St. John’s Catholic Primary School Newsletter 17 – 23rd January 2026

Insert Extract from The Wednesday Word

Adapted from Matt. 4:12-23, The 3rd Sunday of Ordinary Time, Year A

Hearing that John the Baptist had been arrested, Jesus went back to Galilee and settled in Capernaum, a lakeside town. From that moment Jesus began his preaching with the message, “Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is close at hand.” As he was walking beside the Sea of Galilee, he saw two brothers, Simon, who was called Peter, and his brother Andrew; they were making a cast in the lake with their net, for they were fishermen. And he said to them, “Follow me and I will make you fishers of people.” And they left their nets at once and followed him. Going on from there, he saw another pair of brothers, James, son of Zebedee, and his brother John; they were in their boat with their father Zebedee, mending their nets, and he called them. At once, leaving their boat and their father, they followed him. Jesus went round the whole of Galilee teaching in their synagogues, proclaiming the Good News of the kingdom and curing all kinds of diseases and sickness among the people.

Attendance Award – Year  5 -99% – Well done!

Whole School Attendance – 97%

Superstars of the Week!

YR – Iza for her participation in phonics this week! 

Y1 – Evander for persevering with tasks this week and improving his work.    Miss Beckwith

Y2 – Theo for his well thought out answers during our class R.E discussions this week.

Y3 – Zach for Computing; understanding coding, and using code to make an excellent programme, moving bubbles, making them pop and adding sound!    Mrs Curtis

Y4 -Eloise for her consistently fabulous participation, her initiative shown when working for the common good and for her aspiration in her learning.

Y5 -Mati for continuing his RE learning at home to find out if Moses is considered a Saint.

Y6 –  Samuel B for a focused approach across his learning this week, especially in writing. Keep it up!    Mrs Weeks

Proud Work: 23/01/2026

YR -Asher for his creativity and perseverance when participating in the class dinosaur skeleton challenge.

Y1 – Joselle for working so hard to write her ‘Egg Spotters Guide’ in English this week.

Y2 – In Science Bella drew a teddy bear that was made from different materials. She was able to explain to the class why she had chosen them

Y3 – Kieran scored 15/15 on his end of unit assessment. We were all so proud. Keep up the good work.

Y4 – Well done to Teo for making such an excellent start to his volcano research. His mind map is thorough and comprehensive and beautifully presented.

Y5 – Arina, Maija, Eden, Noah, Alfie, Lila, Cailyn and James for working collaboratively to plan their Burritos recipe, agreeing on ingredients and remembering to bring them in! They worked extremely well to prep their food and organize jobs on their table. Excellent clearing up too – good teamwork! Well done!   Mrs Curtis, Miss Adams & Miss Daniels

Y6 – Samuel M for his final Art piece in Drawing, inspired by Banksey. This shows real effort and detail and thought. He has used vibrant colours to contrast with black and white, AND a thought provoking message!    Mrs Curtis & Mrs Lee

Silver Reader

Y2 – Mia, Rory, Isabella

Y3 – Jacob A,  Adam L

Y5 – Ava B

Y6 – Sienna T, Aurelia V

Times Tables Rockstars

Headliner: Blu D, Seb G, Henry G

Support Act: Megan C, Izak S

Breakthrough Artist: Holly M, Nellie N

Rockstar:  Aurora B,  Jenson L,  Aaron A

Busker:  Connie R, Adam L

Wannabe:  Maria M, Kieran W, Connie H

Y6 vs Y4 Battle Times Tables Rockstars

Congratulations to Year 6 who won a class ‘battle’ on Times Tables Rock Stars, and congratulation to Year 4 for working really hard to put up a good ‘fight’ against an older class. Well done to all the children who took part – and improved their times tables speed and accuracy. Particular praise to:

3rd Most Valuable Player: Harry (Y4), Aurelia (Y6)

2nd Most Valuable Player: Sebastian (Y4), Ziona (Y4)

Most Valuable Player: Henry (Y4), Mia (Y4) 

Highest Scoring Group: Year 6

Young Voices 2026!

On Tuesday the 20^th of January a group of children from across years 4, 5 and 6 attended the O2 in London for the Young Voices concert.

The children had been learning all the songs needed for the day since September in our weekly choir sessions.

It was a very long day with rehearsals during the day and then the actual performance in the evening, but the children behaved so well and were a credit to our school.

It was truly a fantastic day!

The atmosphere of the evening show was electric, the children (and adults!) sung and danced the night away in front of their parent/carers as well as a packed O2. The choir was made up of 8,994 children from many different schools.

It is such a fantastic opportunity for the children to be a part of and each year we attend it gets better and better.

Well done children for all your efforts during our choir sessions as well as on the day. I was so proud of you all.

A BIG thank you to Mrs Curtis for all her help with the choir.

Thanks also to Mrs Burke, Mrs Curtis and Mrs Farr for attending the concert with us.

Roll on next year!!!

Mrs Clough

Chartwells Order Deadline Dates

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

2026 Term Dates!

Spring Term 

Monday 2 February: Child Mental Health Day – non school uniform day (wear green or yellow)

Friday 13 February: INSET day

Monday 16 – Friday 20 February: half term

Monday 23 February: INSET day

Monday 2 March: Rags 2 Riches collection day

Friday 27 March: break up for Easter

Monday 13 April: 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. Please also view our 2026/27 Term Dates which have just been confirmed.

Term Dates click here

First Holy Communion

Date for your diaries – the children carrying out their First Holy Communion this year will be receiving the Sacrament on Sunday 17^th May at the 11:15am Mass.