School News

Christmas Jumpers, Christmas Lunch and Father Christmas

Our children and staff celebrated Christmas early together on Wednesday. All of the children and staff were welcome to wear their favourite festive clothing. There was a temporary change to the lunch menu and it was Christmas lunch prepared by the Coombs catering team.

There was a special visitor in the afternoon. Thank you to our PTA, The Friends of St John’s, for writing a letter to Father Christmas inviting him to our school.

Carol Service at VWV

Thank you to VWV for inviting our Eagles to sing Christmas Carols in their Watford office. The children, who are Ambassadors for our school,  enjoyed spreading Christmas cheer by singing a collection of carols to the staff at VWV. Thank you for the warm welcome. We  wish everyone at VWV a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.

Visit from Luther Blissett, OBE DL

It was a very special day for our school on Wednesday. Luther Blissett, OBE DL came to visit and took part in the official opening of our Rooftop Playground extension. He had a tour of the school, met the majority of the children in their classrooms. had afternoon tea with the Active Eagles and kindly signed a book and a couple of footballs.

We are thankful to Luther Blissett for making the time to come to visit us and we are thankful to Regal London for extending our wonderful rooftop playground.

Thank you to Mr Sewell for coming into school over the summer holiday to help with the construction of the extension.

Visit to Watford FC Vicarage Road Stadium

The Year 6 children visited the Watford Football Club ground this week. They had a tour of the Vicarage Road stadium, visited the players’ changing rooms and sat in some very special chairs. The children had a fantastic time and  made a great impression on the Watford FC staff who were impressed by their enthusiasm and positive approach.

Community Christmas Tree, Atria Watford

Thank you to Atria Watford  for selecting our school to be one of the local schools invited to help create Community Christmas Tree. Our children enjoyed creating their Christmas drawing and it’s wonderful to see some of the children’s artwork featured on the tree.

Generous Donation to our Christmas Raffle

We are thrilled to have received a donation of scooter accessories from Micro Scooters. Renowned for revolutionising the school run, Micro Scooters make getting from A-B quicker, cleaner, greener, healthier, and more fun.

As a ‘walk to school’ school, we encourage all the children to walk or scoot to school.

This is just one of the donations to the Friends Christmas Raffle which will take place in December. More details to follow, but we are very excited! Tickets will go on sale next week.

St John’s C of E Primary School Arbor App

St John’s C of  E Primary School is now using Arbor  to communicate with St John’s families. There is the option to download the free app or access Arbor  via the Arbor website.

For full instructions on how to download, login to and use the Arbor app or website can be found via the following link: Arbor Instructions

New School Lunch Menu coming soon…..

It’s almost time for our new school lunch menu. The school caterers have been busy preparing new tasty dishes for the children to enjoy. Our Eagles Advisors recently took part in a taste testing session and sampled a selection of the new dishes.

The children made a note of their thoughts about the food they’d tasted and this information was feedback to the catering team. More details about the new menu coming soon……….

School Tours for Reception 2024

Bookings are now being taken for our School Tours for the Autumn term. These take place on a number of Wednesday mornings. You can book your place on a school tour by clicking here. 

Regal London and Roof Top Playground extension

Our roof top playground is a unique and special place where the children can play whilst enjoying the view of Watford. When St John’s C of E Primary School was first built, the budget for the playground wasn’t large enough to make the whole space usable.

Last year, we formed a partnership with our neighbours, Regal London who kindly agreed to develop the rooftop playground extension at no charge.

The work began during the summer holidays, to limit the disruption to the school day and to give the builders full access to the building. Our caretaker was in school for the majority of the summer helping to supervise the work. We are thankful to Regal London and to Mr Sewell for working tirelessly over the summer to ensure that the children have more space to play.