St John’s RC Primary School

St John’s RC Primary School

Statements to live by:

I understand what trust means.

We strive to instil within the children a sense of belonging within a range of communities and for them to play an active role as members of society.

Mother’s Day assembly:

On Tuesday 13 March, Class 1 held a Mother’s Day Assembly where they talked about Mother’s Day and the daily chores of a mum.

Through role play, the children acted out the duties of a mother and also presented a slide show of pictures they had drawn of their mums.

Happy Mother’s Day to all mums.

Poem for Mother’s Day:

Children in year groups 3 to 6 were invited to take part in a competition to write a short poem about their mothers. The rules were that poem should be between 50 and 100 words in English.

Councillor Mohammed Zaman collected them on Thursday, 15 March to submit them to an independent panel for judging.
Winners of the competition will be invited to a Mothers Day event at Deeplish Community Centre on Sunday 18 March to receive their prizes and invited to Crescent Radio to read out their poems in a live programme at later date.

Litter campaign:

Our school council are continuing the campaign on litter around the school. On Thursday they chatted live on air with a presenter from Crescent Radio about the problem.

Sports:

Swimming Gala – Monday 12 March
Eight of our children took part in a swimming gala on Monday and did really well.

Netball – Monday 12 March
Our netball team played against Beech House School on Monday. We played extremely well with a score of 15.

Football – Tuesday 13 March
Years 5 and 6 played in the Rochdale football tournament held at Hopwood Hall where we took 5th place.

Well done to all our sports teams.

Future events:

Tuesday 20 March
Class 3 will be presenting an assembly at 9am which all parents are invited to attend.

Wednesday 21 March
Year 5 will be attending St. Cuthbert’s for the morning as part of the transition work to prepare them for their move into high school.

Thursday 29 March
A whole school mass will be held in the school hall, 9am on Thursday 29 March. All parent’s and carers are invited to attend.

Update on mural paintings

The children are currently busy on their mural painting which is one of three. The murals are based on parables, the first being from the Old Testament; the second being from the New Testament and reflects the life story of Jesus. The third mural is the Holy Spirit and shows how God working through us.

Once all three murals are complete, they will become a feature in the school hall.

Golden book awards

The Golden Book awards are for children have tried their best in all areas with politeness and respect.

Foundation 2: Siyam and Tylor
Reception/1: George and Alisha
Class 1: Hamza and Zahra
Class 2: Alisha and Jaroslaw
Class 3: Lukas and Lisa-Marie
Class 4: Usman and Amory
Class 5: Bilal and Vitoria
Class 6: Urvah and Simons

Certificate Awards

Awards for last week went to Class 3 for highest attendance and Classes F2 and Rec/1 for good behaviour in and around the school.