St John's School Porthcawl

This week our most senior pupils have taken mock GCSE examinations and many of them have already been celebrating success in various external exams. These successes include Daniel Cash who took his GCSE Mathematics Examination early, in November 2010, achieving an A*, and Hugh Perkins and Rosie-May Lyddon (Year 10) who achieved full marks in Chemistry and Physics modules. We wish them good luck in March when they will sit Biology and further Chemistry modules.

Today in school all pupils (and staff) have been raising money for Children in Need. The children gave donations to wear either fancy dress or something yellow. Mrs Howells raised nearly £50 by asking pupils to guess how far she would get in reading aloud Harry Potter books from 9am until 4pm. Luca, Yr8, raised a fantastic £78 with his chocolate tombola and “guess how many sweets in a jar.” Cake sales were also held with the Pre Prep raising £32 and the Prep/Senior departments raising £40. A huge ‘THANK YOU’ to everyone who donated and joined in the fun. In total we raised £300.

Please come and see us in the Old Hall in Cowbridge this weekend where we will be doing various activities and promoting the school during the Food Festival.

Yesterday we proudly hosted the sponsored toddle for Barnardo’s. Local nurseries joined us for a walk around our grounds and thankfully the sun was shining! The children were treated to milkshakes, cakes and fruit at the finish line and each child received a goody bag to take home.

We would like to thank Ty Tanglwyst Dairy for sponsoring the goody bags for each child. The money raised will be given to Barnardo’s who support local projects which help disadvantaged under 5s to learn and play.

A fun time was had by all!

Year 6 had a good time on the History trip to Swansea Museum.  We learnt a lot about World War 2 and how devastating the bombs were.  It was really interesting to find out how evacuees felt, what they took with them and how they changed whilst they were away from their parents.  We had fun on our tour around the Museum and Scott and James especially liked the xray and film about the Egyptian Mummy.

The current and previous additions of St John’s new letter are now available here…

Thank you to everyone who has already used our web shop – we hope that you found what you needed! The web shop features many retailers including Marks & Spencer, John Lewis, Amazon and Early Learning Centre who give St John’s a donation for every purchase made. All the proceeds of our webshop are used to continually enhance the school’s facilities. Happy shopping!

The St John’s Foundation was set up in 2008 as a separate charitable body whose main objectives are to secure funding to support and improve the school, the granting of scholarships and bursaries and the payment of grants to local children’s community groups and educational charities. Funding is achieved through private donations, corporate sponsorship and from other Charitable Trusts and Foundations.

For further information, or to make a donation, please visit the Foundation website

We are going to be up dating the Parents’ Business Directory at the start of next term. If you would like your business to be included or amend any details from your last entry please contact Mrs. Lewis at: bursar@stjohnsschool-porthcawl.com

Our next Open Day is due to take place on Thursday 6th May, however you are welcome to contact the school office to arrange a visit prior to that date.

St John’s School is a registered charity, and believes in helping as many children as possible achieve their highest level of success. We aim to educate the whole child by developing confidence, a sense of responsibility and self-worth, and this is achieved through small classes, dedicated teaching staff and a unique friendly atmosphere.
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