St John's School Watford - News and Events

We’ll be wearing yellow on 11th October 2024

Our children and staff are welcome to wear yellow on 11th October 2024 to show support for children & young people’s mental health and wellbeing. Young Minds, a charity which provided guidance and advice for children and young people is encouraging everyone to wear yellow to add brightness to the world.

Reception 2024: First Day at School.

Our school community grew today as we welcomed our new Reception intake for their first full day at school. It was a mixture of excitement and nerves for both the children and their families, school staff were available to welcome the children.  Our PTA, The Friends of St John’s C of E Primary School gave each family a gift to celebrate the first day.

Thank You to our School Community

Thank You, two words that could never truly express the level of gratitude we feel for the support, kindness, love and respect that exists within our St John’s Church of England Primary School community. Our school staff, families, St John’s, Watford, volunteers, PTA The Friends of St John’s C of E Primary School and community work tirelessly every day to ensure that each and every St John’s Church of England Primary School child has a safe, secure and happy school environment which encourages them to be the best versions of themselves. We are proud to have created a diverse and inclusive school & community where everyone is welcome, celebrated and has a voice. Next week is the final week of the current school year. We hope that everyone has a happy summer and we look forward to creating more wonderful memories, opportunities and friendships in the new school year.

Class of 2024: Celebration Collective Worship at St John’s Church, Watford.

On 18th July 2024, we gathered at St John’s Church with the Year 6 families for a Year 6 Leavers’ Collective Worship. The service was led by Father Corniel, the children shared their favourite memories of their time spent at our school. Thank you very much to ‘The Vice Chairman of Watford Council Favour Ezeifedi for joining our special occasion.

Class of 2024: Leavers’ Disco, July 2024

Eco Ambassadors & Green Heart of Watford Initiative

Eco Ambassador Visit to St Mary’s Church by Emily

The Eco Ambassadors have been to Saint Mary’s Church this Monday (10th June 20240. We have really enjoyed seeing the wonder of nature and we saw a woodlouse spider! We enjoyed are scavenger hunt and seeing painted lady butterflies. We also made bug shelters at the end. We were taught what the bumble bees names are and we caught bugs in jars. We saw birds and bugs. Go see nature!

Our School, our community- Watford Centre for the Blind

Watford Centre for the Blind is one of our neighbours who we have a special connection with. Our children enjoy visiting the centre, talking to the members and sharing stories. The members enjoy the children’s visits and the room is always full of smiles and joy.

Summer Fair, Saturday 13th July 2024

Our PTA, The Friends of St John’s C of E Primary School have been working behind the scenes planning our first Summer Fair since the end of Covid related restrictions. We are very excited about being open our outside space  and sharing this fun filled day with the local community. Please contact our PTA if you are interested in volunteering, booking a stall or would like more information about our Summer Fair.

People who help us

Thank you to Watford Police for visiting our Reception children to talk about the different types of people who help us. The children learnt that Police look after the local community and help to keep us safe. There was also a chance to see the inside of Police car and wear a Police uniform.

St John’s C of E Primary School Netball Team

We are very proud of our netball team. Their hard work and dedication has resulted in two wins at recent local school netball tournaments. Thank you very much to our Year 5 Class Teachers who have committed their time to creating and developing our school netball team.