St. John’s RC Primary School

St John’s RC Primary School

Magic £5 - for CAFOD and Caritas charities
Children in classes Einstein, Tutu and Teresa worked magic last week by turning their ‘Magic Fiver’ into an amazing amount of money for the CAFOD and Caritas charities.

Children in Einstein raised £86 by making and selling fruit kebabs, Teresa sold bracelets, balls and planes to raise £52.17 whilst children in Tutu sold ice pops and raised £65.13pence.

Tuesday assembly: Mothering Sunday
Class Teresa introduced a special assembly on the theme of Mothering Sunday. Each child from the class explained to the assembly why they loved their mum.

School trips
Don’t forget, you can pay for your child’s school trip in weekly amounts or in full – whichever suits your budget. Please pay at the school office.

Golden book awards

King: Danyal and Tamilore
Einstein: Fabian and Daniel
Teresa: Aliya and Rhianna
Tutu: Adi and David
Da Vinci: Brian and Riordan
Pankhurst: Alisha and Anisio
Wilberforce: Khushi and Oyinda
Crown: Sarra and Adelaide

Easter holidays
Easter is quite late this year and our school will be on holiday for the two weeks after Easter. Please remember this if you are booking holidays and do not book time off before or after our Easter break as they will not be authorised.

The holiday dates are Thursday 17 April and return on Tuesday 6 May.

Appointments
Please note that pupils will not be allowed to leave school for appointments unless prior notice is given and proof of appointment is shown.

Emergency contact
It is essential that we have correct contact details for cases of emergency so please ensure that you let the office know if you change your telephone number or address.

Please ensure that you are contactable at all times during school time and keep your phones switched on.

Lost property
Children being children sometimes put things down and forget about them. Unfortunately, it can be a coat, a jumper or another item of value. Please teach your children to be responsible for their own personal items, and should your child arrive home with a coat/jumper that is not theirs, please return it to the school the day after so that it can be returned to its rightful owner.

Clubs
Afterschool and breakfast clubs
The charge for afterschool club and breakfast club is 25p per session. Please ensure that you pay for your sessions at the school office every week.

Homework club
Children must be collected at 4pm promptly.

Attendance and punctuality
Punctuality
Please ensure your child is in school for 8.50am each day. Lateness is very disruptive for the school and you should make every effort to be on time.

Attendance
If your child is absent from school, you must ring the school office on 01706 647195 before 9am to provide a valid reason.

Medicines can be administered in school by our qualified first aid staff and if your child is otherwise well but needs medication, please send them to school with their medicine and complete a consent form at the school office.

Holiday leave
Please do not ask for leave out of normal term time, this will not be granted and will be marked as unauthorised on your child’s register. Please be aware that penalty charges can and will be issued for continued absenteeism and you may lose your place at the school.

School meals
Please keep to your choice of meal (i.e. school meal or packed lunch) for your child and do not keep changing. This causes great disruption to the planning of meals and keeping individual accounts up to date.