The Fourth Sunday of Easter — John 10:1-10 Jesus said: ‘I tell you most solemnly, anyone who does not enter the sheepfold through the gate, but gets in some
other way is a thief and a brigand. The one who enters through the gate is the shepherd of the flock; the gatekeeper lets
him in, the sheep hear his voice, one by one he calls his own sheep and leads them out. When he has brought out his flock,
he goes ahead of them, and the sheep follow because they know his voice. They never follow a stranger but run away from
him: they do not recognise the voice of strangers.’ Jesus told them this parable but they failed to understand what he meant
by telling it to them. So Jesus spoke to them again: ‘I tell you most solemnly, I am the gate of the sheepfold. All others who
have come are thieves and brigands; but the sheep took no notice of them. I am the gate. Anyone who enters through me
will be safe: he will go freely in and out and be sure of finding pasture. The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy. I
have come so that they may have life and have it to the full.’
Attendance Award – Year 6 – 98.2% – Well done!
Whole School Attendance -93.3%- Oh dear!!
Superstars of the Week!
YR – Jessica for her participation in all areas of learning this week and demonstrating confidence in herself!
YR – Asher & Jack for keeping Mr K well supplied with drinks and fish finger sarnies in the reception outside and mud kitchen area.
Y1 – Jude for doing so well in his end of term Maths quiz on ‘Mass & Volume’.
Y2 – Sophia for being aspirational in her learning this week.
Y3 – Daniel being a brilliant member of our class, always working hard.
Y4 -Seb for his consistently responsible and aspirational attitude to all his learning.
Y5 – Alfie for his great attitude in English and his improving accuracy.
Y6 – Pola for her participation in our cricket session on Monday, showing new skills.
Proud Work: 24/04/2026
YR – Issac for his full participation in the independent writing activity. He wrote lots of super sentences!
Y1 – Daisie for trying super hard to complete her ‘counting in 2’s’ worksheet in Maths this week, using counters to help her.
Y2 – Pippy for her diary entry as St Peter describing when the Holy Spirit came amoungst them.
Y3 – Wilfred for his impressive 3D drawings during our art lesson.
Y4 – Alex for catching up on his learning and writing a well constructed, imaginative and neat explannation of his invention, which helps keep people safe and healthy.
Y5 – Zenata for her improving sprint technique in PE.
Y6 – Alanna for writing an interesting blog using purple mash, packed with information about her love of singing.
Bronze Reader – 50 reads
Y3 – Sofia L
Y6 – Maisie M
Silver Reader – 100 reads
YR – Freyja
Y1 – Daisy
Gold Reader – 150 reads
Y2- Rory
Y3 – Lewis N
Violet Reader – 200 reads
YR – Richard
Y5 – Olive, Cailyn
Magnificent Reading Award – 250 Reads
Spelling Shed Certificate of Achievement
Y1 – Theo
Y2 – Leo
Y4 -Vinny
Y5 – Adam, Joshual
Y6- George
Numbots
Titanium: Adam L, Megan C
Tungsten: Zachary Z
Glass : Zachary Z
Times Tables Rockstars
UNSIGNED ACT : Marco Quartararo
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
Friday 24 April: PTA Fundraising Line Dance Evening, St John’s church hall 7:30 – 9:30pm (see below)
Monday 11 – Thursday 14 May: Year 6 SATS week
Friday 22 May: Whole school Mass to celebrate First Holy Communion, 10.30am school hall
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.
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 very excited that it is now finished and that the children will be able to use this equipment next week. I am sure you all agree it looks wonderful in our playground. Thank you for your cooperation whilst the works have been happening.
We need your help!
Each year, the PTA runs the Summer Fair on behalf of the school. It is our biggest fundraiser and, right now, it is more important than ever. As you will have seen, the school is installing new play equipment in the front playground and will soon be replacing the hut at the back of the school—both projects that cost a significant amount of money. We held our Summer Fair meeting last night, but only a handful of parents were able to attend and offer support.
Your year-group reps will be in touch via your WhatsApp groups to ask for volunteers to help run stalls at the fair. The Summer Fair takes place on Saturday 27th June, 11:00am–2:00pm. We would be grateful for parents, grandparents, older siblings and other family members to volunteer for just 30 minutes each (more would be wonderful!) so that we can make the fair happen. As well as raising vital funds, the children love it, and it is a great experience for the whole school community.
We also are starting to ask for donations which will be used as prizes at the fair. If you can help please reach out.
Many thanks
The friends of St Johns (PTA)
Can anyone bake or provide cakes for the St Johns Church Coffee morning Sunday 3rd May
We would love a big cake to raffle too if possible.
Contact PTA = friends@stjohnshorsham.school
Thank you
