News from 2014-15

Y2 Trip to Windmill Farm

Year 2 had a wonderful day out at Windmill Farm! Not only did we get to meet and feed lots of different animals, we also had lots of fun in the play areas and enjoyed an exciting train ride! Click here to see more pictures.

KS1 Sports Day

Key Stage One’s Sports Day was a great success! Race events included: Sprint, Sack Race, Egg and Spoon, Skipping and an Obstacle course. All children, parents and staff  thoroughly enjoyed their day! Click here for more pictures.

Y1 Trip to The Blue Planet Aquarium

Year 1 had a fun filled day at the Blue Planet Aquarium and learned lots of interesting facts about underwater animals. Do you know how many brains a starfish has? Click here to find out.

Y6 Inspiration Week - Jaguar Plant

Year 6 visited the Jaguar site at Halewood last week as a final part to the ‘Inspiration Week’ where they experienced a great morning appreciating the new technology involved in making a car. Please click here for more information about the day.

Feast Of St Peter and St Paul - 29th June

To celebrate the feast day of St Peter and St Paul the whole school had a picnic in our year groups. For more R.E News please click here. 

Inflatable Planetarium

The Inflatable Planetarium came to St John’s. All the children had the chance to go on a virtual tour of our solar system and experience what the earth was like in the beginning and the ‘wild ride’ it has been on to look as it does today. It was lots of fun! For a few more pictures of Year 2 in the planetarium please click here. 

Ducklings in the Nursery

As part of their Growing and Life Cycles topic, Nursery had seven duck eggs delivered and watched them grow into baby ducklings, the whole school went to visit the ducklings over the ten days they were here. For more pictures and information please click here.

Year 3 - Mummification

Year Three have been learning about mummification and have carried out the process themselves on King Polyteddes. Click here to find out what the Egyptians did and what Year 3 did to King Polyteddes, the teddy bear pharaoh!

Year 3 - Crime Busting Maths

Year 3 were shocked when they stumbled upon multiple crimes that had been committed in their classroom! To solve who was responsible they used their knowledge of mathematics to solve the crime and find the criminal. Click here to find out more about their crime busting day.  

Year 3 - The Gifts Of The Holy Spirit

Year 3 have been discussing the gifts of the Holy Spirit. They discussed which of the gifts they thought were the most important and why and how the gifts of the Holy Spirit can help people to live their Christian lives. For more about the discussion and more pictures please click here. 

Year 3 - Poetry

Year 3 have been writing poems recently, and Mrs Bahan's English class wrote rhyming poems about things they have never seen. Click here to see a selection of some of the excellent work the children did.

Year 3- Healthy Eating Day

Year 3 have had a Healthy Eating Day. The made fruit kebabs and talked about how it was important to eat a wide range of fruits, what fruits we were eating and how we could make our kebab's look appetising. The results were both amazing looking and delicious to eat. Click here for more pictures.

Rise and Shine Big Dance Day

St John's has launched it's Rise and Shine early morning wake up dance routines, with the Rise and Shine Big Dance Day, with daily event's on the school yard before lessons begin. We hope that children will learn the dances and they will join in together with any parents who fancy and early morning ‘wake up’ For some pictures of the Rise and Shine Big Dance day and for links to videos of the dances, please click here. 

Y5 Win LSSP Mini Orange Tennis Tournament

Year 5 recently competed at Wavertree Tennis Club in an LSSP Mini Orange Tennis Competition and won the tournament. Well done to Year 5. For a review of the day by one of our Year 5 pupils and more pictures, please click here to go our LSSP news page.

Y5/6 Aspirations Week

Year 5 and 6 pupils enjoyed two and a half days with Careers Connect, looking at the world of work and careers. Several visitors to the school discussed their career paths, and the children completed a number of different workshops, giving the children a chance to ‘explore’ and perhaps contemplate the future! Please click here to read more. 

Y5 Rainforest Roadshow

Y5 Healthy Eating

Year 5 also participated in Healthy Eating Week Theme Day 2015. They made a smoothie, learned how to observe good hygiene when preparing food and about the "Eat Well Plate".  The day was completed with a fitness session. To see and read more about their day, please click here.

Y6 Healthy Eating

Healthy Eating Week Theme Day 2015 was extremely successful in Year 6 at St John’s. Year 6 tried new foods, and prepared a tasty fruit salad, and a melon and pineapple smoothie. The end of the day finished with a strenuous fitness session. Click here to see more pictures of Year 6's Healthy Eating day.

Y4 Boys Win EFC Football Tournament

Our Year 4 Football Team competing in a recent LSSP/EFC competition at Everton's new Sixth Form School. They didnt lose a single game and were winners of the tournament. One of the Year 4 pupils wrote about the day. Well done to the Year 4 football team. For more information, written by one of our Year 4 boy's and pictures of the day, please click here. 

For our latest LSSP sports news please click here. 

Weekly Attendance/ Stars Of The Week

Year 2 - Trip to Windmill Farm

Year 2, visited Windmill animal farm in Burscough. They explored the farm on a mini train adventure, learned about the different animals, as well as being given the opportunity to feed them.

They also had time to play on both the indoor and outdoor adventure play areas. Everyone had a fantastic day!

To see Class 2Ds pictures of the day click here.

To see Class 2Cs pictures of the day click here. 

St John's Football Team Wins Highway Cup

St John's would like to congratulate our boys Football Team on their recent success. 

They won the Highway Cup which runs throughout the season which is the schools equivalent to the F.A Cup.

Year 5 Action For Achievement Award

One of St John's Year 5 pupils recently received an Action for Achievement award for playing the part of May in "The Ghost of Kirkdale" a poignant story set in Liverpool in Victorian Times. She brought her trophy into school to show her teachers and classmates. 

Year 5 - Safari Park

Year 5 visited Knowsley Safari Park for their end of year trip. On a lovely sunny day they enjoyed a guided tour of the park, a sea-lion show, a picnic and some even had a go at some of the rides at the funfair. To read and see all of the pictures, click here. 

Our Reading Stairs

The children returned to school in June, to find that the stairs leading up to our library are now book-themed, showing just a few of the children's favourite titles. They have become quite a talking point with the children, staff and visitors to the school.

Don't forget to check out our reading section here.

City Of Readers

If your looking for something to read over the summer holidays, then there is a a totally unique reading opportunity. The author Frank Cottrell Boyce is writing a completely free online serial "The Menlove Treasure". 

The first chapter went online on July 21st, and the rest of the serial will be gradually revealed until the final chapter in December. 

Please visit this website cityofreaders.org or click on the logo above.

Aboriginal Art

Year 1 recently recreated some Aboriginal Art. To see the messy fun, click here. 

Fruit Salad

After reading "Handa's Surprise" Year 1 pupils were inspired to design, make and eat, their own fruit salads. They even created their own "fruit faces" just like the famous artist Guiseppe Arcimboldo. To read more click here. 

Year 1 Blue Planet Aquarium Trip

Year 1 recently had a lovely day out to the Blue Planet Aquarium in Ellesmere Port. Pupils got close up to sharks, touched a live starfish, and saw the rays getting fed. Click here for more pictures. 

Nursery Graduation

Nursery pupils celebrated their year with a graduation ceremony, check out the pictures here. 

St John's Awarded Reading Quality Mark

St John's has been awarded the Reading Quality Mark. This is awarded to schools which demonstrate a culture in which all pupil's are encouraged to read for pleasure, and in which reading is given a high profile. St John's demonstrated our committment to providing reading opportunities for all our children, including our wonderful library, class libraries, visiting author's and book club's to name but a few. 

To read more about the award ceremony at Liverpool Central Library, and pictures please click here. 

Year 5 Reading - A World Cup Adventure

Year 5 spent the past six weeks on the edge of their seats, as they read the very exciting; ‘Foul Play: Brazil - A World Cup adventure story’ written by Tom Palmer. 

Every week day during World Cup, author Tom Palmer wrote a new chapter of his story Foul Play: Brazil. Children then received a certificate of achievement sent to them by Tom himself thanking them for following Foul Play; Brazil. 

Click here to find out more.

Summer Dance Show 

St John's Summer Dance Show was a roaring success. Key Stage 1 & 2 Dance Clubs, and the Boy's Street Dance club entertained parent's  with an evening of dazzling entertainment as they performed their latest routines.

To find out more, watch the videos, and see the pictures, please click here.

Industrial Action

Dear Parents and Carers, Just a quick reminder that Thursday 10th July  school will be closed due to Industrial Action. This is a one day strike only and school will re-open as usual on Friday 11th July at 8:55am.

St John's Sports Day

Well as we write this the World Cup is just about still on and Wimbledon has just finished, but the other great annual sporting occasion has recently occurred - St John's Sports Day.

In the morning Key Stage 1 pupils competed, and in the afternoon, Key Stage 2 pupils. It was a lovely day and everyone competed in such classics as the Egg and Spoon race, the sack race, the skipping race and the grand finale the Staff Vs Parent's tug of war.

Well done to everyone who took part, pupils, parent's and staff.

If it's a few years since you competed in the Egg and Spoon race, check out the pictures and see that it's not that easy keeping that egg on that spoon!

To see the Key Stage 1 picture gallery click here.

To see the Key Stage 2 picture gallery click here.  
 

Great News About Art At St John's

This year children from Year 2 entered the Browne Jacobson Art Competition. The children had to create a picture to show where we will all be living in 2100. They came up with lots of wonderful ideas and images which were then sent off to be judged. We were excited and proud to find out that a pupil from 2D had been shortlisted and asked to attend the award ceremony in the Manchester Museum of Science and Industry. They attended the ceremony and enjoyed looking at all the other pictures. His picture did not win a prize, but getting down to the final few out of hundreds of entrants was an amazing achievement. Well done! Our pupil was awarded a school art prize in recognition of his wonderful achievement. 

For more information about the Art Group click here.

More Excellent News About Art At St John's

This term some of the children from year 2 and 3 entered pieces of art into the Liverpool RSPCA Art Competition. The topic for the competition was birds and animals. We were allowed to enter six pieces of work into the Liverpool wide art competition and we are extremely pleased to announce that one of our Year 3 children, was awarded with a Very Highly Commended prize. Well done !

They were then asked to attend an award ceremony on Thursday 22nd May. She attended the award ceremony with her Mum, Grandad and Mrs Taylor where she received her prize from the Lord Mayor of Liverpool. 

For more information about the art group click here. 

Girls Football Year 1 and 2 

The Bluecoat School recently ran a football afternoon, our Year 1 and 2 football team took part. They practiced various football skills and played a couple of friendlies. Everyone had a fantastic afternoon, were very well behaved and were a credit to St John's.

Swimming Gala KS1

Year 1 and 2 children enjoyed a morning at Wavertree Aquatics Centre at the very first KS1 Swimming Gala. The children took part in some fun events which allowed non-swimmers to take part as well as swimmers. The children were accompanied by the staff and their parents encouraging them to compte and do their best. This was a very successful event and we look forward to being involved next year. 

Inspirational People Week 2014

St John's recently celebrated Inspirational People Week, inviting inspirational people who have a connection with St John's school or Kirkdale. Visitors this year were the famous boxing "Smith Brothers", Mr Quinn from British Aerospace, Jackie Johnson Lynch, winner of the Social Entrepreneur Award 2013. Mrs Caldwell, a paramedic, and our final guest was Bob Gittins, our Chair of Governors ex Chief Inspector with Merseyside police. The "Inspirational Week" has been a great success, read about it here. 

Activity Week Is Approaching

Activity week for Year 6 is fast approaching, the final dates for everything are :-

Monday 7th July Active Adventures at Otterspool. Packed Lunch Required; no glass bottles please

Tuesday 8th July Mcdonald's Breakfast followed by Giant Inflatable/Rounders. Party and Film in the afternoon. 

Wednesday 9th July Canoeing and Bootcamp. 

Thursday 10th July Mini Sports Day in school in the morning, followed by McDonalds lunch and activities in Stanley Park in the afternoon.

Friday 11th July Splash World - All Day - Swimwear (Swimming caps not required) and packed lunch required, no glass bottles please. 

Everyday we will arrive back at school for 3.15pm.

There is a slight amendment to our letter, as on Friday pupils will return at 3.15pm NOT at 4.30pm as stated in our letter to parents and carers. 

Latest Attendance Figures

Good attendance is so vital for pupil progress, St John's latest attendance figures are now available. To see the weekly attendance and weekly attendance raffle winners for the 9th June please click here, and for 16th June, please click here. 

Year 4 Go To Military School

St John's was recently visited by The UK Military School, they came to put our Year 4 pupils through a series of Bushtucker trials to promote teamwork and problem solving. The Year 4 troops had to build shelters, survive an assault course and learn how to problem solve and survive using the materials they had at hand. A fantastic day was had by all. Click here to find out more. 

Star's Of The Week

St John's firmly believes in rewarding achievement, and to that aim, every week a pupil from each class with the highest number of achievements is rewarded by being named Star Of The Week.

The latest two weeks are up.To find out who were the Star's of The Week for June 9th click here, and for June 16th please click here.  

Damian Harvey

The whole of St John's enjoyed a visit by the author Damian Harvey. He told some of his stories with the help of St John's pupils and talked the children through the process of writing a book, from the ideas stage, through to the actual publication. Click here to see more pictures and learn more about his visit. 

Y6 The Science of Bread

As part of their Science topic, Miss Boyle's Year 6 class recently investigated the science behind bread making. They investigated the conditions needed to grow yeast. Much scientific research was conducted, and pupils and parents also got to sample the finished bread with some jam and chocolate spread. To read more please click here.    

Stars Of The Week Winners 

St John's believes in rewarding achievement. The Star's Of The Week awards are given to a pupil in each class who has achieved the most that week. 

The winners for the week ending 23rd May 2014 were-

Latest Weekly Attendance Figures

Attendance at school is very important for our pupil's learning outcomes, the government sets a minimum target of 95%. Our latest attendance figures are up.

For the week ending 23rd May our class attendance winners for Key Stage 1, Class 1m highest with 97%, and for Key Stage 2 had dual winners with 97.5% were classes 3B and 4B. Well done to those classes. 

Check out the weekly attendance figures here. 

Y5 The Perfect Chocolate Brownie

At the end of the Spring Term, Miss Sheridan's literacy group were rewarded with a morning of cookery, where they made the Perfect Chocolate Brownie. After all their hard work, they put their writing skills to good use by writing a recipe for the Perfect Chocolate Brownie. Click here to see how they got on. 

St John's Take 4th Place at the Liverpool Cup

St John's Girls football team reached the finals of the Liverpool Cup played at Anfield. They secured 4th place from a competition including over 200 teams, and 1100 players. A big thank-you to the many parents and teachers who came to support our team, and an even applause to the Girl's football team for getting to the final. Click here to read all about it.  

Winston and Cutie take a Trip to Anfield

Winston and Cutie are Querks who have lived in the nursery since they hatched out of their eggs. Both of them recently went with the St John's Girls Football Team to the Liverpool Cup final at Anfield. They had never been before and had a great time even making a new friend in Mighty Red..... Click here for more.

Mr Croxton Retires After 25 Years At St John's 

After 25 years of keeping St John's together, Mr Croxton our Site Manager is retiring today. As way of tribute, pupils devoted this mornings assembly to Mr Croxton. In "A day in the life of Mr Croxton" pupils played every member of staff and Mr Croxton. They then acted out his day as  Mr Croxton coped with the many demands placed on him, always as ever with a smile on his face.

Have a wonderful retirement Mr Croxton, from everyone at St John's.

Click here for more pictures.

Star's Of The Week

St John's likes to reward pupils for excellence in behaviour and work. Every week pupils from each class with the best behaviour and work are named as Star's Of The Week. The latest winners are up on the website in the Achievements section, here.

Attendance

The latest attendance figures are up, for the week of 23rd April 2014. The government sets an attendance target of 95 % and five of our classes managed an excellent 100% attendance, well done !

The attendance figures, and weekly attendance winners are here. 

Community Planting Project

A group of our children took part in a Community Planting Project over the road from school in Sandheys Close / Archer Close. The children enjoyed an afternoon with Irene Poole from Local Neighbourhood Services who invited the children to take part. Together with local councillor Beatrice Fraenkel and the city gardeners the children planted some new raised flower beds. Click here to see how the day turned out. 

Year 5 - Making Playscripts

Mrs Newtons Year 5 English group have been reading, writing and performing humorous playscripts in front of Year's 3 and 4. Everybody was very impressed with how confident they performed. Click here for pictures and video of the day. 

World Book Day

We recently celebrated World Book Day, by coming to school dressed in pyjamas ready for a bedtime story ! A great day was had by all, and we all went home having read some fantastic stories. Click here to see all the pictures.

Year 2 Dance Night with Miss Hartley

Year 2 children have been enjoying their dance lessons with Miss Hartley, a specialist dance teacher from Notre Dame. She has been teaching one class an African Dance while the other class has learned an Indian Dance. Parent's and visitors came to watch the children perform at the end of their time with Miss Hartley. Click here to read and see more. 

KS2 Easter Egg Decorating Competition

As part of St John's Easter celebrations, the annual KS2 Easter Egg Decorating contest took place. It had, as always a phenomenal response, and the pictures are now up in the gallery. Click here to have a look here at all your amazing work. 

Year 6 Go Bowling

Year 6 pupils took a well earned break from their SAT's preparation, and had a day out at Edge Lane bowling. Much fun and many strikes were had by all who went. Check out the pictures here. 

St John's Girls Football Team reach Anfield Final

St John's girl's football team played brilliantly in the LFC tournament to reach the final at Anfield. The competition was fierce, with many teams in the competition capable of winning the tournament outright. The girl's drew in the semi final 0-0, and it took an amazing stand out performance from our goalkeeper to win on penalties. Next stop is the final at Anfield. More pictures here. 

Boys Football Team reach Highway Cup Final

The boy's football team have reached the Highway Cup Final. They played a very strong St Cuthbert's side in a what was a thrilling semi final. With 7 minutes to go our boy's were losing 3-1, but in the last few minutes, scored two more to level the match 3-3, they then won the penalty shootout. 

We Love Books !

Following the success of our recent Book Fair, we launched a competition for all children to submit a ‘selfie’ showing themselves reading their favourite book.  We challenged the children to come up with unusual places to enjoy a book, and we found that the children of St John’s certainly enjoy reading in weird and wonderful places! Click here to see the photos.

Easter Bingo and Easter Bonnet Parade

Not only is it American Day on Friday 4th April, the Friends of St John's will be running Easter Bingo and the Easter Bonnet parade at 1.30pm. The hamper above, and several like it could be yours if your lucky enough to get a Full House, so do come along. 

Liverpool Aquatics Centre Swimming Competition

Liverpool Aquatics Centre was the venue for a multi school swimming competition. Years 5 and 6 went to compete and they performed brilliantly.

The boys finished overall in 5th and the girls finished in 3rd place, only just missing out on the finals. 

St John's Weekly Attendance

Good school attendance is very important to our children's education. St John's publishes all of its weekly attendance on the website, and the latest two weeks, March 17th and March 24th are available in the weekly attendance section here. 

To see the weekly attendance for 17th March 2014 click here. 

To see the weekly attendance for 24th March 2014 click here.

Who are the Star's Of the Week?

Every week pupils in each class are rewarded for examples of good behaviour, at the end of the week whoever has the most rewards becomes a "Star Of The Week".

The latest winners are now up !

Click here to see the Star's Of The Week for 17th March 2014

Click here to see the Star's Of The Week for 24th March 2014 

Summer School Dinner Menu 2014

The summer school dinner menu is now available, if you would like to see whats to eat and when, have a look at our School Dinner page with the latest menu here. 

To view a copy of the menu and/or download it click here. 

American Day 4th April

St John's next theme day is American Day on the 4th April. Katy our school chef has again arranged an American themed lunch. Hot dogs, turkey burgers, fries, and bbq beans, with homemade cookies and milk are all on the menu. Which should keep any cowboy going until the end of the school day. To see the menu click here.

Details of all St John's theme days, and downloadable flyers are here. 

Bikeability

Year 5 pupils took part in a two day Bikeability Course teaching the children to ride a bike safely. They spent time on the yard developing basic skills in managing their bike such as standing correctly and manoeuvring around cones etc. They were then taken out to develop these skills on the road, learning how to pass parked cars and negotiate a give way junction. This was a valuable activity to help keep our children safe and which was enjoyed by the children.

Year 2 Blog

Year 2 have embraced the information superhighway and started their own blog, their first blog post is on the recent Sports Relief day, and you can read it here. 

Reception have also been blogging, for a few months now, and if you want to check out their blog, click here. 

Year 3 - Trip to Liverpool Museum

The pictures from Year 3's trip to Liverpool Museum are now up here. 

Girls Football Club - Everton FC Stadium Tour

St John's Girls Football Club went on a stadium tour of Goodison Park, which they had won in a football tournament. Everybody had a great time, and also learnt a lot about the history of Everton F.C. Click here for more pictures. 

Football Team Through To Semi-Finals of the North Liverpool Highway Cup

The boys football team played the Quarter Final of the North Liverpool Highway Cup. The game finished 0-0, but they won on penalties, after our goal keeper saved every penalty, putting us through to the semi-finals. 

Year 5 - St Patrick's Day Dance 2014

St John's celebrated St Patrick's day with another of our themed days. To finish the day off, Miss Sheridan bravely taught our Year 5 pupils an Irish dance, it was a complicated dance with many different moves but after some practice Year 5 successfully learnt all the moves, have a look at the pictures here. 

International World Book Day 2014 

St John's recently celebrated International World Book Day 2014. Everyone dressed in pyjamas and brought their favourite bedtime story books to school. During the day we wrote book reviews, read and made book marks. Have a look at the pictures of the day here. 

Stars of the Week / Weekly Attendance 

The latest Stars of St John's Week are up here. and the latest weekly attendance figures are up here. 

Year 2 Win LSSP/ EFC Football Tournament

Our Year 2 boys triumphed this week winning this prestigious competition run by Everton FC. Having got to the semi finals the game went to penalties. Year 2's goalkeeper saved every shot and helped send the team through to the final, where they won 4-1. 

It is a brilliant team effort as every outfield player scored a goal. Congratulations and well done to our team. 

 St John's win LSSP Hockey Tournament 2014 Area Finals

Having won the local finals of the Hockey Tournament the team went on to win the area finals last Monday. They are unbeaten in both events and now look forward to representing Liverpool in the Merseyside Finals later in the term. Congratulations and well done to our team. 

Year 2 Trip to the Catylyst Museum

Year 2 have also been out and about, and recently took a trip to the Catylyst Museum, an interactive science centre in Widnes, the gallery of their adventures is now up here. 

Year 5 Liverpool's World Museum Trip

As part of their Science and History topics, Year 5 went for a trip to Liverpool's World Museum. To read all about it and have a look at over 80 pictures of their fact finding day out, click here.

Y5 LSSP Hockey Tournament 

Two teams from Year 6 and Year 5 competed in the LSSP/Quicksticks Hockey tournament. Our  Year 5 team were semi-finalists while the Year 6 team won the tournament for 2014. Congratulations to both teams for all their hard work. Please have a look at the gallery here.

Year 1 Trips/Cafod/Sudley Hall/Gymnastics

Year 1 have posted a round up of some of the things they have been up to recently; a trip to Sudley Hall, their magnificent efforts to raise money for Cafod by competing in a Santa Dash, a build-a-bear workshop, Christmas puppets, and Gymnastics. Please take a look by clicking here. 

Mad Scientist's Take Over St John's

St John's was once again invaded by the Mad Science team, this time with hair raising results. To see what the incredibly popular science team entertained everyone with this time, take a look at the photo gallery here.  

LSSP Dance Festival 2014

Both our KS1 and KS2 dance teams recently entered the LSSP Dance Festival. They showcased their dances learnt over the last few months, with both teams performing magnificently.

All of pupils would like to thank Emma Warrington and Abbie Austin who worked very hard to get  their dance routines, with the theme ‘At the Movies.’ ready.

To see the videos and pictures, check out the Dance Club's page of the night here. 

Art Club 

Another of St John's after school clubs, the Art Club have just added an article on what they studied in the second half of the Autumn term. If you'd like to find out more about Henri Rousseau and see some of our pupil's artwork, click here.  

Year 2 Cookery Club

St John's runs many after school clubs, one of them, Year 2's Cookery Club runs after school on Tuesdays. It's an excellent place to practice your cookery skills, and try out new food. Recent things on the menu have included Chinese Stir Fry, and a Non-Meat Spaghetti Bolognese. The club page is now up with a link here.

If your interested in any of St John's after school clubs click here for the Club's page. 

Chinese New Year 2014

Our Chinese New Year themed day was such a success with many pupils sampling Chinese cuisine for the first time, there is a new article up in our PHSE section describing the day and its aims here.  

For more information about the aims of PHSE/SEAL please check out here. 

For the full gallery of pictures from the day click here. 

Rewarding Achievement - Stars Of the Week 

Good attendance is so very important for every school and for every pupil. So every week at St John's we try to reward excellence by entering all pupils with a 100% attendance record  into a weekly raffle.

To see who has been winning our  "Stars of the Week" in January please click here.   

Weekly Attendance 

The weekly attendance for January 17th, 24th, 31st 2014 has just been uploaded, have a look in our weekly attendance section here. 

Spring Term Calendar Updates

The latest Spring Term Calendar is now available on the web site. It can be downloaded at the bottom of the Parents Information Page or you can view it by clicking here.

All of St John's dates are always on the Upcoming Events page if you ever need to check a date. 

Indoor Athletics Competition

Mr Williams and Mrs Melia took a group of KS2 pupils, sixteen boys and girls to an indoor athletics tournament held at Cardinal Heenan College. The children took part in relay races, an obstacle race and individual sprint races. There were also different jump activities; standing jumps, triple jumps and long jumps, which the children thoroughly enjoyed. 

Morgan and Courtney won their individual sprint races and also proved to be great long jumpers. Shea was the fastest sprinter on the day, a real Yusain Bolt. Lucy showed how much stamina she has while Morgan surprised himself with his running ability after doubting in the trials. 

Well done to all our children who took part, a great occasion to show off their athletic ability. 

St John's Theme Days

As part of St John's committment to the aims of PHSE/SEAL and after our successful Chinese New Year themed day, there will be several more "Theme Days" throughtout the year. The dates are detailed in the Parent Info section here and are now on the school calendar here.  

If you would like to read more about the aims of PHSE/SEAL please click here. 

Chinese New Year

St John's celebrated Chinese New Year with a Chinese themed day including Chinese lunch menu. Much fun was had by all, click here to see the photo gallery.  

Year 6 Win LSSP Quicksticks / Hockey Tournament

Two teams from Year 6 and Year 5 competed in the LSSP/Quicksticks Hockey tournament. Our  Year 5 team were semi-finalists while the Year 6 team won the tournament for 2014. Congratulations to both teams for all their hard work. Click here to see the article and gallery of photos. 

Year 5 - Storytelling

Year 5 have been practising reading and writing stories from other cultures. After the practising they travelled to Year 3 and read their story there. Click here to find out how they got along. 

Thursday Art Club

The Thursday Art Club have a lovely article showing off some of their hard work from the first Autumn term, inspired by the artist Paul Horton. The stunning results can be seen here.

St John's Plant a Forest

Year 5 pupils, with support from the Forestry Commision, helped start a new forest over at the Nursery, after much hard work, and digging and planting, many saplings were planted. Check out the article here.

Educate Awards 2013 Available Online

St John's was extremely proud to be awarded "The Most Inspirational School" award at the recent Educate Awards. The January edition of the Educate Magazine, with pictures from the awards ceremony is now available online here. 

Nursery trip to Greenacres Farm 

Just before Christmas Nursery pupils travelled to Greenacres Farm, they met many animals including Santa's Reindeer and then they met ..... Santa. It was a lovely trip and everyone enjoyed themselves. The pictures are up in the Gallery. 

Click here to see the Greenacres Farm Morning visit.

Click here to see the Greenacres Farm Afternoon visit. 

The Teddy Bear Hospital

Nursery pupils recently had their annual visit from the Teddy Bear Doctors. The Doctors helped the children learn how to stay healthy, eat healthy foods, and the importance of brushing your teeth. Pupils had great fun dressing up as Doctors and learnt how to check their teddy bear hearts with a stethoscope, and how to bandage any teddy sore's and broken teddy limbs.

Click here for the link to the article and gallery.  

Reading in Nursery

Reception pupils take reading very seriously, sharing books and reading is one of the most important things they do. Check out the gallery of reading photos here.

Nursery Trip To Greenacres

We all had a fantastic trip to Greenacres Farm Park to visit Father Christmas and his reindeer. Click here to see how our day went. 

Street Dance Club

St John's Streetdance Club has gone from strength to strength. It is now 17 boys strong and the club is now working on their first dance performance. For the latest information on Streetdance and all the extra curriculum clubs that are available at St John's check out the Clubs section here. 

St John's Matchday Car Parking

Matchday Car Parking is now available at St John's for both LFC and EFC. Our playground is open for parking 3 hours before kick off, and closes 1 hour after the final whistle. The cost is £5, payable on the gate. Parking is fenced and gated with CCTV. It is staffed throughout and insured for public liability, and only a ten minute walk to the stadium. NDCP Season Long Permits are also available. 

All enquiries please, email David Fidler at david-fidler@sky.com or call 07719774610 

Healthy Eating

St John's values the importance of a healthy lifestyle for all its school community. As part of our commitment to PHSE and SEAL aims we are working closely with the Healthy Schools Team to help children and parent's make informed choices about eating healthy foods. Please click here for more information about recent and future healthy eating promotions. 

Anti Bullying / E Safety

As part of our Physical Social Health Education (PSHE) and (SEAL) curriculum. The whole of St John's recently participated in our anti-bullying week; raising awareness of our theme "Say No To Bullies". Click here to read more.

PHSE and SEAL

At St John's we pride ourselves on valuing all children whatever their ability or age. Mrs Pugh, our PHSE (Personal, Social, Health and Economic) and SEAL (Social, Emotional Aspects of Learning) coordinator has arranged several events promoting these aims, from anti bullying, healthy eating, to the benefits of getting more exercise. For more information about the aims, and for these and future events, and how they are built into our curriculum, please check out the new PHSE/SEAL section, here.  

KS1 Christmas Party

Pupils had a lovely time at the Key Stage 1 Christmas party, everyone watched a movie in the morning. In the afternoon there were party games and dancing, and the day was topped off with a visit from Santa. Click here to see more pictures. 

The Nativity (Key Stage 1)

All of our KS1 Children worked very hard on this year's Christmas performance, "The Nativity". It was a huge success and was thoroughly enjoyed by all. We hope you enjoy looking at the photos. Click here for the photo gallery.  

The Nativity (Key Stage 2)

Children and staff from St John's came together, alongside parents to celebrate the true meaning of Christmas in church. Pupils from Years 5 and 6 retold the story as children from across Key Stage 2 recreated the Nativity through mime. It was great to see how many family members joined in with the Christmas Carols throughout the service. Please click here for the photo gallery.

Tae-Kwon-Do

Congratulations to our pupils attending the Tae-Kwon-Do group run by Warren Vice. They recently received their Awards of Excellence, for more pictures please click here. 

Year 2 boy's reach LSSP Matball Final

Our Year 2 boy's did fantastically well at the Liverpool Schools Partnership Matball Competition. It is a new sport for the children, and at the first attempt they reached the final of the competition. We are very proud of their performance. Well done boys ! To read more click here. 

Dance Club Show Night

St John's children gave a fantastic show to parents and guests at their show night performance recently. Both KS1 and KS2 Groups together made the Boy's Street Dance Group performed two routines each. Click here to see the gallery of pictures from the night and click here to see all of the videos of the performance. 

Dance Club Party

Over 80 children from St John's four Dance Clubs have just had their Christmas Party in the school hall. Santa dropped in and there were magic tricks and entertainment provided by Sparky.  Everyone had lots of fun. Check out the pictures here. 

Santa Dash 

A big thank you to everyone at St John's, and everyone who donated to the Santa Dash for CAFOD. Everyone in the school participated, and running TEN times around the school grounds was no easy feat. We still havent received the final total for donations, but thankyou to everyone who has made a donation. The gallery of photos can be seen here. 

Last Week of Term - Important Club Information

Please take note, the only clubs taking place this week (16th-20th December) are; Reading Club on Tuesday 3.15-4.30pm (restarts Tuesday 14th January; Table Tennis Academy Friday 6.00-8.00pm. All other clubs restart again in January 2014.

Nursery Cookery Workshop

Nursery pupils were visited by Heidi from Liverpool Health Schools. Heidi showed everyone how to make a Chicken and Vegetable Pasta Salad. Photo's of the day are here. 

School Calendar Correction

There is a small correction to the school calendar for the last day of the summer term. Ms Maudsley has written a letter explaining the correction which can be read by clicking here. The corrected school calendar can be seen by clicking here. 

Both the letter and the updated calendar are also available for download at  the bottom of the Parent Information page.

Reception Nativity Play

Did you manage to catch St John's Reception pupils recent performance of the Nativity ? There are now some pictures online, click here to check them out.

School Meals Menu 

If you'd like to see whats coming up on the school meals menu for January, then check out the School Meals section of the website, it's in Key Information>School Meals or just click here.

Autumn Term Dates Updated

The list of Autumn Term Dates has been updated in the Parent Information section, click here to check the important dates as Christmas approaches. 

St John's Newsletter

The latest St John's Newsletter can be read by clicking here or can be downloaded at the bottom of this page. 

St John's wins "Most inspirational" award at the Educate Awards 2013

St John's were extremely proud to win "Most Inspirational School"  at the Educate Awards 2013. Click here to read more. 

Christmas Diary Dates Updated

St John's has several Christmas events coming up, if you would like to check the dates for the Early Year's Nativity, Christmas Dinner, the Carol Service or when Mr Rooney's Guitar performance is scheduled, or any other events, then check out the latest update to the Christmas Diary Dates by clicking here. 

Gymnastics - Y2 Pupils Win

Our Year 2 gymnastics team won a recent competition against other Liverpool Schools. Well Done ! 

The Gymnastics Club runs on a Thursday 3.30-4.30pm, any boys and girls from Key Stage 1 are welcome, for more information check out the gymnastics club page here. 

International Walk To School Week

As part of our Healthy Schools Status children and parents recently participated in the International Walk to School Week. Parents and children were encouraged to walk for the week to promote the importance of daily exercise and the school council made and carried out a  questionnaire, that showed that more of our school community continued to walk to school than use other modes of transport after the event. Have a look at the article and photo gallery here. 

Tae-Kwon-Do

Tae-Kwon-Do is a new club for Keystage 1 children. We are very, very lucky to have Mr Warren Vice the current World Champion as our coach. Tae Kwondo takes place every Tuesday at 3.30pm for more details have a look at the pupils in action on the Tae-Kwon-Do club page here. 

Yoga Group

St John's Yoga Group started last week, it was a great success, The parent/child class has proved very popular with parents, first reactions saying "it's brilliant" and "it's excellent". The day after the first class it was the talk of the playground amongst the parents and children, when asked during the the day told staff that "it was brill!". If you think you might be interested, its on Wednesday's 3.20-4.15pm, there is more information in our Clubs section here. 

Table Tennis

Amongst the new clubs that St John are running is The Table Tennis Club, it runs on Friday's 3.30-4.30pm, and is available for KS2 Year 3 boys and girls. For more information, check out the Table Tennis page here. 

The list of all St John's Club's when they are on and who they are for are here. 

Christmas Bingo

The Friends of St John's have been hard at work arranging St John's Christmas Bingo. Its on Friday 29th November, 1.30pm in the school hall. All proceeds help raise money for our school. and everybody is welcome. For more information please click here. 

Weekly Attendance

The latest weekly attendance figures are up, congratulations to 4G who had 100 attendance for the week of November 15th. Weekly attendance and raffle winners are here. 

Girls Football Team

Congratulations to the girls football team, who recently competed in a competition arranged by Everton Football Club. After playing several matches in the competition, they came 2nd overall. Well done ! Click here for more pictures. 

Yoga Group

St John's have a new Yoga group starting on Wednesday 20th November, 3.20pm to 4.15 pm, it runs until the 18th December. Regular yoga has many benefits, improved flexibility, mental clarity and stress reduction.If you would like to join in then please come along. It's £2 per session, £10 for all 5 weeks.

Free Courses For Parents

St John's has partnered with Family Learning and are offering free courses for parents. The first is titled Play and Learning, and aims to show how a child's development is nurtured through play. The courses are free, crech facilities are also available for free. For more information have a look in our parent information section or click here.  

Local Area Walk

Year 1 have been on a walk of discovery around Kirkdale, see how they got on here. 

100% Attendance Raffle Winners 

Well done to Leni in KS1, and Gabriel in KS2. They both won the 100% attendance raffle for 28th-1st November 2013. The Weekly Attendance section is here.  

Weekly Attendance Figures

The latest weekly attendance figures are out. Check them out here.

St John's Star's Of The Week

Well done to Riley, Jack, Colin, Michael, Alex, Ava, Erin, Ava and Nicola, they are St John's Star's of the week for the first week of November. Click here for the Star's of the Week !

School Council / Free Entrance At Lifestyles Leisure Centres

School Council members recently attended the latest Liverpool School's Parliament meeting at the town hall. There were two things on the agenda, first a presentation on Future Lifestyles, explaining how young people up to the age of 17 can gain free entrance to Lifestyles Leisure Centres and second were the elections for Junior Lord Mayor. For more information please click here.

Autumn Walk

Year 1 pupils have been writing Autumn inspired poetry after their Autumn walk, see how they got on here.  
 

Welcome Service for Reception Pupils

Father Michael invited all Reception children and families to a Welcome Service in St John’s church. Read how they got on here. 

Captain Storyteller

International Pirate Day came earlier than usual for reception pupils. The school was visited by Captain Storyteller who sailed to St John's for the day, click here to find out more about their adventures. 

Halloween Party

There will be a halloween party in the hall at 1.30 pm, on Thursday 31st October. Ghosts, ghouls, and pupils all welcome. Entrance is £1 

Winmarleigh Hall

Year 6's residential visit to Winmarleigh Hall was full of action and adventure. Have a look and see what they got up to here. 
 

Katie's Tasty Treats

As part of St John's Healthy Food Initiative, Katie, our school cook, with the help of the School Council, ran an England Themed Food day. Pupils sampled traditional English food, but with a healthy taster option to try. To find out more click here. 

Superhero Day

Sometimes everyone needs a hero, at Year 2's recent Superhero day, many Superhero's turned up to save the day - and what a day it was. Have a look at the gallery here. 
 

Summer Dance 2013

The end of year Summer Dance Show was a great success with over 70 children taking part and over 150 parents and family coming to watch.  Click here to see more.

Year 5 - Healthy Eating 

Class 5S have been learning about Healthy Eating in Science. To see how they got on, click here. 

Weekly Class Attendance 

St John's latest Weekly Class Attendance figures are up, if you would like to see them, head over to the Weekly Attendance section, click here.  

Stars of the Week 

St John's latest Stars of the Week, are up, congratulations to all. To find out who the winners are,  have a look in the Achievements section, or click here. 

St John's Autumn Term Diary for Parents 2013

The autumn term diary for parents is now available and can be viewed by clicking here. 

All upcoming calendar events for the whole of St John's school year 2013-14 are in the Upcoming Events section here.

School Council's "Bring and Buy Cake Sale" - A Great Success!

The School Council recently arranged a Bring and Buy Cake Sale, raising £157.16 for Barnados. Check out the School Council's Achievements page here, and the School Council page here. 

Mass in St John's Church 

Years 1-6 are going to Mass in St John's Church at 9.15am on Tuesday 17th September. Parents are very welcome to join us. 

Year 6 Activity Week - Climbing

Year 6's recent climbing trip to Active Adventures in Otterspool. Have a look at the gallery here.

Year 6 Activity Week - Canoeing

Year 6's Activity Week also included a canoeing trip to the Leeds/Liverpool Canal near the Eldonian Village. Have a look at the photo gallery here.  

Year 6 Activity Week - Active Soccer And Sports

Year 6's Activity Week Included a day of sports - active Soccer, boxing and a human wheelbarrrow race. Have a look at the pictures here.  

St John's wins North West Pupil Premium Award

Headteacher, Miss Maudsley and Deputy Headteacher, Mr Walsh were delighted to receive the school’s North West Regional Pupil Premium Winners Award for 2013. It was presented by Nick Clegg, the Deputy Prime Minister, at Admiralty House in London. For more information check out the article here. 

The Romans

Year 4's recent day trip to Chester. While there they visited the Dewa Roman Experience and discovered what it was like to live like a Roman soldier. The huge photo gallery of the day, is here.

Balloon Race 2013

The whole school set off over 350 balloons in the school’s annual balloon race. It was a great spectacle as the children set off the balloons; they flew off over the school into the distance rising higher and higher ! We received the first call half an hour later as a balloon had been found by the East Lancashire Road. We now have to wait and see how far the balloons have travelled over the next week. Have a look at the pictures here. 

Year 2's Trip to Crosby

Year 2's recently went on a trip to Crosby, the photo gallery of the day can be seen here. 

I-Sing Event

Year 4 recently took part in the latest I-Sing event, the photo album of the day is here.

Year 3 R.E - Islam

Year 3 recently covered Islam as part of their religious education.The children found out how a Muslim person prepares themselves to pray and had an opportunity to try on the different head garments and look at the beautiful prayer mats and holy book called the Qur’an. Check out the article here. 

Holy Communion

Congratulations to all our Year 4 children who recently received the Sacraments of Confirmation and First Holy Communion. The children looked delightful, behaved beautifully and were a credit to their parents and to our school. Check out the article here.

Stars Of The Week (1st-5thJuly 2013)

Pupils who have been nominated for Stars of the Week, for excellence in their behaviour and work, for the week of 1st July are in our Achievements section here.
 

Weekly Attendance (1st-5th July 2013)

St Johns weekly attendance figures and winners of the weekly 100% attendance for the week beginning 1st July 2013, are in the attendance section here. 
 

Year 3 Maths 

In Maths, Year 3 pupils have been making 3d Shapes out of 2d, have a look at the article and pictures here. 

St John's awarded Basic Skills Quality Mark

Last month Stephanie Wells came to St John's for a special assembly to present us with the Basic Skills Quality Mark. In order to gain the quality mark the school had to undergo an assessment by Stephanie Wells and Jackie Fleetwood to see how well we develop, support and celebrate good practice in literacy, language and numeracy. We were delighted when we were awarded the quality mark as it shows how hard all the staff and children work to develop their skills in these areas. The photo gallery for the visit is here.

Stars Of The Week for June 24th 2013

Every week pupils with the best behaviour are awarded "Star Of The Week" for their class, have a look to see who the winners were for the week starting June 24th here. 

Dominic Dunn

   St John's was proud to welcome back, an ex-pupil
   Dominic Dunn, who came, talked and performed
   to St John's pupils. Have a look at his video here. 

News Round Up - Class teachers for next year

If you would like to see which class teacher pupils will be taught by next year, head over to the Parents Information page and download the "Classes for Sept 2013" its at the bottom of the page or click here to download it. 

School term dates are also available for 2013/2014 a downloadable/printable copy is available here.

The June edition of the St Johns newsletter is available for download at the bottom of this page, or click here to download it. 

Weekly Attendance

St Johns attendance figures for the week of 17th-23rd June, are available here.
 

Stars Of The Week

Every week a pupil from every class is rewarded for excellent behaviour, check out the latest stars of the week here. 
 

A trip to the museum by Year 3

Year 3 recently visited Liverpool Museum to find out about the Ancient Egyptians. Check out the article here.  
 

Liverpool Film Academy Summer School

Do you like to sing, dance, act or just get messy with paints ? Looking for something to do over the summer holiday ?

Liverpool Film Academy are running 6 day workshops, including drama, singing, dance, writing, set design, building and painting. The workshops run for 2 hours Monday to Friday with performances on Saturday from 10am. The workshops will begin in the first week of the summer holidays, and run throughout the summer break. 

The cost, is £70 per child, with a reduction to £60 per child if more than one child from the same family attends. 

Contact the Liverpool Film Academy on 

Telephone 0151 933 8282

or contact Seamus Gubbins, Head of Training and Course Development. Update

Email seamus@liverpoolfilmacademy.co.uk

Going For Gold

Year 6 recently participated in another Going For Gold session. This time their goal was to create a newspaper, with informative articles, good photographs and a presentation that would encourage and persuade people to purchase our newspaper. Year 6 pupils have written an article about their day, have a look at it here.

Summer Fayre

Our Summer Fayre is nearly here. It's on July 5th, 3.15-5.30pm in the school playground. There will be food, refreshments, entertainments and if your feeling lucky enter the raffle or have a go on the tombola. 

Girls Football Team reach final unbeaten.

The girls football team competed in a football tournament at Goals in Netherton. The girls played brilliantly and reached the final unbeaten. Read about it here.

Year 5 Girls - Be a Chorister for a Day at Liverpool Metropolitan Cathedral

"Are you a girl in Year 5 ? Do you enjoy singing and working in a team? If so, you are invited to come and meet the choristers at the Metropolitan Cathedral in Liverpool and sing in the largest Catholic Church in the country for a day.

We are holding a "Be a Chorister for a day" event on Sunday 23rd June from 10.30-16.00. Come and find out more about being a chorister and have fun playing, eating and exploring.

Application forms and further information are available on the Cathedral website or by contacting the music office. Places are limited and available on a first come, first served basis.

Cathedral website :     www.liverpoolmetrocathedral.org.uk

Email the music office: p.arkwright@metcathedral.org.uk

Holy Communion

First pictures from Holy Communion, an article and more will follow, please check out the gallery here.

CAFOD Fundraising Enterprise Project

Last term pupils in Year 5 decided to come up with a small business project to help raise money for the CAFOD and Good Shepherd charities. It was a great success. Check out the article on the project here. 
 

Going For Gold 

Year 6 pupils have written an article on the latest Going for Gold visit.

"Going for Gold is a fun activity that comes to visit St John’s about 3 times a year. We learn business skills and usually do arts and crafts to make a product which we have to sell or display, just like a real business."

Check out their article here.

Judaism Day

Year 4 learned a lot about the Ten Commandments from Mr Cohen during our Judaism Day. Have a look at the pictures here.

Mad Science

The Mad Scientists visited Year 5 and lit up the room with some fantastic work on static electricity. They used balloon rubbings and created static electric shocks using a Van de Graff generator. The pictures are here.

Chinese Writing

Year 4 have been practising their Chinese writing, the photos are here.

Your Choice Conference

Year 6 pupils recently attended the Your Choice conference where they learned about anti-social behaviour. Pupils attended five workgroups; a drama group, a rap workshop, web detectives, a session of Who Wants To Be A Millionaire and a workshop run by the Merseyside Police. The article is written by a Year 6 pupil, and you can read it here. 

Pirate Day

Year 3 recently had a pirate day, They dressed up, counted their booty, and baked hardtack, the photo's are here. 

Planning A Trip To The Farm

Reception pupils recently planned a trip to the farm, check out the their trip here. 
 

The Animal Man

We had our annual visit from the "Animal Man", with five animals; a boa constrictor, a chameleon, a tarantula, a barn owl, and a South American raccoon. Emma took each year group in turn, telling the children and they are able to either touch or hold the animals. 

The children really enjoyed lining them up and having the raccoon run across their backs as they bent over, in their line. 

Again it was another fantastic experience for the children (and staff) and we are already looking forward to next year's visit ! Please click here to check out our gallery photos

Andy Tooze - The Poet from the Peaks

We were fortunate to have a visit from the well known Derbyshire poet Andy Tooze. Andy spent the two days working with each class, reading some of his poems and helping the children to write some of their own. The visit ended with a celebratory assembly in which the whole school gathered to listen to the poems each year group had produced. Check out the article here and the photo gallery here. 

Rewards for Excellence - Going for Gold / Star Treat Rewards

Children from years 3,4,5 and 6 were recently given a special treat, to go out for lunch, after they were rewarded for having the most stars and being such a credit to the school. At St John’s we wish to recognise excellent behaviour and attitude in school and take children each term from both Key Stage 1 and 2. Check out the article here.


 

Palm Sunday 

As part of our Holy Week celebrations Key Stage 1 lead an assembly to share the story of Palm Sunday. Please check out the pictures in our gallery here.

World Book Day 

We celebrated world book day this month. The children had a fabulous time coming to school in their pyjamas and favourite book characters. Check out Red Nose/ World Book Day photo gallery here.

Book Fayre

Our Book Fayre proved very popular, thankyou for your support. We are all working together to develop a real love of books and reading here at St Johns

World Maths Day

We Also celebrated World Maths Day this month, organising quizzes, maths challenges, competitions and maths games. The children had great day proving that maths is fun ! Click here for more details.

Mother's Day Assembly 

This annual assembly, led by Reception and Year 1, is always extremely popular and this year was no different. It is a perfect opportunity for all the children, and staff at St John's to show our mums and carers just how special they are and what a fabulous job they do with their children. Thank you once again to our mums and carers at St John's. Please check out our gallery here

First Holy Communion and Confirmations

A big thank you to our Year 4 parents who always attend our monthly workshops in preparation for First Holy Communion. We will send out further information to you as this special day approaches in the Summer term.

School Library 

As you know, books and reading are so important to us here at St John's. The children are very excited, as our school library and the class libraries have had a restock of new and exciting reading material which the children may take home to enjoy. For more pictures click here

Red Nose Day 

Well done everyone ! We raised £275.25 on Red Nose Day which will be sent to a deserving and worthy cause. As usual, the parents and carers of St Johns always give generously. Check out Red Nose/ World Book Day photo gallery here.

Poets Corner 

We have lots of budding poets here at St John's. We recently hosted a visit from the poet Andy Tooze who worked across the school from Nursery to Year 6. The children produced some wonderful poems, check out some of their work here.