St. John’s Church of England Primary School Newsletter - Learning and Caring Together - Issue 5 Friday 12th October 2018 Sport! Tournament reports left, right and centre this week with the Year 5 and below footballers in action, the girls’ football team drenched and the netballers all representing St. John’s! Boy’s Tournament at Stanley– report by Mr Thomson On Tuesday, our year 5 (and below) team entered the EFC tournament at Stanley against schools from across Southport and Formby. Success was immediate with us winning our first game 1-0 against Kew Woods – our first win for….. (a very long time for the boys!). We followed this with 0-0 against OLOL, although I’m not quite sure how we didn’t score before losing 2-0 and 3-1 to OLOC and Norwood respectively. Well done to Jack for two well taken goals and some fine performances throughout. Roll on the next matches! Netball league matches – report by Miss Halsall St John's Netball team made their debut on Tuesday in the first round of matches for Autumn. Our brand new team consisted of Sadie, Ashleigh, Olivia, Luca, Emils, Emma and Alice! In our first match against BDS we took a few minutes to find our feet, but we settled in well - great movement from Alice as Centre and Emma scoring our 5 winning goals! AMAZING! First win of the season! Our second match was against Scarisbrick Hall - this was tough but we still held our own - our defence was being put to work and Sadie, Ashleigh and Olivia had to work extremely hard. A match lost but many lessons learnt. A fabulous effort from all netballers and we look forward to our next match on Thursday 18th October at Larkfield. Player of the match - Emma!  Girls’ Football Tournament at Stanley – report by Miss Lovelock and Mr Thomson Our first girls tournament went down a storm (literally)! Playing in torrential rain, the Y5/6 team displayed an outstanding performance at Stanley High School on Thursday competing against 6 other schools in the league. Our enthusiasm throughout meant we celebrated three victories, one draw and two losses. Despite playing in difficult conditions, St John’s walked away beaming with pride and ready for a hot bath. 2 goals from Lottie, 1 each from Sadie and Alice, great goalkeeping from all who shared the duty and wonderful enthusiasm from the whole team. An absolute delight for us to take to Stanley! Good luck tonight to the footballing girls who are due to be playing a league match against Birkdale Primary School – match report to follow next week! Southport FC FREE child tickets We still have a number of tickets available for Southport FC’s home match against York City tomorrow. Please come to the office tonight if you would like a ticket (or two). Donations If anybody is having a clear out over half term and feeling really generous, there are a number of items which would be really useful for us in school to use at lunchtimes and wet playtimes. Any kind of lego, complete board games, toy prams and dolls would all be appreciated. Bike It Years 2 and 5 have sessions with our Bike It Officer, Amanda, next week. Please can children bring bikes, helmets and coats, gloves etc as sessions will take place in most weather on the playground. If your child is in Years 3, 4 or 6 and they can not ride without stabilisers there are also sessions available to support your child; please return the slip but a reminder that this session is only for children who can not yet ride without stabilisers. Please see the office or Miss Halsall if unsure.

St. John’s Superstars! Achievement Award Year Group Behaviour Star Award Casey Reception Charlie Charlie-Jack Year 1 Tommy Ewan Year 2 Alyssa Linden Year 3 Lydia Riley Year 4 Blake Rosie Year 5 Jack C Rafael Year 6 Cameron IMPORTANT DATES FOR YOUR DIARY: 16th October – School nurse available on the yard for questions 17th October – Competition Day in school with PDS 17th October – Bike It Day for Y2 and 5 18th October – Buddy Assembly for parents of children in Year 6 and Reception – 9:15 am 18th October – Netball team to Larkfield 19th October – Celebration Assembly in school at 9:05 am 19th October – Finish for half term at 3:05/3:10 29th October – return to school 2nd November – Play and Learn sessions fro pre-school children start. Fridays from 1:45 to 2:45 pm 9th November – Year 6 leading our Remembrance Service at 10:40 am 12th and 14th November – Parent teacher Meetings for all classes 14th and 21st November – Bikeability training for Year 5 16th November – Children in Need (MUFTI day) ATTENDANCE Good attendance is vital when ensuring your child is able to fulfil their potential at school. Our school attendance target is 96% and we celebrate the best class each week by giving them some extra playtime! Last weeks attendance for each class is: Reception – 91.7% Year 1 – 93.3% Year 2 – 96.5% Year 3 – 85.5% Year 4 – 97.7% Year 5 – 97.9% Year 6 – 95.4% Useful contact details School Office – 01704 227441 FAST club – 07543960290 admin.stjohnscrossens@schools.sefton.gov.uk Website – www.stjohnsprimary.co.uk Prayer for the week Dear God, Help us to show respect towards everything you have created for us. We are lucky to have homes, schools, shops and special places where we can visit. Help us to remember that we are all responsible for looking after them. Amen