 St. John & St. Francis
VA Primary School
Online Newsletter Last Updated - 8th February 2006 |
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8th February 2006 The school was visited by a musical group today. The WELSH BRASS TRIO entertained and educated the children for an hour. We learned about the origins of brass instruments, how the sounds are produced and lots more. They also performed a number of pieces for us. Our favourite was probably when they played the theme from "The Simpsons". The Welsh Brass Trio have a website HERE. Click on a picture opposite to see the larger version or watch a short video of the trio performing (5mb MPG). |
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22nd November 2005 Year Six were treated to a visit from the Police today. They brought one of their highly-trained police dogs with them and the children watched a demonstration of how they are used to catch criminals. Choose the appropriate video for your Internet connection. |
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2nd November 2005 We've finally updated our topic links page! Contained within are links for each year group to help them with one of their current school topics. |
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21st April 2005 It may not feel like it but, as summer term begins, we are two thirds through our school year! For all the important information about the term's events and dates, read our latest newsletter. |
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9th February 2005 Our reception classes have been extremely busy this week, working hard on their project about the Chinese New Year. The children in Blue and Yellow classes have made masks depicting the animals used in the Chinese calendar, lanterns and small Chinese dragons. Also, they made a huge dragon costume. |
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13th January 2005 Strange sounds have been heard recently in our playground, from children singing sea-shanties, to cries of "MAKE HIM WALK THE PLANK!" The reason for this? The recent addition of a pirate ship to our playground has been a great success and is a very popular play area for our children. So popular in fact, we have had to work out a rota to ensure our budding buccaneers aren't squashed. Recent rumours that we are considering adding eyepatches to our school uniform are entirely untrue. |
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11th January 2005 St John and St Francis Primary raised £530 in aid of the recent tsunami in Asia. The children brought in coins and placed them on a huge outline map of the countries affected. Somerset schools have together raised more than £125,000 for the tsunami appeal. We were also featured on the BBC Newsround website here. |
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7th May 2004 Year 1 were treated to a visit from the Somerset Fire Brigade as part of their Literacy work. The children were shown the workings of the fire engine and were taught about fire safety. They were also allowed to try using the powerful hose! The children then wrote an account of the visit in their Literacy lessons. |
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4th May 2004 We're in the Bridgwater Mercury again this week in a report on our latest fundraising venture. Sainsburys have kindly donated £200 towards our fund for a new Sensory Room. Our special needs coordinator Mr Lewis said, "we are planning to convert our community room into a new environment designed to benefit children with sensory difficulties, including those with visual and auditory problems." The conversion will cost approximately £4000. Gerber Foods and our PTA have also contributed substantial amounts. |
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19th April 2004 Pictures from the recent Cinderella production are now online. Click HERE to view the gallery. |
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13th April 2004 The Bridgwater Mercury printed a review of our recent Theatre Club production today. To read the article, choose one of the options below. |
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13th January 2004 The Spring Newsletter gives news and information about recent happenings, in addition to details and dates of forthcoming events. To read it, click on the link opposite. |
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18th December 2003 We recently held our Christmas services for parents. Key stage one performed their concerts on the 15th and 16th. Key stage two held their services on 10th and 11th. |
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2nd October 2003 A study of pupils at primary schools in Durham has shown that supplements of fish oils taken daily can lead to a remarkable improvement in reading age and numeracy. A child who has been taking the supplements was featured on yesterday's edition of "Richard and Judy" on Channel Four and "The Human Mind" on BBC1. He told how he has progressed from a reading age of 7 to a new reading age of 11 in just 12 weeks. Can such a simple addition to our diet have such a dramatic effect on performance? And, if it does, should every child in the country be given the supplement? |
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20th May 2003 After the government announced changes to the SATs examinations, St John and St Francis Primary featured in the ITV National News today, with many from the school appearing in the report. Our headteacher Sandra Pidoux was interviewed, as well as a parent of one of our pupils. Class 2H were filmed during their art session and Mrs Hoyes was pictured hearing children read. The news report can be viewed by selecting a link below- choose a version appropriate for your Internet connection. Please be patient- the files may take a long time to download. Alternatively, right-click the link and choose "Save Target As..." to save it to your hard drive. You will need a version of RealPlayer or Real One Player to view the files. If you do not have this software, click here to download it (choose the FREE basic player). |
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6th February 2003 After nearly six months offline, st-john-and-st-francis.co.uk returns to the Internet. Our last hosts, Digitalbrain, decided to slap adverts all over our pages back in September. These advertisements contained links to other websites, the content of which we could not be responsible for. It was therefore decided that the whole site should temporarily shut down until a new host could be found. In addition to being an 'advert-free' site, we can now be found at two web addresses. As well as www.st-john-and-st-francis.co.uk, we can also be reached at www.st-john-st-francis.somerset.sch.uk. |
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4th February 2003 Yellow class gave the children of St John & St Francis a surprise when they paraded through the school wearing their Chinese dragon and tiger costumes. The children have been learning about the Chinese new year. |
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27th September 2002 In a special assembly, St John and St Francis pupils said farewell to one of its best-loved staff members on Friday 27th September. Mrs Collard, a Learning Support Assistant, departed due to retirement. She has worked in the school for some 18 years, having begun her time with us as a Lunchtime Supervisor. She became a LSA and worked throughout the school with many different year groups. |
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26th September 2002 On Thursday 26th September, we were visited by Darren Campbell as part of our Super Schools event. The Olympic athlete came to St John and St Francis Primary to witness our pupils taking part in exercise activities to raise money. Children were able to have their photograph taken with the famous sprinter, as well as getting his signature in their autograph books. |
