Year 6 parents and families are able to apply for secondary school places for September 2022 from Monday 13th September 2021.

Year 6 children will be bringing home information on Friday 10th September to help with this application. Applications need to be made  online at www.derbyshire.gov.uk/admissions or by ringing 01629 533190. 

All parents of Y6 children at St. John's need to apply for a secondary school place by midnight on Sunday 31st October 2021. 

We have two vacancies for people that want to come and join our team. Both are term time only and would ideally suit someone that wants to work whilst their children are at school.

• School Business Assistant. Full time maternity cover. 
• Midday supervisor. 1hr 10 mins a day. Permanent. 

For extra information CLICK HERE. 

After a lovely first two days back at school can we please remind parents - 

• Children are encouraged to bring a water bottle to school, but it needs to have a sports top to allow sipping without unscrewing a lid. We've had some accidents this week with bottles with screw lids. 
• Parents of Junior children are encouraged to meet their children out the front of school on Laund Nook at the end of the day.

Unfortunately Mrs. Robinson is unable to return to school tomorrow. I am pleased to share that Miss. McConnachie will be teaching this class from tomorrow. 

Miss McConnachie is a qualified teacher and an experienced member of St. John's staff who has worked with us for several years and therefore knows all of the children in the class. She has been in school for several days over the holiday preparing the classroom for the children and is looking forward to getting to know them tomorrow. 

I am sure you join me in thanking Miss McConnachie in making personal arrangements to come and teach full time at St. John's and give the children the stable start to the new school year that they deserve. 

Good afternoon. 

We look forward to welcoming you all back to school tomorrow after your summer holiday. 

1) We published some information for parents about how school will operate under the new government COVID guidelines last week, parents that have not read this are invited to do so - CLICK HERE. 

2) Yesterday we published our risk assessment and outbreak management plan that we will be following to keep safe. This document has been written in conjunction with the local authority. CLICK HERE. 

3) School starts at 9am tomorrow for all children, there is no staggered start. The gate will open at 8.50am and children are to walk straight into their classrooms where their new teachers will be waiting for them. Our teaching assistants will be on the playground helping direct children to their new classes if they have forgotten where they are. If you want to have a look at where their classrooms are a plan of the school is on our website. CLICK HERE. 

4) Nursery children begin their morning and afternoon sessions at normal times and children are taken and collected from the side nursery gate as normal. 

Morning session - 8.45am to 11.45am

Afternoon session - 12.35pm to 3.35pm

See you all tomorrow. 

Mr. Averis

Good morning to our reception parents,

We are really looking forward to meeting you all during the afternoon of Wednesday 1st September at your allocated time (please see this information in the letter sent to you prior to the summer break) and so pleased that we are able to offer this time to meet the teachers and take a look at the wonderful learning environment that your child/children will enjoy. I would also like to take this opportunity to remind you that this time is for parents only.

Mr Averis and Mrs Carvell will both be at the front of school ready to greet you in the afternoon and take you to our reception block.

Kind regards,

Mrs Carvell

We have updated our website with information about procedures for opening in September 2021. 

1. FAQ's and procedures for September - CLICK HERE
2. What to do if your child or a family member tests positive or displays symptoms - CLICK HERE

The photos for the Class of 2021 and the Prom Festival have now been uploaded to the class page.

Please use the link below:

https://www.stjohnsbelper.co.uk/year-6-23/

All the best for the future. We will miss you all.

Mrs Carvell

We originally published our term dates for school year 2021/2022 last year. However, last month the Department for Education have shared that in school year 21/22 all schools have been asked to close for an extra day. CLICK HERE

In summary schools have been told to add an extra school closure day on account of the extra bank holiday for the Platinum Jubilee of Her Majesty the Queen. Everyone in the UK will now have 9 Bank holidays in 2022 instead of the normal 8. 

In conjunction with Belper Secondary school we can share that St. John's will now be closed on Wednesday 22nd December 2021. Children will now break up for Christmas on Tuesday 21st December 2021 at 3.30pm. 

We have updated our term dates and uploaded them onto our website.

Term dates 2021-2022 version 2 - CLICK HERE

School Calendar and dates information - CLICK HERE

Last week lots of our children spent an hour with their new September 2021 teachers. All of our teachers have now shared a picture and some information about them and your child's new class on our website. 

CLICK HERE

Over the next few weeks our class pages for 2020-2021 will be archived and then new class pages for 2021-2022 will be set up. Once this has been done teachers will be able to use their new 2021-2022 class pages to share information about PE days, homework etc.

Fun Fact

Every August lots of class teachers archive their old class pages and begin again ready for the new year. 

If you scroll down to the bottom of our class pages you find these archived pages - they contain lots of happy memories for the children of their times in other classes when they were younger.