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A report of the recent local Football Tournament. Written by Toby Hales in Year 6.

Matchday Report

On Thursday 4^th October 2018, local schools from Letchworth and Baldock participated in a Football Tournament held at St. Christopher’s School. We started really well against Sandon drawing 1 – 1, thanks to a goal from Aidan.

Our confidence grew as the tournament went on, with a stunning victory over St. Christopher 3 – 0. Aidan picked up two more with Blue getting the other.

St. John’s moved from strength to strength with a 4 – 0 victory over St. Nicholas. Once again Aidan was on the scoresheet with two, with Blue matching him.

Game Four saw St. John’s come up against a tough team in the Lordship School. After a tight game, Blue stole a winner with yet another clean sheet thanks to Henry and Kian.

The final group game was against a very good St. Mary’s team. Despite our best efforts, St Mary’s snuck through with a 1 – 0 win. St Mary’s went on to win the Tournament.

St. John’s had a 5^th place playoff against the mighty Hartsfield. Fortunately, St. John’s triumphed 1 – 0 with Blue scoring the match winning goal.

It was a great start to the season and a real team performance from all the boys. A special mention to Ollie Jardine who created a number of goals and the great work by Henry in defence and Kian in goal.

A big thank you goes to our coach, Mr Baynham, for preparing our team so well.

On Wednesday 26^th September 2018, St. John’s took part in a wonderful and enriching day of learning new languages from across the continent. These were expertly lead by our own staff, who unknown to many of us, can speak a variety of different languages.

This involved a journey around the school and time spent in each classroom learning about language and culture. A huge thank to Ms Bull who led the whole day.

We are delighted to announce the fantastic news that we have been awarded 1^st place in the TESCO bags for help scheme.

A huge thank you to all who ‘dropped the coins for us’ to help us grow our sensory and calming area within the St. John’s environment, and for the suggestions offered to us during the process.

R.E. Newsletter – Autumn 2018

St Johns September Newsletter 2018

Please enjoy our final newsletter of the year.

School Newsletter – July 2018

“Music hath charms to soothe the savage beast.”

Well done to all those children who play an instrument at St John’s.

Last week we were treated to a clarinet concert by the children of Year 4 and those individuals with private lessons. Bea Lambert even gave us a quick  burst of the saxophone. Really well done to all, particularly the soloists:

Ines, Beatrice, Cicely, Maya, Lilia and  Neave.

Today saw the guitarists amongst us our number take to the stage. What a delightful afternoon’s entertainment and sometimes you couldn’t help but tap your foot along with the excellent playing. Well done to all our musicians:

Erin, Josh and Art; Mickey; Isla; Isabella, Abigail, Olivia and Rachel; Ronan and Ben; Miguel; Holly, Liam and Ruben; Lucy, Maria and Henry; Poppy and Niamh; Mia and Aidan, Robert and Oliver

A special thank you to Miss Tunstall and Mr Barton for all their hard work and patience.

Well it certainly came home! Not the World Cup unfortunately but the trophy proving that St John’s is the best small school for athletics in the whole of Baldock, Hitchin and Letchworth as well as the surrounding villages.

Well done to all those who represented the school so well on and off the track and a huge thank you for the brilliant support. Super thanks to Mr Baker for all the hard work which made it possible.

Well, what a week it has been!

SPORTS DAY

On Wednesday we had a super sports day. The carousel of sporting challenges ensured everyone was involved and all competing for their house saint.

After  8 rounds of competition, we all gathered for the final result. ….

St Francis ( Hooray!)

RACE FOR LIFE

As if that wasn’t enough.

Today, Friday 29th June we had our Race for Life.

Another glorious day in the sunshine. We started with a prayer and lots of memories shared and then we were off…

The children ran, walked, skipped or flossed their way around the field over and over again accompanied by Mr Baker’s playlist.

It was lovely to have parents and other family members joining in and cheering us on.  Alongside this there was feverish activity on the JustGiving page and a fantastic final total of £660.

A hot exhausting week but so much fun. An enormous thank you to Mr Baker for putting it altogether and many thanks for the PA support.

A little later than anticipated, here is our June newsletter.

School Newsletter – June 2018