School News | Friday 13th December 2019
Sacramental Programme Meeting
Year 3 families are invitied to a meeting with Father David on Tuesday 14th January at 7pm in the parish rooms. Please do attend if your child is baptised and you wish them to join the Sacramental Programme this year.
PTFA Christmas Fayre
Thank you very much to everyone who attended our Christmas Fayre. It was lovely to see so many friends and family members in school. A special thank you to PTFA members and staff for all their hard work. You helped us to raise £803.53!
Christmas Concerts
Thank you very much if you have supported us by buying tickets for our concerts this year. I do hope that everyone who wanted tickets was able to get them. Please do bring your tickets on the day as seats are limited. We hope you enjoy the shows!
Bishop John Mass at School
We are delighted to annouce that Bishop John will join us in school to celebrate the new term and year, and our joining the Romero Trust. Please join us in school for the Mass on Thursday 16th January, 9.30am – all welcome.
Cash at St John’s
Please be advised that in the new year, we will be introducing a cashless system. School dinners, Breakfast and After School Club, trips etc will be paid for online. We will give you more information and plenty of notice in the new year.
Musical assembly – guitars and violins
Family and friends of children currently having violin and guitar lessons are invited to school to hear them play on Monday 16th, 9.30am.
Raising Aspirations
Next week we welcome Miss Bowker, Maths teacher from BTRCC. She will speak to Year 6 children about her career in teaching.
Follow us on our new Twitter account @BurnleySJB – see all the amazing things going on in school.
St John’s RC Primary, A Voluntary Academy
We’re delighted that from 1st Dec we are part of the Romero Catholic trust – see separate letter.
End of Term
Our Autumn Term ends on Friday 20th December at 1.30pm.
Dogs at St John’s
Please may we remind you that dogs are not permitted onto our school grounds and premises.
Advent Service at church
Please join us at church on Thursday 19th December at 9.45am for our KS2 Advent Service.
Weekly Winners
Class Winners:
C1 – Loula Jenneys
C2 – The whole class!
C3 – Zahra Gul
C4 – The whole class!
C5 – Freya Gillespie
C6 – Well done!
C7 – Kaitlyn Halstead
C8 – Aaliyah Alam
C9 – Kenzie Ismael
Writers of the Week:
C1 – Melody Reece Buck Baker
C2 – Olivia Taj
C3 – Leo Knight
C4 – Mia Quimpo
C5 – Stevie Louise Brown
C6 – Tyler Allen
C7 – Maisie Beech
C8 – Riley Clavell Bate
C9 – Kailen Mclean
Headteacher Card – Jamelia Perocho
Healthy Eater of the Week – Eddie Sims
Golden Boot Award – C1 & C4
Best Attendance – C4
House of the Week – St David