Over St. John's CE Primary SchoolHead Teacher Blog: Friday 28th September 2018
Date: 28th Sep 2018 @ 1:26pm
Another busy week in school! We have thought carefully about our God given talents this week and how we can put our talents to good use and make sure that we encourage others to use their talents too. We have looked at how talent comes from within and because we can’t see talent from the outside, it therefore makes no difference as to what we look like, think or believe as to whether we have talents. We have looked at the story of Joseph and his talent for interpreting dreams, the Parable of the Talents - how, if you put your talents to good use, they will grow and develop and also the story of Elmer by David McKee, the elephant who thought that he made others laugh because he looked different, until he made himself look the same and could still make the other elephants laugh. Please encourage your child to develop their talents at home – perhaps share yours with them!
I carried out a Learning Walk this week – I go from class to class looking in books, at the classroom and talking to children – to find out how we are getting on with learning about equality and diversity. The children in Key Stage Two were very knowledgeable and gave me lots of examples of how to make many different people welcome. The children in Key Stage One also did a good job thinking about the way people look as being diverse. We will continue this work to encourage children to think about diversity in many more ways – take a look at the Equality Act 2010 so that you can see the protected characteristics that we will make sure our children are accepting of.
For the parents of children in Hatchmere, Mrs Kelly is having an operation on Tuesday so will not be in school for a couple of weeks. In her absence, the class will be taught by Mrs Hodge and myself at times and also by Mrs Jones. Many of you will know Mrs Jones as she recently retired from teaching Reception at Over St. John’s but has continued to work in school covering classes on a regular basis. We wish Mrs Kelly a speedy recovery and look forward to seeing her back in school in a couple of weeks.
We would like to wish Mrs Riley lots of love and luck as she begins her maternity leave today. Mrs Riley has had a very exciting week as she moved house yesterday as well as preparing to welcome her second child! We will keep you informed about her impending good news and in the meantime, we look forward to welcoming Miss Marsh in to Linmere next week. Mrs Starsiak will now move to teaching Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday and Miss Marsh will teach on Thursday and Friday.
Confirmed Dates for the Autumn Term – additions from last week are highlighted.
Tuesday 2nd October: Andrew Moffatt to visit school to teach No Outsiders lessons
Thursday 4th October: Parent’s Evening bookings go live on our website at 9am
Sunday 7th October: All Together Service in St. John’s Church (change of venue) at 10.30am. All Welcome.
Wednesday 10th October: Children to visit St John’s Church for a service
Thursday 11th October: KS2 day trip to Burwardsley
Tuesday 16th October: Year 5 Pilgrim’s Day at Chester Cathedral
Friday 19th October: Individual Photographs
Tuesday 23rd October: Parents Evening 3.10pm – 6.10pm
Wednesday 24th October: Parents Evening 4pm – 5.30pm
Friday 26th October: Harvest Festival in St Johns Church at 9.15am. All welcome.
Friday 26th October: Halloween and Bonfire Safety talks for all children by our PCSO
School closes for half term at 3pm
Monday 5th November: School opens at 8:45am
Thursday 8th November: School Nurses in to do flu jabs for Reception to Year 5
Friday 16th November: Anti-Bullying workshops with One Day Creative on the theme ‘Choose Respect’
Sunday 2nd December: All Together Service in St. John’s Church Hall at 10.30am. All welcome for the Christingle Service.
Monday 3rd December and Tuesday 4th December: Linmere involved in WEP (Winsford Education Partnership) Christmas Choral Project at the Lifestyle Centre – more details nearer the time.
Wednesday 5th December: Children to visit St John’s Church for a service
Thursday 20th December: Carol Service in St. John’s Church at 1.45pm. All welcome. Please note: All children to be collected from church at 3pm instead of school.
Friday 21st December: School closes for Christmas at 2pm
Have a lovely weekend,
Mrs E Snowdon