10th October 2025 Dear Parent Carers, Weekly Update: 10/10/25 I hope this update finds you well. This week, our students have enjoyed some fantastic activities with the Learning Mentors to mark World Mental Health Day. From sitting around the fire with hot chocolate to building cosy indoor dens, dancing, and messy play – everyone got involved and had a great time! These sessions were all about socialising, mindfulness, and celebrating the importance of looking after our wellbeing. Students also spent time thinking about what makes them unique by identifying their own strengths and things they are grateful for. A huge well done to everyone who took part! Take a look at our Facebook page to see what we’ve been up to https://en-gb.facebook.com/StMartinsSchoolDerby/ ! The next Wellbeing Team event will be during Anti-Bullying Week from 10th-14th November. Key Stage 3 Update Further in the update, you will see Key Stage 3’s fantastic newsletter to show what they’ve been up to since the start of term. In great news, two Year 8 students have used their journalism skills to interview Year 7 students about their experience at St Martins so far – we hope you enjoy the read! The Adolescence Effect – free webinar Did you watch the Netflix drama ‘Adolescence’? •
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Are you worried about what your children might be up to online? Would you like to have a better understanding of incel culture and misogyny? Do you want some ideas about how to protect your children, especially our boys, against such negative influences? Toni Beardmore Headteacher St Martins School, The Derwent Campus, Bracknell Drive, Alvaston, Derby, DE24 0BT Tel: 01332 571151 Email: admin@stmartins.set.org Online: www.stmartinsschoolderby.co.uk
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