St John's Church of EnglandPrimary School

Year 6 have enjoyed three busy days at Primary College this week, taking part in a variety of workshops from bricklaying to hairdressing to samba drums! They've had a great time, learnt lots, made new friends and have represented the school brilliantly. #growingandlearningtogether #stjohnswey

Ice-lolly sale - Friday 11th July. We will be holding an ice-lolly sale after school today, Friday 11th July, under the shelter on the Key Stage 1 playground. Please bring some cash with you if you would like to purchase one. Ice-pop 50p. Ice-lolly £1

For our last session of Forest School After School Club, the children were able to reflect about their forest school experiences together. They talked about how they enjoy being creative, physical and adventurous. The children made a big list of the things that they want to achieve next year and ate 'Muddy Caterpillar Kebabs'. We want to say a big thank you to Emily Stiles from HOBs Bottom Forest School Camps for bringing some fantastic outdoor learning to St John's this year! We are looking forward to being able to offer more forest school clubs next year. Don't forget, HOBs Bottom Forest School Camps run summer camps and there are some spaces left if your child would like to join in! You can find further information on their Facebook page. #growingandlearningtogether #stjohnswey

Some of our Year 6 class were invited to celebrate their recent reading project at Bournemouth University yesterday, Tuesday 8th July. They were given a tour of the university and also took part in a Graduation Ceremony! Thank you to Mr Dearden and Mr Holmes for taking the children. #growingandlearningtogether #stjohnswey

Today, Tuesday 8th July, we had the pleasure of welcoming five firefighters from Weymouth Fire Station. Reception, Year 2 and Year 4 had the opportunity to look around the fire engine and the children even had a go at using the hose. Thank you so much to the firefighters for giving up their time to visit the children. #growingandlearningtogether #stjohnswey

Lost Property Please take a look through our lost property, which can be found outside the main school office, every day this week. Any unclaimed, good quality items will be donated to our uniform shop. Thank you

We are looking forward to welcoming our Reception Class 2025 to the first of our 'Settling In' sessions today, Monday 7th July. Today is our family picnic on the Key Stage One field,11.45am-12.30pm. Please bring some food, drink and a picnic blanket for your family, no nuts please. We will share some lunch together and then take a tour of our reception class. Remember every child must be accompanied by an adult. #growingandlearningtogether #stjohnswey

Ice-lolly sale - £1 each We will be holding an ice-lolly sale after school tomorrow, Tuesday 8th July, under the shelter on the Key Stage 1 playground. Please bring some cash with you if you would like to purchase one.

Our Year 5 children along with Year 5 children from St Nicholas and St Laurence, Beechcroft St Paul's and St Andrew's CE Primary School, Weymouth have had an amazing 2 days at Weyfest- our very own hub arts festival. All schools camped overnight at St John's School and took part in activities to make our souls sing! It was great to celebrate the summer together! #growingandlearningtogether #stjohnswey

Today, Friday 4th July, we had Jamie from JH Running Club and his son Ryan presenting an assembly about running. The children learnt about marathons, the benefits of running, tried on medals and some marathon club runners were presented with a special prize for completing 10km! Thank you to Jamie and Ryan and thank you to Miss Marsh for organising this! #growingandlearningtogether #stjohnswey

During the week 23rd - 27th June, our children enjoyed taking part in Diocese of Salisbury Academy Trust Bay Hub Arts Week. St John's, St Nicholas & St Laurence, Beechcroft and St Andrews all looked at the same four paintings by a local artist, Gina Marshal. The children then created artwork inspired by these paintings. A Selection of the children's art work is on display at St John's church for the new 2 weeks. The church is open for services on Sunday mornings as well as Wednesday mornings 10-1:00. All parents/carers are invited to go and view the work. It has been wonderful to collaborate again with our Bay Hub schools and we are so grateful to St John's Church, Weymouth for giving our art a chance to shine outside of the classrooms. #stjohnswey #growingandlearningtogether

On Thursday 26th June the nursery classes at St John's and Beechcroft joined together for a day out at Farmer Palmers. They experienced a very bumpy tractor ride, stroked Guinea Pigs, met some very cheeky goats and got to play in the hay bales. A fantastic day was had by all! It was a lovely opportunity to meet and make friends with other children from across the trust. Grown ups and Children enjoyed the day immensely! #growingandlearningtogether #stjohnswey

We had a brilliantly sunny day at Kingston Maurward on Wednesday 25th June. The children got to feed goats - they were very hungry. After feeding the goats we went on the outdoor play area, soft play and went round to see all the other animals, who were basking in the sun. We finished our day by going for a walk down to the lake, where we saw dragonflies and ducks. The children were delightful and their impeccable behaviour was mentioned by staff and visitors. Thank you to Miss Rist & Mrs Hunt for organising this trip and to the teaching staff and parent helpers for making the trip happen. #growingandlearningtogether

Last week was a busy week at St John's with lots of our classes out and about on different school visits. On Wednesday 25th June, our Year 6 class took part in a sailing lesson and on Friday 27th June, our Year 5 class took part in a windsurfing lesson both at the Andrew Simpson Centre, Portland.