributed to the school fund through activities like the monthly non-uniform days, Summer Fair, Book Fairs etc. Below is the amount raised this year for the School Fund: £3021.54

Ellie Massam

The money has been used to help subsidise school events, such as the whole school Chester Zoo Trip, so that we don’t have to charge parents the full cost. It has also been used to bring visitors and special events into school for your children to enjoy, such as the Early Years/KS1 ‘Creepy Crawly Roadshow’ and the Whole School Christmas Pantomime ‘Aladdin’ that all the children enjoyed.

I would like to take the opportunity to thank you on behalf of the school and the charity mentioned above. We fully appreciate how difficult families are finding things in these tough financial times. It is therefore all the more humbling and inspiring to see how the community of Bishop Martin still find ways of supporting and helping others.

House Captains Trophies

Leland Roberts

Many thanks for your ongoing support

Green: Lucy MacLeod and Aiden Rawsthorne.

Adrianna Grinvalde

Yellow: Tony Orfanos and Eva Smith.

Joshua Rendall Klaudia Lowicka

Red: Ellen Woods and Abbi Batt.

Aleksa Safanova

Blue: Lexie-Mai Gibson-Collier and Tereze Zvejniece.

Thank you to Proctor & Gamble and Walkers for their fabulous donations we have received throughout the year.

Dates for Your Diary

Dinner Money

School Council Members

Phoebe Fendle, Demi Stalker, Richelle Ranai-Bankier, Kai Unsworth, Alfie Murphy, Leon Leonard, Kyle Blackwell-Price, Callum Ives, Darcie Baines (C), and Lucas Antunes (V-C).

Monday 3rd September INSET Day school closed to children 9.30 – 12.00 Uniform collection

Worship Group Members

1.00 – 3.00 Uniform collection

Ruby-Louise Haughton, Lucas Murray, Lucas Chadwick, Evita Zeberga, Robert Mitchell, Jadon, Kelly, Libby Baines, Reece Webster, Wiktoria Zurawik, Mackenzie (V-C), Kaci-Leigh Kelly (C).

Tuesday 4th September INSET Day school closed to children Wednesday 5th September School re-opens

100% Attendance Whole Year Award Winners

Friday 14th September

Caterpillars

-

Izabella Jermolajeva.

Y6 residential to be paid in full—£110

Owls

-

Lucas Chadwick, Steven Hall

Monday 10th September

and Macey Irwing.

Whole class Photographs

Giraffes

-

Evita Zeberga.

Koalas

-

Grace Ajwang, Freddie Ferguson

Tigers

Lions

-

-

Wednesday 26th to Friday 28th September Y6 Lions Residential to Colomendy Friday 19th October

and Leon Leonard.

3.10pm School closes for Autumn half term

Niah Edwards

Monday 29th October

and Katelyn Garner-Bentham

School re-opens for all

Abbi Batt.

Class Photograph Raffles Thank you all very much for buying the raffle tickets to win the class photographs.

Congratulations to the winners.

Ladybirds— Elliot B-P Caterpillars—Maria B Rabbits—Logan R Owls— Leland R Giraffes—Alexa-May M Koalas—Jadon K Tigers—Reece W Lions—Darcie B

School meals for Y3 to Y6 children, who are not on free school meals will be £2.20 per day – £11.00 per week, payable on Monday mornings.

Free School Meals If you are not already in receipt of free school meals and need to apply, please contact LCC on 01772 531 809.