Summer Term 2018 Issue: Six Friday 20 July 2018 Issue: Dear Parents and Friends, DON’T FORGET! As a very busy and hot summer term comes to an end, this School newsletter looks back at some of the highlights. The hard work finishes at of the children and teachers has been rewarded with some 12.30pm on amazing end of year outcomes with: Weds 25 July (No School 82% of Reception Year children making expected progress Lunches) (national 2017 = 71%); 87% of Year 1 children passing their Phonics test (national 2017 = 81%) 75% of Year 2 children making expected progress in reading, writing and mathematics (national 2017= 64%). An amazing 94% of our Year 6 children making expected progress in reading, writing and mathematics (national 2018 = 64%). We are so proud of all our children’s outcomes and achievements this year. Following Year 6’s incredible ‘Goodbye My Friend’ musical, we do have to say goodbye to them as they leave MSJ for various different schools in Bournemouth. There are 55 pupils in Year 6 and they are heading for the following schools: Bournemouth School: 4 pupils, Bournemouth School for Girls: 4 pupils, Bourne Academy: 4 pupils, Glenmoor Academy: 16 pupils, Poole Grammar School: 1, The Bishop of Winchester Academy: 4 pupils, Winton Academy: 21 pupils and 1 pupil is moving out of the area. Farewell to Mrs Dray ~ We will miss you Mrs Dray and thank you for starting up and running so many sports clubs for us and getting us involved with so many sporting competitions and local events. With your help we have achieved the Silver Sports Mark this year. PFA Summer Fayre ~ Thank you to everyone who came along and supported our Summer Fayre. We have raised the amazing figure of £4,026.77. Thank you for all your donations and contributions and many thanks to all the help from parents, pupils, staff and friends of MSJ. The winners of the Jars of Joy were Jessica W in RP and Rui B in RP. Year 3 Orienteering Attendance for year to-date Logan and Lily D: 'We Whole School 96.20% enjoyed the last sessions Target for year 96.5% when we were timed and we had to find all of the RF: 96.96% RP: 97.00% numbers'. 1L: 95.44% 1E: 95.97% David: 'I liked when we had 2H: 97.46% 2S: 97.51% to use the maps to find all the numbers and add them up and 3B: 96.11% 3G: 95.98% then we had to find letters 4H: 96.22% 4SG: 94.90% and make a word with them and that was fun too'. 5M: 95.41% 5V: 95.91% 6G: 95.72% 6R: 96.27% LOST PROPERTY COLLECTION There will be a lost Punctuality is extremely important. property collection on Wed 25 July, 12.30pm in the main playground. Please ensure that you check in Please ensure your child is in the lost property for any lost items before this date. playground for the 8:50am bell. Moordown St John’s CE Primary Telephone: 01202 527683 E-mail: [email protected] Web: www.st-johns.bournemouth.sch.uk Report from the Chair of Directors Report from the Chair of the PFA ~ As I reflect back on another busy, 2018 has been another busy year for the rewarding year for Moordown St.John´s, PFA. Usual events such as movie nights and I remember the school´s mission discos have been popular, and this year we have raised money for the new rubber bark statement ´A Christian Community where chippings in the adventure playground, four new commitment to educational excellence benches in the school swimming pool changing rooms, new changes live´. There have been many equipment for KS2 playground, and more recently, two guinea- great achievements again this year, and what drives all pigs for reception. Sports Days were hot and busy with teas, of this is the community associated with the school. coffees and cake, and the very important ice-pops, and ice- cream Fridays have been very lucky with beautiful sunny The school is lucky to have so many individuals that go weather! above and beyond to educate, support and help the children. There are so many examples of teachers, Thank you once again to my hard working committee, who support staff, the PFA, volunteers and parents that give have supported me, and kept me sane, and anyone else who has helped throughout the year, especially the teachers who extra time and resource. They all live and breathe the work hard to support the PFA. values of the MSJ which benefits the local community. The outcomes of assessment of progress We hope to have some fresh ideas next year as well as the old of all our children across the school this year were favourites, so if you have any ideas, please come along to our first meeting on Mon 17 September at 7.30pm in the Studio - fantastic and are testament to this work. we'd love to see you there. Maria Scrivener, PFA Chair I thank and praise the leadership team and all staff for their incredible hard work and highlight how impressive MSJ 100 Club – Congratulations! The July Draw Winners: The August Draw Winners: the achievements are given the challenges and limited st st 1 Stephanie Gates (35) 1 Debbie Butcher (35) resources that are available to us. 2nd Tina Fitzgerald (31) 2nd Linda Shutler (93) As Directors we are responsible for overseeing and 3rd Maria Scrivener (17) (c/o Nicky Dunkerley) rd strategically sustaining the running of the school. We 3 Emma Kelly (6) are immensely proud of the school and thankful for all the support given by those in our community. MSJ Sports Round Up ~ What a busy end to the summer term our Sports Stars have had. Years 4, 5 and 6 took part in I am delighted to announce that we had a new Director their respective Quad Kids’ competition at Winton and joining us this term, David Gordon. He is a retired local Glenmoor Academies with some outstanding individual Religious Education secondary school teacher and performances from our pupils. Our athletes also competed at governor, who brings valuable knowledge and the local Town Sports with Rio B not only winning the Year 5 experience to our team. His values and experience boys cricket ball throw but also the County Championship in this event also. He threw 51.49m, almost 20m further than the align perfectly with ours. The vision of the school is 2nd place athlete! always in our minds as Directors, a good proportion of 18 Year 5 pupils went to the annual Septenary Games at which have attachment to the school as parents or King’s Park where they competed in a variety of games and staff. A critical eye from an external director can bring races. Although competing in a few races against Year 6 views which help to shape and develop us further. pupils, our team were overall champions. I would like to thank my fellow Directors for their The school’s cricketers have been busy attending the Year 6 commitment and vigour in supporting throughout the and Year 5 Kwik Cricket competitions. Whilst our Combined year. Their flexibility and time given to support and lead Year 5 and 6 team narrowly missed out on qualifying for the in different ways helps to ensure that high standards play-offs in the Year 6 Competition; the Year 5 Boys’ team secured a place in the County Final. are maintained. This effort was noted in the ´Good´ Ofsted report this year which more importantly A very big thank you and well done to all pupils who have highlighted the progress and development that children participated in sporting competitions this year. It has been a pleasure to attend these events with you. make across all stages. Mrs Dray As part of the Bournemouth Septenary Trust, we were given the opportunity this term to form a multiple Swimming Another very sucessful year for swimming academy trust with other academies in the trust. After at MSJ. much deliberation by the Board, it was deemed not the 94% of our KS2 pupils meet the National right time for us but as always we will continue to Curriculum standard for swimming. With monitor and review our development. We believe we the national average at 42%, this is an have a unique Christian school which offers so much to exceptional result. the local community and as it has done for so many Our swimming teams were very successful this year, years we want to maintain and continue this going with Years 4, 5 & 6 teams all winning the Bournemouth forward. Primary schools Swimming Galas and from those teams, I thank everyone involved with MSJ for everything that 19 swimming going on to represent Bournemouth schools they give and wish you all a great Summer break. in the County Gala Finals, ending with some County Swimming Champions and many top 3 finishes. Andy Swain, Chair of Directors Please stay safe this summer, in and around water. Appeal for Help in the Swimming Pool in the water on Monday Mrs Abley and Wednesday afternoons. If you can help, please contact Mrs Dunkerley on [email protected] Summer 2018 at Moordown St John’s Year 6 Glamping Trip ~ Year 6 went to Swanage for a week long residential hosted by Land and Wave. We stayed in spacious bell tents which overlooked a beautiful view of Corfe Castle. Each day was action-packed: we did so many exhilarating activities: team-building, pioneering, a day in the woods, kayaking, coasteering and a day at the beach paddle-boarding and raft- boarding.