19th April 2024
Dear Parent Carers, Weekly Update: 19/04/24 Welcome back! I hope this update finds you well and refreshed after the Easter break. It has been brilliant to welcome students and staff back into school this week, and we are looking forward to the half term ahead and the fun lead into summer. We are blessed to be joined by two Teachers, Padma and Gale, from Udayachal High School in Mumbai, India, this week. Padma and Gale are spending time across our school sites to see how we teach English, Reading, Enterprise; and how our school curriculum and ethos work toward Shaping Successful Futures for all of our students. On Thursday 25th April, we are hosting a Coffee Morning at the Heart of the Park Café where you will be able to meet Padma and Gale and hear about their incredible school. Details are on the flyer attached. It was great to hear that so many of you joined us for our Eid celebration yesterday. Acknowledging the diversity of our school community is so important, and I was thrilled to learn how school came together by decorating their classroom doors, having a Bhangra Dhol performance, having Mendi patterns and eating tasty treats. I look forward to even more of these days in the future. Leavers Today we say goodbye to two of our classroom support staff. Samina Bibi worked with us as a Teaching Assistant for 2 and a half years and made a positive contribution to the diversity of our staff by previously encouraging them to take part in fasting during Ramadan. Chelsey Lamb has worked with us since December as a Classroom Assistant and is leaving to take up a post at another Shaw school closer to her new home. We wish Samina and Chelsey the very best for their next steps and thank them for their time here.
Sabrina Hobbs Executive 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 The Shaw Education Trust Limited is a company limited by guarantee, registered in England (no 09067175) Registered address: Shaw Education Trust, Kidsgrove Secondary School, Gloucester Road, Kidsgrove, ST7 4DL. The details of our academies registered as business names can be found at www.shaweducation.org.uk.