St.John's PS Middletown

📆 Parent & Toddler group starts again for the new school year next Wednesday 11th September from 9.30am -11.00am

We look forward to welcoming everyone back as well as some new faces 👍🏻

📆 Uniform Swap Shop this afternoon & Monday 24th June.

We have a swap shop from 1.30pm-3.30pm in the school foyer this afternoon and next Monday 24th.

Feel free to call in and swap or send unwanted items in with your child any day this week.

📆Toddler Group Change Next Week

Please note Toddler Group will be on Thursday next week and not our usual Wednesday slot. Please pass onto anyone you know who usually attends.

Reminder to everyone we are delighted to support Armagh GAA Jersey Day for CareFor Caolan tomorrow. All children from Nursery to P7 to wear a jersey of choice and please bring in £2 per child / £4 per family for such a worthy cause.

Here are the official results of the first ever Primary school competition to be held in the UK or Ireland. Saint John's primary school in Middletown on the 10th June 2024. All of the 22 kids showed good potential.

With the IFA European Arm Wrestling championships 2024 kicking off in Poland this weekend, how amazing would it be if in a few years some of these kids are representing the UK and Ireland, competing on that stage in the under 15 boys and girls age groups. Then possibly the World Championships.

Maybe a few more will be inspired from next years P7's from the same school. Plus if other schools get involved it wouldn't be long before there is a schools competition in Ireland and the UK and then we would be slowly catching up with the rest of Europe.

Despite not having any schools competing in Arm Wrestling like the majority of Europe, the UK and Ireland still bring home more than their fair share of the medals.

St.John's PS Middletown

What a brilliant morning with P7 in the splendid Mourne Mountains. We set off early this morning and did an 8km hike from Ott Car Park to Doan. We were rewarded with fantastic views all around. 🧗🏻📍🗺️🥾

What an amazing morning of excitement here in school for the first ever official Primary School Armwrestling competition in the UK & Ireland! Massive thanks to Stanley & David for officiating the boys and girls competition!

We were also delighted to help Pinkertons of Armagh who supported the event, do some sausage sampling with Joy Rollston! Pinkertons kindly supplied some fantastic Moo Valley - Artisan Gelato for all competitors!

What a brilliant experience for all the children - we can’t wait to do it again next year!

A huge thank you to Sillis Green Veg for generously providing lovely fresh fruit for all our children taking part in Sports Day today. We were lucky to get this snap just before all the fruit was eaten!! 🙌🏻🙌🏻👍🏻👍🏻

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Congratulations to our school Camogie Team who were crowned All County Cup Champions today in Keady. The girls have gotten a great reward having come so close to victory in a number of competitions throughout the year.

Well done to the girls and sincere thanks to all the staff who have worked with the girls here in school, as well as all the coaches from Middletown GAA Page who have nurtured the girls from a very young age. We hope the girls have many more good days ahead for their schools and club. 🎉🎉

⛔️Important Notice - School Open Monday⛔️

We have just received notification that the planned strike for Monday has been suspended.

School will be open with school meals and the bus will operate as normal.

Please pass onto other families.

Today at Toddler Group we said a very special farewell to Kathleen who came to toddler group almost every week with the children she was minding over the last few years. We loved having her and the children she cared for here and we will miss the laughs and chats. We hope Kathleen has a long and happy retirement! 👍🏻

⛔️Please note - Toddler Group changed ⛔️

Toddler Group will take place on Thursday morning this week and not our normal Wednesday due to unforeseen circumstances.

Please pass onto anyone you know who comes to Toddler Group. Thanks.

Orange and White Day tomorrow. Children can wear their county colours to school in anticipation of the Ulster Final on Sunday. Please bring in £2 per child / £4 per family. All proceeds will go to local fundraising drive to 'Help Roisin Get to Mexico'. Roisin has family links to school.

Please note our Parent & Toddler group tomorrow is cancelled and will resume next Wednesday 8th May. Please pass onto anyone who normally attends. Thanks.

A huge congratulations to our P7 girls who made it through to the all county football finals today! Venue and time TBC. The girls came through a tough group in tough conditions today and they all put in fantastic performances. We look forward to training hard for the finals day!

Happy Easter to all our children and families. We had super fun yesterday at our Easter Raffle. Thanks to everyone who made a donation or bought tickets. Congratulations to Katie who won the big egg which was kindly donated by Brenda Hughes

Well done to Lily in P2 who recently got her wonderful Little Red Riding Hood work up on display. 🙌🏻📚📝🎉

What a fantastic morning we had at toddler group today! We had a super time in green for St Patrick’s Day and we were entertained by some Key Stage 2 children who performed some traditional St Patrick’s day tunes! 🎵🎹☘️☘️

Reminder: The school photographer will be in school tomorrow. Please wear full school uniform.

Yesterday all children from P4-P7 were pleased to join in the Archdiocese 1000hrs of Adoration for Vocations at St John’s Church. The children and staff took time for prayer and reflection throughout the day. 🙏🏻📿

P4-P7 are really enjoying their Art Lesson for World Book Day! We can’t wait to see the finished pieces! 🎨🖼️🖌️📚

Reminder for tomorrow:

World Book Day and dress up for all children Nursery to P7.

Book Swop:
All children from P1 to P7 can bring in 3 books they would like to swop with others. Everyone will go home with new books to read.

P4-P7 - Online World Book Day Art Lesson

Our P1-P3 are really enjoying their online World Book Day Art lesson with The Art and Design Factory the children are learning how to draw their very own Hungry Caterpillar! 🖌️🎨

Huge congratulations to Cassie who came first in her category and Grace who came 2nd in her category in the Keady Credit Union Limited art competition! Well done girls! 🎨🖌️🖼️

Well done to our indoor Camogie team who competed brilliantly at the indoor finals in Armagh today. The girls put in a superb performance, only to lose narrowly by one goal to eventual winners Tullysaran.

Coding Club starting next week.

Please take note of the following Sway with details on how to register for Coding Club each Thursday through Burns Skills School Ltd

After School Coding Club -Starting Thursday 29th Feb for 4 weeks Dear Parents,

Congratulations to our girls football team who won their heat today to make it through to the all county indoor finals in a few weeks time! Well done girls! 🎉🎉