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  • Letter From Mrs O'Rourke

    Published 06/03/26
    Dear Families, As we begin Term 4, it has been wonderful to see such a positive and purposeful start across the school. The children have returned with great enthusiasm for their learning and have been working hard in every classroom. We have been p
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  • St. John's School Wins Top Platinum Award for Outstanding Playtimes

    Published 06/03/26
    St. John’s School Wins Top Platinum Award for Outstanding Playtimes   St John’s Primary School in Trowbridge is celebrating after being awarded the OPAL Platinum Award, the highest level of accreditation in the Outdoor Play and Lea
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  • World Book Day

    Published 06/03/26
    World Book Day   Yesterday (Thursday 5th March), St John’s celebrated World Book Day in style! Children and staff arrived at school dressed as their favourite book characters, filling the classrooms with colour, creativity and excitement
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  • Letter From Mrs O'Rourke

    Published 13/02/26
    Dear Families, As we reach the end of Term 3, we pause to celebrate what has been a truly wonderful and productive term in our school community. Across every year group, we have seen so many examples of success, perseverance and incredible progress
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  • Year 4 Trip to Braeside

    Published 13/02/26
    Year 4 Trip to Braeside   Year 4s rose to the challenge of their residential stay at Braeside last week. It was more than the average school trip as children had to prepare themselves for a night away from home, a couple of days packed with ac
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  • Letter From Mrs O'Rourke

    Published 30/01/26
    Dear Families, As we journey through the darker months of January, I continue to be deeply impressed by the way our children are approaching their learning with such enthusiasm, resilience, and joy. Even on the coldest and greyest of days, the class
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  • Shepherd's Hut

    Published 30/01/26
    Shepherd's Hut   On Wednesday afternoon, we took delivery of a Shepherd's Hut! This Shepherd's hut has very kindly been paid for by the Friends of St John's. It will be positioned on our field and will be open to all children e
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  • Celebrating Our Children at Sunday Children's Mass

    Published 30/01/26
    Celebrating Our Children at Sunday Children’s Mass   Following Sunday’s Children’s Mass, we were delighted to receive a lovely message from a parishioner, praising the children who took part as readers, singers and musicians.
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  • Letter From Mrs O'Rourke

    Published 16/01/26
    Welcome to the New Term and New Year Dear Families, Happy New Year and welcome to the start of a new term and a new calendar year. As we begin this season together, we hope that the Christmas period offered your families time for rest, joy and refl
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  • Message From Mrs O'Rourke

    Published 16/01/26
    Winter Weather Preparedness   As we move further into the winter months, we kindly ask parents and carers to ensure that children come to school prepared for outdoor play in all weather conditions. Outdoor play is an important part of the sch
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  • OPAL Updates

    Published 16/01/26
    OPAL Updates Some fantastic new developments have begun all thanks to our incredible caretaker, Mr Browne. He has finished digging the area that will be our new dig pit and has begun work for our sand pit. More updates to follow, but an enormous tha
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  • Epiphany Blessing Of Classroom Doors

    Published 16/01/26
    Epiphany Blessing Of Classroom Doors   In various parts of the world, Epiphany is marked by the time-honoured tradition of chalking the doors. During the week, the Three Kings (members of our chaplaincy team) visited every classroom to bless e
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