We would like to highlight 5 apps that parents may consider inappropriate for their children to use. All of the information is on this poster. CLICK HERE.

Message - Thursday 23rd February 2017 - Due to poor weather our football match with William Gilbert has been postponed to tomorrow night and infant football club has been cancelled tonight.

Gymnastics with Tom Elson will take place as normal in the school hall.

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