Diary Reminders

15th February 2019

Monday, 18th MarchPARENTS’ EVENING

Monday, 25th MarchPARENTS’ EVENING

Booking will open on our return from the half term

break.

Please see further down in newsletter for trip dates.

Top Table

KS1Indigo F (Y1S)Raine C (Y1E)

Isabella W (Y2R)Ryan M (Y2P)

KS2Archie P Y3H

Kseniya M Y4CRuth G Y5SDion D Y6M

HOUSE POINTS

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SUNRISE & SUNSET CLUB

Over the last couple of weeks there have been a number of children turning up for Sunrise Club who have not been pre booked.

Please can I remind you that if you would like your child to attend, you must pre book them via School Gateway.

If there is an emergency and you would like your child to attend without booking, you will be charged at the higher rate.Thank you.

Fr Ross Gunderson has kindly invited Key Stage 2 to St. Etheldreda’s Church for Ash Wednesday (6th March). Your child should come to school at the normal time (8.55am prompt). We will walk to St. Etheldreda’s promptly after registration.

Fr Ross extends his invitation to parents. If you would like to attend, please make your way to St. Etheldreda’s. If the church is open, please would you take seats at the back, allowing room for KS2 at the front.

Thank you to all parents who came to the eSafety sessions on Thursday. It's always very helpful to hear feedback and ideas about how your children are using technology at home as well as at school, and also encouraging to hear positive stories of how the children are approaching their lives online. We hope to send around some eSafety scenario cards very soon so you can continue discussions at home to support our work at school, and don't forget we have a wealth of handy links on our website in the eSafety section.

eSafety workshops

Wishing everyone a peaceful and restful half term break –we’ll see you again on Monday, 25th February.

7th March 2019 - Y2P and Y2R – River Cruise - This trip links in with our Topic (Geography and History) of London - Cost £5.50 per pupil

11th March 2019 – Y5P and Y5S – Science themed Animal In-school Workshop – Cost £5.00 per pupil

12th March 2019 – Y6S and Y6M – Gunnersbury Triangle Nature Reserve – Science Week – Wildlife and composting. Cost £6.00 per pupil

12th March 2019 – Y4C and Y4R – The Wetlands Centre – Science week – Pond life. Cost £8.00 per pupil

13th March 2019 – Y2P and Y2R - Gunnersbury Triangle Nature Reserve – Science Week – Digging, forest walk and pond dipping. Cost £3.00 per pupil

13th March 2019 – Y5P an Y5S (Science Museum) – No charge

14th March 2019 – Y3H and Y3G –In school Falconry Workshop a Session with live birds of prey as part of our British Wildlife Science theme. Cost £5.00 per pupil

20th March 2019 – Y4C – The River Thames Walk - Geography topic work Cost £5.00 per pupil.

21st March 2019 – Y4R - The River Thames Walk - Geography topic work Cost £5.00 per pupil.

27th March 2019 – Y3G and Y3H – Science Museum – Forces and Magnets – Cost £4.00 per pupil.

A few trip dates for your diary!

Bikes and Scooters

Please remember to take home your child’s bike/scooter at the end of the half term. We do not accept responsibility for bikes/scooters left during the holiday.

We are delighted to be celebrating World Book

Day on Friday 8th March. This year we will

be getting cosy as we celebrate the simple

pleasure of bedtime stories. On this day, the

children will enjoy a range of exciting literacy

activities and challenges to celebrate our wonderful heritage of Children’s literature and to

foster a love of reading for pleasure.

Children are invited to come to school in costume.

They may choose between wearing a book character costume, or in the spirit of our ‘Bedtime

Stories’ theme, they can come to school in

pyjamas! This event is free of charge. Please look out for your child’s National Trust book token that

they will receive on the day. These can be

redeemed at participating bookshops, or at the St John’s Book Fair, which will take place in school

from 18th-22nd March.

World Book Day 2019

Happy Valentines Day from the Glass Door Team!

Our St John's staff and students spent a happy valentines evening volunteering for Glass Door, the charity which provides shelter and support for London's homeless. For my information about the charity and how to support it, please see their website. https://www.glassdoor.org.uk

This week, during Mrs Celikcan’s collective worship, the children learned about an amazing initiative that has been taking place in our school. The children learned that Miss Wightwick and Mr Johnson had sent many unwanted gym kits left over from second hand sales as well as old discarded books from the library to a new school in Freetown, Sierra Leone. The newly founded school (Nursery - Year 6) was so grateful about the donations they received that they decided to send us photos and dance show to thank us. Our pupils were very surprised and pleased to see the children's dance show in Sierra Leone looking very smart in their gym kits. The children had meaningful discussions on being part of a world-wide community, sharing, and being grateful for what they have. Over the next weeks, the children will write letters to the children in Samjona school. Mr Johnson assures us that we will get many

enthusiastic replies.

Our Links with Sierra Leone

Fire! Fire!

Year 2 have had an amazing time learning about the Great Fire of London in our topic lessons this term. We have been visited by the Fire Brigade, taken part in a workshop and re-created the fire by burning our Tudor houses. Today we finished off our topic by making fire engines. We had a fantastic time doing

it and our teachers were really impressed by how much effort and detail we put into them.

Scan the QR code for a video clip

Science Week

Science week at St. John’s will start week beginning the 11th March. . This year’s theme is ‘It’s a Wild World’ and we will be focusing on British Wildlife.

Each class will be taking part in a trip or experience relating to a different area of British wildlife, and we are looking forward to hearing from lots of parent speakers and taking part in exciting science lessons throughout the week!

Our dress up day will be on Friday 15th March. The theme will be British Wildlife, so please plan an exciting outfit that relates to that theme. For example, your child could be an animal, insect, plant or famous naturalist, conservationist or biologist.

The dress-up parade will start straight after registration (approximately 9.05am) so please do wait in the playground if you would like to watch.

Maths Update

Maths with Parents – Year 1 and 2 parents. Please remember to watch the videos and complete the activities set by your child’s class teacher. Also please free to leave comments and add photos to show learning at home.

Fluency websites: The following websites are useful to help children with counting, number bonds and times table facts. Please encourage your children to watch/ play these at home to improve their fluency!

https://www.bbc.co.uk/cbeebies/shows/numberblocks - Number blocks videos (Reception) https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/hit-the-button - Hit the button (all years)

https://www.mathschase.com/ - Maths chase (all years)

http://mathszone.co.uk/ - Maths games (all years)

https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games - Maths games (all years)

Mathletics (Year 1 - 6)- Every child should have a login and password to use.

Year 1 and Year 2 - Number bond squares

Over half term, please remember to practice number bonds using the number bond squares for both addition and subtraction. After half term children will be tested by staff to assess how fluent they are with the number facts. During celebration assemblies, maths awards will be given out to children that have been recognised as working hard to improve or fluently knowing their facts.

February Half Term, St John’s School: Mon 18th Feb – Fri 22nd Feb

The School Gateway booking facility will remain open throughout the half term break.

Only children booked for the extended or short day sessions can book onto an activity. Once we have received your activity booking, a payment request will be sent to you.

Extended day

£35 per day

8am – 6pm Short day

£23 per day

9.30am – 3pm

• All children will be required to bring a packed lunch for their lunch time meal.• Children attending the extended day will be given breakfast and a light afternoon tea

Key Daily Activities

Mon 18th Tues 19th Wed 20th Thurs 21st Fri 22nd

Sports Coaching £10 Cinema Trip £2.50 Sports Coaching £10 Gambados £12 Trip to Bishops Park

Please Note: There are additional charges from some key daily activities. Charged activities are not compulsory. Your child will be offered a variety of alternative activities during the day if you do not wish them to take part in any charged activity.

Mediterranean Buffet

Fully Stocked Bar

Lounge area

Doors Open - 7.00pm. First races starts - 7.30pm

Auction - 10pm

Tickets: £10

TICKET BOOKINGS AVAILABLE NOW!

(via School Gateway)

If you would like to purchase something on our behalf, please click the link which will

take you to the wish list. If you find something you would like to purchase – just

add it to your basket and follow the same procedures as if you were ordering

something for yourself. The items will then be delivered directly to the school.

When you purchase an item, it would be lovely to include your name on the

gift note so that we know who it is from.

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Click the link for the wish list:

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Little Voices provide Drama and Singing lessons of Distinction based on a unique framework of lessons that prepare children for a yearly performance and prestigious LAMDA examination. Lessons are taught in small class sizes, allowing children the chance to build in confidence, creativity and social development. A fun, stimulating and safe activity for children to take part in.

Lessons are held after school every Tuesday 3.30pm - 4.15pm

Book Before: Tuesday 5th MarchContact Little Voices directly to book a FREE TRIAL:Email: SWL@littlevoices.org.ukCall: 0208 088 0113www.littlevoices.org.uk/locations/london-fulham

Book Before: Tuesday 5th MarchContact Little Voices directly to book a FREE TRIAL

FREE TRIAL Little Voices Drama and Singing lessonsTo celebrate the start of their performance semester. Little Voices are offering St Johns children aged 4 - 7 years the chance to come along and attend a free trial lesson.

ATTENDANCE – Each class has a

target of 96.3%.

Our Average this week 95.0%

Class Lates

NN 90.8% 2

RC 97.9% 3

RO 94.8% 6

Y1E 96.6% 2

Y1S 95.3% 2

Y2P 93.7% 1

Y2R 94.8% 0

Y3G 95.4% 4

Y3H 95.0% 3

Y4C 99.0% 4

Y4R 98.6% 1

Y5P 91.1% 2

Y5S 87.7% 4

Y6M 97.1% 4

Y6S 99.0% 2

Children must be seated and learning at 8.55am

Attendance average is 95.0 %

Blue Tie Awards

Y1E Molly H For showing a positive attitude to her learning, especially in her assessments this week, and always trying her absolute best.

Y1S Stanley B He has been working so hard in class with his reading and writing. He always tries to make good choices.

Y2P Harvey H Harvey is really trying to use his capital letters in the correct places, and Mrs Bracken is also very impressed with his recent learning in RE.

Y2R Sofian For an improved attitude towards his maths and reading assessments, resulting in fantastic progress! Keep it up, Sofian.

Y3G Levi W This week we have been looking at the features of limericks and writing our own. Levi’s poem was clear, funny and followed the pattern of this style of poetry. Well done Levi, a fantastic effort.

Y3H Julia W For her excellent effort in literacy this week. Julia was able to write very good limericks following the distinct structure and rhythm of this genre of poem.

Y4C Maya N For consistently positive learning behaviour, amazing performance through assessments and for always being a kind, calm and thoughtful friend to everyone.

Y4R Lola N For being a positive role model to her peers, voicing her opinion more in lessons and giving detailed explanations in maths to explain her thinking.

Y5P Antonios C For actioning all the advice he has received during assessment week and his scientific questioning on our trip.

Y5S Rufus D For his role model behaviour and the incredible effort that he consistently outs into his learning.

Y6M Arash B For his enthusiasm in class and resilient attitude - he never gives up!

Y6S Ruby McK For being a great role model in terms of her independence and ability to organise herself. Keep it up!