Purple Pages

Issue 13 (9th December 2016)

Coming Up: 12th & 13th KS1 & KS2 Christmas Celebrations

14th Christmas Dinner (All years)

14th Christmas Carol Service, St. John’s Church, 1.45pm: 3B, 4C, 5MD, 6D

15th Christmas Carol Service, St. John’s Church, 1.45pm: 3S, 4F, 5M, 6B

16th Christmas Carol Service, St. John’s Church, 9am: EYFS & KS1

16th PTA Christmas Mufti (Please donate a £1 and wear Christmas-themed clothes!)

Message from the Headteacher:

Thank you all very much for coming to the Nativity plays this week; the children have made us very proud.

As this term draws to a close, we are very grateful to have enjoyed some super events and achievements

including our recognition as a Sports Games Gold Award, renewal of the Director of Public Health Award

and an endorsement from Ofsted of the work that we are doing.

We look forward at our carol services next week which we hope you can attend. Please remember us also

when you shop at Tesco!

Next Friday, we will have a Christmas-themed mufti day. For the privilege of not wearing school uniform.

please donate £1 towards the PTA fundraising project to purchase playground equipment.

We wish you all a lovely weekend.

Mrs. Claire Mirams,

Headteacher

The next Talk Topic is…

Tell us about one thing you

want to learn about?

PLEASE NOTE:

From the start of next term, we will no longer be sending out

paper copies of Purple Pages and they will be sent out via e-

mail. If you haven’t done so already, please ensure you

provide the School Office with your e-mail address. Purple

Pages are also available to view on the school website:

www.st-johnscofe.bathnes.sch.uk

Christmas Lanterns - A Reminder Please could all Christmas lanterns be in

school for Monday 12th December so that the

children can display them prior to the services.

E-mails & Mobile Numbers It is vital that we have your up-to date contact

information, particularly if we need to contact you in an

emergency. Please could you ensure that you inform the

school office of any changes, or if you wish to check the

information we currently have. You can e-mail the School

Office with any changes on:

office@stjohnsmsn.co.uk

Tesco Bags of Help

Please support us raise money with the Tesco Bags of Help scheme to purchase a

piece of climbing equipment for the nursery.

To vote, you will need to make a purchase within store of any value. You will

receive one token per transaction and it's not necessary to purchase a carrier

bag in order to receive a token.

Payments A reminder that we need all payments to

school to have been made by the end of

the term please. This includes all dinner

money, instrument tuition and trip money.

Stars of the Week This week’s Stars of the Week are:

Reception Liv K for amazing singing in Nativity rehearsals.

Bobby W for amazing effort and singing in the Nativity.

Year 1 Isaac T for fantastic progress in reading and super instrument playing in our Nativity.

Milo B for his fantastic attitude to all his work.

Year 2 Cerys P for her dedication and commitment in her role of the very hopeless camel.

Ella R for standing in as a wise man (very last minute) in Nativity and doing a brilliant

job!

Year 3 Dylan K for fantastic writing.

William E for taking part in class discussions and working hard.

Year 4 Samara F for her positive attitude and wonderful personality.

Charlie S for working hard to produce high quality creative work in Art and English

Year 5 Benjy F for really imaginative and engaging Big Write.

Sonny C for outstanding sportsmanship all week.

Year 6 Harijs B for some super make do and mend work on Wednesday.

Peaches C for her make do and mend project.

Year 2 Forest School

Year 2 have been looking at materials this term, so during our Forest School session we looked at the

different textures we could find in the woodland.

We had a long list including: prickly, mushy, sharp, bristly, bumpy, powdery, spongy and coarse. As you

can imagine some were harder to find than others, but in the end with lots of investigating the

environment we managed to find them all.

The challenge was then on to make a picture using natural materials which included as many textures as

possible. As you can see from the pictures, the children rose to the challenge and produced amazing

textural pictures.

Nativity Productions

We have been very lucky to have two wonderful versions of the Christmas story performed in school

this week. With dress rehearsals for the school and performances for parents, Christmas is definitely in

the air. A big thank you to everyone who attended and supported our Nativity productions of 'The

Hopeless Camel' and 'Prickly Hay.' A huge well done to all the children and their teachers, as well as

parents who have helped with costumes and learning lines and all the songs. The children loved

performing for you and we think you will agree that they were superstars!

Top Table The nominations for the top table next Monday are:

After Christmas, we will be inviting the children in the Reception classes to join the top table as a reward

for good lunchtime behaviour. As a reminder, If children are nominated, they can bring a friend of their

choice to the top table with them.

Year 1 Year 2 Year 3 Year 4 Year 5 Year 6

Eva W

Devon B

Tahlia-Lea S

Jack T

Madeleine P

Aeron K

Lily W

Jaydon B

Timothy D

Joseph D

Tristian D

Jake W

PTA News

After School Christmas Pop Shop Hopefully next week we will have a dry day when we are able to open the pocket money stall after

school, including Christmassy items, i.e. letters to Santa, reindeer Food.

Christmas Crafts After School Tuesday 13th December Thank you to all those that have signed up for this event.

We are looking forward to having fun with the children making Christmas Crafts for them to take

home and decorate your homes.

Upcoming events

Film Nights During January we will be running after school film nights.

Tuesday 10th, 17th, 24th and 31st.

More Details to follow!

Family Bingo Night

Date for your diary - Friday 3rd February

Extra-curricular Clubs

The following clubs WILL NOT be running next week:

KS1 Tennis (Thursday). The club will resume on Thursday 12th January.

Cross Country. Tonight (Friday 9th) will be the last cross country this term.

Year 3 & 4 Athletics

Fun Maths

Netball

KS1 Multi-Sports

KS2 Athletics

The following clubs WILL be running as usual next week:

Monday: Year 1 & 2 Dance

Year 3 & 4 Football

Tuesday: KS2 Tennis

Wednesday: Just Dance (Years 1 & 2)

Thursday: Year 5 & 6 Football

Film Club

The football clubs will start back again the week commencing 9th January.

Full details regarding clubs and recommencement dates will be included in next week’s Purple Pages.

If you have any queries regarding clubs, please contact the School Office.

Year 6 Finale Day

On Wednesday, Year 6 thoroughly enjoyed their

Britain at War finale. They all looked fantastic in their

outfits and it was lovely to see the effort they had

gone to in preparing props to help them get into

character. In the morning a range of activities from

games to cookery and speech giving took place but

the favourite activity for many was the make do and

mend task. We saw some fantastic creations such as

wallets, cushions and even a pair of shorts! We hope

you enjoy looking at a few of the pictures from the

day!