St John the Baptist School, Woking

One more day till we welcome everyone back to school. We hope you all have had a wonderful summer and look forward to seeing you all.
Please can you make sure you have all your equipment : two handwriting pens (black/blue), pencil HB), colouring pencils, highlighter, ruler, eraser, sharpener, calculator, maths set, glue stick, ear phones and charged iPad

…and our August winners too!

Well done to our July SJB club winners!

We’re looking forward to meeting our new Year 7 cohort and also some old and new faces for Year 12 also!

GCSE Results day! Lots of happy smiling faces this morning as our Year 11’s collected their well earned results. Congratulations to everyone on an amazing set of results, we are all incredibly proud of your achievements. To those joining us in the Sixth Form, we will see you soon! And to those exploring other horizons, don’t be strangers and keep SJB in your heart ❤️.

Congratulations to all our Year 13s who received their A Level results today! You did amazingly well - we are incredibly proud of you all. We wish you all the best of luck for the future, whatever it may hold! Don’t be a stranger - once an SJBer, always an SJBer! 💙💛

The raffle has been drawn! Congratulations to our lucky winners and thank you to everyone who bought a ticket to support the cycle ride to Lourdes. Good luck to our SJB cyclists tomorrow! 🚴 🚴‍♀️🚴🚴‍♂️

Happy summer holidays…and just in time for the warm weather to set in (hopefully!) and Happy Birthday, Mr Young!

The last few weeks have been action-packed with so many events: Sports Day, Music Concerts, a Summer show, Culture Day and many more trips and events. The end of term has gone really smoothly, and we wish you all a safe, restful and happy summer holidays. Thank you for your ongoing support, love the SJB staff!

Another wonderful bunch of students enjoying the headteachers breakfast with Mr GH. Well done to these guys for doing so well at school. We all hear it’s an absolute feast … must be a Mr GH idea!

Don’t forget it’s sports day tomorrow! House colour t shirts and a waterproof jacket. Please ensure you are registered by 8.30am… you don’t want to miss the first race!

A group of year 9 and 10 students were incredibly lucky to take part on a STEM workshop hosted by Surrey Maths School today. They worked collaboratively together to overcome some challenging maths problems. Well done to our students who took part!

SJB cycles to Lourdes
As soon as term ends, six SJB staff are setting off on their bikes to the town of Lourdes in memory of our former colleague, Nick Windsor, who devoted many hours of his life to the Samaritans charity. If you would like to donate to this great cause, it would be greatly appreciated, and you can do so by following the link to our JustGiving page (link below).
We are holding a Samaritans raffle which will be drawn on 17 July. There are lots of amazing prizes to be won which have been generously donated by local and national businesses. Tickets are available on Scopay.
Thank you so much in advance for your generosity! https://www.justgiving.com/page/sjb-lourdes-1718015569905?utm_campaign=lc_frp_share_transaction_fundraiser_page_donation_received_-_nth_donation&utm_content=24aa9ef8-2e62-47b6-a075-20b77b5fef49&utm_medium=email&utm_source=postoffice&utm_term=1718543523150

Today, we celebrated Cultural Awareness Day at SJB. The day started with the school community gathering for a longer assembly. Our Head Boy, Seven Hill, spoke passionately about belonging, freedom, and awareness, along with other students from diverse backgrounds.

Many students wore the colours of their country or their original cultural dress. Lucasz and the catering team have done a brilliant job this week of providing traditional food from many different countries for all the students to try.

Congratulations all!

Happy SJB day! Don’t forget it’s m***i and money to spend on the stalls, games and bbq!

Year 8 had Humanutopia come in last Tuesday to complete an anti-bullying workshop. The year 8s had a great day of reflection looking at them in the past and how they have behaved and who they were, them currently and who they are, and then lastly looking at the future and who they want to become. The day was great, and provided a great opportunity for pupils to reflect on their SJB journey and beyond. We ended the day with some goal setting, please ask our fellow year 8s about their day and what their dreams were!

Hello all! We have been busy training ahead of the SJB charity cycle to Lourdes! All of the donations we receive will be going to the Samaritans Chairty, a charity who save hundreds of lives daily, by being a listening ear to those who are most vulnerable, and a charity that Nick Windsor committed much of his time to, offering his service to those most in need of it.

The goal we have set ourselves this year is £10,000! This is a huge amount of money, but remember this is a target... Not a limit 😉. Below is a link for the Just giving page that we are going to be using for this event.

Thank you all so much for your help and support in this endeavour, it really cannot happen without the support of this amazing community.

https://www.justgiving.com/page/sjb-lourdes-1718015569905

Congratulations to our May SJB Club winners!

Year 7 silent disco for this evening 5:30-7pm.
Tickets are still available to buy on scopay.
Looking forward to seeing everyone!

Huge thanks to everyone who came and took part in our Charity Quiz last Friday. We were treated to a lovely curry by Lucaz and his fabulous catering team from Innovate!

FAO Year 13 parents, copy link for school photographs. The closing date for school deliveries is 04/06/2024 https://linkprotect.cudasvc.com/url?a=https%3a%2f%2forders.online.bentleypics.com%2faccessCode%3fusername%3dwqD2VtoY%26password%3dokiW4wc8&c=E,1,2QdMOR3bgACvzyT8Mm62168N44TkrERHwvYtOaJuj0oZUoC_A3MG1Qdye10OahGPDeu_mOVjQkdvt46_-7xtUF3v_DWtqVb1tH6_Y_qXCwuW1dacDr-Hup07eA,,&typo=1

FAO Year 11 parents, copy link for photos. The closing date for school deliveries is 04/06/2024 https://linkprotect.cudasvc.com/url?a=https%3a%2f%2forders.online.bentleypics.com%2faccessCode%3fusername%3deAiwyXjj%26password%3d7P76hqoX&c=E,1,v7iOQTNyixr9B2KjEAavnADtLKcimrIlFkLKr3qxACRKSXPKNbEmu2mgh22DlrMXr9GzfeG4KTa46E1bbDhXszAKoLps5ihY9RKItr6H91mFaHscCKKW-Am1suU,&typo=1

We are seeking to appoint a dynamic and inspiring Teacher of History to join our well-established and high- performing History Department. This is an excellent opportunity for an ECT or someone with experience looking to develop their teaching and pedagogy in a supportive environment.

A lovely evening at our Y13 Celebration Mass. It’s so wonderful to see the wonderful young adults that these students have become and it was a fitting sending for a brilliant group! We wish them all the very best of luck in their upcoming exams, Have Faith Believe You Can!

Congratulations to all our SJB club winners this month!

Thank you to Fr Rob for leading our community in Mass this morning and for his powerful message about embracing our differences and uniting as one community in Christ. Congratulations to new student leaders; Seven, Pearl, Seb and Rebecca, who received their leadership stoles and a blessing this morning. Thank you to our outgoing leadership team; Daniel, Jade, Vincent and Francesca; may the Holy Spirit be with you all as you as you embark on the next chapter in your lives.

A huge well done to the Year 10&11 girls football team. They should hold their heads high after Tuesdays final and for coming 2nd in the District League. Playing against National Finalist is no mean feat and they put Fullbrook through their paces holding them to a 2-0 lead in the first half 💙💛

Year 10 Boys Football Team
Congratulations to the Year 10 boys for coming 2nd in the District League. A great fighting performance in the final against Woking High, narrowly missing out on penalties. They came back from 5-1 to 5-5 in 20 minutes to force penalties 💙💛

Xavier Catholic Education Trust are running ‘Exploring Excellence in Education’ in partnership with teach. Please copy link for booking https://linkprotect.cudasvc.com/url?a=https%3a%2f%2fbuy.stripe.com%2feVa0082uFaJg1Ve4gh&c=E,1,CjkoP9vPov_AFdAj6jozlCTnFt8uFxVCoEVfRc8gMeoUaBAUNm_be-BEewy8EOZVQZ6o0nH5DWDcjxXspMD88HWBO6bbuG4wC46Ec-Jq2o5Vh5Y,&typo=1