Luke 24:13-35 Two of the disciples of Jesus were on their way to a village called Emmaus, seven miles from Jerusalem, and they were talking
together about all that had happened. Now as they talked this over, Jesus himself came up and walked by their side; but something
prevented them from recognising him. He said to them, ‘What matters are you discussing as you walk along?’ They stopped short, their
faces downcast. Then one of them, called Cleopas answered him, ‘You must be the only person staying in Jerusalem who does not know
the things that have been happening there these last few days.’ ‘What things?’ he asked.’ All about Jesus of Nazareth,’ they answered,
‘who proved he was a great prophet by the things he said and did in the sight of God and of the whole people; and how our chief priests
and our leaders handed him over to be sentenced to death, and had him crucified. Our own hope had been that he would be the one to
set Israel free. And this is not all: two whole days have gone by since it all happened; and some women from our group have astounded
us: they went to the tomb in the early morning, and when they did not find the body, they came back to tell us they had seen a vision
of angels who declared he was alive. Some of our friends went to the tomb and found everything exactly as the women had reported,
but of him they saw nothing.’ Then he said to them, ‘You foolish men! So slow to believe the full message of the prophets! Was it not
ordained that the Christ should suffer and so enter into his glory?’ Then, starting with Moses and going through all the prophets, he
explained to them the passages throughout the scriptures that were about himself. When they drew near to the village to which they
were going, he made as if to go on; but they pressed him to stay with them. ‘It is nearly evening,’ they said, ‘and the day is almost over.’
So he went in to stay with them. Now while he was with them at the table, he took the bread and said the blessing; then he broke it and
handed it to them. And their eyes were opened and they recognised him; but he had vanished from their sight. Then they said to each
other, ‘Did not our hearts burn within us as he talked to us on the road and explained the scriptures to us?’ They set out that instant and
returned to Jerusalem. There they found the Eleven assembled together with their companions, who said to them, ‘Yes, it is true. The
Lord has risen and has appeared to Simon.’ Then they told their story of what had happened on the road and how they had recognised
him at the breaking of bread.
Attendance Award – Year 3 – 99.6% – Well done!
Whole School Attendance -95.7%
Superstars of the Week!
YR – Jhanella for her full participation and being an absolute superstar in Phonics this week!
Y1 – Vedha for always showing amazing engagement in her learning in all areas.
Y2 – Elora for preserving in English this week. Writing independently using noun phrases.
Y3 – Sofia for being aspirational in her learning this week, especially during maths.
Y4 – Huey for his responsible and aspirational attitude to his learning, his good manners and cheerfulness.
Y5 – Kian for his positive attitude in PE and completing his six minute run at a steady pace.
Y6 – Rosie for increased participation and confidently answering questions in class.
Proud Work: 17/04/2026
YR – Maria for her participation in our RESPECT lesson about online safety and for trying her best with her work.
Y1 – Thomas for trying so hard during our Maths lessons this week, exploring Mass ans volume.
Y2 – Theo, what a super effort with fractions this week! You should be proud of Yourself!
Y3 – Holly for a fantastically written fact file all about tea and how it’s grown.
Y4 – Lucus for the quality and quantity of his descriptive writing – and his aspiration to make it even better.
Y5 -Arina for writing about sports and hobbies in French, using her opinions and connectives in perfect French! Super Francais Arina, tres bien! Madame Curtis
Y6 – Ziona has worked incredibly hard to improve her arithmetic score- almost double! well done.
Bronze Reader – 50 reads
YR – Leo
Y2 – Erin, Mylo
Y4 – Megan
Silver Reader – 100 reads
YR – Lily
Y1 – Sophie
Y3 – Aiden, Olivia,
Y6 – Samuel, Thomas
Gold Reader – 150 reads
YR – Jack
Y1 – Lucy, Orla
Y2- Toby
Y3 – Ameerah, Jacob,
Y4 – Lucas, Heevan
Y6 – Samuel
Violet Reader – 200 reads
YR – Jonah,
Y2 – Layla, Ariana
Y3 – Jacob, Zakariya
Y5 – Charlotte, Daniel, Ross, Antoni, Maya
Y6 – Sienna
Magnificent Reading Award – 250 Reads
Spelling Shed Certificate of Achievement
Y2 -Zachary
Y4 – Maria
Y5 – David
Y6- Thomas
Numbots
Copper: Evander
Gold:
Steel : Erid
Tin : Lucy
Times Tables Rockstars
Chartwells Order Deadline Dates
Please order by the dates below to ensure your child has a hot lunch in the Spring/Summer Term.
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Week commencing |
Order deadline |
| Mon 30 March | Thurs 19 March |
| Mon 13 April | Thurs 2 April |
| Mon 27 April | Thurs 16 April |
| Mon 11 May | Thurs 30 April |
| Mon 18 May | Thurs 7 May |
| Mon 1 June | Thurs 21 May |
2026 Term Dates!
Summer Term
Thursday 23 April 7-8:30pm: PTA Summer Fair planning meeting
Friday 24 April: PTA Fundraising Line Dance Evening, St John’s church hall 7:30 – 9:30pm (see below)
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
Friday 5 June: Y5 Bikeability Taster Day
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 – Save the Date!
Thursday 25 June: Sports Day
Saturday 27 June 11am – 2pm: Summer Fair
Sunday 5 July: Save for the date! Horsham Children’s Parade. Years 2 & 4 to participate.
Monday 13 July – Teacher led After School Clubs finish this week.
Monday 20 July at 2pm: Leavers Mass at Church
Wednesday 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.
Szia!
This half term our focus language is Hungarian! The children will be learning how to answer the register in Hungarian, other greetings, and a little about Hungarian culture. If any children would like to bring in any Hungarian photos or souvenirs to show their class, please email the office or tell Mrs Curtis. Many thanks!
We are excited that the works for this have started and thank you for your cooperation with the access to the playground by the reception classroom will be unavailable and access to the playground will need to be from the road entrance, both at
the beginning and end of the school day whilst the works are happening. Please be mindful of this area until the works are complete to ensure everyone stays safe. The children will be using the back playground and field during playtime until the equipment is safely installed and ready to be used.
A Big thank you to the Friends of St John’s Catholic Primary School for their fundrasing and donations towards this project. Without their support this project would not have been able to be achieved!
We are now starting preparations for the Summer Fair on Saturday 27th June, 11am–2pm. Please pop this date in your diary and consider volunteering if you can. We simply couldn’t run this event without the support of our parents, and it is the school’s biggest fundraising event of the year as well as a firm favourite with the children. A planning meeting will be held on Thursday 23 April 7-8:30pm (venue to be confirmed). Please do come along to see how you could help or to share any ideas.
