Attendance Award – Year  6 – 97.8% – Well done!

Whole School Attendance – 93.6 %

Superstars of the Week!

YR – Jude for his fantastic participation in phonics this week and for his independent super sentence writing.

Y1 – Ethan for always trying his hardest and never giving up.

Y2 – Sofiia P for consistently working hard during independent tasks.

Y3 – Jacob A for being a superstar, knowing all the multiplication facts up to 12 x 12.

Y4 – Jenson for constantly thinking of others (and the common good) whilst focussing on his own learning.

Y5 -Hope for asking questions in Maths; a fantastic step forward.

Y6 – Salvo for a MASSIVE improvement in his spellings this week – keep it up!

Proud Work: 21/11/2025

YR – Charlotte for effort with her letter formation this week!

Y1 – Lucy for creating some amazing ‘wanted’ posters in our English lessons this week, using some lovely adjectives.

Y2 – Erin for her use of conjunctions when writing a set of instructions about how to be an explorer.

Y3 – Jacinta for a persuasive brochure encouraging the reader to visit the perfect, imperfect pet shop.

Y4 – Joseph for his Iron Man drawing, annotated with similes.

Y5 – Flynn for his first 10/10 in his spellings; may it be the first of many.

Y6 -Isabelle for creating a clear and concise revision guide for our fraction units in maths.

Times Tables Rockstars

Headliner: Jacob M

Support Act: Daniel A, Alexander M

Rockstar: Lewis N

Busker: Nellie N

On Wednesday 26^th November a group of children from year 3 and 4 attended a sporting event at The Bridge. They had a chance to experience different activities. The took part in Dodgeball, Lacrosse, Basketball and Tchoukball. All the children represented the school well, they showed encouragement to others and had great fun learning lots of new sporting skills.

Well done children!

Thank you to Brad and Mrs Brooks for taking the children and supporting them during the morning.

Chartwells Order Deadline Dates

Please order by the dates below to ensure your child has a hot lunch in the Autumn Term.

St Benedict’s have sent their heartfelt thanks for the very generous donation of £1,160.17 raised by Year 2 and  Reception class in the summer! They have now had brand new desks, chairs and tables built for the children which has made a huge difference to their learning. We cannot thank you enough!

Amazon Wish List

We are excited to share that our classroom Amazon Wish List has been updated for the new term! These items help support hands-on learning, class projects, and a welcoming learning environment for all children. 

If you would like to contribute, simply visit our amazon wish list and select any item you’d like to purchase for the class. All purchases will be shipped directly to the school, and every contribution-big or small-makes a meaningful difference. 

Your generosity helps ensure that our students have the materials they need to learn, grow, and succeed. Thank you for supporting our classroom and being an essential part of our school community.

Christmas Nativities

Reception Christmas Nativity

We are all very excited getting ready for this years upcoming Reception Christmas Nativity Play ‘Whoops A Daisy Angel’.
The dates will be Tuesday 9th December at 9.30am and Wednesday 10th December at 2pm.

We will be initially offering 4 tickets per family and once we know numbers we may be able to release more. Please email or let the office know how many you would like and we can send your child home with the tickets.

There is a suggested voluntary donation of £1 per ticket which will go to St Catherine’s Hospice. This will be set up on your Gateway app.

KS1  Nativity

We are all very excited getting ready for this years upcoming KS1 ‘Christmas Big Little Nativity Play’.
The dates will be Monday 15th December at 9.15am and Tuesday 16th December at 9.15am.

We will be initially offering 4 tickets per family and once we know numbers we may be able to release more. Please email or let the office know how many you would like and we can send your child home with the tickets.

There is a suggested voluntary donation of £1 per ticket which will go to St Catherine’s Hospice. This will be set up on your Gateway app.

2025/26 Term Dates!

Tuesday 2nd December: Year 6 Carol Singing at Gail’s Bakery

Friday 5 December: Christmas Fair 4:30pm – 6:30pm

Tuesday 9 and Wednesday 10 December: Reception Nativity

Friday 12 December: Teacher-Led clubs end

Monday 15 and Tuesday 16 December: KS1 Nativity

Tuesday 16 December: KS2 Advent Service at Church 2pm

Thursday 18 December: School Christmas Lunch

Thursday 18 December: Stage to School Theatre Group – Whole School Pantomime (for children at school)

Thursday 18 December: Christmas Jumper Day

Friday 19 December: Last day of Autumn Term

Christmas holiday: Monday 22 December—Friday 2 January 2026

Spring Term 2026

Monday 5 January: Children return to school

To keep up to date with future school events please visit the school calendar which can be found on the parents page on our website.

Friends of St John’s

Our Christmas Fair Needs You! 

Do you have a hotline into Father Christmas? If so we need your help as we would like him to attend our fair this year. We are also looking for volunteers to man your year group stalls for half an hour at a time. We need at least 8 volunteers for each year group to ensure that we do not need to close stalls early. 

If you can help with either of the above, please contact your year group reps to sign up.

The jazzy jars stall is back! Please can each child bring in a jazzy jar for our stall. 

Best wishes

The Friends of St John’s.