Science – Materials

In Science we are learning about materials. Year Ones have been naming materials and describing some of their properties. Year Twos have been looking at materials and their uses, they thought about how the materials properties link to their uses. There were lots of brilliant scientific conversations going on – great work Rabbits!

Young Voices 2024

On Wednesday, some of KS2 attended the Young Voices Concert at Resorts World in Birmingham.

This concert is the largest children’s choir in the world, presenting a fantastic opportunity to sing songs and explore music from different cultures and genres. The children have been practicing very hard for months and performed amazingly on the night.
We were also lucky enough to see guest performances from Street Dance Crew Urban Strides, MC Grammar and 13-year-old Drummer and Musician, Nandi Bushell (who wowed us all!)

We all had a wonderful time and the children sang and danced their hearts out!
All children were extremely sensible and polite, and did St John’s proud (even receiving praise from an adult from another school.)

We can’t wait for Young Voices 2025 !

Weekly Celebrations – 26th January

Here are this week’s awards…

Weekly Celebrations 

School Value Ambassadors (earning House Points with one pupil chosen each week per year group, awarded by teachers for showing one of our school values):

Year 6 – Brooke for ‘Perseverance’  – For making a great effort towards improving writing!

Year 5 Sophia for ‘Perseverance’: Sophia has  been working really hard on her writing and has transformed her work lately. Well done Sophia!

Year 4 Emilia for ‘Perseverance and Friendship’ : Emilia shows perseverance in all her work and has been a great team player!

Year 3 Emilia for ‘Friendship and Love’: For being a fantastic and caring friend on our Young Voices trip. She had an amazing time singing and dancing!


Year 2 Aoife for Perseverance and Wisdom!: Aoife is a STAR! She always tries her best, she wants to do her very best and takes pride in everything she does. you’re amazing Aoife!

Year 1 Freddie for Perseverance and Wisdom : Freddie is becoming a fantastic writer! He has brilliant ideas and is taking pride in his work – well done for your hard work in handwriting too!

Reception Harrison for ‘perseverance’ and ‘wisdom’ : Harrison has worked really hard to complete his homework and spellings. He has a super attitude to learning, well done Harrison!

Raffle ticket winners (awarded by staff for lining-up or behaviour around school)

Out of school awards…

Laurie has achieved his Level 2 Learn to Swim! We’re really proud of you Laurie and can’t wait to see you in action for summer swimming lessons!

Layla brought in her sash from Brownies for us all to see – very inspiring Layla, thank you.

Millie showed us her playscript for a play she is taking part in with her theatre group, Stage Coach. Good luck Millie!

Congratulations to all our winners this week!

 

Celebrations of the week – 19th January

Here are this week’s awards…

Weekly Celebrations 

School Value Ambassadors (earning House Points with one pupil chosen each week per year group, awarded by teachers for showing one of our school values):

Year 6 – Freddie for ‘Love’, ‘Hope’  – For showing great courage over recent days and being so positive and hard working in some challenging times.

Year 5 Tilly for ‘Respect’ and ‘Perseverance’: Tilly has been working really hard in all her lessons and showing her best!

Year 4 Otto for ‘Respect’ : For trying his best consistently.

Year 3 Oscar for ‘Respect’: For always following class rules.

Year 2 Harry for Perseverance and Wisdom!: Harry has been working really hard on his writing – re-reading and editing his work.

Year 1 Hallie for ‘Love’ and ‘Friendship’: Hallie is a great friend to everyone and shows the values by the bucketful everyday!

Reception Jasmine for ‘perseverance’ : Jasmine is working really hard on her handwriting – super effort!

Bumblebees Ruairi for settling so well this week!

Raffle ticket winners (awarded by staff for lining-up or behaviour around school)

Congratulations to all our winners this week!