Parent Updates

Friday 20th December 2024

Good afternoon Parents and Carers,  

Thank you so much for all the support you have given the school this half term. 

Christmas fair 

Thank you for your generosity, we really appreciate it. You gave us so many donations of chocolate, toiletries and bottles for our Christmas fair we were quite overwhelmed! Thank you for coming to our Christmas Fair which was a lovely event- we raised £2132, an amazing amount of money! 

Thank you to all the staff and Governors who stayed and worked all the stalls and to the parents who came in in the two or three weeks beforehand to help prepare the fair- we are very grateful.  

SJB Choir 

The choir visited two local care homes and entertained the residents with their beautiful carol singing. The Mini Vinnies also made Christmas cards for the residents which they all loved. The choirs have also performed in our last couple of Advent assemblies. The choir also sang at the Parish Carol concert at church a couple of weeks ago, getting us all in the Christmassy moodWe are very proud of them for their performances and ability to bring such joy to others.  

Guardian Angels 

Our Guardian Angels are growing in strength to strength each week as they lead the Gospel assemblies with me. They are becoming great speakers and their confidence is developing beautifully. The rest of the school enjoy listening to other people in assembly as it keeps them engaged.  

Other assemblies across the week are being lead by a variety of children in all year groups ensuring that they are fully inclusive and engaging.  

Our Guardian Angels led our first ever ‘Advent Stay and Pray’ after school for parents, staff and children. It was a lovely calming, spiritual occasion for all those who attended. We will do more of these in the future.  

Bag2School 

Thank you to all those who donated clothes for Bag2School, we received £60 for it.  

Rabbi Moshi 

This term we had a visit from Rabbi Moshi who led a super assembly teaching the children about Judaism. He was extremely interesting and informative and he brought the children’s Judaism lessons to life.  

With Jesus in our hearts we love, pray, learn and play- our mission statement 

Father Murphy visited us to help us compose and song about for our mission statement. He worked with our Year 2 children and members of our Faith Teams to create the song. It is a brilliant song and I am looking forward to the whole school learning it. Look out for a video of the song on Instagram.  

Year 1 trip to the Science and Industry Museum 

Year 1 really enjoyed their visit to the museum. It was a fantastic ‘hands-on’ experience and really interactive. They were keen and eager to get involved and we were very proud of their behaviour. Well done Year 1!  

Talented singers and actors!  

We had an amazing performance last week from Nursery and Reception with ‘Everybody loves a baby!’ The children sang beautifully and delivered their lines confidently, and of course they all looked beautiful in their costumes. A huge well done to all the children and staff for their hard work in preparing their nativity. Thank you also to the parents/carers who were able to join us for these.  

Year 1 and 2’s performance of ‘The Big Little Nativity’ was fantastic and we were all so proud of their acting and singing. It was funny and entertaining!   

Year 5 and 6’s performance at their Carol Service was superb. It was a beautiful service which celebrated the birth of baby Jesus. Year 6 read clearly and with confidence and Year 5 acted well and created a brilliant tableau.  

Thanks to all the parents and families supporting these events, it was lovely to see so many of you.  

Santa Dash 

We loved our Santa Dash day! The children and staff had a brilliant time dressing up and running laps around the playground. Thank you for all the sponsorship from parents and families, we raised £835 and more keeps in!. Thanks again for your generous support!  

Goodbyes 

Sadly, Miss Salvi and Miss Wright are leaving St John Bosco on Friday. They are both moving on to pastures new and I wish them well in their new jobs. I want to take this opportunity to say thank you to both of them for all they have done with our children.  Wew ill be sad to see them go. 

However, I am pleased to say that Miss Salvi will continue to work at lunchtimes at school.  

Caritas Love in Action award 

This months’ Love in Action award goes to Sophie, Angel and Ava who have made us all proud by dedicating much of their free time to making bead bracelets, which they then sold at our Christmas fair. They then donated the money raised to the SJB Building fund for the Diocese. This is the second time they have done this, last time they donated the money to CAFOD. I am so proud of their selfless actions and they are truly deserving of the Caritas Love in Action award. A huge congratulations!  

Punctuality 

I would like to say thank you to all those parents who have improved their children’s punctuality, we have seen an improvement in the numbers of children arriving late for their lessons since the implementation of the signing in system. This is hugely beneficial to those children who are now accessing the first lesson fully.  

Attendance 

Congratulations to all those children who have 100% attendance for this term. They received a certificate in assembly this morning. 

Class attendance this term 

Nursery – 93.7% 

Reception- 90.8% 

Year 1- 96.2% 

Year 2- 95.3% 

Year 3-96.9% 

Year 4- 96.4% 

Year 5- 97% 

Year 6- 95.5% 

Well done to Year 5! You will be rewarded in the New Year.  

‘Catholic mission and life of the school’ survey 

 Thank you to all the parents who have completed the survey regarding RE and our Catholic mission, your opinions matter to us. Thank you to those who have made extra comments as well. Surveys like these help us to see what we are doing well and what we need to improve on. All the children of the parents who have responded have been put into a prize draw and one name has been drawn from the hat and got a small prize to take home.  

Thank you again for all your support,  

Have a happy, holy and peaceful Christmas and a happy New Year!  

See you all back on Monday 6th January 2025. 

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