St. John’s Catholic Primary School Newsletter 2 — 19th Sept 2025

Adopted from Luke 16:1-13 The 25th Sunday of Ordinary Time, Year C 

Jesus said, “The one who can be trusted in little things can be trusted in great; the one who is dishonest in little things will be dishonest in great. If then you cannot be trusted with money, that tainted thing, who will trust you with genuine riches? And if you cannot be trusted with what is not yours, who will give you what is your very own? No servant can be the slave of two masters: he will either hate the first and love the second, or treat the first with respect and the second with scorn. You cannot be the slave both of God and of money.”

Attendance Award – Year 1 – 98.9%

Whole School Attendance – 96.1%

Superstars of the Week!

YR -Jayden for demonstrating stewardship in the classroom and helping a friend in need.

Y1 -Thomas for always being super sensible and trying his best in all his learning!

Y2 – Oliver for his participation in our class discussions this week. He always listening and being an excellent role model to others.

Y3 – Florence for being a great new addition to our class and for being very hard working.

Y4 – Blu for showing real enthusiasm, excellent listening skills and effort in Maths and French with Madame Curtis – excellent francais et mathematiques!

Y5 – Elizabeth for her excellent learning behaviours. She is a role model. Copy her year 5.

Y6 – Mia for demonstrating fantastic participation across the school this week. A great representative for the class.

Proud Work: 19/09/2025

YR – Josiah for his beautiful drawing of god’s world in our Respect ten:ten lesson.

Y1 – Erid for trying so hard in his maths this week and always challenging himself. 

Y2 – Erin for her writing in the role of goldilocks explaining events from another point of view.

Y3 -Ameerah for understanding why the holy day is important and why retailers should close business on a Sunday to allow people to rest, just like god wanted us to.

Y4 -Eloise for her letters to the Selfish Giant had an absolutely appropriate polite and persuasive, then critical tone and were full of aspirational vocabulary.

Y5 -Ava for her retelling of the moment Moses received the Ten Commandments.

Y6 -Therese for well thought out responses to our work in RE this week. Therese demonstrated a good understanding of what John 1 tells us of Jesus and how it links to the story of the fall and God’s redemptive plan.

Numbots

Brass: Y3 Holly

Steel: Y3 Tymon

Tin: Y4 Nuhan

Tungsten: Y5 Cailyn

Rust: Y1 Daisie, Y2 Theo M, Y3 Olivia, Y4 Vinny

Iron: Y2 Theo M, Y3 Olivia, Harry

Copper: Y2 Mia, Y3 Holly, Y4 Aaron

Glass: Y4 Aurora

Times Table Rockstars

Busker: Y3 Joshual

Chartwells Order Deadline Dates

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

Parking at School

 Please can we remind you that our school gates are not to be blocked at any time during the day. Please ensure that anyone driving you to and from school does not park across or in our driveway. 

Please also respect the neighbours around us and park considerately. 

SIF Signatures 

Father Tristan will be available to sign SIFs on Monday 8 December and Monday 15 December, from 4.30pm to 5:30pm. Parents/carers can drop in to the Presbytery – there’s no need to book an appointment.

Church Refreshments Sunday 21 September 

Thank you to the volunteers who have offered to come and help at this event. Unfortunately due to the Church Hall having a new kitchen fitted we cannot cook bacon buttys this time. Instead we will be serving refreshments, biscuits and cakes. Please, please could we have more donations for cake especially home-made. It is not only a chance to raise funds for the school but we are also representing the school in the Church community. We had such a good attendance Sunday from our school and it would be lovely to have the same again this Sunday. So if the children could wear their school uniform again and make some lovely posters to advertise selling cakes this would be lovely. Please drop homemade cakes to the hall from 9am or bring shop purchased cake to the office Friday morning.

Many thanks

The Friends of St Johns

Meet the Teacher

Thank you to the Y4 and Y5 families who came to our meet the teacher sessions this week. Here is a reminder of the remaining dates. We look forward to seeing you.

Y1 – Wednesday 24th September 

Y2 – Tuesday 23rd September

Y3 – Thursday 25th September

Y6 – Monday 22nd September

Parents Evening

Parents Evening will be taking place on the 12th and 13th November 2025 from 3.40pm – 6.30pm.

Instructions on how to book will be issued via MCAS over the coming month. 

Absence Reporting – Reminder

This is a reminder that all absences are now to be reported either via the desktop version of MCAS or by telephone/email to the school office. 

Schoolzine/SZAPP is no longer used therefore reporting your absence via this system will not be picked up. 

Notification for Announcements and Messages

To receive notifications from MCAS please ensure that the APP and your phone has notifications turned on. If you are not receiving them, please inform the school office by email and we will contact Bromcom support. 

Secondary School Open Evenings

 A reminder that applications for secondary schools for Y6 children are now open. Below are a list of the dates for all secondary schools in the area. 

Please note that Y5 families are also welcome to attend these open events. 

St Wilfreds: Thursday 9th October

The Forest School: Thursday 2nd October

Millais School: Thursday 9th October 5.30pm – 7.30pm

Tanbridge House School: Thursday 25th September

Bohunt Horsham: Wednesday 24th September

The Weald: Thursday 18th September

2025/26 Term Dates!

Autumn Term 2025

Friday 10 October: INSET Day
Friday 24 October: children break up for October half-term
Half-term: Monday 27 October—Friday 31 October
Monday 3 November: children back to school
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.

Parents – St John’s Catholic Primary School