Congratulations and welldone to everyone who tookpart in our schoolproduction of Grease. It wasa huge success, with pupils(and staff!) putting theirheart and soul into everyperformance. None of itcould have happenedwithout an incredibleamount of effort from manypeople and our thanks goout to everyone involved,including our veryenthusiastic audiences!

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Hall Monitors

Jan with pupils from Rydell High

Sandy Roger Kenickie Cha ChaSonny

Doody Rizzo Miss Lynch Patty Vince Fontaine

Marty Frenchy Danny

St john’s Academy

On 16th June our Senior Prom was once again heldat Huntingtower Hotel and as always was awonderful evening.  Our young people were acredit to our school and it is a wonderful way forstaff and pupils alike to spend a last eveningtogether before our young men and women goforward on a new journey in their lives.  It was avery poignant evening for Mrs Nicholas, who hasorganised the prom for many years and flowerswere given in thanks.  Ms Boyack will continuethe good work of organising prom for next year.

Senior Prom

On the 20th and 21st of June, St John’s RC Academy celebratedour junior and senior award ceremonies, hosted by DeputeHeadteacher, Mr Hugh McAninch. This year, we were honouredto welcome our guest and keynote speaker Jackie Brierton,who was awarded an MBE award by the Queen for ‘services toenterprise’. Jackie spoke to us about her life, education andoccupation. She attended St John’s Primary School in Perth andthen her paths lead her to Dundee, to Lawside Academy; afterthat she graduated from Edinburgh University in 1977. Shestarted off her working career by purchasing a small retailbusiness which through the years lead to her working as anEnterprise Manager for GrowBiz- an award-winning communitybased enterprise support organisation in rural Perthshire.

Our head teacher, Seán Hagney, delivered a speech highlightinghow proud he was of everyone receiving their awards. MrHagney also explained how happy he was of the work by lastyear’s Senior Leadership Team and how he is looking forwardto what next year’s team of pupils can achieve for our school.

Several pupils received special awards, they included:Katherine Gray who received the Iona Trophy; Dio Andre CPaderog who received the John B McLaren Award; the Perth andKinross Dux Medal was presented to Iona Lang; the Evansaward went to Katherine Gray and finally the Tom Kane awardwas presented to Michael Rimmer.

The evening had many highlights, such as solo performancesfrom Robert McCall and Robert Young, both s6 pupils. Therewere also performances by the school orchestra and for thefinale we were fortunate to experience a performance on thebagpipes by an outgoing pupil Chloe Donaldson and s2 pupil,Jack Liddell. Another highlight was the touching speeches ofthe outgoing Head Boy, Adam Chudzinski, and Head Girl, KatieHenderson. They spoke about their six year at our school andrecalled some memories that will stay deep in their hearts.

The uplifting evening left everyone feeling motivated, inspiredand successful. All of the pupils felt privileged to be part ofthe successful annual event celebrating achievements that weshould feel proud of. We would like to thank all of the staff,parents and pupils who made this a night to remember.

Award Ceremonies

Albert Krakowski

The YPI Scotland National Event takes place in June each year, andis an opportunity to celebrate all that has been achieved throughYPI that year, whilst showcasing best practice from across Scotland.

The event recognises the philanthropic success and engagement of tens of thousands ofsecondary students who have been responsible for directing hundreds of thousands ofpounds to local grassroots charities.

This year pupils from St John’s Academy attended in 2capacities: Kayleigh Ptak, Niamh McCall, Caitlin Murray andAlayah McLaughlin were this year’s school winners, theyrepresented Ship and Splash and attended along with theirgroup mentor Mrs McCabe.

Our Senior Leadership Team were invited to support therunning of the event along with Mrs Sandilands, school YPI co-ordinator. Their daystarted at 7.30 am dressing the venue with hundreds of balloons, bunting strips andsetting up the selfie stand. Once the event began our team registered and coordinatedguests, guided groups in the auditorium and worked alongside local photographers toensure the event was captured in full.

Jonathan Christie, YPI Scotland Manager has written to theschool expressing his thanks and outlined just how impressedhe was with our senior students. Jonathan noted that they are“an incredibly warm, confident, and able group of youngpeople.  The fact that they were willing to give up a whole dayto support the national event was commendable; however theirability to manage registration, coordinate guests, and front faceactivity, across the whole day, was remarkable.  They elevatedthe overall smooth running of the event to a different level.  Ihave no doubt that this is a reflection of school culture and thesort of young people you are developing at St John’s Academy.”

YPI Final Event

The nursery have been lucky enoughto be given their own planting bed atthe Community Garden. We have beenbusy planting and looking after ourseedlings and look forward to afuture harvest and many visits withparents and friends.

Community Garden

We welcomed parents to join us in nursery for Pedal BikeTraining recently. The children have been working hard withJenny and Claire to develop their skills on bikes, learning newvocabulary as they learn. Many of our children are now able toget around on the push bikes and some are using pedal bikes tospeed across the playground. Look out for more parentsessions next term.

Pedal Bike Training

Primary Health week was a huge success. Wehad lots of visitors come into school includingthe Royal Highland Education Trust, PerthGymnastics Club, Sensory Services, ActiveSchools and some parent helpers whovolunteer to run sessions. We learned allabout our physical and mental health andeveryone tried something new. P1-7 alltook part in sports days and we hadexcellent weather too! A huge thank youto everyone who helped with Health Weekthis year.

Health Week

On Sunday 4th June some of primary celebrated their First Holy Communion. We hadworked very hard to prepare for it and have lots of people to thank for making it sucha special day. We would like to thank our family, friends and some of our teachers forhelping us and coming to celebrate with us. We want to thank Miss Cassidy, Mrs Jarvieand Mrs Rutherford for helping us with the music and the ladies who gave us a weeparty afterwards. Lastly we would like to thank Monsignor Martin, Father Bogdan andDeacon Len for their help and support all year.

First Holy Communion

Safe Taysiders

On Monday Morning, I had no real expectations of what Safe Taysiders was all about - my teacher,Mrs Rees, had kept quiet about what to expect. She said it would be a day full of surprises andlots of learning experiences. I waited in anticipation! When we got to ‘The Queens Barracks’ on theDunkeld Road, we went in to a big hall and were greeted by one of the organiser’s. We were thenput into groups to attend and were directed to workshops throughout the day.

I learned so much! For instance, what a gas leak smells like, the danger that lies within aconstruction site, a farm and near a rail track. It has given me more of an insight into StrangerDanger and how to be safe using social media, as well as Fire prevention and safety and the impactof the misuse of alcohol and Drugs. The workshop I found most valuable was the CPR Workstation.I now know what to do to help save a life and it is easy to remember the song ‘Staying alive’,which I know will help me, help someone in need.

Overall, Safe Taysiders is an amazing experience. I am glad that so many schools in Perth andKinross get the opportunity to attend. It has certainly helped me learn how to be safe in lots ofsituations. My group worked really well in a team. We had great ideas and cooperated with eachother well.

Thank you St John’s for giving us the opportunity to know how to be safe. Inesa P7R

In St John’s RC Academy we ‘Seek the

Good’ in ourselves, in others and in

every aspect of our lives.

We are proud to be part of our

community and we have agreed a

uniform which we are proud to wear.

We recognise that through wearing our

uniform we are demonstrating that we

are ready to work and ready to learn.

We also believe that our uniform helps

everyone to belong—it is an important

symbol that we are a community and

that each of us contributes to making

our community great.

P R I M A R Y U N I F O R M

Black dress trousers or skirt

White school shirt

Grey jumper/cardigan (with or without the school badge)which allows the school tie to be seenPlain grey only—no brands

School tieTies are available at the school office

Black shoes/trainers with black lacesPlain black only

Purple and white summer dress during the summermonths (optional)

Black/purple outdoor jacket

T-shirt/polo shirt (white or house colours), black shorts andtrainers for PEIndoor black shoes can be used

Updated May 2017

S E C O N D A R Y U N I F O R M

Black dress trousers or skirt

White school shirt

S1-3: Black jumper/cardigan/hoodie (with or without the schoolbadge) which allows the school tie to be seenPlain black only—no brands

School tieTies are available at the school office(Senior tie for S4-6)

Black shoes/trainers with black lacesPlain black only

School blazer with purple braiding S1-3:Optional, S4-6: Essential

Black outdoor jacket Plainblack only

White T-shirt/polo shirt, black shorts/joggers and trainers for PE

W H A T T O A V O I D

For clarity, the following are NOT part of the school uniform:

Denim/leather/PVC clothing, black jeans, leggings, shorts,

combats/cargo trousers, tracksuit bottoms (except for PE), lace

jumpers/tops/tights, football tops, any clothing or bags with football

logos, tops with logos, low-cut tops, brightly coloured or white trainers

(except for PE), baseball/basketball boots, brightly coloured shoes,

designer names, prominent branding, offensive slogans, large hoop

earrings, large necklaces, facial piercing (including nose or lip

piercing), scarves (other than blank). Hairbands or bobbles should be

discreet and functional and not worn as a fashion accessory.

SUPPLIER

Our current uniform supplier is Logoxpres Schoolwear: tel(01786) 447454 or visit www.logoexpres-schoolwear.co.uk

S C H O O L U N I F O R M