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

• Children’s Rosary

  Fri 17 May 2024

  Children’s Rosary

   

  Pupils in Year 6 would like to offer the Children’s Rosary to children at lunchtime next week.

   

  The will be leading prayer groups and will welcome all who wish to join them.

   

   

   

• Rail Safety Workshops

  Fri 17 May 2024

  Rail Safety Workshops

   

  Key Stage 1 took part in rail safety workshops this week learning how to be safe on and  off of a train. This was in preparation for their train trip to Bradford-on-Avon next week. 

   

  

• Class 5 Liturgy on Tuesday 14th May 2024

  Fri 17 May 2024

  Class 5 Liturgy on Tuesday 14th May 2024

   

  Class 5 were delighted to share their Liturgy with their parents and   families this week. The focus of the Liturgy was about 'following in the footsteps of Jesus.' Thank you to Canon Tom for leading the Liturgy and for all family members for joining. 

   

   

  

• Whole School Mass in Church on Thursday 9th May 2023

  Fri 10 May 2024

  Whole School Mass in Church on Thursday 9th May 2023

   

  On the Feast of the Ascension the whole school gathered to celebrate a beautiful Mass in church with Canon Tom and the parishioners. Once again, the children were wonderful ambassadors of our school values and showed reverence and joy in their responses, singing and behaviour.

   

  Well done to everyone and thank you to the parents and grandparents who were able to join us.             

   

• Trowbridge Youth Parliament

  Fri 03 May 2024

  Trowbridge Youth Parliament

   

  This month’s Trowbridge Youth Parliament meeting was hosted by Staverton   Primary School. Our representatives, Rose and Bea worked collaboratively with two pupils from Paxcroft School during an exercise using trust and consideration to guide a blindfolded partner around an obstacle course. TYP voted on their Big Project for Trowbridge (to be announced) which will run through to next year.

   

   

  

• Year 6 Reading Champions Visit to Toppings & Co Bookshop

  Fri 03 May 2024

  Year 6 Reading Champions Visit to Toppings & Co Bookshop

   

  Last Thursday, our Year 6 Reading Champions enjoyed a trip to Topping & Co Bookshop in Bath. They met with professional booksellers who gave advice on being librarians, recommending books and how to encourage a love of reading in our school.  The pupils came away with  lots of ideas   for our library including ways to display books.

  As a special treat – each child chose a reading book to take home. These books were bought by St. John’s School to thank the pupils for all their hard work this year.

   

  

• LKS2 Trip to Trowbridge Library on Wednesday 24th April 2024

  Fri 26 Apr 2024

  LKS2 Trip to Trowbridge Library on Wednesday 24th April 2024

   

  LKS2 had a fantastic trip to Trowbridge Library this week. Tracy Hager shared the awe and wonder of books with us and the importance of  developing a love of reading from a very early age and the impact it has on everyone’s life opportunities. The library is free to all from the moment you are born and it was so easy for us to take out a book. Read, read and read some more!!!

   

  

• Litter Picking

  Fri 19 Apr 2024

  Litter Picking

   

  On Tuesday afternoon Helping Hands and Class 5 teamed up to litter pick along Wingfield road as part of the Great British Spring Clean.

  The children were wonderful ambassadors of St Johns and were described as “Local Hero’s” by one member of the public.

  We have now logged our total litter collection on the Great British Spring Clean website and will hear shortly how much litter was collected throughout Wiltshire.

   

  

• Prayer/Reflection Garden

  Fri 19 Apr 2024

  Prayer/Reflection Garden

   

  We are excited to have started work on the creation of our school Prayer/Reflection garden. The area was very overgrown as you can see in the pictures below. Phase one to clear the area began over the Easter holidays and its now much easier to see the space we have to work with. Over the coming months we will be working with our grounds contractors Idverde to landscape the area and plant hedging. In order to keep costs down, there will be an opportunity for families to ‘sponsor a plant’ which will be celebrated on a plaque within the garden. We will keep you posted on our progress.

   

  Before and Now

   

  

• World Reading Challenge Passport

  Fri 19 Apr 2024

  World Reading Challenge Passport

   

  During Term 5 all children will be invited to participate in the Mission Together Reading Challenge 'Words for Our World'.

   

  The children's mission is to read their way around the world! They can do this by reading books based on the five Mission Rosary continents or by earning travel miles by reading each day. Reading books from the continents will help us to learn about the world we all share, and how we can support our global family through prayer and action.

   

  Look out for the reading booklet that will be included inside each child's reading  record next week.