Potty about Pots? Y3 designed and hand-painted individual plant pots. There was a hug array of creativity on show, ranging from watermelons to rabbits!

Are you at one with nature? Y4 created outstanding outdoor artwork from a variety of natural materials. Their stunning designs were beautifully framed for parents to purchase and added extras of bookmarks were also available.

Fancy a lick? Y5 tempted family and friends with a delicious array of chocolate products. Lollies, truffles, stirrers and tiffin looked fabulous in their packaging...although they didn't stay there for very long after they were purchased!

Roll-up Roll-up! Y6 developed their own games and had a roaring trade. Hook-a-duck, tombola, penalty shoot out, coin roll, bottle flip and splat-the-teacher all had lots of customers. 

Reading is such an important part of the curriculum and it is essential that children read regularly at home. It has been great to see a positive start to the children's reading records this academic year and we hope that all children will regularly read at home. 

A warm welcome to all children moving up to their new classes and all the new children who are moving into Y3. All the staff at Deepcar St John's are excited for the start of this new year and hope that this year is packed with learning, enjoyment and progress. Our Facebook page will keep you up-to-date with current activities in school, which you can find in the 'News' tab of our website. Keep checking Facebook and the website for updates on children's learning and important messages. Have a great year!

Well done to all the children across school who have been regularly reading at home and showing their reading records this year! 

After that, the children returned back to school to camp in tents for the evening. There was a buzz of excitement as the children arrived back at school and saw their tent for the first time. They were very eager to take a closer look inside! Sadly, the bat hunt had to be cancelled due to the rain. Fortunately, the children were able to take part in the evenings activities in the hall. These consisted of: games, zumba, singing and enjoying a delicious hot chocolate with marshmallows.  

On the Friday, the children spent the day taking part in other outdoor activities which included: golf frisbee, making bird feeders and making parachutes. 

The children thoroughly enjoyed the residential, as did the staff! 

As a school, we look after our school environment and are constantly finding ways to try to improve it for our wildlife and for us. However, there is much more that we can do! A team of 'Eco Warriors' have been chosen to help lead this project. One child from each class was chosen and since then they have been hammering away with making some improvements. 

Y3SB-Owen 

Y3BT-Logan

Y4CS-Eve

Y4JS-Ella

Y5AD-Isobelle

Y5HB/NT-Maisie

Y6TR-Lauren 

Y6MH-David

Our first project is to improve the environment for birds and bats. We have been building bird and bat boxes which will then be place in trees around school. The task was rather tricky and required some help from Mrs Stewart, Mrs Haywood and Mr Horner. Hopefully, over the coming years we will see some new residents in and around school!