St. John’s RC Primary School

St John’s RC Primary School

Easter
St John’s does not close for Easter until 3pm on Wednesday 16 April. Catholic schools remain open during the first three days of Holy Week in order to mark Holy Week and also to celebrate the festival of Easter.

All the children will be presenting an assembly next week. You are invited to come along to the school hall to any or all of the Holy week assemblies.

The times and days are as follows:

Monday 14 April
9am: Foundation stage (Nursery and King) will present the story of the first Palm Sunday and will process around the hall. Classes Einstein, Teresa and Tutu will be waving palms. All welcome.

Tuesday 15 April
9am: Classes 3 and 4 (Da Vinci and Pankhurst) will present the story of the last Supper and Jesus praying in the garden at Gethsemane.

1pm: Class 6 (Crown) will present the Stations of the Cross.

Wednesday 16 April
9am: Class 5 (Wilberforce) will present the Easter story – the Resurrection of Jesus.

10.45am: Head teacher awards assembly for the 4 ‘A’s – Attendance, Attainment, Achievement and Attitude

1pm: Easter egg raffle, all proceeds to CAFOD and CARITAS charities.

School will re-open on Tuesday 6 May at 8.50am as usual Breakfast club at 8am.

Finally, we would like to wish all the children who will be having a few days away at Moorland home over Easter, a very happy holiday.

Thanking you for all the on-going support you give to school. Have a peaceful and happy Easter break when it comes.

Free school meals
If you are in receipt of any of the benefits below, please apply for free school meals. You can collect an application form from the school office.

*Income Support
*Income-based Jobseekers Allowance
*Income-related Employment Support Allowance
*Support under Part VI of the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999
*The guaranteed element of State Pension Credit
*Child Tax Credit, with no Working Tax Credit, where the annual gross income does not exceed £16,190
*Working Tax Credit run-on – paid for 4 weeks after you stop qualifying for *Working Tax Credit

Nursery places
We have places in our Nursery for September intake. Please ask for an application form from the school office.

Golden book awards

King:
Einstein: Remi and Manar
Teresa: Ibrahim and Adel
Tutu: Annie and Vianney
Da Vinci: Dominik and Priscilla
Pankhurst: Miyanwi and Anisio
Wilberforce: Natalia and Linda
Crown: Hajira and Amory

Easter holidays
The school will be closed on Thursday 17 April and re-open 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.