The School Day
8.40am Doors open for EYFS, KS1 & KS2 8.45am Registers close
8.45am School starts
9.05am Assembly in the Church (apart from Wednesday, see Assemblies at St John’s)
10.15 - 10.30am EYFS & KS1 breaktime
10.35 - 10.50am KS2 breaktime
12.00pm - 1.00pm Lunch EYFS & KS1
12.30pm - 1.25pm Lunch KS2
2.30pm - 2.45pm EYFS & KS1 breaktime
3.15pm End of the school day for EYFS, KS1 and KS2
Our School Clubs
We are immensely proud at St John’s with the vast range of extra-curricular activities we offer our pupils. We have a variety of sporting clubs as well as art club and a French club. Details of these are published on a termly basis. Most happen after school although Lingotots takes place during lunchtime.
Collective Worship
St John’s is a voluntary controlled Church of England school. Although we teach the six main world religions, we celebrate Christianity on a daily basis. Our assemblies reflect our rich and varied Christian heritage whilst drawing upon the beliefs and festivals of other cultures in a bid to increase the children’s knowledge and understanding.
In our 2018 Inspection the Church of England Inspector wrote:
Collective worship is important to the whole community and contributes significantly to the Christian ethos of the school. Parents and pupils readily recall recent sessions which have made an impression on them, particularly the weekly journey through the Bible. The excellent adaptations to the church building have created a flexible space which is warm and welcoming whilst retaining an atmosphere of reverence. Pupils enter with a sense of expectation. A range of strategies, including effective use of information technology is used to engage them in worship. They respond with enthusiasm and confidence to question and answers sessions and opportunities to take an active part. Pupils enjoy the hymns they sing and have excellent recall of their favourites. One parent said that his son insisted on taking his hymn book on holiday.
Prayers are said every day in assembly and in class before lunch and home time.
Parents may make a request to withdraw a child from assemblies and religious education. Such a request would need to be discussed with the Headteacher.