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The Magical Wood appears!

Thu 11 Jun 2020

The children had never seen it before! It appeared as if by magic! As the Reception children returned to school last week, a new Magical Wood had appeared in the Early Years playground. However, although it is called the Magical Wood, and it is rather magical, it didn’t appear from out of nowhere. A lot of hard work was put in to create this amazing new feature of our Early Years outside area. Built by Woodland Venture, it encompasses an amazing growing area and story circle. Once built, with the hard work and vision of Heather Roberts, the woods were brought to life. A huge thank you to Heather and her husband, who spent many hours creating the wonderful vegetable beds and cutting back foliage to give our new plants some light. Also, many thanks to Kelly Bryant who made some wonderful fairy doors which will be added to our woods soon.

Presentation - School reopening plans

Tue 26 May 2020

Please click on this link to peruse our presentation regarding the reopening of school plan for YR, Y1 and Y6, along with children of key workers.

St. John's staff - Guess Who!!

Wed 20 May 2020

The staff have been thinking of ways to stay connected with you during lockdown. Can you guess who we are from these photos of us when we were small?

Sending the best of wishes to you all, big and small!

https://st-johns-cofe-primary-school-kent.primarysite.media/media/st-johns-staff-guess-who

Another message from Mr Turvey

Sat 02 May 2020

Mr Turvey says hello and reads a story of thankfulness.

https://st-johns-cofe-primary-school-kent.primarysite.media/media/another-message-from-mr-turvey

St. John's staff take on the toilet roll challenge!

Wed 29 Apr 2020

The staff at St. John's have been trying to keep active and connected while we are all having to stay at home. We thought you might enjoy our version of the toilet roll challenge - we had to 'pass' a toilet roll from person to person. This is our way of saying hello to you all. We hope you enjoy watching...who can you spot?

https://st-johns-cofe-primary-school-kent.primarysite.media/media/st-johns-staff-take-on-the-toilet-roll-challenge

Cooking inspiration from Independent Catering

Wed 29 Apr 2020

Our catering company, Independent Catering, have been busy making videos to inspire you all to get cooking at home.

Here is a message from them...

We hope you are keeping well in these very difficult circumstances.

Some of our chefs have been keeping busy by cooking at home, some with their children. Below are two YouTube links where you can see some tasty and healthy recipes that maybe you can try at home with your family, if you are fortunate enough to have them around you.

There are many more videos on our website just click on the link www.independentcatering.co.uk and click on ‘Chef Zone’.

They are also available on YouTube, where you can view, subscribe and share. They will keep you occupied for weeks!

Click on the videos below:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cts40TVyypY

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zgBN9CNqq14

We hope you enjoy them and we are soon back at school making them for the children!

A message from Mr Turvey

Mon 27 Apr 2020

Please follow the link below to view a video message from Mr Turvey.

https://st-johns-cofe-primary-school-kent.primarysite.media/media/a-message-from-mr-turvey

Fly a Flag for the Commonwealth Ceremony - Monday 9 March

Thu 12 Mar 2020

Monday 9 March was Commonwealth Day, with events taking place across the world to promote understanding on global issues, and international co-operation. Our Year 5 and 6 School Councillors joined children from across the town at the Town Hall for a special flag raising ceremony. The children met the Mayor of Tunbridge Wells, Councillor James Scholes, and also the Mayoress and a Deputy Lieutenant. They took part in an affirmation to the Commonwealth and also heard a special message from the Queen. They then spent some time asking the Mayor questions and learning about the Mayoral chain, badge, robes and Mace. It was a very special occasion and the children were a real credit to the school.

Youth Town Forum

Fri 06 Mar 2020

On Wednesday 4^th March, four ambassadors for St. John’s attended the launch of a brand new Youth Town Forum. The children had been chosen from a large number of Year 5 and 6 pupils who applied for the role and all four did a wonderful job of representing the views of children at our school. The Youth Town Forum has been created by the Town Forum so that they can engage younger voices and get their views on how the town should move forward.

The group were particularly keen to focus on environmental issues such as reducing Carbon emissions and plastic use, however a range of other topics were also raised. The forum met in the main chamber at the Town Hall, with children from several schools (both primary and secondary) taking turns to share their views. Representatives of the Town Forum were also there to share information about how the Town Forum works and campaigns they are currently involved in. The children all spoke passionately and clearly about what they thought, coming up with many suggestions the Town Forum were keen to explore further.

Over the next few weeks our ambassadors will be listening to the ideas of other children in our school, ready to take them forward to their next Youth Town Forum meeting after Easter. This is an exciting opportunity for St. John’s pupils to learn about and become involved in issues which affect our local community and we can’t wait to see what ideas the Forum come up with.