Pupil’s enjoyed a traditional Christmas Lunch served by staff. They each pulled a cracker to find a hidden treasure inside before tucking into a plateful of turkey and vegetables. It was a very exciting event and …Read More
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Bloodhound Supersonic Car
We were delighted to be able to offer Years 5 and 6 a great design technology opportunity while introducing them to a really exciting record breaking challenge. The Bloodhound Project centres on BLOODHOUND SSC, a supersonic car designed …Read More
Annual Baby Assembly
Once again, we were delighted to welcome nine babies into our school community at our annual Baby Assembly on Monday 30th November. It was wonderful to watch excited siblings as they presented their babies to us. …Read More
Maths Story Day
At the end of term 1, Class R, 1 and 2 had a special day all about the story Kipper’s Toybox. Throughout the day we did lots of exciting and interesting learning. Class 2 wrote instructions about how to make …Read More
Class 1 visits the Vine
Class one had great fun this week investigating oak trees. They walked up to the Vine with their teacher and took some measurements of the trees there. They counted how many different coloured leaves they could spot and made …Read More
Christmas Boxes 2015
As Christmas approaches, as well as other times, the families of St John’s find time to look beyond our school to the needs of others. Eighty-nine Christmas boxes for underprivileged children have been lovingly filled for …Read More
Visit to Sevenoaks Library
Reception had a lovely afternoon visiting Sevenoaks library. We walked up in the sunshine and were greeted by local librarian Jenny who told us all about the library and how easy it is to join …Read More
Presentations for Parent Support for Children in Phonics, Grammar and Maths
A number of parents have asked for direction in supporting their children with the learning of phonics, grammar and maths. I am pleased that staff have kindly agreed to share our teaching methods and resources …Read More
Club Provision for Years 1-6
A recent survey of our clubs revealed that 80% of pupils attend at least one club, a staggering 471 club places are booked each week! That’s hardly surprising as the choice is so vast; 34 …Read More
Charitable Giving
Our Christian value for the term is generosity and St John’s are certainly showing their generosity! Our Jeans for Genes day raised £387.34 and the Macmillan coffee morning was well attended and raised £92.01. I …Read More