End of Term Newsletter July 2019

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BISHOP MARTIN NEWS Headteacher – Mr IJ McDonald Tel No. 01695 724730

SUMMER TERM 2 19/7/19

To our fantastic Year 6 Lions, This year has been a year of triumphs and laughter. It has been an absolute delight to teach each one of you and to watch you grow and mature. The resilience and determination that we have seen has been inspiring and it is this that will see you succeed when you move on to the next chapter in your lives. You will always be a part of The Family of Bishop Martin. You will be missed dearly so remember to come and visit us to let us know how you are getting on in high school.

Good luck Class of 2019.

Mr Dawe, Mrs Maley and Mrs Warrington

It most definitely is Good to be Green! Callum, Afonso, Amelia, Emerson, Finley, Leonie, Michaela, Amber, Maria, Katelyn and Wiktoria have never had a consequence in their whole school life in Bishop Martin!

As a reward they had a fantastic day out!

We had the pleasure of watching our fabulous Year 6 perform Robin Hood and the Sherwood Hoodies for their Leavers’ performance. There were laughsa-plenty throughout and great comedic performances from the children. It was lovely to see just how confident the children were standing upon the stage in front of such a large audience. The singing raised the roof and got all the audience dancing along. You should all be very proud of the effort put in to learning all those lines; songs and dances.

It certainly paid off.

What a talented bunch you are!

This half term the following pupils have received awards.

Lacey-Faye Haworth

Headteacher Award

Lyla Smith Isaac Ajwang

Callum Roberts

Deputy Headteacher Award

Callum Ives

Amelia Rendall

Katelyn Garner-Bentham

Corey & Aidan Gerrard Alfie Parvin Leo Gillespie Zack Owen

STAR AWARD

Ayra Goldson

Good to be Green Draw

Dalia Colestean Honey Charnock-Richard Lynette Benson Bonnie Leather Finley Phillips

(The winners receive a free session in our

Everleigh Budgen Daisie-Mae Drummond

3.15 Club)

Alicia Kelly Thomas Tilley Valters Jekabsons

RESPECT AWARD

Alicia Ellison Juris Jermolajevs Marks Grinvalds Daniel Budgen Niah Edwards Grace Ives Katelyn Slater Lewis Bass Jessica Macleod Lucas Chadwick Ajay Denton Ajay Denton Isaac Ajwang George Bailey Battell Bear John Fields Taylor-Jade Benson Dominik Szwed Lacey-Faye Haworth Isaac Collins Daniel Vanson Dylan Stewart Summer-Rose Stalker Libby-Sue Pye Xavier Zurawik Robert Feeney Jessica Macleod Amber Denton Lola Kirkbride Lucas Murray Darius-Andrei Ivascu Amelia Rendall Dylan Beddoes Filip Slojewski Demi Stalker Dalia Colestean Finlay Dalton Finley Phillips Joel-Che Riley Alexis Blackwell-Price Steven Hall Deniss Kohovs Kaden Charnock-Kirby Evita Zeberga Luis Stalker Brayden Hughes Emerson Roberts Samuel Kravec Mercedes Kent Alix Newell Libby Baines Joshua Rendall Thomas Benson Lacey-Faye Haworth Zoltan Mate Leighton Murphy Indiana Cooper Olivia Blackwell-Price Phoebe Baines Lucas Pennington Alisha Gillespie Faith Pearmain Freya L'Abert Valters Jekabsons All of Year 1 Alfie Dickinson Grace Ajwang All of Year 5 Reece Webster Emma Phillips All of Year 2

Alex Jones Aureja Balsyte Lynnette Benson Shakirha Moore Freddie Ferguson Ally Gillespie Skyla Amor Oliver Baines Samira Abreu Barros Caleb Williams Quinn Inayah Moore Ellie Slater Alfie Dickinson Benett Mate Kaifa Moore Zack Owen Alfie Gerrard Murphy Emma Phillips Amelia Murphy Elliot Blackwell-Price Mckenzie Baker Bonnie Leather Logan Roberts

Grace has Our reward was a fantastic trip to Southport!

We made Journey Sticks

The staff enjoyed Sports Day as much as the children did!

These classes had the highest weekly attendance above 96% and won the weekly tin of biscuits. The class with the highest overall attendance each half term from Reception to Y6 will win a special treat.

Below 96%

w/e 24/519

Koalas

Rabbits

w/e 7/619

Koalas

Caterpillars

w/e 14/619

Lions

Caterpillars

w/e 21/619

Koalas

Rabbits

w/e 28/6/19

Giraffes

Owls

w/e 5/7/19

Giraffes

Rabbits

w/e 12/7/19

Lions

There was no over all winner this half term! The average for each class was below 96%!

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.

There was also, no over all winner this academic year! The average for each class was below 96%!

Miss McKnight has a new challenge to increase our attendance. More information will follow in September……..

Fundraising Thanks 2018-19 I would like to take the opportunity to thank you on behalf of the school, Queen’s Court Hospice and The Birchwood Centre. 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.

This year, you have contributed to the school fund through activities such as, Non Uniform Days, Raffles, Movie Nights, The Christmas Performances and Shop and Sparkle & Glow Disco, etc. Total raised £2,347.30.

The money has been used to help subsidise school events such as The Cinema, Pantomimes, school trips etc, so that we don’t have to charge parents the full cost.

The monies raised from Non Uniform days was split between the School Fund and Queen’s Court Hospice and BMGT was split between the School Fund and The Birchwood Centre. Total raised £437.50.

Many thanks for your ongoing support

Fri 19th July

School closes @ 3.10pm for the Summer Holidays - Have fun!

Fri 19th July

DISCO @ Christ the Servant Church 6.45 to 8.45.

Reception to Y6 -£1.50 Refreshments on sale.

Tues 3rd Sept

Collect school uniform 9-12am and 1-3pm from the office. (We are closed for lunch)

Wed School reopens @ 8.40am 4th Sept Breakfast Club at 8am Tues 10th Sept

Class Photographs

Wed 25th Sept

Y6 Residential @ Colomendy - final payments to be made by Friday 13th Sept

Thurs 31st Oct

Deadline for Secondary School Applications!

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