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Y6 Ice Cream

Tue 13 Jun 2023

Year 6 children had an amazing treat this sunny afternoon when Noodles ice cream van turned up on the playground. As a post SATs treat, each child (and staff) in Year 6 received an ice cream, which was thoroughly enjoyed by all, for some it was their first experience of an ice cream from a van. A huge thank you goes to Noodles and the staff that organised it, the children were very grateful, especially on such a warm Friday.

Coronation Celebrations

Wed 10 May 2023

Throughout the week, children have been learning all about our new King, decorating bunting for the windows and creating their very own crowns.

The celebrations then came together when the children arrived in school wearing lots of red, white and blue. During the morning, everyone attended a whole school service at St John’s church, led by Andrew Norris and Mr Priestley (Headteacher). The service was filled with stories, memories, bible readings, prayers and songs.

Children then were treated to a coronation tea party where they enjoyed specially made cupcakes, biscuits and juice with their friends together in classes and the school hall. Before the children headed home, each one received a Coronation badge from Wellington Town council, and a coronation badge made by a member of staff.

“Today has been a brilliant celebration for the whole school as we are about to experience, for the first time for all of our staff and pupils, the coronation of our new reigning monarch. Hopefully today, will be one the children remember in years to come with great fondness.”

Ofsted Report 2023

Wed 03 May 2023

Ofsted report

Visit from Wellington Town Mayor

Mon 17 Apr 2023

We had a special visit today from the Wellington Town Mayor. He delivered celebration gold coins that have been donated by Wellington Town Council to commemorate the upcoming coronation of King Charles III on Saturday 6th May. We have one coin for every child in our school that we will distribute nearer the time.

Sport Festival

Fri 31 Mar 2023

Year 4 children from St John’s C of E Primary school, joined other primary schools at Wellington School Sports Hall today for a morning full of sports.

The children had a fantastic time, taking part in many different activities, all based around various bat and ball games. They did volleyball, ping pong, badminton, tennis and other games, sometimes using very large beach balls and balloons!

It was a thoroughly enjoyable morning for all children and staff.

Students told their teacher, “It was brilliant fun, and I’d love to go again. I’m really hoping we can do some of these activities at school during P.E.”

World Book Day

Fri 03 Mar 2023

St John’s celebrate World Book Day all Week!

Children and staff at St John’s Church of England Primary school have immersed themselves into books everyday this past week. Throughout the week, each class has worked on a different fairy tale, learning the story, recreating their own version, creating artwork and even using the story to develop their maths skills.

Then on Thursday 2nd March, they celebrated World Book day by either dressing up as a favourite book character, or as a word. So many children and staff took part in this celebration, and many even had fun making their own outfit. The school became filled with many famous book and comic book characters, fairy tales, princesses and princes and words such as ‘colourful’ and ‘intuitive’. The day finished off with an assembly, whereby a child from each class was presented with a certificate for their outfit, their dedication to the character and for some who made their outfits all by themselves at home.

Teaching staff have commented “The children had a brilliant day in their costumes, and it was amazing to see the effort they had all made to become a character or word. The quality of their art and writing this week has been phenomenal and we cannot wait to have it put on display for all to enjoy.”