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

• Oliver!

  Tue 21 May 2019

  On Tuesday 21^st May, the Drama club gave a phenomenal performance of Oliver the musical. They all worked so hard and the professional standard of their acting, singing and dancing meant that they wowed their audiences. We are so proud of them all and they are all stars. Thank you for taking us on an exciting journey through Victorian London.

  

• Football Tounament

  Sat 18 May 2019

  On Saturday 18th May, 3 teams from St John's took part in the Tunbridge Wells School’s Football Tournament. The teams were: the boys’ A team in the large school’s cup; the B team (as they did so well in the league they were entered into the medium school’s cup); and the girls’ team playing in the girls’ cup.

   

  Here is Mr Bradbeer's tournament report...

   

  Going into the last group game, the girls had already qualified for the final and both boys’ teams had a chance of advancing. The A’ team had played very well as a team, but lost their last game against the eventual winners: Paddock Wood. The B team qualified comfortably after a few nervy opening minutes. Yet again the girls faced St James’, who we beat in the last tournament and just pipped to win the league. Unfortunately on this occasion they proved to be too strong for us.

  The B team, who were playing their final at the same time as the girls’, went one nil down but the boys didn’t lose heart and, after all-out attack, the player of the tournament and captain, James Croker, equalised. Unbeknown to us until a minute before the game, there would be no penalties, but instead there was a new format to decide the winner: 3v3, sudden-death and no Goal Keeper allowed. After nearly conceding inside 10 seconds, the 3 chosen boys kept the ball well to give Miles a chance to finish into an empty net; cue pitch invasion! The video can be viewed here... https://st-johns-cofe-primary-school-kent.primarysite.media/playlist/football-tournament-2019

   

  I was very proud of how the 3 teams played and supported each other. 2 cup finals and 3 trophies for our teams this year. Well done everyone!

  Mr Bradbeer

  

• Bikability

  Fri 17 May 2019

  The Year 6 Bike-ability pupils really enjoyed learning how to ride safely on the road. As part of this, you were taught how to keep your bike in good condition. Doing Bike-ability helped to encourage more students to ride their bike more often. Bike-ability included three lessons; the first one was on the top-playground in the school to learn road signs and to indicate round corners. The last 2 lessons were on the road so the instructors could test us to see if we were reliable and safe when riding a bike. Bike-ability involved lots of risk taking but the instructors were there to help us. Every time new things were learnt, going back to the basics was key. Lots of people overcame their fears of riding a bike; we are very thankful for the time and effort the instructors have put in to help us to feel more confident when riding on the road.

  Written by two delightful Y6 students.