Welcome to St Martin’s Primary School web site
We are a successful happy, primary school and we aim to give our children the best possible start in life.
The school is at the heart of St Martin’s parish in Guernsey and enjoys excellent support from parents and the local community.
We offer a broad curriculum that promotes creativity and independent learning. Learning activities are personalised to meet the needs of the individual child.
We are proud of the high standards we achieve in literacy and numeracy and of the excellent way our pupils behave.
Latest News
Year 6 Spring ‘Fayred’ well!
Year 6 held a highly successful Spring Fayre last term, and with the raffle, raised an amazing £1,859.71. The children created an incredible array of stalls and games from ‘Name the pony’ to ‘Guess the crisp flavour’. The raffle prizes and cakes donated were fantastic and we are very grateful for all your generous donations.
New Targets for a New Term
This term our whole school target in maths in on subtraction. All year groups will be developing their skills through homework activities, lesson warm-ups and displays. Please help your child by talking about how you use subtraction in everyday life and by finding time to solve real life subtraction problems together. Please remember to use all the different words that can mean subtract such as reduce, take away, minus and find the difference.
In literacy our focus this term is on ‘connectives’; words that we use to join and extend sentences. For example ‘I walked the dog. He chased a cat’ becomes ‘I walked the dog, unfortunately he chased the cat’. Try to look for examples when you read with your child and to use connectives when your child writes at home. Examples of connectives include simple words such as and, but and so, and more complex words such as whenever, suddenly, consequently and although.
Single Acts of Kindness
Our whole school social skill focus is on kindness this half term. We are encouraging everyone to carry out one simple act of kindness every day; this could be opening a door for a fellow pupil, lending someone a pencil or even washing up without being asked at home. We will celebrate and share these acts in assemblies, circle times and whenever they are spotted!
Swimming Pool News
Our pool is up and running again with a new pool liner and refurbished pool area. Swimming will recommence either this week or next; each class will be informed individually when they will need to bring in their kits and get splashing!