Year 5 went to Hampton Court to discover what life was like for Henry VIIII’s court in the Tudor times. Using different methods of...

As historians, we have been learning about the Great Fire of London which began on 2nd September 1666. We have learnt that the fire broke...

During Class 3's immersive exploration of Ancient Egypt, we delved into the mysterious realms of mummification, examined the secrets...

As part of the national Windrush Celebrations, commemorating the 75th anniversary of the arrival of HMS Windrush we held a special day....

Robin Hutchinson came to school and told us a story about a boy and a girl and the candle industry in Kingston. It was a piece of...

Year 4 have been learning about the ancient Kingdom of Benin. Benin is a country located in West Africa. We have been discussing why it...

Byron Class had a sizzling exit point to their topic ‘Sparks and Flames’. The children used their models of houses from 1666 and...

Things went all Egyptian in Y3 this week, here's a gallery of what we got up to.

Class 3 have been investigating diet during the Stone Ages by dissecting ancient poo!

Byron Class had an excellent start to their new topic 'History Heroes'. The children have been thinking very carefully about what makes a...

In class 3 we have been making our own paint Stone Age style!

We finished of our brilliant birthday celebrations with a carnival. All the children designed a special t-shirt to celebrate the occasion...

Our year 5 children put together some questions for our ex-pupils about their experiences of St John's over the years. Here's Nigel...

A virtual assembly was held to allow all to see the time capsule that we will be leaving for children and staff to find in another 50...

On Wednesday 7th July, we held our 150th Anniversary service in our playground. This was the first time since lockdown that the children...

We had a farm visit our site today as part of our birthday celebrations. The land all around the school was farm land when the school was...

As part of our 150th anniversary celebrations we held a Victorian Day at school. This meant no screens! Registers were taken on paper and...

Thank you for the overwhelming response to Victorian Day! The cane has only been used three times which is good. I hope the children...

Sarah Wilson (then Humphreys) 1986-1990 I have so many memories of a brilliant primary school! I loved going to school especially when I...

John Pridmore 1945 - 1951 My Headmaster was Mr. Osland, and my teachers were Miss Read, Miss Ashton, Miss Firman, Mrs Nicholson and Mr...