John Clare Primary School

A huge thank you to Friends of John Clare School and our ground force team who have spent today until 5pm cleaning, scrubbing, weeding, painting, tidying and just generally being brilliant to get our school and grounds looking as good as they possibly can. We appreciate you all!

What a wonderful press report!

Helpston's John Clare Primary School celebrates glowing Ofsted report

Years 3-5 enjoyed taking part in the Mini-Heritage Festival at Westings Meadow in Etton today. They engaged in sessions with a Neolithic farmer, John Clare the late poet, a farmer from the 1940s, a quarry worker, and an Ecologist. It was a fascinating and informative journey through the history of this very special local landmark.

We are super proud of our 'strong' report following our recent Ofsted Inspection! 💚

Look at our new library!

School Council have been working with Mrs Nicolson to redesign our library area. They chose a woodland forest theme as they know that being in nature and reading are both good for mental health. The children say that being in the new library is like being in their very own magical book setting!

Well done School Council - an amazing job! 🌲📚✨💚

Today, Year 6 are very proud to start their East Anglian Air Ambulance Challenge Badge. Throughout this challenge, they will be learning about the phenomenal work that the EAAA do, developing their First Aid skills, completing activities to learn about our area, essential life-saving skills, CPR and raise funds for the EAAA.

We can’t wait to meet our new families joining us in September. Hopefully you’ve received your welcome pack by now, but here’s some key dates for you diary 📔

Information evening June 2nd 6:30-7:30pm

Stay and play sessions for children and their grown ups
Tuesday 23rd June 2-3pm
Wednesday 1st July 10:30-11:30am
Thursday 9th July 2-3pm

Home visits 🏡
Friday 4th September
Monday 7th September
More information on these during our information evening

Children start school on Tuesday 8th September
Any questions please do drop the office an email on [email protected]

Year 6 had great fun creating step counters with their Micro:bits yesterday. They created the code, downloaded it and then challenged each other to see who had the most steps. They then all walked the same distance and noticed that the step value varied slightly because they all take varying step sizes. A lovely activity on such a sunny day.

In today's science lesson, Year 3 have been making the most of the sunshine and have been exploring how shadows are formed when an opaque object blocks a light source. 🌞