St. John’s RC Primary

The harvest festival food collection was donated to the Rochdale food bank to be distributed to poor and elderly people in the Rochdale Borough

Harvest Festival
Thank you for your overwhelming response to the harvest festival food collection. The food was donated to the Rochdale food bank to be distributed to poor and elderly people in the Rochdale Borough.

Parent-teacher meetings
Thanks for an excellent turn-out for both of our parent-teacher sessions last week. We hope that you found the meetings useful.

Parent View
We welcome you to register with ‘Parent view’ which can be accessed from the Ofsted website and leave your constructive comments about your child’s school.

Car parking news
Many thanks to our Parish Priest Father Chris, who has allowed parents to use the church car park for home time pupil pick-up at 3pm. Parent parking is between ten minutes to three and ten minutes past three, a maximum of twenty minutes. This will ease the congestion on Ann Street enormously.

A letter has been sent home which contains all the information in detail with a map to show how to access the church car park through the one-way system. The church car park is now much larger due to the demolition of the old presbytery and there is direct access to the school site through the gate.

Please keep in mind that this is a privately owned car park and that no responsibility is taken for damage or loss whilst using the facility.

Nursery Autumn Walk
Our nursery children enjoyed a walk in Broadfield Park last week where they learned about seasonal changes.

The leaves and twigs they collected were taken back to nursery and were used by the children to make an autumn collage and talk about their experience.

Bikeability
The children in years 5 ad 6 will be having safer cycling lessons every day this week. They will receive constructive feedback and certificates at the end of the week.

Children’s Liturgy and Sacramental programme
The children’s liturgy at the 9.30am Sunday mass is continuing to cater for the youngsters in church. However we could do with more and all are welcome on a Sunday.

This Sunday (11th November) is a Sacramental programme week when all the children on this year’s Sacramental programme are expected to attend.

Where is Wally?
Last week Wally was in Russia! All children who found out ten facts about the country of the week should have received at least one smiley face sticker.

Certificate Awards
Awards went to Class F2 for highest attendance and the merit award went to

Class 6 for good behaviour and effort.

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

Foundation 2: Benedicte and Fabian
Reception/1: Adel and Ibrahim
Class 1: Michal and Alisha
Class 2: Dennis and Mohammed
Class 3: Jarek and Yasir
Class 4: George and Aliyah
Class 5: The whole of class five
Class 6: Natalia and Saif

Other Business
Medical and other appointments
Prior notice must be given to the school office to avoid disruption to classes and school business. Appointment cards should be shown.

Leave during term time
Leave will not be authorised for holidays/absences taken out of the normal school holidays.

Dinner money:
Please remember that dinner money must be paid on a weekly basis. If two weeks have passed without payment you may be asked to provide packed lunches.

Breakfast club:
A small charge of £1.25 per week must be paid for each child attending breakfast club. Breakfast club closes at 8.25 and children must attend before that time.

After school club:
A small charge of £1 per week must be paid for each child attending after school club. After school club runs from Monday to Thursday.