Events

Events will be added during the course of the term. Please check on this page on a regular basis. 

We are really looking forward to our week dedicated to Art, which takes place week commencing 17th December. We will let you have more details nearer the time. 



To celebrate the last day of term, before the Christmas holidays, children are allowed to come to school wearing a Christmas Jumper. We are not asking for a donation of £1. This is because as a school we appreciate that Christmas is a very expensive time of year. Additionally, we are very aware and appreciative of all the support that you have given us already during the months running up to Christmas, for example, Remembrance Day, Children in Need, purchase of Christmas cards, the Samaritans Purse Shoebox Appeal. Plus the additional costs of school trips and residentials. The 'Save the Children' Christmas Jumper Day is on the 14th December and due to above reasons we will not be collecting £1 to donate to this charity. You are more than welcome to make a personal donation. Children need to come to school in school uniform as normal on 14th. Thank you.



Past events

With his trusty cat in tow, Dick Whittington’s heading to town to seek his fortune – he’s heard the streets are paved with gold. But when he gets there, it’s hard to see the gold beneath the grime and King Rat is out to get him! We invited Pendle Productions back again this year as they performed a fabulous pantomime last year. Their performance this afternoon had the children enthralled from start to finish.The talent of the actors was astounding and lots of audience participation ensured the actors held the children’s attention throughout. The perfect Christmas treat!

    


Deepcar St John's children gathered along with staff, parents, grandparents, carers and friends at our Junior Carol Service this afternoon. After a heartfelt welcome from our wonderful host Revd. Hilda Issacson, the congregation enjoyed readings, prayers, poems, carols and a re-enactment of the Nativity story by brave year 3 children. The beautiful song Hope in Heaven explains the significance of each element of the Christingle. Candles flickered as our choir, joined by the rest of the school, sang exquisitely.The service concluded with Come All Ye Faithful, during which all the congregation were invited to sing along.A wonderful afternoon. Thank you for joining us.


      


Yummy Christmas Lunch -  Turkey and all the Trimmings. 

       




The Waldershelf Singers are an independent mixed voice choir with around 68 members, who sing all kinds of music. They are from all ages and walks of life, with experienced singers and musicians, and some new learners. Together they love to sing and have fun. The Waldershelf Singers performed at 6.30pm on the 11th December at Deepcar St John's church along with Deepcar St John's Choir.  After the performance, Waldershelf Choir praised the children, especially loving the handbells. Well done Deepcar St John's, sounds like you were fabulous as always. Big thanks to Mr Horner and Miss Danks for giving up their time to run the school choir. Without their hard work and dedication our school choir would not exist. 






Our School Council organised a toys sale on Thursday 6th December 2018 which raised £63, The toy sale was to raise funds for ipads which will be accessed by all children in school. Thank you for donating all your unwanted toys to the sale and helping us to raise vital funds for the school. 


On the 4th December, we welcomed back Reverend Hilda Issacson and her friends from church for a special Christmas Open the Book Collective Worship.  


Miss Danks' class months of preparation culminated in a exhilarating and outstanding performance of a Twelfth Night at Barnsley Civic Theatre. Performing in a real theatre in front of an audience was a magical experience and one that they will remember for a long time; a night that will boost confidence and self esteem. We need to thank BlueSpark Foundation, who provided us with a grant which enabled us to take part in the Shakespeare Festival. As well as the cost of entering the festival, their grant covered the payment of the coach, art workshop and evening meal for the children.  Well done Miss Danks and class Y4AD.

   
   






BBC children in Need is the BBC’s UK corporate charity. Thanks to the support of the general public, they are able to make a real difference to the lives of children all across the UK.  Their vision is that every child in the UK has a childhood which is:





















































































                                         


They do this by providing grants to projects in the UK which focus on helping children and young people who face a range of disadvantages, for example poverty and deprivation; children who have been the victims of abuse or neglect or disabled young people. Children in Need is currently supporting 2400 projects across the UK.  The BBC Children in Need Appeal Night took place on Friday 16th November. The Appeal show is a whole evening of entertainment on BBC One with celebrities singing, dancing and doing all sorts of crazy things to raise money.  We supported this amazing charity on the 16th, by inviting children to come to school wearing something spotty and making a minimum donation of £1.  Thank you to everyone who supported us and helped us raise valuable funds for this fantastic charity. 



     

 



Deepcar St John’s Choir made a special guest appearance at Bolsterstone Christmas Fayre on Saturday 17th November. Thank you to all those parents who came to support us, I am sure that you will agree that they sang beautifully and were great ambassadors for our school.  

    


Suzy Senior, lives locally and in her spare time likes to write books for children. To celebrate the launch of her latest book, A Pirate Christmas, she joined Hilda Issacson for a special Open the Book assembly. Hilda, her pirate friends, Susie and children from St John's acted out the Nativity Story as you've never seen it before - through the eyes of Pirate Dad, Joe, and Cannon, the ship's guinea pig.


Our school took part in South Yorkshire Safer Roads Partnership’s 10 day Active Travel Challenge, which started on Monday 15th October. The challenge was for pupils & their families to choose an active way of getting to school over the 10 day period. 


Walking, cycling, skating, scooting and park & stride are all active ways of travelling and we hope by taking part in the challenge it will: 

1.  Improve health & wellbeing of our pupils & their families. 

2.  Encourage pupils and families to be more active 

3.  Reduce congestion and parking problems around our school. 

4.  Promote active travel for the journey to school and for families to continue after the challenge! 


During the challenge each classroom will have a wall chart on which pupils who have travelled actively will record their journey by adding a special sticker to the chart. Those pupils with 10 stickers on the chart at the end of the 10 day challenge will be awarded a special '10 Day Active Travel' badge.  

Thank you to everyone who supported us and found an active way of travelling to school during the last 10 days. 


 
Thank you to everyone who joined us this afternoon at Deepcar St John's Church for our Harvest Service. We hope you enjoyed it as much as we did. We are really proud of all our children. They all sang beautifully. Those children who stood and read poems, bible readings and prayers in front of a packed church showed such confidence. Thank you for all your kind donations of food, we have all been overwhelmed this year by your generosity and kindness.

 
  
  

      


    

 Our first parents' evening of this school year will took place on 15th and 17th October. It was great to see so many parents over the two evenings and for us to discuss This will give you the opportunity to discuss how your child is progressing in school since they returned in September. 







Year 5 and 6 - Wednesday 3rd October and Year 3 and 4 Thursday 4th October at 7pm - Parent Workshops. 


Thank you to everyone who turned up for our Parents Workshops. It was a great opportunity for parents to discover what children can expect to learn this year and how best to support your child to meet the new raised standards. Packs, with information from the evening have been sent out to all parents. 


We would like to say a huge thank you to all the carers, friends and family members that joined us for our Macmillan Coffee morning on Friday 28th September. We are really grateful to all those people who kindly made and donated delicious cakes and buns for us to sell, helping us to raise as much money as possible for such a worthy charity. We hope you enjoyed your time in class, watching a spelling lesson. Thank again for supporting us.

On Monday 17th September, we welcomed back M and M Productions. M & M Theatrical Productions are UK's largest and most respected provider of theatre-in education. Their productions educate children, through the powers of entertainment and imagination, whist at the same time encouraging children to read for pleasure and explore their creative abilities. Their performance of a 'Little Princess, was packed with fun, laughter, excitement, great music and larger than life characters and also delivered an important message about bullying. Written specifically for children by their experienced team of professionals, their scripts, costumes, scenery and special effects all combine to ensure that from the very beginning, the children enjoyed a magical and enriching theatrical experience.