Message from the friends.
Hi All, welcome back to the new term. We all hope you had a lovely summer and are settling in well to the new term. The Friends look forward to meeting all our new parents (and will organise an event to meet everybody very soon). In the meantime please can we draw your attention to the village Home Grown Show happening this Sunday at 2.30pm at the village hall. We very much hope you will come along to support the show and all of the children of St John have got artwork on display at the show that they created last term under the theme “the commonwealth”. It will be being judged and winners chosen on the day. I’m sure your children will love to see it on display for everyone and be proud to show it off to you too. Please do come along if you can make it. We look forward to seeing you there.The Friends.
Communications
Queen Elizabeth II
At St John the Baptist C.E Primary School we are all deeply saddened by the passing of Queen Elizabeth II.
We shall remember her service through our learning and Worship, and consider how as our Queen she was the embodiment of, and a role model for, our school values of Love, Hope and Respect. We will be thankful for the times that we have been able to come together as a community to celebrate Royal jubilees, birthdays and weddings.
Our thoughts and prayers are with our new King, Charles III, along with the wider Royal Family as they mourn the loss of a beloved mother and grandmother.
Welcome to Hedgehog Class!
Welcome to all of our new Reception children that are joining us for their very first year in school! We hope that you’ve all had a fantastic summer and that you are looking forward to the start of your adventure with us. We’re all very excited to be back and we can’t wait to start getting to know all of the children and parents that have joined us this year.
Please find a newsletter below to find out what is going on in Hedgehog Class this term. We’ve also attached our topic planners so that you know what your child/children will be learning about this term.
As always, if you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to get in contact with myself or Mrs Johnson.
Welcome to Rabbits Class!
Hello Rabbits Class, I hope you’ve had a brilliant summer and that you are ready and raring to come back to school. We have got lots of exciting things to look forward to this term!
Here is our timetable for the Autumn term. We will have PE on Tuesdays and Thursdays so please come to school in PE kit on those days. Year 1s you will be going to Forest School on a Tuesday afternoon so will need to come to school in your Forest School clothes.
The first half of term our Topic will be ‘Who lives in the North and South Poles?’. We will be learning about continents, the equator and the points of a compass. In the second half of term our Topic will be Bonfire Night and Remembrance day and we will think about memories we have and memories other people have. In science we will be learning all about Animals and their needs. We will look at classifying animals and what they need to survive. In English we will be focussing on the stories ‘Troll Swap’ and ‘The Owl who was afraid of the dark’. We will be writing our own stories and informative writing based on these books. In RE we will be answering the questions, ‘What do Christians believe God is like?’ and ‘Why does Christmas matter to Christians?’. In computing we will be thinking about how we can use the technology around us and learning how to take digital pictures. In PE we will be practising our gymnastic skills and learning how to play target games. We will be making moving pictures in DT and creating artwork linked to bonfire night in Art.
We have lots of things to keep us busy this term!
Any questions please feel free to catch me on the gate or email me.
Thanks,
Miss Horton 🙂
Autumn Term 2022 – Welcome back!
We hope you are all ready and raring to go for the new school year – we look forward to welcoming all new pupils this term and seeing how much our current pupils have grown over summer!
As a reminder, the school gates will open at 8.40am each morning with lessons beginning at 8.45am.
Monday is a PD Day for staff only, then the children are back for their first day on Tuesday.
See you then!
Autism West Midlands Summer Holiday Activities
Please find attached details of holiday activities provided by Autism West Midlands.
More information and booking details at https://autismwestmidlands.org.uk/events/
Shropshire BEAM Summer Support
Shropshire Beam are pleased to provide Summer 2022 Virtual workshops for Parents & Professionals.
Details are below, all you need to do is click on Link at the appropriate time of chosen Workshop. All workshop will be done via MS Teams Video call, we are unable to record sessions. The Workshops are derived to be informative and engaging sessions, please be willing to participate during the sessions.
There are three Workshops:-
- Managing Anxiety – aims & Objectives are to pass over psycho – education within the topic followed by practical suggestions of methods & techniques to help support the youth experience issues with anxiety.
- Wellbeing Planning – a workshop which explains & provides a tool for Children & Young people to support their general Emotional Health & Wellbeing, it recognises triggers and promotes self-awareness, his can also be used as a relapse tool to support resilience.
- Sleep Support – aims to pass over psycho – education within the topic followed by practical suggestions & advise of methods & techniques to help support the children & young people having difficulties with getting to sleep and staying a sleep. This workshop will be rolled out twice over the four weeks, due to popular demand.
Wednesday 3rd August at 12:00 Midday Sleep Support
Microsoft Teams meeting – Join on your computer or mobile app
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Or join by entering a meeting ID
Meeting ID: 348 740 046 537
Passcode: vHRJeQ
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Wednesday 10th August at 12:00 Midday Wellbeing Planning
Microsoft Teams meeting – Join on your computer or mobile app
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Meeting ID: 319 267 568 64
Passcode: ANouQG
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Wednesday 17th August at 12:00 Midday Managing Anxiety
Microsoft Teams meeting – Join on your computer or mobile app
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Meeting ID: 352 455 366 375
Passcode: X2fXLM
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Wednesday 24th August at 12:00 Midday Sleep Support
Microsoft Teams meeting – Join on your computer or mobile app
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Meeting ID: 357 320 749 683
Passcode: JL8to9
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Wednesday 31st August at 12:00 Midday Wellbeing Planning
Microsoft Teams meeting – Join on your computer or mobile app
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Meeting ID: 343 642 165 560
Passcode: z9G8uV
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For more information, please contact – Shropshire, Telford & Wrekin Beam. The Children’s Society
Website: https://www.childrenssociety.org.uk//beamshropshire
Email: shropshirebeam@childrenssociety.org.uk
Find us on Instagram! @ShropshireBeam
DT – Structures
This term, the Year 1 & 2 children in Hedgehog Class have been learning about making strong structures. They’ve learnt new skills such as using a hacksaw and consolidated their learning from last term on safely using a glue gun. This morning, they have been busy making their toy castles, concentrating on making a structure that will be strong enough to be played with. This afternoon, they will complete their finishing techniques to make them look even better and then evaluate their final product. They can’t wait to take them home tomorrow already!
Nettle Soup!
Yesterday at forest school, the Reception, Year 1 & 2 children had a fantastic time making some nettle soup! They used the nettle nippers that they made from wood last week to pick some nettles and then cooked them with the rest of the ingredients in a pan on the camp fire. What a clever bunch they are! We were so proud of all of the children for trying the soup, even if they weren’t too sure on what it would taste like. A few of them even asked for seconds!