On Tuesday 28th February at 6 p.m there will be a Year 2 and Year 6 SATs Information Evening for parents in our school hall.

In January 2017 the local authority were informed that the bid they had submitted to the Department for Education to fund a nursery unit at St. John's had been successful. We have now been advised to open up the four week consultation period.

The consultation form, surrounding information and an expression of interest form can be found on our school website.

http://www.stjohnsbelper.co.uk/nursery-consultation/

This consultation period will run from Wednesday 8th February 2017 to Wednesday March 8th 2017.

We are happy to promote this e-safety parent workshop at Queen Elizabeth School in Ashbourne.

https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/date/GGGHDF

We all want to make sure that our children are safe online and I hope that in bringing this event to your attention you are able to take this opportunity to support a good cause and help keep up to date with the every changing world of online safety.

After a significant amount of work we are pleased to publish our new vision, ethos and five year plan.

Parents may remember that at the summer fayre in June 2016 our governors invited comments and views on the draft plans that we had on display. Your ideas, along with the views of staff and children have allowed the governors to set our vision for St. John's and provide us with a six point, five year plan to achieve it. We have also taken this opportunity to clarify our Ethos recognising what type of school we are.

All of the information can be found in the 'About us' part of our website in the 'Vision, Ethos and Five year plan' section. An easy to print version can be downloaded as well. You are also invited to see how we are working towards our Five year plan with this years School Improvement plan that was shared with parents in the September information evening.

The local authority have made a planning application for the building of a nursery classroom at St. John's.

For information please read our statement CLICK HERE.

A huge and heartfelt thank you to all of our children and parents, for your fantastic support and efforts in helping to raise money for Children in Need today. It was a super, fun day of fundraising, enjoyed by all, and as soon as the total is confirmed we will let you know how much has been raised - watch this space!

M Carvell

Parent association meeting at the Greyhound Inn starting at 7.30pm. All welcome to come and help our school.

Reception children hearing tests on Tuesday morning.

Infant film night on Thursday 10th November at 5.30pm. Tickets on sale this week at school.

2 minute silence at 11am on Friday 11th November.

Pop UK concert letters are coming home today, Friday 30th Sept. Your child will either be bringing home and pink or a blue letter depending on what year they are in and which night they are performing on.  (Please note that Y6 children are bringing home two letters as they are performing on both nights).

Letters can be downloaded from our web site. CLICK HERE.

Please make sure you return your ticket request and CD order form to school by Wednesday 12th October at the latest. When returning the forms please return them on the pink and blue slips that they came home with as this will help us in organising ticket allocation. Thank you.

Please note that our Carol Concert will take place on Monday 12th December at 7.30pm and not Tuesday 13th December.

All of the dates for the school year can be found on our interactive school calendar, that is updated daily CLICK HERE or on our easy to print school calendar that is updated every term CLICK HERE for the Autumn term one.