Welcome back to our final half-term this school year. The Year 4 group are currently having a fantastic time in Liverpool – we can’t wait to hear how they have got on. Plus we are looking forward to our ‘Have Fun for Harry Day’ next Friday for the Harry Johnson Trust: remember to dress green / orange, and get baking for the themed bake-sale!

Here are some updates from an array of in-school events that have taken place this week…

Weekly Celebrations :

Acorn Awards (earning House Points with two pupils chosen per class; awarded by teachers for class-based work / learning attitudes):

Ruby- For kindness around school

Otto – For producing some fantastic writing

Amber– for beating a Maths challenge!

Brooke– for beating a Maths challenge!

Magnus – for great writing effort

Harry– for always being happy and helpful

Jackson– for working brilliantly in maths

Bumblebees Star of the Week

There are FOUR Stars of the Week this week in Bumblebees! Mrs Hurst explained how these four children had been exploring books in and beginning to learn their phonics and blending – we couldn’t believe it when she told us they were 3 and 4 year olds! Well done Harrison, James, Lottie and Elsie!

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

Plus an extra winner in Rabbit Class as they had the most tickets this week 👏

Swimming Award

We celebrated Brooke’s  AMAZING achievement of ‘Honours’ in her latest Swimming Challenge – well done Brooke!

Rainbows

Nancy shared her recent accomplishment with Rainbows: she has earned a ‘kindness’ badge for her cup of kindness challenge. Well done Nancy – keep up the great work.

Swimming Award

Hallie shared her super achievement of ‘5 metres’ badge this week! Wow Hallie! We always say this is the toughest one to get… you’re a superstar!

Coming up next week:

• The Liverpool trip returns! We can’t wait to hear all about it
• Friday evening – good luck to all the quizzers taking part in the School Quiz this evening! A big thank you to our Friends for organising another packed-out event.
• A KS2 Athletics team are heading out on Tuesday morning – good luck!
• Swimming for Hedgehogs and Owls on Friday
• Friday –  Have Fun for Harry Day (including Bake Sale Thursday)

Well that half-term seemed to fly-by! It’s been a super-busy end to the term… Well done to all our brilliant pupils for giving us so much to celebrate.

Coronation Fun Run – grand total

We are delighted to announce that the grand total raised from the sponsored fun was £1,381!

This is an absolutely amazing amount to have raised in our small school and warrants a massive thank you to all the children who took part and their families for collecting all that sponsorship money; they’ve done such a fantastic job. With gift aid, this figure will pass £1,500. The far exceeds previous years totals too. We have raised enough to fund the balance bikes and mini scooters as well as the new outdoor play equipment! Great job everyone!

Crucial Crew

The Year 6s enjoyed another great day out on Monday as they participated in ‘Crucial Crew’, an event which has been running for 28 years with an aim that the children receive social awareness and safety training as a means of teaching them essential life skills. The Year 6s had a great day and loved their new (traditionally rather large!) t-shirts.

Here are all our usual Weekly Celebrations too:

Acorn Awards (earning House Points with two pupils chosen per class; awarded by teachers for class-based work / learning attitudes):

Harry– For producing some brilliant writing

Lexie – Super imaginative with her writing

Arthur – for always being a great role model as a Year 6

Mia– for always smiling, wanting to help and just being a good egg!

Callum– for great reading and listening

Thalia– for always trying her best

Bumblebees Star of the Week

Congratulations to Jasmine for achieving Star of the Week this week for always trying her best.

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

Plus an extra winner in Rabbit Class as they had the most tickets this week 👏

Swimming Awards

There have been some super swimmers this week:

Seren achieved her 50m Distance Badge…

Lucy achieved her 800m Distance Badge…

Well done both of you!

Dance & Drama Star!

Aoife was very proud to share her ‘Rising Star’ certificate from the Pheonix Acadamy for performance… We think we’ll need to get your autograph soon!

Half-term ‘Happy Birthdays!’ 

We wished Maia and Aoife the happiest of birthdays during our half-term…

Star-dancer Brooke!

We were so proud to hear of Brooke’s latest achievements in dance. She showed us her ‘excellence’ trophy and also an award where she competed against 180 other dancers and won one of 15 awards which were distributed. This is incredible Brooke – we are all very proud and inspired by you.

Wow… where do we start this week?! There has been so much brilliance and fun goings-on at St John’s – LET’S CELEBRATE!

Here are some updates from an array of in-school events that have taken place this week…

Coronation Fun Run

Monday was a brilliant morning at school as we all dressed-up and worked-up a sweat for a 25 minute Fun Run which had been organised by our wonderful Friends of the School. We are still awaiting the final total from sponsorship – watch this space!

Rounders

A Year 5/6 team attended the Corbet Area Rounders Tournament – they played brilliantly, put all their PE learning to the test and came 3rd overall out of 8 schools! 

Football friendly v Myddle Primary

A group of Year 4/5/6 children enjoyed a super football match on Thursday evening when we hosted Myddle Primary. Evan and Mia played their first match for the school – they played fantastically! Overall, the match finished 2-2 but St John’s went on to win on penalties… A big shout-out to George, our brave Goalkeeper, who did a sterling job to save some shots!

Super Swimmer 

Also on Thursday evening, Year 6 Elliot has been elected to attend swimming trials for the North Shropshire West Team at Oswestry School. Elliot competed in four races (back stroke, breast stroke, front crawl and butterfly)  and we are delighted to announce that he WON THEM ALL! Elliot – we are all so proud of you.

Next he will represent North Shropshire West in The Primary Schools County Gala at the end of June. Go Elliot, go!

Here are all our usual Weekly Celebrations too:

Acorn Awards (earning House Points with two pupils chosen per class; awarded by teachers for class-based work / learning attitudes):

Beau – For working so carefully in all her assessments & giving her best everyday

Evan & Mia – For representing Ruyton in football and playing their first match! A brilliant display of skill and confidence from both.

Nancy – for great listening

Oscar – for lovely manners and a great attitude to learning

Charlie J – for super reading – well done!

Laurie – for doing everything with a smile on his face!

Ariyana – for working so hard on writing

Archie –  for excellent effort in assessment week

Robyn – for excellent effort in reading assessments

Bumblebees Star of the Week

Congratulations to Oakley for achieving Star of the Week this week! He earned it for following all the rules in Bumblebees and showing great listening. Well done Oakley, keep it up!

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

Plus an extra winner in Rabbit Class as they had the most tickets this week 👏

Swimming Award

We celebrated James’ AMAZING achievement of Level 1 in Learn to Swim – this is incredible for one of our Bumblebees children! We are super proud of you James – keep it up!

Athletics Winner

Year 6, George, shared his recent achievements with us too as he participated in an Athletics Competition in Telford. George had great finishes in sprint races, but also shone in the Long Jump where he won the event! Incredible effort Geroge, keep up the great work with Shrewsbury Athletics Club.

Phew…. That was a big week! Coming up next week:

• Year 6 are out today at an Archery Festival at the Ironworks Centre (Oswestry) – we look forward to hearing all about it.
• Year 6 are out (again!) to Crucial Crew on Monday to learn all about staying safe in the wider world
• Swimming: it’s the final week for Rabbits & Dragonflies next Friday – keep up the great work!
• Year 4 – have a great time next Friday at Lichfield Cathedral for an Inspire Workshop… it sounds intriguing!