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

• Y3 Egyptian Day

  Wed 12 Jun 2019

  Year 3 enjoyed an Ancient Egyptian experience which we learnt a lot from. We experienced making bandages for mummies, canopic jars out of clay, salt dough bread, soap carving and perfume as well as a eating a sumptuous banquet in the afternoon with entertainment such as the Dance of the Wax Crocodile. During the afternoon the children were either the entertainers as dancers, actors or mime artists or they acted the part of the slaves serving the food. Some of the children formed part of the Pharaoh's entourage and were the Pharaoh, his Queen and royal food tasters. Year 3 were totally immersed in the day and really looked the part in their amazing costumes. We are very thankful to the PFA as we used our enrichment funding from them to pay for the day.

  

• School Summer Concert

  Tue 11 Jun 2019

  On Tuesday 11 June, our School Summer Music Concert took place.  The concert began (& ended) with massed choirs involving around 150 children from both key stages.  Soloists, ocarina and recorder players and choirs took to the stage and performed brilliantly.  There were many proud parents and teachers present!

  

• Year 4 Greek Day 2019

  Tue 11 Jun 2019

  Year 4 had an exciting visit to the agora in Ancient Athens. We started our day by hearing that the Persians had invaded Marathon and all the craftsmen had left the city. We were to be apprentices for the day – we learnt to make charms, pots, wax tablets and carve soap.

  After lunch, we rehearsed some plays, poems and created a Greek dance. We then performed during a luxurious feast. It was an amazing experience and one that we will never forget.

  

• 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.

• YR - Puppet Making

  Fri 15 Mar 2019 Emma Gilham

  Last Thursday, Reception had the most amazing day making large puppets out of recycled materials. We would like to thank Mrs Harris, a parent in Rowan Class, for arranging such a brilliant opportunity for the children. They were all truly inspired by Lucy, an artist, and Russell, a puppeteer. They spent all day working together to create their masterpieces. Reception innovated the story of Goldilocks and the Three Bears and thought of new ‘baddies’ to create. Rowan class chose to make Night Ninja from PJ Masks, Holly class made a green goblin and Sycamore made a lion. The children’s creativity flowed all day. A huge thank you to everyone involved.

  

• Year R welcome visitors!

  Wed 13 Feb 2019

  Year R have been so excited to welcome more visitors to school this term. Last week, Ms Xin Yi (Cheri’s mum) helped the children celebrate Chinese New Year. The children heard all about this year being the Year of the Pig. They enjoyed making Chinese dragons and writing Chinese numbers. The highlight of the afternoon was eating a Chinese feast of dumplings, prawn crackers, rice, noodles and spring rolls. The children were fortunate enough to be given a red envelope which contained a chocolate coin to give them good luck in the coming year. We would like to say a huge thank you to Ms Xin Yi, who kindly cooked the food for the children and treated them to such a wonderful afternoon. The children loved learning about Chinese New Year. Gong xi fa cai!

   

  This week, the children were treated to a visit from Miss Saunders (Oliver’s mum) and Alex who are cabin crew and a pilot for TUI airlines. The children were fascinated as they heard about how passengers are looked after and kept safe with the help of cabin crew. Alex then told us how his boyhood dream of flying aeroplanes became reality when he trained to become a pilot. Again, the children were treated with very generous gifts from our visitors – the children were given model aeroplanes to construct and paint, some pilot hats for our role-play area and a sticker! Thank you so much Miss Saunders and Alex for coming to see us.

  

• Bloco Fogo Drumming Workshop

  Wed 13 Feb 2019

  On Thursday 7^th February, Bloco Fogo came in to lead Year 5 in a samba drumming workshop. This fitted in perfectly with Year 5’s current theme of “Carnival”. The children were able to use lots of different types of drums and different rhythms to build up a great samba sound! There were some rhymes to help remember the different types of rhythms to use for each drum; they kept us chanting all day!

  

• School is open

  Fri 01 Feb 2019

  The school is open today, 1st February 2019

  We recommend that children bring a spare pair of socks, a change of shoes (preferably wellies or similar) and a change of trousers (eg: tracksuit bottoms or waterproof trousers).