St. John’s Catholic Primary School Newsletter 3 – 26th September 2025

Adopted from Luke 16:19-31 The 26th Sunday of Ordinary Time, Year C 

Jesus said to the Pharisees: “There was a rich man who used to dress in purple and fine linen and feast magnificently
every day. And at his gate there lay a poor man called Lazarus, covered with sores, who longed to fill himself with the scraps that fell from the rich man’s table. Dogs even came and licked his sores. Now the poor man died and was carried away by the angels to the bosom of Abraham. The rich man also died and was buried. He looked up from Hades and saw Abraham a long way off with Lazarus in his bosom. So he cried out, ‘Father Abraham, pity me and send Lazarus to dip the tip of his finger in water and cool my tongue, for I am suffering in this heat.’ ‘My son,’ Abraham replied,’remember
that during your life good things came your way, just as bad things came the way of Lazarus. Now he is being comforted here.’”

Attendance Award – Year 1 – 99.25%

Whole School Attendance – 97.4% Amazing, well done!!!! our target is get over 96.5%

Superstars of the Week!

YR -Jack for his participation in his learning this week, you are a fantastic role model!

Y1 -Natan for setting well into year 1 and showing super engagement in his learning this week.

Y2 -Zachary for his participation and enthusiasm during Maths This week.

Y3 – Connie for her participation in all her class activities. You have come back to school with a really positive attitude towards your learning. Keep up the good work.

Y4 – Teo Luvara showing aspiration in his learning by being focussed and hard working.

Y5 – Antoni for making an excellent start to year 5. A role model for all.

Y6 – Ziona for taking responsibility with your learning and coming to school ready to learn!

Proud Work: 26/09/2025

YR – Jude for his participation and enthusiastic approach to learning this week.

Y1 -Jude for carefully and independently designing his fruit salad during D.T.

Y2 – Isabella for her understanding and sensitivity of stewardship and solidarity after listening to Pope Francis’ letter Ladato Si asking us to care for our common home- Earth.

Y3 – Mariana for using various skills to write a brilliant story linked to our text of ‘Leon and the place between’.

Y4 -Molly & Aaron for their poster about Abraham packed full detail from the book of Genesis.

Y5 -Maija for her digital art self portrait inspired by Andy Warhol.

Y6 -Grace for her collage work in Art, entitled ‘The Crab@, showing detailed planning, creative use of different materials, colours, shapes, textures to produce a very effective picture – well done!

Numbots

Brass: Y2 Joshua, Y4 Nuhan 

Steel: Y2 Mia

Tin: Y4 Megan 

Tungsten: Y4 Aurora

Iron: Y2 Leo, James

Copper: Y5 Kian

Glass: Y2 Rory

Times Tables Rockstars

Gone Green: Y2 Nellie, Y4 Teo, Jenson, Aaron

Wannabe: Y2 Nellie

Chartwells Order Deadline Dates

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

Packed Lunches

 If your child has a packed lunch, please can you ensure that items such as grapes, strawberries, meatballs, cocktail sausages are cut in half, especially for those children in Key Stage 1. This is to prevent the risk of choking. 

Meet the Teacher

Thank you to everyone who was able to attend our Meet the Teacher sessions over the past few weeks. It was lovely to see so many of you. 

We will share with you further opportunities to come into your childs classrooms later in the school year when details are finalised. 

Join us for our McMillan Coffee Morning on Wednesday 1st October

We warmly invite parents to join us after school drop off for an informal gathering, giving you the opportunity to meet with other families for a coffee, chat and a slice of cake.

If any families would like to make a cake donation for the event it would be greatly appreciated. Please remember to include ingredients and ensure that they do not contain any nuts products.

We look forward to welcoming you to school next Wednesday and thank you in advance for helping us support this wonderful charity.

Thank you to our Governors! 

A big Thank You goes to our governing body for a wonderful Line Dancing event last week.  Everyone has a wonderful time and they raised over £300 for the school! 

My Child at School

We have been advised by Bromcom that the MCAS app is currently experiencing issues with loading messages. They are working on a fix and normal service will be resumed shortly. In the meantime, if you cannot access the app please log on via your browser. 

Notification for Announcements and Messages

We have reported the issue some of you are experiencing with lack of notifications on new announcements and messages. As soon as we get a response from Bromcom we will let you know. 

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