John Lewis Innovation Challenge 2018 Pupils will work in teams to design, plan and create an innovative solution to the following sustainability challenge, set by our Sustainability Managers: How would you reinvent a school blazer to give it a new life? Roxanne and Jamie: “Year 5 took part in the John Lewis Challenge. we came…
Our current topic of Pentecost is coming to a close and the final piece of work required the children to describe the actions and rationale of people they identified as Pentecost people. Thanks to our parents and grandparents we were able to represent a range of faiths including Judaism, Hinduism, Islam and Buddhism. Father Denis kindly…
Please enjoy our newsletter for May. School Newsletter – May 2018
Please enjoy our newsletters about the RE learning for this half term: RE Newsletter EYFS – Summer 1 2018 – From Easter to Pentecost RE Newsletter – Summer 1 2018 – From Easter to Pentecost
Please enjoy our April Newsletter. School Newsletter – April 2018
The bar model is a valuable tool which helps children recognise what the question is asking them to do. It is not a calculation strategy and as such does not replace column addition or subtraction but goes alongside to add clarity. The key language is the whole and the parts and to reinforce that we…
Please enjoy our monthly newsletter. School Newsletter – March 2018
What a delightful afternoon! Yesterday St John’s opened its doors to our grandparents with an opportunity to find out more about Fairtrade and Feed The World 2050 in the context of Catholic Social Teaching. All were treated to Fairtrade cakes and beverages provided by the staff and PA. Early Years hosted planting sessions to develop…
Mrs Meadows reports: On Thursday 1st March we celebrated World Book Day. This year we linked it with Fair Trade fortnight and dressed up as ‘Fairtrade Superheroes’. The costumes around the school were amazing, with some very thoughtful ideas. We would like to thank you for making the effort and taking part. During the day,…
What a great opportunity to experience all that winter has to offer. Pupils at St John’s made the most of the snow and showed the only limitation is your imagination.