Over this half term I would like you to complete these tasks, some might take longer than others! Bring them in on the last week of this half term, and we will have a homework gallery to display all of your fantastic home learning. If you need to borrow any resources from school to be able to join in and complete these tasks, please let me know. I can’t wait to see what you create!
Weekly School Newsletter
Summer Term in Hedgehogs
Welcome back Hedgehogs Class, I hope you all had a lovely Easter break filled with happy memories but also a well-earned rest! 🐰🐣🐥
Our topic this half term is ‘Traditional Tales’, where we will be learning about lots of different fairy tales. At the beginning of next term, we will be going on our trip to Wonderland (I hope you are as excited about it as I am!). To find out more about our learning for Summer term, please see the following:
We will start swimming lessons on Fridays, and you should have received a letter letting you know which weeks your child will be swimming. All children will need to be in PE kit on Fridays (instead of Mondays). If it is your week for swimming please bring your swimming kit with you too.
Forest School will continue on Tuesday afternoons. As always, any parent helpers (and biscuit donations) would be hugely appreciated!
If you have any questions or concerns, please feel free to catch me before or after school, or send me an email 😊
Miss O’Rafferty
Weekly Celebrations – 17.04.26
Here are this week’s values ambassadors…
Year 6 Evie for Wisdom
Year 5 Sid for Wisdom
Year 4 Floss for Perseverance
Year 3 Alfie for showing ALL of our School Values
Year 2 James for Perseverance
Year 1 Laith for Perseverance and Respect
Reception Tilda for Trust, Perseverance, Respect and Wisdom
Bumblebees Harry for showing ALL of our School Values
Summer term in Dragonfly class
Welcome back Dragonflies!
I hope you had a brilliant Easter break filled with plenty of chocolate, fun, and time to relax. We’ve got an exciting term ahead of us, with lots to look forward to, including trips, Liverpool for Year 4, swimming lessons, and the Fun Run… and that’s just the start!
PE will still take place on Tuesday afternoons with Miss Woodhouse, and our swimming sessions begin on Fridays. You should have received a letter letting you know which weeks your child will be swimming. On Fridays, everyone will need to come in PE kit, and those swimming should bring their swimming kit too.
Below you’ll find our topic planner for this term, giving you a quick snapshot of what the Dragonflies will be learning about.
Summer 2026 Topic planner Dragonfly class
Please find the knowledge organisers for subjects this term below. The knowledge organisers will tell you what the children will be learning and some key vocabulary they will encounter this term.
Dragonflies art printing warhol
Dragonflies Summer 2026 DT Mechanisms
LKS2 – How and why do people try to make the world a better place
LKS2 – How do festivals and family life show what matters to Jews Summer term year 4 sound
As usual if you have any questions please feel free to catch me at the gate or drop me an email!
Miss Hindley
Summer Term in Rabbit Class
Welcome back Rabbit Class, I hope you all had a lovely Easter break and spent time having fun with your families. I can’t wait to hear about everything you got up to!
We have got lots of exciting things to look forward to this term; a fun school trip, swimming lessons, our sponsored fun run and lots more too!
Our topic this term is ‘Turrets and Tiaras’. We will be learning about Queen Elizabeth I and about the Battle of Shrewsbury, to find out more click on the link below.
Rabbits Class Topic Overview Summer 2026
We will start swimming lessons on Fridays (you should have received a letter letting you know which weeks your child will be swimming), so everyone will need to be in PE kit and if it is your week for swimming bring your swimming kit with you on Fridays too. Year 2s will have PE on a Tuesday afternoon and Year 1s will have forest school.
Please find the knowledge organisers for subjects this term below. The knowledge organisers will tell you what the children will be learning and some key vocabulary they will encounter this term. I hope you find these helpful, please let me know if there is anything you would like to discuss.
RE – What makes some places sacred to believers.pub
Computing – Creating Media Digital Music
If you have any queries, questions or worries please feel free to catch me on the gate or email me to arrange a chat.
Mrs Powell 😊
Summer Term 2026 – Welcome back Owl Class
Welcome back to school for Summer Term 2026 – we hope you all had a fun-filled and refreshing Easter break!
Summer term is always jam-packed and full of some of our favourite activities including Sports Day, St John the Baptist Day, Swimming lessons and all our summer sports events – keep up to date with the school diary and letters for more information. We’ve also got Arts Week, ‘No Pens Day’ and ‘Have Fun for Harry’ day coming up – just some of the things to look forward to!
Of course, it’s an important term for our Year 6. We will be really proud to see our Year 6 sit their SATs on the week commencing May 11th – they have already worked so hard. However, even more exciting will be all of the leavers celebrations that will then begin! Leavers trips, leavers speeches and celebration assemblies will soon be upon us (plus a summer of Year 6 insisting on wearing their leavers hoodies everyday, regardless of the weather!)
We can’t wait to get the term started! As always, information about learning in class this term can be found on the class information page (link Class Owls Information | St John The Baptist CE Primary School Ruyton XI Towns). We will also continue to welcome student teacher Miss Clarke who will continue her placement with us for the first half-term.
You can keep updated with our class shenanigans via the website notice board: Parents’ Area | St John The Baptist CE Primary School Ruyton XI Towns and also class notice board.
Here’s hoping for a sunny summer term ahead! We look forward to seeing you all this week,
Mrs Cook, Miss Whit, Mrs Grogan & Mrs Maund 🙂 x
Year 6 writing
Today we completed an extended write following a unit on The Selfish Giant by Oscar Wilde.
To teach writing, we focus on specific skills and aim to put them into practise throughout the unit / book. This unit has focused on relative clauses, semi-colons (for Year 6), parenthesis and small details for description.
Some brilliant pieces of writing have been produced. Here is an example below of one of our fantastic Year 6 writers, Lucy. Well done Owl Class!
Fantastic Homework!
I have been so impressed with the level of enthusiasm and effort that has been put into this half term’s homework. The children were tasked with creating; a mini habitat museum, a robot explorer treasure map, an emotion weather forecast, a model of an explorer vehicle and a waterproof explorer shelter. These tasks were all linked to our learning over the past half term.
This afternoon we have set up a homework gallery and the children have really enjoyed talking about their creations! Great work Rabbits 🙂
Girls Football – Team Ruyton superstars!
Our Year 4/5/6 Girls participated in a football tournament at the Corbet School on Friday morning with great success!
Lucy, Scarlett, Althea, Emelia, Evie, Beau, Nancy, Aoife and Bean formed a fantastic team, showing brilliant determination and sportsmanship. Nancy was our superstar goalkeeper making over ten saves on the day!
Overall the girls came third – a brilliant result for our team – especially considering they were facing much bigger schools and our girls included Year 4 pupils. Well done team!
Red Nose Day Reminder!
We are delighted to let you know that our school will be taking part in Red Nose Day 2026 on Friday, 20th March. As always, it promises to be a fun and meaningful day as we raise money to support Comic Relief and the incredible work they do.
Friday 20th March: Non-Uniform Day – Wear Red!
To mark the occasion, children are invited to come to school in non-uniform, dressed head to toe in red. This could be anything from a simple red T-shirt to a full bright-red outfit—the more creative the better!
Thursday 19th & Friday 20th March: Cake Sale
We will also be holding a whole-school cake sale. Families are welcome to bake anything they wish -cupcakes, biscuits, traybakes, or any favourite family recipe.
Cake/Biscuit Competition: “Recreate Your Teacher!”
For an extra bit of fun, pupils are invited to enter our special competition:
Create your teacher in cake or biscuit form!
Entries will be judged on creativity, effort, and resemblance. Winners will be announced during assembly.
Donations
Rather than bringing cash into school, we kindly ask that all donations for Red Nose Day be made through our JustGiving page:
To help us organise the cake sale smoothly, please include your child’s name as the donation reference when making your contribution. This will ensure that we can easily confirm their donation and allow them to purchase a cake on the day.
Every donation, however big or small, helps to make a real difference.
Thank you in advance for your enthusiasm and support. We look forward to a brilliant day filled with laughter, creativity, and community spirit.
