Johnston Community Primary School September 22nd 2023

Dear Families,

It has been another busy week of learning in school. I try and visit classes each day and it has been a pleasure to observe pupils engaging in purposeful learning.

Attendance

Thank you for your continued support with attendance! Our whole school attendance has dropped slightly to 95.2%. Each week, I am setting the pupils the challenge of achieving 98% to win a special reward. If a class achieves 100% Monday to Thursday, they will also win a special treat!

Headboy and Headgirl Speeches

Well done to all of the pupils who wrote a speech to be our headboy or headgirl. We were very impressed by the hard work that you had put in at home. Many pupils were nervous when delivering their speeches, but they really rose to the challenge, offering some excellent ideas about how they would develop our school and support pupils. We will announce the result at the beginning of next week.

Parkrun Schools - Next Saturday!

I would like to share an exciting initiative with you with you. In conjunction with Tavernspite School, we are hoping to become the first accredited Parkrun School in the country. Parkrun is a free, non-competitive running or walking event which takes place every Saturday at 09:00. There are so many benefits to an active lifestyle and we would like to promote exercise with our children. Parkrun is an excellent way for pupils to enjoy walking and running with friends. On Saturday, 30th September, we are going to be holding our first 'Takeover Event' at Milford Haven Waterfront Parkrun. Parking is available for free and it would be wonderful to see a large crowd of children/parents/families from Johnston School.

What will the takeover involve?

• Run or walk 5km or 2.5 km. You are able to set your own challenge.
• Lots of teachers and staff will be taking part to run and support children.
• There will be a Johnston School timer, if you would like your result recorded when you only run a shorter distance.
• Free tea/coffee and snacks afterwards.
• Make sure that you wear a Johnston School Polo Shirt or your Johnston School P.E. T-shirt.
• Children must run/walk with an adult.

It would be great to see as many children as possible at the event :).

Round House Success!

As you know, we are always working hard to improve our outdoor learning facilities and the builders have finished work on our roundhouse! We can't wait to use it through the winter months to light fires and learn outdoors! What an amazing building! We are planning a special opening on 26th October. More information on this will follow.