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Through Christ we Believe, Inspire, Achieve

English Martyrs Catholic Primary School is a creative and forward-thinking school. At English Martyrs we aim to nurture and inspire our learners to become motivated and successful citizens who are equipped to meet the challenges of today and tomorrow.

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Our Core Values

Our Core Values are: Spirituality, Curiosity, Emotional Well-being, Resilience.
They are very important to us. Children learn about these values and are expected to support them. We expect children to treat one and other in a friendly and fair manner. We aim to provide an environment where children can be safe, be happy and have fun.

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Global Community / Science / Year 4 / Year 6July 11, 2019
50th Anniversary of the Moon Landing 🌑As we won’t be in school to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landing on the 20th July, we decided to mark the occasion this week. Classes throughout the school did various activities as they learned about the amazing feat that the astronauts Buzz Aldrin, Neil Armstrong and Michael Collins experienced. In Year 4, our pupils had rockets travelling along different surfaces to see how their speed was affected. Our Year 6 pupils designed and built a shock-absorbing system for a spacecraft to land on the moon. We tested our designs and then evaluated each other’s, suggesting ways of improvement. Some of our wonderful pupils did extra work at home and brought their posters, paper mache moons and rocket designs into school. Amazing job!... Read more...
Science / Year 6July 3, 2019
Our Visit to Liverpool Life Sciences UTCThis afternoon, some of our Year 6 pupils were taken to Liverpool Life Sciences UTC to take part in some fascinating workshops. Dr John Dyer and his team welcomed us into their labs where we donned our lab coats and goggles and began learning. One of the workshops saw us investigating with sodium bicarbonate and vinegar: we had to experiment with the correct ratios of each reactant in order to see whose rocket propelled furthest across the room due to the chemical reaction between the acid and the alkali. The other workshop allowed us to get close to a number of different animals including a bearded dragon, a leopard gecko (named Issy), cockroaches, a giant African snail, a mouse and a gerbil. We became experts after listening to Ms Hayman talk about animal health and then we used our knowledge to study each animal ourselves, using a checklist to identify if they were healthy or not. We had the most wonderful afternoon as you can see!... Read more...
Stars of the WeekJune 14, 2019
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Nursery / REJune 13, 2019
Special Visitors to Nursery Nursery had some special visitors from Sierra Leone yesterday. Mary and Samba enjoyed talking to the children about their school and families. ... Read more...
Community / Eco-Council / Global Community / Science / Year 6June 12, 2019
Sierra Leone Sustainable ScienceToday we were so excited to have such special visitors from Sierra Leone coming to our school to take part in a science workshop. We started by thinking about the uses of plastic and thought about the positive aspects. Afterwards, we watched footage of the impact plastic is having on the environment if it is not recycled properly – some of the video clips we saw were really sad. Animals are becoming harmed by ingesting plastics or getting trapped in them when swimming in the ocean. We then thought about what we can do to help. Learning about the process of recycling plastic, we saw how factories can break down our household plastic items by melting them into small pellets before being able to mould them into something new. Certain brands such as Adidas and Nike have started using recycled ocean plastic in some of their clothes, footwear and even football kits! Did you know that one football kit uses about 16 plastic bottles? Using this as our influence, we designed and then made a number of usable items from the plastic waste around the room. We made shoes, skates, boats and even friendship bracelets! After this, we designed a poster as part of an initiative ran by ASDA. Each poster had a clear message about reducing our use of plastics whilst recycling efficiently to ensure our future is free from oceans full of plastic. We loved working together on this project and feel really lucky to have friends around the globe who are sharing our environmental goals!... Read more...
Stars of the WeekJune 11, 2019
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NurseryJune 4, 2019
Pirates in NurseryWe have enjoyed the different pirate activities in Nursery this week. “Look at my map Miss” “Is this a canon?”... Read more...
Stars of the WeekMay 24, 2019
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Stars of the WeekMay 17, 2019
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NurseryMay 13, 2019
Birds in Nursery We are very excited to meet our new baby birds in our nursery garden. ... Read more...
Stars of the WeekMay 3, 2019
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Stars of the WeekApril 26, 2019
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Through Christ we believe, inspire, achieve.