Our daily before school sports club, run by Premier Education (formally Premier Sports) runs every day from 7.45am to 8.45am in our school hall. 

At present a handful of children attend every day. The children that arrive are in their year group bubbles for the session. 

Premier Education have let us know that due to the low number of pupils attending every day that they may unfortunately have to cancel the club. Can parents that want to use this before school club please make their booking for the next few weeks now, so that Premier Education can assess demand to help them make a decision. If more children attend then they will be able to continue running the club. 

To make a booking CLICK HERE. 

To read the Premier Education COVID19 risk assessment. CLICK HERE. 

To help bring some sunshine and smiles when times may be difficult it is great to be able to share this poster sent to us by a local resident. 

Please feel free to print, colour, display and share.

CLICK HERE

Updated on 22.10.20 at 7.10pm

We have been informed today of a positive case of COVID-19 in our school community. Our thoughts and best wishes are with the family and we wish them a healthy recovery. 

We have contacted the Department for Education and Public Health England this morning who have told us to do the following in order to keep all children, staff and our community as safe as possible. The Department for Education have recognised that this positive case is not linked to the positive case in our year 4 bubble. 

All parents and carers are invited to read this letter. CLICK HERE. 

Updated on 19.10.20 at 11.30am

We have been informed today of a positive case of COVID-19 in our school community. Our thoughts and best wishes are with the family and we wish them a healthy recovery. 

We have contacted the Department for Education and Public Health England this morning who have told us to do the following in order to keep all children, staff and our community as safe as possible. 

1) All year 4 children need to isolate for 14 days from the 14th October.

2) The rest of the school remains open as normal with us continuing with our COVID-19 safety measures in place. 

YEAR 4 PARENTS AND CARERS

• Parents and carers of children in year 4 need to read this letter. CLICK HERE
• This letter, written by the  Department from Education and  Public Health England, informs parents and cares of children in year 4 that their children need to isolate for 14 days from the 14th October 2020.
• Year 4 children can be collected from school from now. Parents and carers of children in year 4 need to come to the school gate and will be able to take their child home with them.

PARENTS AND CARERS OF CHILDREN IN ALL OTHER YEAR GROUPS

• All other parents and carers need to read this letter. CLICK HERE.
• School remains open to all other children. This includes siblings of children in year 4 who attend different year groups.  

Many thanks to all of the parents and carers who took part in our virtual parent evenings this week. In the last three evenings over 400 parents have had the opportunity to speak to their child's class teacher over the phone or face to face via an online video link. We are very pleased that, despite COVID-19 we have been able to spend time celebrating your children's work with you and sharing ideas as to how we can continue to help them throughout the year. 

It was the first time that we have had to run parents evening in this manner. Thank you for your patience if any technical glitches disrupted your appointment. We have learned several lessons ourselves this week and will use this to help us next time.

Parents that missed the deadline of 9am on Tuesday 6th October to book an appointment at next week's parent/carer meetings have a second opportunity to book.

Information about the second opportunity and a link to the second form are on our website. CLICK HERE. 

This second opportunity closes at 9am on Friday 9th October. 

Covid-19 Pandemic

Track and Trace Scheme

Schools may be required to share personal data of individuals under the Track and Trace scheme.

Personal data of those that attend/work at/visit the school may be shared under this scheme.

The scheme has a privacy notice which can be viewed on

https://contact-tracing.phe.gov.uk/help/privacy-notice 

For the attention of parents of children in year 6. 

You are now able to apply for your child's secondary school place. Applications opened on Monday 14th September.

Applications can be made through the Derbyshire admissions web site. 

www.derbyshire.gov.uk/admissions

Please ring the admissions team with any questions about applying online, or to request a paper application form - 01629 533190

The Derbyshire safeguarding team have asked us to share information with parents about a particularly nasty viral post on Tik Tok. 

With this in mind parents may want to

• re-consider what social media they allow their children to access. 
• Remind children of what to do if they see nasty content online, see our online help page for information. 
• Talk to your children about what they do online in the same way you talk to them about school. For example
  • What did you do at school today?
  • What did you have for dinner?
  • What social media do you use on your phone?

are all perfectly reasonable questions for you to start conversations with. 

All children in reception to year 6 are bringing home a letter this week regarding this winter's flu immunisation programme. 

All St. John's children in reception to year 6, are invited by the NHS and our local Community Health Service to have their immunisation at school on Wednesday 7th October when NHS staff will be in school to immunise the children. 

Parents need to opt in for their child to be immunised. No child will be immunised without parental consent. Parents need to give consent online by following the instructions on the letter. Parents do not send consent forms back to school. 

St. John's does not manage or administer the flu immunisation programme, it is all managed and led by the NHS Community Health Service. If you have any questions about the programme please contact the immunisation team on the contact details on the letter. 

To read an online copy of the letter on our website and find out how to give permission for your child to be immunised -  CLICK HERE.

Thank you