Latest News
Keep up to date with all the latest news happening in school at the moment.
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School closed
Fri 10 Mar 2023School is closed today - Friday 10th March.
We are sorry for the inconvenience that this will cause.
Teachers will be sharing lessons and work on google classrooms for children to access.
More information will be shared shortly.
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Snow update
Thu 09 Mar 2023Update - 11.40am
Due to the weather any parents that need to collect children are able to do so.
Please come to the front of school and we will bring your child to you as soon as possible. You do not need to ring school to come and collect your child.
Your child's attendance will not be affected. This afternoon's attendance at school is being recorded as a partial closure which means that children collected early today are still potentially able to get a 100% attendance score at the end of the year.
All other children are able to stay in school safely until 3.30pm and collected as normal.
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Snowy weather
Thu 09 Mar 2023Thursday 9th March - 10.50am
School is open as normal and children are safe at St. John's. We will continue to review the weather throughout the day.
Our extreme weather statement will hopefully help parents understand how we work to keep everyone safe at school during periods of extreme weather.
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Industrial Action 15th and 16th March 2023
Wed 08 Mar 2023We have published a letter today to help families prepare for the planned industrial action on Wednesday and Thursday 15th and 16th March 2023.
Please be aware that as with all industrial action circumstances may change at short notice. If this happens we will share information with parents as soon as possible.
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World book day - March 2nd
Fri 17 Feb 2023We have published a letter today to share plans for World Book day on Thursday March 2nd.
We look forward to this annual, fun day in school and celebrating reading.
CLICK HERE for the letter
CLICK HERE for the template to enter the competition
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Industrial action March 1st
Fri 17 Feb 2023We have published a letter today about how planned industrial action will impact the school on Wednesday March 1st.
Please be aware that this position is subject to change at any time and we will share any such changes by the website and emails to parents as soon as we are aware of any.
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Derbyshire Constabulary Alert - Romance Fraud
Tue 14 Feb 2023We have received a Derbyshire alert regarding Romance Fraud on this Valentine's Day from Derbyshire Constabulary which we are sharing with you.
Please see the accompanying poster and the link to the website below:
https://www.derbyshire.police.uk/news/derbyshire/news/campaigns/2023/february/romancefraud2023/
Fall for the person, not the profile
Looking for love this Valentines Day?
We've shared some important information from ActionFraud on our website about how you can keep safe from online scammers: Fall for the person, not the profile | Derbyshire Constabulary
Romance scams involve people being convinced to send money to criminals who go to great lengths to gain their trust and believe that they are in a genuine relationship.
It's important to share this message far and wide, as anyone can be a victim of these scams.
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OFSTED inspection - February 2023
Mon 13 Feb 2023Updated 1.45pm - Monday 13th February
OFSTED have rung school today to let us know that they will be inspecting our school on Tuesday and Wednesday the 14th and 15th February.
Parents are invited to help the inspectors by reading the following inspection guide for parents CLICK HERE.
Families are also able to help the inspectors by
- Completing an online parental survey CLICK HERE.
- Allowing their child(ren) to complete an online pupil survey CLICK HERE.
The pupil survey closes at 3pm on Tuesday 14th
The parental survey closes at 11am on Tuesday 14th
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Industrial action - February 2023
Thu 26 Jan 2023A letter was published and sent home to parents in our weekly email on Friday 20th January about the industrial action scheduled to take place on Wednesday 1st February 2023.
Paper copies of this letter were sent home on Tuesday 24th Jan with children in the classes that will be closed on the strike day.
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Beginning and end of school day
Fri 13 Jan 2023Now that the builders have left, we are able to return to using the normal side gate at the beginning and end of the school day. This means that we won't have to use the car park entrance and children and families will no longer have to walk through the car park to get to school.
From Monday 16th January, children need to come into school through the side gate next to Mr. Keene's classroom (A3) as we used to do. Children will also leave school through this gate at the end of the day.
At the beginning of the day, children in years one and three will then be able to go to their classrooms through the first door on the left just after this gate. All other children will then go to their classrooms from the playground.
At the end of the day all children, including year one and year three children, will be dismissed onto the playground.
All parents are invited onto the playground to pick up and drop off children, however, we encourage junior parents to wait outside the front of school to collect their older children.
This is also a good opportunity to remind parents to re-enforce the message to children that we give about the end of the day. Please tell your children that if ever they leave school and they can't find an adult at the agreed waiting place then they must come straight back to school, where staff will look after them and ring families. This is especially important for older children, who may meet adults at the park, or further away from school, as parents begin to give their children independence at the end of the day.
