The Fifth Sunday of Easter — John 14:1-12: JESUS WARNS OF HIS DEPARTURE
Jesus said to his disciples: ‘Do not let your hearts be troubled. Trust in God still, and trust in me. There are many rooms in my Father’s
house; if there were not, I should have told you. I am now going to prepare a place for you, and after I have gone and prepared you a place, I shall return to take you with me; so that where I am you may be too. You know the way to the place where I am going.’ Thomas said, ‘Lord, we do not know where you are going, so how can we know the way?’ Jesus said: ‘I am the Way, the Truth and the Life. No one can come to the Father except through me. If you know me, you know my Father too. From this moment you know him and have seen him.’ Philip said, ‘Lord, let us see the Father and then we shall be satisfied.’ ‘Have I been with you all this time, Philip,’ said Jesus to him, ‘and you still do not know me? To have seen me is to have seen the Father, so how can you say, “Let us see the Father”? Do you not believe that I am in the Father and the Father is in me? The words I say to you I do not speak as from myself: it is the Father, living in me, who is doing this work. You must believe me when I say that I am in the Father and the Father is in me; believe it on the evidence of this work, if for no other reason. I tell you most solemnly, whoever believes in me will perform the same works as I do myself, he will perform even greater works, because I am going to the Father.
Attendance Award – Year 2 – 97.8% – Well done!
Whole School Attendance -96.2%
Superstars of the Week!
YR – Asher for his participation in all learning challenges this week!
Y1 – Ethan for focussing very hard in Maths and knowing his doubles (up to double 5)
Joselle for always applying herself so well to independent tasks and producing some lovely work.
Y2 – Oliver for always being a good role model in Year 2.
Y3 – Megan for always being enthusiastic and aspirational in her learning.
Y4 – Aurora for her consistently positive, engaged and responsible attitude to her learning and school.
Y5 – Lila for being fantastically supportive to her team mates in P.E.
Riley for completing amazing independent work based on directions!
Y6 – Aria for being a supportive classmate to a friend in need this week.
Proud Work: 01/05/2026
YR – Sophia for her beautiful letter formation when writing the alphabet this week!
Y1 – Emily and Orla for working hard together in R.E this week, creating their own story re-telling ‘The Road to Emmaus’.
Y2 – Layla for her fabulous model depicting ‘Pentecost’.
Y3 – Connie for honouring Mary during our R.E lesson and reflecting on all the positives Mary contributes to church today.
Y4 – Maria for how very hard she’s been working on her times tables and the excellent progress she’s been making. Well Done, Keep it up!
Y5 – Alden for his design for the bottle holding the oil of chrism used in the sacrament of confirmation.
Y6 – Mia was able to confidently change the active voice to the passive voice, identifying the object, subject and verb in more complex sentences.
Bronze Reader – 50 reads
Y1 – Ethan
Y4 – Joseph
Y6- Anthonia
Silver Reader – 100 reads
Y1 – Natan
Y3- Daniel & Tymon
Gold Reader – 150 reads
YR – Daisy
Y1 – Orla
Y2- Isabella, Nellie
Y3 – Holly, Megan, Elsa, Mariana
Y6 – Aurelia
Violet Reader – 200 reads
Y3 – Wilfred
Y6 – Rosie
Magnificent Reading Award – 250 Reads
Spelling Shed Certificate of Achievement
Y1 – Erid
Y2 – Isabella
Y3 – Mariana
Y4 – Heevan
Y5- Maija
Y6- Sienna
Numbots
Platinum: Aurora
Steel: Sofia
Chrome:Sofia
Bronze : Nuhan, Toby
Times Tables Rockstars
Rock Star : Connie H
Gigger : Connie R
Support Act : Emelia- Macy D
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
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.
THANK YOU!!!!
St John’s School governors would like to thank all who came to the Line Dancing event last Friday. It was a fantastic evening with support from school, the parish, and the wider Horsham community. A grand total of £375 was made which will go towards the 10% costs of replacing the outside classroom and other building costs. Look out for the next event in the autumn term.
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
