St John’s C of E Primary School
Together we grow stronger
Headteacher ‘HEADLINES’ 15.7.16
Art Projects
This week all the children took part in Art Projects. They have all designed and painted a ‘prayer pebble’. This will be
one of the pebbles they can use in our new ‘prayer garden’ that has been designed by our Y6 children as their Legacy
Project. Over the summer the ‘prayer garden’ will be installed and from September our children will be able to sit in
this garden to make a prayer for a loved one, for other people in need, or just to sit quietly and enjoy the peace. Our
Year 6 children have been busy decorating elements of this prayer garden with our VALUES for LIFE and with their
favourite parts of the Bible. All the children have also designed their ‘Class logo’ and a ‘School Council logo’. School
Council will choose their favourites and these will be turned into signs for the doors, labels and document headings.
Here, at St John’s, we highly value each and every child’s voice in their learning environment, encouraging their
commitment to engaging with and feeling a part of their learning community.
Interhouse Spelling Bee
This week, our children took part in an Interhouse Spelling Tournament. The children had a great time practising their
spellings and competing against each other. Each and every child scored points for their House team, and then in the
afternoon the ‘champions’ came forward in a special assembly. It was great to see the children engaging in this exciting
challenge. The winning House will be announced on Monday by Mrs Nicholls who organised the event.
Sports day and Facebook
Dear parents and carers. It has been reported to the school that videos of the children taking part have been posted
on facebook without the permission of those parents concerned. Please can permission be sought from the parents
of the children in these videos or please can these videos be taken down from Facebook accounts.
Sporting success!
Congratulations to our girls football team, who in their very fist girls only football match beat Wylye valley 5-3! Also
huge congratulations to Puran Pun who has won the ‘Golfing Superstar of the Year’ out of all of the schools and
children that Dave Stockley coaches around the Warminster and Westbury area – 112 children in total! A very special
achievement!
Rewards
Headteacher Award – for something really special
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Base 1
Base 2
Base 3
Base 4
Base 5
Base 6
Kirsty P
Liam S
Leo S
Charlie S
Georgia W
Lily B
Todd R
Golden Rules Role Model – for setting a good example following our Golden Rules
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Base 1
Base 2
Base 3
Base 4
Base 5
Base 6
Jake M
Kishani S
Madison A
Cameron B
Dane H
Trinity A
JUNIPER
Learning Power Hero – showing great examples of learning power skills
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Base 1
Base 2
Base 3
Base 4
Base 5
Base 6
Riley A
Charlie D
Harry W
Rebecca B
Kishore S
Cooper b
Dominik J
Best attendance this week – Attendance Trophy
Pine 97.4%
Best behaviour at lunchtime this week – Lunchtime Award
Pine – for lovely manners!
St John’s C of E Primary School
Together we grow stronger
End of Year Reports
Today we have issued the annual report to Parents. As you know we have changed it this year to be an end-of-year
summary of achievements- in line with the majority of schools. We hope that you like the new format as well, and that
it provides you with significant and detailed information as to how well your child is doing. Thank you to the staff for
the hours and hours of personal time they have put into creating these comprehensive and highly personalised reports.
Parent Questionnaire
Today we have also issued another parent questionnaire. We would be grateful if you could kindly return before the
end of the academic year as it will help us to prioritise any areas for improvement.
Wiltshire Libraries Summer Reading Challenge
On Wednesday Wiltshire Libraries visited to remind children of the Summer Reading Challenge. Recent analysis has
shown that those children in this school (and across the country) who read regularly over the summer come back more
ready to learn and apply themselves, and tend to make better progress during the Autumn term. This challenge is FREE
and FUN! Join the library for FREE and it will open up a world of learning and future success for your child as your child
will begin to read more and more.
Staffing
As you will no doubt be aware, Mr Perry will be leaving us at the end of this year. His last day will be next Wednesday.
Next Year he will be teaching full time at West Ashton Primary School. Thank you Mr Perry for all your energy and
dedication to the children this year. We wish you all the very best at your new School.
Mrs Howard’s temporary contract will also be coming to an end this year. Thank you to Mrs Howard who has
supported our children this year, you have been a great part of our team.
Mrs Nicholls will be on Maternity Leave from September and will be replaced by Mrs Barnard. We wish her all the very
best for next year and cannot wait to see the new baby! Next week will be Mrs Nicholls last week.
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Diary Dates
Next week is our last week of term, school ending on Friday 22/7/16 at the normal time.
All clubs have now finished – there are no after school clubs next week (But Breakfast Club and Tea Time club
will continue as normal)
Tuesday 6pm and Wednesday 2pm = Juniper Production – all families welcome
Thursday 9.05am = Y6 Leavers Service in the Church – all families welcome
Thursday evening = PTA school disco
Staffing and Classes 2016/17
Just a brief reminder about classes for next academic year. I am sure you will agree that maintaining small, focused
class sizes, and consistency of teaching will lead to excellent outcomes for your children.
Mornings:
Class
Children
Teacher
Teaching Assistant
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BASE 1
BASE 2
WILLOW
Reception Children
Year 1
Year 2
Year 3 and some Year 4
Mrs Connors
Mrs Coleman-Waddington
Mrs Rogers
Mrs Isaacson
SYCAMORE
Year 5 and some Year 4
JUNIPER
Year 6 (potentially some Year 5)
Mrs Wilson
Mrs Joyce
Miss Markham
Mrs Barnard (Mon to Wed)
Mrs Turner (Wed to Fri)
Mrs Cleaver (Deputy
Headteacher)
Miss Small (Mon-Thurs)
Mr Basinger-Adams (Fri)
Class
Children
ASH
PINE
WILLOW
YR and some Y1
Y2 and some Y1
Year 3 and some Year 4
SYCAMORE
Year 5 and some Year 4
JUNIPER
Year 6 (potentially some Year 5)
Afternoons:
Teacher
Mrs Wilson
Mrs Joyce
Mrs Barnard (Mon to Wed)
Mrs Turner (Wed to Fri)
Mrs Cleaver (Deputy
Headteacher)
Miss Small (Mon to Thurs)
Mr Basinger-Adams (Fri)
Mrs Turner
Mrs Lewis
Teaching Assistant
Mrs Hornsey
Mrs Coleman-Waddington
Mrs Rogers, Mrs Turner, Mrs
Lewis, Mrs Connors