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October 2017
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Welcome to our Autumn Newsletter!
The different groups in our school community have been
reflecting on what St Martins means to them. We have made
Wordles from everyone’s collective ideas. Connor from GLO
thoughtfully wrote that ’St Martins is your destiny’s path’.
Here are the Top 3 words from each Wordle –
Thanks to all those of you who contributed. You can see the
full Wordles at the top of the stairs in school.
I hope you enjoy reading about what each pastoral group has
been up to on the following pages…
Have a lovely relaxing half term holiday with your
wonderful children.
Debbie Gerring - Headteacher
Students Staff Parents and
Carers
Governors
Cool Family Friendly Supportive
Fun Learning Caring Inspirational
Happy Supportive Understanding Nurturing
Josh from GLO gorge walking in the Peak District
Attendance
Year 7 Year 8 Year 9 Year 10 Year 11 Year 12 Year 13
Sky James Lennon Matthew C Jamie Lewis Ally
Thomas Aaron Jamie Cindy Kieran Richard Harrison
Charley Josh C Tia Sufyaan Bradley William Cl Jack
Joe Zakary Arjan Michael Marcus William
Co Lilee-Rose
Sam H Fizaan Kristian Noah Lavina Matthew Matthew
Ellouise Krzysztof James Oliver Alex Adil Meghan
Evie Reidyn Leah Euan William Michael Ricky
Harry Dominic Jaden Cameron Brandon Azaid Kayleigh
Brooklyn Nathan Lukas
Charlie Josh T Thomas
Kiyomi Sammie Sean
Liam
Kelsey
Makenzie
Sam W
The following students have achieved an amazing 100%
attendance since the start of the academic year in
September. Well done!
Please remember to keep school informed if your child
is absent.
Celebration Day
In September, we spent a day celebrating our recent OFSTED
success. We hired a Fun Fair for the day and had dodgems, a
carousel, a climbing wall, a bouncy castle and a BBQ.
We were joined by more than 100 members of our school com-
munity - families, governors and people who work in school with
us. The Mayor of Derby, Councillor John Whitby came along, as
well as Derby South MP Margaret Beckett.
Dave Wells came out of retirement (for one afternoon only!) to
hand our Send My Friend to School jigsaws to Margaret Beck-
ett. Dave and the students talked with Margaret about the
campaign for children all over the world to be able to receive a
quality education.
Leah on the dodgems
Send My Friend to School presentation
KS3B ‘B’ most definitely stands for BRILLIANT!! What a start at St
Martins the Year 7s have had. We have worked hard in Maths and
English showing what we know and how clever we are. It has been fun
learning new things and getting to know each other.
We visited the Hindu Temple!
Our topic this half term has
been looking at religions,
specifically Hinduism. To learn
more about this we visited
their place of worship.
KS3C The Year 7 students in KS3C have quickly settled in to their new
routines here at St Martins. It has been a really exciting first half
term and we have already achieved so much!
KS3MB
We have all been improving
our number work in maths too.
In KS3MB Maths we have
been learning more about
Fractions and have played a
fraction domino game, frac-
tion pizza game and have
been matching the written
fractions with images.
In Topic lessons this half term
we have been learning more
about Sikhism. Arjan has been
helping with the lessons. We
will visit the Gurdwara at the
end of October.
KS3S KS3S have had a busy start to the Autumn term! The whole class have
made an exceptional transition into Year 9. Everyone has been working
hard in school to make good progress in the core subjects such as
Mathematics, English and Science. We have had the opportunity to
take part in some fishing coaching run by FISH 2013 (Fishing in Safe
Hands). The students have so far learnt a great deal from this coach-
ing and most importantly had fun at the same time.
In November we are all excited to be heading off on a two-night resi-
dential to Kingswood Activity Centre in the Dearne Valley where we will
be taking part in some adventurous activities and building our team
work skills.
The class have also started their Duke of Edinburgh Bronze award this
term where they will take part in a number of activities that cover vol-
unteering, physical exercise, skills and expedition. The Duke of Edin-
burgh award is challenging but rewarding and the students have all
started by putting their best into it.
KS3T
KS3T have had a busy half term! All the students joined in the activities for
the OFSTED celebration day. KS3T enjoyed clashing on the bumper cars,
climbing the rock walls and jumping around on the bouncy castle!
We have also visited the Gurdwara for our Topic lesson. KS3T had a great
time exploring the Sikh temple and trying some of the cultural cuisine!
We have had a cross curricular link between Maths and English this half
term; using ‘George’s Marvellous Medicine’. In English we have been creat-
ing recipes using alliteration, similes, verbs and adverbs. With these, we
have been creating these ‘marvellous’ medicines in Maths and learning
about measurements of capacity.
Well done this half term KS3T!!!
KS3V
Dominic said “I really en-
joyed our class trip to the
Sikh Temple, I liked looking
at all the artefacts”.
Val and Alice welcome you to KS3V, we
are very much looking forward to the
year ahead!
Katelyn said “I really en-
joyed going to visit The
Gurdwara and going into
the langar and trying the
lentil curry.
Louis said “I think it is
good of them to feed
people for free”.
Jack said “I enjoyed learn-
ing about Sikhism but I
didn’t enjoy the curry!”
GLC Throughout this half term GLC have been getting to know each other and have been building
friendships and relationships with each other. We have been thinking about class rules and
settling into the class routines.
Topic
We have been car-
rying out work relat-
ing to belonging.
We are thinking
about groups that
we belong to inside
and outside school,
what it feels like to
belong and the
benefits of belong-
ing to a group.
English
We continue to
work on key litera-
cy skills, using cor-
rect punctuation
marks, finger spac-
es and thinking
about spelling pat-
terns and phonics.
We are developing
our use of story
maps to organise
thinking and prac-
ticing and working
on report writing.
Working styles
We work in different ways de-
pending on our learning styles.
Sometimes we work alone, some-
times we work together and
sometimes we work in pairs.
Trampolining
This half term we
have enjoyed trampo-
lining sessions. We
have been learning
basic trampolining
techniques. We
enjoy using balls and
the parachute on
the trampoline.
PSHE
We place great emphasis
on working together,
sharing thoughts and
ideas and having fun
together. We are also
learning how to initiate
interaction and how
to interact socially
with others.
OFSTED Celebration
We enjoyed celebrating our out-
standing OFSTED inspection
and had a great day. We were
really pleased to be able to
share the celebrations with
parents and carers.
GLH
Some of GLH enjoying Ofsted celebration day!
GLH have had an exciting and busy start to the
new academic year. They have all settled into life at St Martins marvellously and have begun to
work together as a team really well. There have been various changes that the students have
needed to adapt to and they have taken them all in their strides. They have also begun to develop great relationships with various members of staff throughout the school including their specialist
teachers – well done!
In PSHE we have been exploring our emotions, identities and responsibilities. We have all fol-
lowed the PSHE rules and shared our thoughts and ideas respectfully. We have also been devel-oping our listening skills which is great! Exploring
our feelings and emotions will help us during adult life and it has helped us think about how it can
affect others.
In English we have been writing using a variety of genres to showcase what we learnt in our
previous schools. We wrote a poem in the style of ‘The Sound Collector’, wrote instructions for making sandwiches, re-wrote the story of ‘The
Three Little Pigs’ and wrote a newspaper report. We were all resilient and tried our best.
We recently wrote some setting descriptions about a scary forest and the chocolate room in Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. Heather has
introduced ‘rainbow writing’ and this means that we now use blue for our capital letters and
full stops and red for our adjectives. Using this helps us to remember the features we need
to include.
Have a look at our rainbow writing wall word bank … we can’t wait to add lots of interesting
vocabulary to it!
In Maths we have been completing different as-sessments to help us in the future at St Martins.
We have also been exploring the properties of 2D and 3D shapes. We even used our practical skills to
build and construct some 3D shapes so that we could name the properties.
GLO
Our highlights so far have been the Outstanding Ofsted celebration day. We
loved the dodgems, bouncy castle and climbing wall.
In Outdoor Education this half term we have done lots
of exciting activities!
GLO met the MP Dame Margaret
Beckett to give her the ‘Send My
Friend to School’ petition.
Our Highlights
GLP Carly is GLP’s teacher and Trudie is their teaching assistant. The
class is made up of six students, three year 8 and three year 9.
We have been having fun getting to know each other during
pastoral times.
This term we are learning about friendships in Topic, emotions and
feelings in PSHE and all about ourselves in Citizenship.
In English we are enjoying the story of Peter Pan, finding out the
different characters and discussing the plot.
In Design and Technology we are designing and making a wooden toy
that will be suitable for a young child. We have learnt about axles
and how they work.
In Art we are learning about art his-
tory, exploring various artists and
their work.
The students also access a variety of
opportunities including horse riding
and positive support.
KS4C We have welcomed back the students to a new year. We have lost Ricky and Thomas to Horizons, but gained Matt C, Matt P, Mia and Sufyaan. Lyndsey has joined the class as part of the mentoring team. Cole has been voted Head Boy, and Matthew C is now a member of the stu-dent council, along with Mia. This is fantastic for the students’ confidence and we know they will do well. During the previous year, Clayton has been completing GCSE PE through Noel-Baker. He is attending independently and joining in all the classes. He will be attending a Rock Climbing residential trip with his Noel-Baker class later this month. This is the final year for some of the boys, and we have soon jumped back into the pressure of their GCSEs. We have visited the National Videogames Arcade in Nottingham, to introduce the students to programming, and how to plan and make video games. This forms a major part of this year’s Computing curriculum.
Food Technology
KS3/Galaxy
This term students will be working on basic hygiene in the kitchen, personal
safety, and making and preparing simple snacks.
KS4
Within KS4 Students will be working on their Aim Award accreditation, this
year each student will be covering 2 of the following courses:
Basic Food Preparation
Meeting Special Dietary Needs
Students who choose Food tech as one of their options will be covering an
additional, more involved unit: Food Preparation and Cooking.
KS4RC
Kimberly appointed on to the
School Council
Lavina appointed as
Head Girl
A busy start to our final year in
school has already included;
Options – settling into new groups
and trying new experiences
Drop Everything And Read
sessions (DEAR). Everyone taking
part each morning.
Visiting Derby College Skills Festi-
val and thinking about next steps
for next year and transition.
Celebration Day
KS4RK Our options have started well…..
Three of our students have started Animal Care at Broomfield College,
which they are really enjoying. They have been learning how to handle small
animals, doing health checks on them, and cleaning their pens out.
Two students have chosen PE as their option, which is focusing on team
games such as bench ball and basketball, which has been great fun.
A couple of our students have chosen Duke of Edinburgh. Between now
and December the students are focusing on two sections of the award, the
Physical section and the Skills section. For the physical section they have
chosen multiple activities on a rotational basis: Free-running, cycling and
Derby College gym. For the Skills section they are currently learning how to
use the camping stoves to prepare small meals independently.
GLL During the first half term GLL have shown a nurturing, responsible and
mature attitude by being good role models to younger Galaxy KS3 stu-
dents through a ‘Peer Reading’ scheme.
Once a week the group of Year 11 students in GLL offer a supportive
and caring ear to listen to, and assist, younger students in the develop-
ment of both their reading skills and self-confidence. The sessions
have also had a positive impact upon developing all of the student’s
communication skills.
The KS3 Galaxy students selected their own Year 11 students and have
so far expressed how much they enjoy having someone older to guide
them to improve their Literacy skills further.
GLM We have been looking at all the Science equipment we need to use for our experi-
ments they include: Microscopes and Bunsen Burners. Here’s what some of us had
to say:
Jessica – I really liked heating the wa-
ter in a test tube with the different
flames and microscopes
Rasan – I like the different flames on
the Bunsen burner – yellow for safety,
blue for heating.
Adam – I liked making a cheek cell and
using the microscopes.
Joe – The Bunsen Burners are hot
and cool!
Euan – The microscopes were good we
made onion skin cells
Cindy – I like being in the Science lab.
Noah – I like using the Bunsen Burners
and the Microscopes .
Nathaniel – Science is fun!
We all can’t wait to see what we are doing next half term.
GLV
Community activities
As part of accessing the local and wider community GLV students visited
the Council House to apply for their Gold cards. These cards allow the stu-
dents to travel on public transport for free and are an integral part of aid-
ing the development of their social skills.
(From left to right- Adil, Lille-Rose, William and Azaid)
Using their Gold cards on the bus each week, students have also
visited museums in Derby as well as the library and shops.
HORIZONS - H1
Film trip!
Year 12 went to the Quad and we did some filmmaking. Our filming was
based on cyberbullying and we met a man called Jenson who works there
as a filmmaker. For our film we had a victim, a friend who helped the
victim and a bully. The experience was good and interesting. We would
like to go back again to watch films, visit the museum or take part in
more workshops.
HORIZONS - H2
Employability On Mondays we learn about employability - we look at different jobs and dif-
ferent roles within hospitality.
On Monday the 9th of October 2017 we went to the Holiday Inn to focus on
housekeeping, reception and catering.
As part of our employability sessions we looked at mock interviews and
learnt how to do a proper interview for example; appearance, body lan-
guage and eye contact.
Term Dates 2017-2018 Autumn 2017
School Opens to
Students
Thursday 7th
September School Closes Friday 20th October
School Opens Monday 30th
October School Closes
Tuesday 19th
December
Spring Term 2018
School Opens Wednesday 3rd
January School Closes
Friday 16th
February
School Opens Monday 26th
February School Closes Thursday 22nd March
Summer Term 2018
School Opens Monday 9th April School Closes Friday 25th May
School Opens Monday 4th June School Closes Wednesday 25th July
INSET Days Bank Holidays
Friday 17th November 2017 Monday 7th May 2018
Monday 29th January 2018 Keep up to date with term dates
on our website at:
www.stmartins.derby.sch.uk
Friday 23rd March 2018
Monday 16th July 2018
St Martins School, The Derwent Campus,
Bracknell Drive, Alvaston, Derby, DE24 0BT
t: 01332 571151 e: [email protected]