History & Traditions 

History & Traditions

Our School History

St Martin of Tours Parish Primary school was established in 1958. The Parish school was built to educate Catholic children from the areas of Macleod and Rosanna. Throughout its history St Martin’s has been renowned for high quality education and a strong community spirit.

In 2009 the school underwent great change because of the generous Commonwealth grant as part of the BER scheme. A new LRC (Library Resource Centre), computer lab, student learning areas and utilities were constructed. Appealing playground areas and gardens enhance the schools learning environment.

The Mercy building was completed in 2018 and officially opened in 2019. This building houses nine classrooms, a seminar room, various quiet spaces for small group work, large open spaces to promote collaboration between classes and an undercover outdoor multipurpose space.

Traditions

The St Martin’s PFA holds an annual Shrove Tuesday Picnic where all the community are invited to ‘Pete’s Paddock’ to share pancakes and celebrate our wonderful community.

Every year just before Mother’s Day our PFA holds the annual ‘Mother’s Night’. A time for all the mums in our community to get together and enjoy a night of laughter and dancing. Similarly, the dads in our community get together just before Father’s Day for the annual Father’s Night.

Book Week starts of with a huge buzz every year with the announcement of the winners of the CBCA shortlisted books. So many wonderful books are read and shared together. We invite children’s authors to share their writing journeys with our students. Students also participate in the Creative Minds Competition and our annual Book Week Parade does not dissapoint, as students and teachers create amazing costumes based on their favourite book character.

The St Martin of Tours feast day is the 11th November. We celebrate our feast day with a whole school Mass and various activities throughout the day.

Every two years the whole St Martin’s community (school and parish) come together to hold the biennal ‘St Martin’s Carnival’, the school grounds come alive with rides, food, drinks, stalls and fun for the whole family. It is certianly an event not to be missed!