Keep up to date with all the latest news happening in school at the moment.

• Year 6 Mathematics Challenge

  Fri 17 Nov 2023

  Year 6 Mathematics Challenge

   

  Yesterday, four Year 6 children represented St John’s in a Maths Competition held at Monkton Combe Prep. 42 teams participated. Children worked in pairs to solve a range of challenging mathematical problems. Out of the 42 pairs, Daniel M and Beatrice P came in first place, and Alan K and Antoni S in fifth place. This is a huge achievement and both pairs were fantastic ambassadors of St. John’s.

   

  FINAL PLACINGS	Position From 42 Pairs	TOTAL	Seat Number
  St. John’s Trowbridge	1	340	4
  Castle Primary	2	245	19
  The Paragon	3	240	18
  Pensford Primary	3	240	37
  St .John’s Trowbridge	5	235	23

   

   

  

• Remembrance Sunday

  Fri 17 Nov 2023

  Remembrance Sunday

   

  On Sunday 12th November 2023 Poppy, Georgia, Katie and Zoe took part in Trowbridge’s Remembrance parade, representing Trowbridge Sea Cadets. 

   

  The girls marched as part of the parade, attended the Remembrance Service at St. James’ Church, followed by the service at the War Memorial. The girls were amazing all morning and didn’t move a muscle when stood on parade at the war memorial. The cold and the rain didn’t phase them!  

   

  They have also given up some of their Saturday mornings recently to sell Poppies in Sainsburys. 

   

  

• Trowbridge Youth Parliament

  Fri 17 Nov 2023

  Trowbridge Youth Parliament

   

  This week, our Year 6 Trowbridge Youth Parliament representatives  visited Paxcroft School to meet and vote for their new Chair.

  Congratulations to Rose W who was voted in as Chair after delivering an excellent speech along with 13 others!  With support from Bea E, our TYP team are set to do great things for our town this coming year.

   

  

• KS2 Cross Country Event at The Clarendon Academy

  Fri 17 Nov 2023

  KS2 Cross Country Event at The Clarendon Academy

   

  Albert W completed the KS2 Cross Country Event at The Clarendon Academy on 16th October and came 1st in his age group. He was the only pupil from St. John’s who participated in this event and represented our school.

   

  Albert and his parents would like to thank  Mr Gerrish for coming along to support him at the event.

   

  Congratulations and well done Albert on this amazing achievement.

   

   

  

• Year 3 trip to Wagamamas

  Fri 10 Nov 2023

  Year 3 trip to Wagamamas

   

  This week Year 3 had an amazing opportunity to spend a whole morning at Wagamamas in Trowbridge. During their visit they learnt about some of the exotic and exciting ingredients which go into the Asian inspired food and fresh juices. It was wonderful to see the children’s faces as they sampled all these new foods and flavours - the Tropical Smoothie was a real hit! However, the seaweed and bamboo shoots had mixed reviews. They also began to master the art of using chop sticks and competed in a chop-stick challenge! The children then sat down to sample the full Wagamama dining experience with their own Wagamama kids main meal. On our return to school, Mrs Sessions asked the children about the trip and the first response was, “This was the best trip ever!”

   

  We would like to thank Mr and Mrs Maziarz for organising this unique opportunity and all of the Wagamama team. They are doing this all again next week for our Year 4s!

   

  

• Feast of the Solemnity of All Saints Mass

  Fri 03 Nov 2023

  Feast of the Solemnity of All Saints Mass

   

   On Wednesday morning the whole school - including our fantastic children in EYFS - joined the parishioners and Canon Tom to celebrate the Feast of the Solemnity of All Saints. It was a beautiful service were Canon Tom reflected on the uniqueness of each individual and how one day we could be saints! Thank you to the children in KS2 who supported us with reading and serving during the Mass and to the school choir who lead us so well in song. It was wonderful that so many parents and grandparents were able to join us too.

   

• Parent Governor Vacancy

  Fri 03 Nov 2023

  Parent Governor Vacancy

   

  We currently have a vacancy for a parent governor on the Governing Board at the school. Parent governors are elected by other parents and support the Board in their strategic role, not the day to day running of the school. The role of a parent governor is not as a spokesperson for the views of parents; they are the same as all other governors on the Board, providing a 'parental viewpoint' ie representative parents rather than representative of parents.

   

  You do not need to have a background in education, a range of work and life skills are valuable to bring to this role. You will need to be able to commit time to attend meetings at school and undertake training, and keep your knowledge up to date. 

   

  If you are interested in finding out more about what the role involves and the time commitment, please contact Mike Simmons, Chair of   Governors, MSimmons@st-johns-trowbridge.wilts.sch.uk, who will be happy to answer any questions you may have.