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See what's been happening in our school!!

• Mr O'Connor meets Colin Jackson!

  Thu 14 Feb 2019 Ms Harris
  Mr O'Connor was lucky enough to meet silver medal Olympian Colin Jackson today. Colin Jackson is a famous sprinter and hurdler who has represented his country many times and is a Commonwealth and European Champion. Lets hope he's inspired Mr O'Connor!

  

• St John's Children Talk to Living Streets

  Thu 13 Dec 2018 Ms Harris

  Living Streets, the charity that supports walking to school, came in and interviewed some of our children about the road closure. Follow this link to watch it:

  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NRnPTQ5ip6I

• St Johns Road Closure in the Echo

  Tue 04 Dec 2018 Ms Harris

  Our school road closure made the Echo today! Read the story here

  https://www.dailyecho.co.uk/news/17273923.road-closure-to-encourage-healthy-living-and-cut-pollution/

   

• Reception and Nursery Classes Ditch Plastic Straws!

  Fri 30 Nov 2018 Ms Harris

  In a bid to be more environmentally friendly, Seahorse, Clownfish and Shrimps have ditched little cartons of milk with plastic straws for their milk time and now have reusable beakers and big bottles of milk.

  Tom said "Cups of milk are better because straws don't break down"

  Jayden said "We can have cups of milk because we are being sensible".

  Ellie said "Having cups of milk is better for the planet"

   

  Well done to those classes for setting such a good example to us all about simple ways we can help protect our planet :)

• Road Closure

  Tue 27 Nov 2018 Ms Harris
  The road outside our school now has a temporary road closure in place which means every morning 8.15-9am and afternoon 2.45-3.30pm cars cannot drive down French Street from the main school gates. This will make it much safer for all our children coming and going from school.

• Parents Evenings

  Wed 31 Oct 2018 Ms Harris
  There will be parent's meetings on Wednesday 21 November and Thursday 22 November. Please be sure to make an appointment with the class teacher in the playground.

• Air Quality and Pollution Near Schools

  Wed 25 Apr 2018 Ms Harris

  Have you seen some of our families and Mrs Nicolson on ITV Meridian news this week? They are reporting on air quality and pollution around schools.

  Here is a link to the reports

  http://www.itv.com/news/meridian/2018-04-23/major-survey-finds-43-of-children-concerned-about-air-pollution-near-schools/

  http://www.itv.com/news/meridian/2018-04-25/itv-meridian-investigation-peak-pollution-levels-outside-regions-schools-7-times-higher-than-others/

  http://www.itv.com/news/meridian/2018-04-25/which-school-run-is-exposed-to-less-pollution-by-car-or-on-foot/

• St Johns children perform at the CAN Launch

  Fri 09 Feb 2018 Ms Harris

  Some children from Dolphin and Swordfish class were asked to perform two dances at the launch event of Clean Air Network. They did a really fantastic job after only a short rehearsal and lots of the other attendees were really impressed by how well they performed and how well they behaved.

  Below are some photos from the event and you can also read all about it on the Daily Echo website.

  

• Mrs Nicolson to the Rescue

  Mon 09 Oct 2017 Ms Harris

  On Friday afternoon at home time, Mrs Nicolson saw a hedgehog on the path near the Mission Hall. Having heard recently that if you see a hedgehog during the day then something is wrong (as they are nocturnal they should not be out in the day) she decided it needed help. Using a parent's woolly scarf to wrap it up, she tried to keep it warm. When all the children had left, she went to the school office to phone to get some advice on how to look after it. The office ladies found a box and put in some lovely shredded paper bedding. Then Mrs Nicolson and the hedgehog headed off to the Isle of Wight.

  When she got home, Mrs Nicolson gave it some dog food for dinner and it was very hungry.

  On Sunday a lady from Isle of Wight Hedgehog Rescue came .She said it was a girl hedgehog aged about 3 months. She took it away to look after over the winter when it should really be hibernating.

  What a lucky hedgehog!!

  Here are some photos :)

  

• Greedy Reading Day Special Visitor

  Wed 27 Sep 2017 Ms Harris & Miss Ennew

  St John's have kicked off another year of Greedy Reading with a very special visitor. Not only were we lucky enough to have our parents come in and read with us, we also got to meet a famous author! Ali Sparkes came into our school to announce that she will be our Patron of Reading this year. She will be coming in to do workshops across the school and promote a love of reading and writing. We enjoyed her visit so much that there's no more of her books left in our library - we're all reading them! After her whole school presentation, Year 5 and 6 had an X Factor workshop with her and created their own blurbs and openings to  a story and as they were so inspired, they continued this well into the afternoon. If you come into our library next week you will be lucky enough to read their blurbs and see their front covers. Which one will be your favourite?