Foundation Stone

The Rt. Rev. Clifford Martin, who was the Bishop of Liverpool  from 1944 to 1965, gave his name to our school. He laid the foundation stone here on 28th April 1967 in a ceremony which was attended by Rt. Rev. L. Brown, Bishop of Warrington; Ven. E. Evans, Archdeacon of Warrington; Councillor W. Rigby, Chairman of the Urban District Council; and many members of our local community.

We would love to hear from any of you who were there on that day!

Email us at - memories@bishopmartin.lancs.sch.uk

The whole school took part in a 'Down Memory Lane' theme during the academic year 2017-2018, to celebrate our 50th Anniversary.

Classes took turns to travel back through the decades and each performed an assembly for the other classes and their parents. 

Each class explored their decade by looking at world events and significant changes at Bishop Martin. They also enjoyed finding out about music, art, fashion and sport.

The Noughties

Year 1 Rabbits began our time travelling journey by visiting the noughties and exploring what life was like only ten years ago, when Mrs Gray became our headteacher.

They performed their own version of 'I've got a feeling' and showed off their dancing skills!

The Nineties

Next, Year 2 Owls shared the sporting triumphs of the nineties and reminded us about the school's Silver Jubilee celebrations that took place in 1993.

The Eighties

The Year 3 children in Giraffes Class had a great time performing their favourite songs from the 80's and raised the roof with their rendition of 'Living on a Prayer' by Bon Jovi.

They were very shocked to find out that if children were naughty in school the teachers could smack them! They think our 'Good to be Green' system is much better.

The Seventies

Year 4 Koalas showed us some of the crazy fashions and wild dance moves from the seventies, while performing a fantastic puppet show.

At Bishop Martin in the seventies the children loved watching puppet shows and were inspired to make their own puppets and perform their own shows!

The Sixties

Tigers Class, with the help of Dr Who, took us all the way back to the sixties.

They told us all about the origins of Bishop Martin Primary School; showed us all the artefacts they had explored; sang 'Help!' by The Beatles and gave a very energetic display of a variety of dance moves that were popular in the sixties.

Maybe the original pupils and staff danced The Monkey and The Watusi at their Christmas parties? We will have to ask them!

If you have any memories of Bishop Martin you would like to share with us, please email - memories@bishopmartin.lancs.sch.uk

 

 

2018-2068

As part of our 50th Anniversary Celebration, each class created something to place into a Time Capsule.

Every class thought about what the children of 2068 might like to know about life in 2018.

When we had gathered our information, we joined together in the hall and watched as our items were packed inside the Time Capsule ready to be sent to the future!

Once the weather was dry, our Time Capsule was buried outside the main entrance.

It will stay buried until 2068, when the staff and pupils of Bishop Martin are celebrating the school's 100th birthday.

Hopefully, as part of their celebrations they will dig it up and enjoy reading all of our messages, looking at all of our pictures and learning about life at Bishop Martin C of E Primary School in 2018.

Maybe some of us will even come back and visit to see it being opened!