Matt. 5:17-37 (the 6th Sunday of Ordinary Time)
Jesus said to his disciples, “Do not imagine that I have come to destroy what the Law or the Prophets taught. No, I have come to make them complete – to show you what they meant. I tell you truly, until heaven and earth disappear, not one dot, not one little stroke of a pen, shall disappear from the Law until its purpose is achieved. Anyone who breaks one of the least of these commandments and teaches others to do the same will be called least in the kingdom of heaven, but whoever practises and teaches these commands, will be called great in the kingdom of heaven.”
Attendance Award – Year 1 – 100% – Well done!
Whole School Attendance – 95%
Superstars of the Week!
YR – Leo for coming into school with a smile and having a great attitude to learning!
Y2 – Nellie for always being a hardworking conciencious member of Year 2.
Y1 – Arlie for trying super hard in his spellings this week and getting 10/10.
Y3 – Connie for being appreciative towards grown ups and always using her manners.
Y4 – Maria M for consistently thinking of the common good and enthusiastically and cheerfully working hard.
Y5 – Nellie for her increasingly positive attitude to reading and moving up a reading level.
Y6 – Anthonia for bringing a positive attitude and smile to all of her learning; demonstrating the common good quietly in class without being asked.
Proud Work: 13/02/2026
YR – Nate for his independent super sentence about a millipede.
Y1 – Vadha for trying so hard in her end of unit maths assessment this week.
Y2 – Artin for his poem in the style of our English text ‘If all the world were’
Y3 – Julia for carefully planning a shell structure and being able to construct it independently.
Y4 – Jenson for how thoroughly, neatly and accurately he answered lots of questions in Guided Reading.
Y5 – Cailyn for her ‘Choose Healthy’ poster and great discussion in our Respect lesson.
Y6 – Zian for a fantastic diary entry, inferring feelings whilst recalling historical events about the Suffragettes. He used the appropriate formal tone and adventurous punctuation and vocabulary.
Bronze Reader – 50 reads
YR – Asher
Y2 – Leo
Y6 – Emelia-Macy, Isabelle
Silver Reader – 100 reads
YR : Daisy
Y3 – Lucas, Harry
Y6 – Mia Cleaver
Gold Reader – 150 reads
Y2: Ariana
Y3 – Zakariya, Jacob, Wilfred, Evie -Rose
Y5 – Maija
Y6 – Maximus
Numbots
Tungsten: Kateryna P
Tin: Zachary C, Oliver B
Aluminium: Ross B, Jenson L
Platinum: Jacob M, Sofiia P
Copper: Nicholas S, Ariela N, Lydia G
Silver: Eloise G
Glass : Zephaniah A
Bronze : Anthonia N, Lucas M
Times Tables Rockstars
Support Act: Joseph B, Miriam H
Breakthrough Artist: Evie Rose, Vinny B
Rock Legend: Lucas M
Rock Star : Harry J, Henry G
Wishing all families a very happy February half-term! Please be reminded that the Monday 23rd is an INSET day so we will welcome children back on Tuesday 24th February.
Please also note that Chess and Colouring After School clubs have now finished for the Spring term; they will not continue after the Feb half-term.
Children’s Mental Health week
To show our solidarity and participation, the children came to school wearing green or yellow on Monday in support of Children’s Mental Health week. The theme this year is “A Place To Be” which encourages children to explore where they feel they belong, aiming to strengthen relationships, build confidence, and ensure no child faces mental health issues alone. With many thanks for your donations to a worthy cause, we made a gran total of £126.23!
We would also like to highlight the following West Sussex website, where you can find support and resources for parents and carers: https://www.westsussexmind.org/help_and_support/specialist-services/parenting-support
On Wednesday the 11th of February eight children from years 5 and 6 competed in the annual Horsham schools Swimming Gala.
They swam in a combination of events including individual races such as 25m freestyle, 25m backstroke, 25m breaststroke and 50m freestyle. There were also multiple 4x25m relay races.
All the children tried so hard and did themselves proud. It is a competitive gala, and they handled their nerves extremely well.
The standard of swimming was very high from across all eight schools that took part.
Our children were fantastic, encouraging and supporting one another as well as doing their best.
After all 12 events were completed the scores were in…..
St John’s came an impressive 2nd place overall.
I am so delighted for the children. It was a fantastic afternoon.
Well done children! I am super proud of all of you!
A BIG thank you to Mrs Burke for accompanying me and the children and to Mrs Henly for supporting our children last week when we went for a practise swim.
And thank you to all our parents who came to cheer the children on.
Mrs Clough
Safer Internet Day
We took the opportunity on Tuesday to spark discussions with the children to celebrate ‘Safer Internet Day’. The DfE are launching a new website on 16 Feb to support families and encourage regular conversations about what they’re seeing online, asking simple questions, like “who shared this” and “why?” Please see the website: Kids Online Safety
Chartwells Order Deadline Dates
Please order by the dates below to ensure your child has a hot lunch in the Spring Term.
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Week commencing |
Order deadline |
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Mon 16 Feb |
Thurs 5 Feb |
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Mon 2 March |
Thurs 19 Feb |
| Mon 16 March | Thurs 5 March |
| Mon 30 March | Thurs 19 March |
| Mon 13 April | Thurs 2 April |
| Mon 27 April | Thurs 16 April |
| Mon 11 May | Thurs 30 April |
2026 Term Dates!
Spring Term
Friday 13 February: INSET day
Monday 16 – Friday 20 February: half term
Monday 23 February: INSET day
Tuesday 24 February: children return to school, 100th Anniversary World Thinking Day (wear scouting/guiding uniform for those who participate)
Monday 2 March: Rags 2 Riches collection day
Thursday 5 March: World Book Day – dress up day
Friday 6 March: Mass to celebrate Lent- 10am at Church
Friday 13 March: International Storytelling day/ PJ day (fundraiser for reading resources)
Wednesday 18th, Thursday 19th March: Parents Evening
Friday 27 March: break up for Easter
Summer Term
Monday 13 April: children return to school. Class and Leavers Photos (full school uniform)
Monday 20 April: Whole school Mass – 9am school hall
Thursday 7 May: Whole school mass to celebrate First Holy Communion, 2pm school hall
Monday 11 – Thursday 14 May: Year 6 SATS week
Friday 22 May: children break up for May half term
Monday 1 June – children return to school. Year 6 Bikeability week
Monday 8 – Thurs 11 June: Y4 Multiplication Check & Phonics Screening Week
Thursday 11 June: Break the Rules day!
Friday 12 June: INSET day
Friday 19 June: International Food Festival day
Thursday 25 June: Sports Day
Monday 20 July at 2pm: Leavers Mass at Church
Tuesday 22 July: children break up for Summer holidays
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.
