St. John Paul II Primary School & Nursery Class, Viewpark

We are very fortunate to have an active Parent Council at St. John Paul II, but the start of a new school year is an ideal time to drum up some more support and volunteers!  To find out more about the Parent Council and what they do, click HERE and this will take you to their web page.

The Parent Council are always looking for volunteers.  Even if you cannot attend all of the meetings (or any of them), perhaps you would be willing to support the events and help with supervision?

If you would like to volunteer for the Parent Council—please click HERE to share your details or just come along to the next meeting.  Meetings always take place in the school Dining Hall at 6pm on the specified dates.

Meeting 1:  Tuesday 5^th September at 6pm

Halloween Disco:  Thursday 26^th October

Meeting 2:  Tuesday 7^th November

Meeting 3: Tuesday 16^th January at 6pm

Movie Nights: Thursday 1^st February (P1-3)

Tuesday 6^th February (P4/5)

Thursday 8^th February (P6/7)

Meeting 4- AGM: Tuesday 23^rd April at 6pm

Beach Party:  Thursday 13^th June

We have previously given Parents/Carers the option to OPT OUT OF HOMEWORK.  There are a number of reasons for this:

• Family circumstances
• Time constraints
• Stress levels (for you and the children)

We obviously do not want to contribute unnecessary stress to family life, therefore, if you DO NOT wish your child to receive homework, please click on the link below.  Only complete if you DO NOT wish your child to receive homework.

If you do not complete this form by Friday 25th August, we will presume you wish your child to receive homework and that you will support them and the school by monitoring it and ensuring that it is submitted when appropriate.  Homework will begin week beginning 28th August 2023.

Click HERE to opt out of homework.

You will be aware that we use our school Facebook/Twitter accounts, as well as our newsletters to share information and photographs of events and activities.  If you DO NOT give permission for us to use your child’s photograph or video clips for these purposes, please click on the link to let us know.  If you have not completed the form by Monday 28th August, we will presume that you give permission for your child’s photograph to be used.

Once again – you need only complete the form if you DO NOT WANT YOUR CHILD’S IMAGE TO BE USED.

This ensures that we are keeping everyone safe and that we are adhering to the wishes of our Parents/Carers.

CLICK HERE TO COMPLETE THE FORM

Our School Photographer will be visiting St John Paul II Primary on Monday 4th – Wednesday 6th September 2023.

If you wish to have Sibling Photographs, can you please complete the Registration form, accessed using the link below:

Chris McIntyre Photography Sibling Photography Request Form John Paul II Primary School (office.com)

Or by using the QR Code below:

This is only for Siblings in St John Paul II Primary, St John Paul II Nursery or Laburnum Family Learning Centre.

The Registration Deadline is 02/09/2023 at 23:59 

Please don’t complete the form to request individual photographs as these will be taken automatically.

Further information regarding allocated photo days will be issued nearer to the time.

Please note the change of date for our planned Mass.  All welcome.

I am sure that many of you are thinking about school uniform for the beginning of the new school year.  I don’t want to rush the holidays, but I do want to remind you of the information which was sent out at the end to term in June!

You may remember that we surveyed Parents and Carers at the Parents’ Night in March and the overwhelming majority of those who responded were willing and keen to ensure that FOR P.E. LESSONS children should not wear branded garments and P.E. days should not be an extra ‘dress down day’.   I will monitor this and perhaps reintroduce changing in and out of uniform if the situation hasn’t improved.

Let’s start as we mean to go on!

Please click on the link below for further information on all uniform.  Please note NO FOOTBALL COLOURS, including on school bags, water bottles, other accessories should be worn in school.

School Uniform at St. John Paul II AUGUST 2023

If you or anyone you know needs support in sourcing uniform or there are financial worries regarding uniform, please contact Mr Thomas on enquiries-at-johnpaul@northlan.org.uk and I will be in touch.

The Thorniewood Community Council were also planning a Uniform Bank.  They can be contacted through Social Media.

Thank you for your support!  I hope that your Summer is going well and I look forward to welcoming everyone back in August.

Mr Thomas

We had our last school Mass yesterday, where we presented our P6 pupils with the new P7 tie. This will show to others that they’re taking on some of the leadership roles within our school. We look forward to seeing you wearing them with pride in August!!

Also at Mass yesterday Fr Bogan presented our the Pope Francis Faith Awards to our P7 pupils. These children have worked so hard over the past two years to put the gifts of the Holy Spirit into action in their daily lives, in the life of their school and in their parish. Congratulations.

At this time of year, we often have to say goodbyes!! This year, we said farewell to Mrs McClung. We thank her for all her hard work over the past few months and wish her luck!!

Our final presentation was to St Andrew’s Hospice. We were delighted to present them with a cheque for £1932.52 which was raised by our P1 pupils’ Teddy Bears Picnic and the P7’s Wear Yellow Walk. Thank you all for your incredible support of this wonderful charity!

A big thank you also has to go to our wonderful P7 House Captains. You have worked so hard this year, been so committed and dedicated to your roles and been tremendous examples to the rest of the school. Next year’s captains will have big shoes to fill!

To our P7 pupils, who have left us for their new adventure at CNHS – what can we say?! We thank you for all you have done for the life of our school, not only in this past year but across your whole time with us!! You have been amazing! Remember what Fr Bogan told you yesterday “Once a John Paul Person, always a John Paul Person” and what Mr T says “Remember you were loved!” Take our love with you on you new journey and shine like the stars we know you are!!

And our final thank you goes to you – all our wonderful families. We would like to say thank you for all the kind words, cards and gifts over these past few days. These are totally unexpected, but very much appreciated. But more than that, we want to thank you so much for all your support over the past year. From supporting us in various events, to just passing on kind words and thoughts on a random basis, this all means so much to us all.

We hope you have a great summer!