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

• Amazing Year Two India Day

  Wed 30 Jan 2019
  On Monday 28^th January, Year 2 spent a day immersed in Indian culture. Dressed in traditional colourful costumes, they sampled a range of Indian cuisine, created their own Indian crafts and goodies and were decorated in beautiful mendhi. The most amazing part of the day for so many of the children was the Bollywood dance workshops where the children learned three dances which were later performed to their families. Well done to all parents and grandparents who also took part in the show. The school hall was buzzing with an Indian festival atmosphere!

  

• Roots to Food Visit St. John’s to talk about Health & Wellbeing

  Fri 18 Jan 2019

  On Thursday 17^th January, all the children in the school took part in a workshop focussed on health and wellbeing. Reception, Year One and Two took part in a lively conversation about healthy foods and practised an exercise routine before trying a delicious fruit smoothie. Years Three through to Six had an afternoon of fun, competitive cooking demonstrations with teacher and children volunteers competing against each other to create delicious meals. You can find the recipes here. 

  Please visit www.rootstofood.com for more details.

• 'It's a Baby' in the news

  Wed 19 Dec 2018

  Well done to all the children who appeared in the Reception and Year 1 production of 'It's a Baby'. Photographs are now available to view in the gallery section of the website and one was featured in this week's Times Local newspaper. You can view the edition by visiting their website. https://www.timeslocalnews.co.uk/tunbridge-wells-digital/read-the-times-of-tunbridge-wells-19th-december-2018

   

• Lower School Choir Performance at Southwark Cathedral

  Thu 29 Nov 2018
  On Thursday 27th November our Lower School Choir took part in a wonderful Christmas Carol Concert at Southwark Cathedral. The concert was organised by, and in aid of Barnardo's. The children sang their own song as well as a selection of songs as part of a mixed school choir. They were absolutely superb and the event was enjoyed by all who attended. Photographs can be viewed in the Gallery section of the website and a video of them singing 'That's what Christmas means to me' can be viewed here... https://st-johns-cofe-primary-school-kent.primarysite.media/playlist/lower-school-choir-performance-at-southwark-cathed 

• Royal Victoria Place Display

  Fri 16 Nov 2018
  Some of the work produced by children in Key Stage 2 during our WW1 Remembrance week is being displayed at Royal Victoria Place shopping centre. The display is located under the escalator, near the soft play area. We are incredibly proud of the children and the high quality work they have created. Please do pop down there and take a look!

• Remembrance

  Fri 09 Nov 2018

  This week we have been thinking about the centenary of the End of World War One. The whole school took part in lots of activities to help us explore what happened and why it is important to remember. Keep an eye on the gallery section for photographs coming soon.

  On Friday we held a special Remembrance worship; we were joined by Mr and Mrs Sage who represent the Royal British Legion and brought the standard; and also Mr Richardson from the Salvation Army who played the Last Post on his bugle. Some of the children read prayers and shared  their writing including poems and a diary entry.

   

• Radio Kent Interview - Choir Performance

  Tue 02 Oct 2018

  Four members of our junior choir were interviewed live on BBC Radio Kent today in advance of their performance with international singing group Tenors Unlimited on Saturday 6th October. The children spoke of their excitement about the performance, what they enjoy about singing and their hopes for the future. The children also chatted to Tenors Unlimited member and former St John's pupil, Jem Sharples.

   

  Click here to listen to the interview...

   

• St John's Staff Summer Dance 2018

  Mon 23 Jul 2018

  St John's staff have once again been dancing in the corridors, playgrounds and classrooms to celebrate the start of the summer holidays. 

   

  Click here to view the video.

• Summer Maths Challenge

  Fri 20 Jul 2018

  Summer Maths Challenge

  There’s still time to sign up to the Summer Maths Challenge!

  The challenge is to complete 15 short maths practice sessions which are based on the National Curriculum for the school year your child has just completed. These ‘little and often’ sessions are perfectly crafted to sharpen maths skills without getting in the way of summer relaxation - and without keeping children at the screen for too long.

   

  Our school has been given a unique code to enter onto komodomath.com/summer so that you can access these practice sessions completely free of charge.

   

  Our code is: SLSTJOHNSCE

   

  All you have to do is visit komodomath.com/summer and enter this code in the ‘voucher code’ field when you sign up on the page.

   

  It’s quick, it’s free, it won’t take too much time and we really believe that participating in this initiative will have tangible benefits for our pupils.

• Inclusion Day

  Fri 15 Jun 2018

  On Friday 15th June the whole school took part in our first ever annual Inclusion Day. We had some wonderful outside speakers including Al Carter from the Chailey Heritage Foundation, pupils from Valence School and two assistance dogs from Canine Partners.

   

  Two of our own amazing pupils also helped us to understand more about our school values of Inclusivity and Empathy, our very own ‘superheroes!’

   

  Visit our Inclusion Day page to see photographs and videos from the day. http://www.st-johns.kent.sch.uk/inclusion-day-2018/