We will post key news items here as they take place. This might include sports results, reminders and weather information.

• SATs information evening

  Thu 22 Feb 2024 K Harvey

  Mr Harvey held a meeting for Year 6 parents last night, sharing information about Year 6 SATs and teacher assessment. All of the documents are on our school website and have been sent to parents. 

• Welcome to Falkland School!

  Thu 22 Feb 2024 K Harvey

  We have been delighted this week to welcome children from Reception and Year 5 at Falkland School, who have joined us temporarily at St John's and St Nic's, while their building is out of action. 

   

  It has been wonderful to see the way the children from the 2 schools have interacted and has been a great experience for all of the schools. Credit goes to the Falkland children and their staff for adapting so well to the new situation.

• Residential Trips

  Tue 12 Sep 2023

  Powerpoints for the residential visits to Grittleton House (Year 5) and Little Canada (Year 6) have been uploaded to the website.

• Welcome Back

  Wed 06 Sep 2023 Mr Harvey

  We welcome all of our children and families back for an exciting new school year. Please remember that if you need to contact us, our office email addresses are:

   

  St John's: office@stjohnev.w-berks.sch.uk

   

  St Nic's: office@stnics.w-berks.sch.uk

• Year 6 SATs information meeting for parents

  Wed 22 Feb 2023

  The slides from Mr Harvey's SATs meeting for parents are available here.

• New Catering Contract Tender Process - St Nicolas School

  Mon 20 Feb 2023 Keith Harvey

  St Nicolas School is tendering for a new catering contractor from July 2023. For full details, please contact the school office or visit the government Contracts Finder site. 

   

  The timetable for companies is below:

   

  Activity	Date (in full e.g. 1st January 2022 at 12:00)
  Invitation to Tender publication	Monday 20th February 2023 at 12.00
  Deadline for receipt of clarifications	Monday 6th March 2023 at 12.00
  Target date for responses to clarifications	Friday 10th March 2023 at 12.00
  Deadline for receipt of Tenders	Thursday 23rd March 2023 at 12.00
  Evaluation of Tenders	Tuesday 28th March 2023
  Notification of contract award decision	Friday 31st March 2023 at 12.00
  "Standstill" period	Saturday 1st April to Sunday 16th April
  Confirm contract award	Monday 17th April 2023
  Contract start and start of mobilisation period	Monday 24th July 2023
  Service commencement date	1st September 2023

• Parent Information Meetings

  Fri 07 Oct 2022

  PowerPoint presentations from the parent information meetings can be accessed below. Thank you to everyone for coming along.

   

  Foundation Stage Meeting

   

  Year 1 and 2 Meeting

   

  Year 3 and 4 Meeting

   

  Year 5 and 6 Meeting

• YMCA Lakeside 2023 PowerPoint

  Tue 27 Sep 2022 Keith Harvey

  The PowerPoint from the information evening for parents about the Year 6 residential visit to YMCA Lakeside can be found here.

• Reading Information Evening

  Mon 24 Jan 2022 Mr Harvey

  Mr Harvey and Mrs Whiting held a reading information evening for St John's parents on 24th January. The PowerPoint for the meeting is available under the assessment information menu.

• Year 6 Assessment Meeting

  Wed 19 Jan 2022 Mr Harvey

  Mr Harvey held an information meeting for Year 6 parents on end of Key Stage 2 assessment at Year 6. The PowerPoint for the meeting is available under the News and Events menu on the school website.