The PTFA are going to organise a World Book day costume swap after school on Monday 3rd March. 

There will be no charge - it will be run to help families, recycle preloved costumes and and look after the environment. 

Bring any unwanted costumes to school on Monday, they can be placed in the donation bin at any time, or take them straight to the PTFA swap shop at 3.20pm. 

We have had to change the date for the PTFA Discos that were due to take place on Thursday 3rd April. 

The infant and junior discos will now take place on Thursday 24th April instead. CLICK HERE. 

We apologise for any problems that this may cause and thank the PTFA for organising the event. 

Derbyshire police are offering free online webinars for parents to help them keep parents and your children safe online - see their message below. 

Free online webinars offered as part of Safer Internet Day 2025 (Tuesday 11th Feb 18:30 & repeated Thursday 13th Feb 13:30)

Derbyshire Police will be offering free, non-technical online sessions, hosted by our own Cyber Protect Team, covering how to protect yourself and your family online.

This session will benefit anyone who uses the internet, email, smartphones and apps.

The topics covered will be :

·  Device safety/protection

·  Password guidance and account security

·  Protecting your email account and preventing mobile phone hijacking (SIM swap fraud)

·  Protecting your personal information

·  Social engineering and phishing emails/texts

·  Online shopping & online banking safely

·  Protecting your WhatsApp and social media accounts

·  Safer Internet Day – This year’s theme is ‘Too good to be true?’

·  Current threats and trends/scams and how to spot them

·  Signposting to further sources of support and resources

·  Where to report incidents of cybercrime and fraud          

The session is available on two dates – Thursday will be a repeat of Tuesday.  Please register your interest by emailing samantha.hancock@derbyshire.police.uk and stating which date you are interested in joining.

A joining link to the online meeting will be sent out the day of the session selected. We advise joining 4 or 5 mins in advance in case of technical delays.

Tuesday 11th Feb at 6.30pm

Thursday 13th February at 1.30pm

These events are free of charge, but you are required to book a place to receive the link to join the online meeting.

For regular online safety tips, and information about the latest scams and advice, follow the Derbyshire Police Online Safety on Facebook.

If you’re unable to attend these sessions, we will be offering further webinars throughout the year. These are publicised by our Facebook page above, and via Derbyshire Alert.  

You might also be interested in checking your cyber resilience by trying out Derbyshire County Council‘s “Digital MOT” tool which takes just 3 or 4 minutes to complete a set of questions about your use of technology and the internet. 

You’ll receive simple, tailored advice to keep yourself safe online. So, would you pass the Digital MOT? Try it by following the link to the Digital MOT here – or if you prefer not to click on the link, search “Derbyshire Digital MOT” which you’ll find on the SaferDerbyshire website.

We have published a letter for parents who would like to express an interest in joining our governing body - CLICK HERE. 

Parents of children in year 6 are invited to a prom meeting.The meeting will be at 7pm on Wednesday 5th February at the Greyhound Inn in Belper. 

Prom meetings are an opportunity for parents of children in year 6 to work together to organise the annual prom that their children then get to enjoy before they leave St. John's. We hope that this year the event will be able to take place on the evening of Friday 18th July. 

The PTFA donate some money to the prom committee, but the event is organised and run by parents, not by the PTFA. 

In 2024 we ran a safer street Road Closure on Laund Nook. On the 20th June Laund Nook was closed at the start of the day and the end of the day for school traffic. We received lots of support for this and many families fed back that it was a great, safe way to start and end the school day. 
We are considering running a sequence of similar days in March and hope to have 4 'Walking Wednesdays' when we will repeat the safer street work we did in June. These will take place on March the 5th, 12th 19th and 26th. 

Letter to parents about Safer Streets 2025 - CLICK HERE

Information about the successful Safer Streets in June 2024 - CLICK HERE

Volunteering to help our Safer Streets 2025 campaign. Without volunteers we won't be able to run the program - many thanks for all your support - CLICK HERE

Thank you! 

The Kolkata Companions helped lead collective worship on Monday this week to the whole school where they spoke about generosity around the world. The children did a brilliant job reminding us all about Christmas jumper day on Wednesday. 

All the children in school looked fantastic in their jumpers, and we raised an amazing £250.80 for Scott Lane School in Kolkata, India. 

Mrs Richardson flies to Kolkata on the 10th January 2025 where she will be teaching at Scott Lane School and has also been asked to organise the final sports day event. This is where all the schools involved in the project - over 400 children come together for a fun day of sports, entertainment and food.  

Keep checking her daily blog while she is out in India.

Kolkata page celebrating all our links with Scott Lane School. Find out about previous visits and how we learn about life in Kolkata - CLICK HERE

Kolkata visit 2025 page. Mrs. Richardson has started to prepare this page with information and will update it daily when in Kolkata - CLICK HERE. 

Children are invited to take part in a community arts competition

CLICK HERE

Good Luck

Unfortunately Ada Bellfield have had to cancel our planned Choir concert scheduled for Thursday 12th December. 

They are really sorry to have to do this at short notice and appreciate the upset that it causes to the children and the residents and haven't made the decision lightly. 

We hope to re-arrange an event later in the school year if we are able to. 

Children that were due to go to Ada Belfield will now have a morning in school as normal.