Update - Monday morning 10.30am

Good morning. 

Once again the weather forecast is not helping us make a decision about the  junior sport afternoon later today. However, today the grass is dry at present and not wet and slippy as it was at 10.30am on Friday morning. 

With this in mind we are not making the final decision as to whether or not the sport afternoon will take place today until midday today. 

We hope that delaying the decision until then gives us enough time to finish setting up and gives parents enough time to make arrangements to attend. 

Once again I am sorry for the inconvenience that this may create, but hope that families understand the position that we are in. 

Update at 10.35am

Unfortunately, the weather forecast for this afternoon has got worse, therefore we have made the difficult decision to postpone this afternoon's junior sport day. 

We are really sorry for the inconvenience that this causes to families who have made arrangements to attend. 

We have already done a lot of work in preparing for this afternoon and have all the equipment ready to go. We are therefore pleased that the weather forecast has improved slightly for Monday afternoon and hope to be able to have our sport afternoon then instead. 

Update at 8.05am on Friday 30th June

At time of writing the weather forecast for this afternoon is a 40% chance of consistent drizzle from 1pm to 4pm. CLICK HERE. 

We will be making a final decision on whether the junior sport afternoon can run today at 10.30am this morning. At present the weather forecast for our reserve session of Monday afternoon is equally as wet. 

We all have our fingers crossed that the weather forecast improves so that we can enjoy our afternoon on the field today. 

Industrial Action - July 2023

We have published a letter to help families make plans for the planned industrial action on Wednesday and Friday the 5th and 7th July. CLICK HERE. 

I’m sorry that you will have to make alternative arrangements for your child at short notice, and that they will experience disruption to their education. I understand that this situation may be frustrating, but hope that sharing the information I have, as it stands today, helps you in making arrangements as soon as possible.

Parents will be aware that RS coaching ran a holiday club during May half term. Due to the success of this club RS coaching will be running another club during the summer holiday, at St. John's. 

The summer holiday club will run for 10 days (Monday to Friday) for the fortnight Monday 7th to Friday 18th August. It will begin at 8.45am and finish at 3.30pm.

The costs for the club will be 

• £15 per day
• £65 for a full week

For children in receipt of pupil premium the costs will be

• £9 per day
• £45 for a full week. 

Bookings for the summer club can now be made

CLICK HERE. 

Many thanks to RS coaching, who already provide us with a lunchtime play leader every day, in helping us run another holiday club for our families. 

Return Update

The children have enjoyed their final morning of activities and have begun their coach journey back to school, leaving White Hall at approximately 1:20 p.m.

The expected time of arrival back at school is currently as planned,

and I think they will all sleep well tonight!

Arrival update

After a safe arrival at White Hall at approximately 2 o'clock today, the children are unpacked and beds are all made ready. 

They've had a busy first day (climbing wall, zip wire, leap of faith and a night hike) so already lots for them to share with you when they get back!

We are very excited to host our first St. Peter's church service, to be held at school, on Sunday June 18th. 

The 'Muddy Church' will take place on our school field at 10am instead of the regular service normally held in church.

All St. John's families are welcome to come and join the St. Peter's congregation. Please bring a blanket or camping chair to sit on and a mug to have some refreshments. 

Cashless School

We are very pleased to be able to share that after the half term holiday we are going to begin the process of becoming a cashless school. There are many benefits to this that will really help families and school when paying for dinners and school trips. 

The first stage will be for all junior children to be able to pay for their school dinners after the half term holiday. We will then, hopefully, move to accepting cashless payments for other aspects of school life, such as school trips, after the summer holidays in September. 

On Tuesday 23rd May all junior children will be bringing home a letter with a unique, individual log on number for every family. Please make sure that you check your child's bag for this letter on Tuesday evening. Once you get this letter you will be able to set up your account.

Infant children don't pay for their school dinners as all infant children have universal infant free school meals. Parents of infant children will receive their letters when we move to cashless paying for school trips and visits. 

We are pleased to be able to share our OFSTED inspection report from when we were inspected in February 2023. CLICK HERE.