Our GCSE Drama practical exam is on 12th April 2016. All pupils must arrange extra rehearsal time with Mrs Weston before the Easter break. There is also a rehearsal scheduled during the Easter break on Thursday 7th April 2016 beginning at 10am and finishing at 3pm. Thank you for your support. 

As you know, at St. Martin's School we are fully committed to making your child's learning experience the best it can be. Below is a link to a short parental survey. We would be most grateful if you could take the time to complete the survey and provide us with your perception of the school. The deadline for completing the survey will be Friday 18th March 2016.

 Many thanks,

 Mrs J Underwood

 https://www.surveymonkey.co.uk/r/QJN9M8C

Pupils studying GCSE and A level Drama had the pleasure of attending a performance of  A Cat on  a Hot Tin Roof  written by Tennessee Williams on 9th March 2016. Pupils were stunned by the captivating performance. Many thanks to all who attended and the parents who continue to support them. 

34 of our pupils have recently had their work published in a new book produced by the Young Writers, entitled ‘Grim Tales – Welsh Legends.’ Pupils were set the task of re-writing a popular fairy tale/ story but in only 100 words!  A special celebratory assembly was held on Friday where pupils were awarded certificates for their fantastic achievement and pupils read their work aloud. It was a very proud moment for the English department and Mr Jarvis. This book is placed in libraries across the country and is now sat alongside ‘Poetopia’, another collection of our pupils’ work in the school library which saw over 100 of our pupils’ poems published.

We have recently entered the ‘Poetry Trials’, another national competition, with over 200 of pupils entered and with a chance of publication. This is due to be published later this year. Next up – ‘Spine Chillers’ - another word limitation task where pupils need to put their imaginative writing skills to the test and produce a scary story of only 100 words. The closing date is 31^st March and we look forward to reading the work that our creative pupils produce. 

Year 7 Parents' Evening will take place on Tuesday 8th March 2016 from 4pm - 7pm.  Please see Parents' section for the letter giving details of the event.

Today Laura & Richard from University of South Wales (Technocamps) came to our school and put on workshops for the year 9 students who wanted an insight into computing. There was one workshop in the ICT suite where we used scratch and KODU.  The scratch workshop allowed us to make a space invaders game and in KODU we explored its features and learnt some of the basics using the Xbox controllers - this was great fun! 

There was a second workshop based on the programming language, Python. First we learnt the basic commands and then we were given the chance to make either a basic game or a conversion programme. We enjoyed the tasks given to us in the workshops and we now have a good idea of what computing is and how it can be used. We thank technocamps for coming to our school and giving us the opportunity to experience basic computing.

Written by Tom, Joel & Ieuan - Year 9.