Latest News

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

• Length of Service Assembly

  Wed 15 Jan 2020

  On Wednesday 15th January we held a special assembly to celebrate our long standing members of staff. The children created wonderful 'world clouds' for each celebrated staff member to highlight the impact they have had at the school. 

   

  Please take a look at the PowerPoint presentation which was played at the assembly: https://st-johns-cofe-primary-school-kent.primarysite.media/media/length-of-service-assembly-january-2020 

• Choir Visit to Hale Court Residential Home

  Mon 09 Dec 2019

  On Friday 6th December, 30 members of the upper school choir performed for a local residential home, Hale Court. The children were truly outstanding as they sung their hearts out for a 30 minute performance, with unfailing energy and enthusiasm throughout. The residents were utterly delighted by their 'afternoon treat' and thoroughly enjoyed speaking with the children, who they described as 'such lovely, chatty, talented children', whilst they all enjoyed tea and cake! Mrs Wilson couldn't have been prouder of their performance. Special thanks to Mrs Parish for her support with choir club, Mrs Styles for joining the choir on the day with her dulcet tones and Mr Turvey for his driving and photography skills!

  

• Latest in Football News

  Tue 15 Oct 2019

  Girls teams:

   

  The girls had their first competition together at Hawkenbury Astroturf. The girls just missed out on the final after drawing their last game- they needed a win but couldn’t get a goal against Southborough. Special mention to Tessa for her super effort and Cerys who played in her first ever match in goal!

   

  After a very close battle (again) against Southborough, St John’s had a free kick with just 3 minutes of the match remaining - Emma curled the ball into the top corner ‘Beckham-esq’ to give us the win (see photo reel). Special mention to Vreni and Mabel who started to help set up attacks. We look forward to the season ahead.

   

  Boys teams:

   

  On Wednesday the A-Team began the season with a good start in the ESFA Primary Schools Tournament.  The goals were spread across the team and our efforts in playing "our way" were evident throughout.  Special mention to Rufus who not only scored on his debut but also got injured whilst bravely closing down the opposition!

   

  Thursday saw the B-Team take on Southborough School in game which we dominated from start to finish. Goals from Denny, Max & Albert meant that the boys finished up as 5-0 winners.  Xavier was Man of the Match with an outstanding performance on the ball.  Thank you to all the supporters across both matches!

   

   

  

• Tunbridge Wells in Bloom 2019 - St. John's wins Gold!

  Mon 30 Sep 2019

  Children from St. John’s were once again invited to the TW in Bloom Schools Awards Ceremony, which took place last Thursday. For their amazing Bee Art Posters, Abeer, Hector and Tilly were presented with certificates and goodie bags. For our school garden, we were delighted to once again receive a Gold award and overall winners trophy. Representing all the children from this years Gardening Club, George, Molly and Nathan stepped forward to receive a certificate and trophy. We also won, garden vouchers, seeds, bulbs and a trowel, all of these will be put to good use by current and future Gardening Club members. A big thanks to all those involved!

  

• 2018-19 Sports achievements & celebrations

  Tue 23 Jul 2019

  Overview of our successes:
   

  • Rounders – 1^st and 3rd
  • Orienteering - 1st and 2nd in all categories
  • Rugby - 1st
  • Handball - 1st in Tunbridge Wells and 9th in Kent
  • Girls’ Basketball - 1st
  • Mixed Basketball - 3rd
  • Netball - A team came 2nd (only losing 1 match)
  • Football (Girls, B Team, etc.) –

  Girls won the league

  B team came 1st in the tournament and 2nd in the league

  • Cross-country - Rachel came first in the girls' category
  • Cheerleading – Placed as “successful”
  • Swimming - 4th and Eve came second in the diving
  • Colour Dash - Rachel placed first in the girls' category

  

• Staff Video!

  Mon 22 Jul 2019
  Check out our staff video for Summer, 2019: https://st-johns-cofe-primary-school-kent.primarysite.media/

• Orienteering Festival

  Fri 05 Jul 2019

  On Thursday the 5^th July, members of Year 5 and 6 took part in the Tunbridge Wells Orienteering Festival held at Dunorlan Park. They had some experience of orienteering around the school sight but they had not experienced anything on this scale. The children were fantastic, working brilliantly within in their teams and did the school proud. Three of the five teams won in their category with the other two teams coming second to other St John’s teams. We will certainly be back next year!

• Y5 Fieldwork day

  Thu 27 Jun 2019

  Year 5 enjoyed using their geography skills to investigate land use in Tunbridge Wells and the different types of houses in Cunningham Road.  Thanks to the parents who walked with us.

  

• Pentathlon on 20.06.19

  Thu 20 Jun 2019

  Last Wednesday some children from years 1 & 2 were invited to Tonbridge School to participate in a KS1 Pentathlon competition.  

  The children had great fun testing their throwing & jumping skills but particularly really enjoyed racing on the proper running track!  

  Each of them represented the School brilliantly and were very proud of themselves.

  

• Orchestra Workshop

  Thu 13 Jun 2019

  On Thursday 13 June, lots of local primary schools came to St. John's to take part in an Orchestra Workshop.  Members of Tunbridge Wells Symphony Orchestra worked with groups of children and then a full orchestral rehearsal took place.  The orchestra involved 90 children and around 30 adults.  They sounded fabulous!