St John's Academy

Welcome to St John's RC Academy

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Parents' Council Fundraiser

All staff, parents, guardians, friends and family of St John's RC Academy are invited to a fundraising dinner at Kerachers Restaurant on Monday 27th February at 7pm for 7.30pm. £20 for a 2 Course set menu with drinks and optional 3rd Course extra. Tickets on sale at St John's Academy School office. Limited availability - tickets sold on first come first served basis. All Welcome.

Please consider coming along to support this event. (Tickets limited to 50 so could sell out quickly)

National Qualifications Prelims 2011-12

NQ prelims will run from 1-9 Feb 2012. All pupils have been issued with a timetable and details of supported study classes which they can attend when in school and not in an exam. Click here for the latest copy of the timetable and study support classes. S5/6 pupils are on exam leave from 1-9 Feb 2012 inclusive and should return to school on Friday, 10 Feb 2012.

If you are looking for inspiration on how to help your child through exams, then click here.

Offical opening of NICC and St John's RC Academy

On Tuesday 20th December, Cardinal O’Brien and MSP John Swinney, Cabinet Secretary for Finance and Sustainable Growth officially opened St. John’s Academy housed within North Inch Community Campus.

Thanks are due to all staff and pupils of St John’s RC Academy for an event which was not only well organised but boasted a relaxed atmosphere. Cardinal O’Brien led the school community in the celebration of Mass and toured the school, spending the whole day with staff, students and friends of the school.

The occasion was attended by representatives of other churches and other faiths and Provost John Hulbert hosted the Civic Reception which followed. The Provost praised all who were involved in Perth and Kinross’ Investment in Learning programme which had seen the completion of six new schools and their excellent associated community facilities.

Pupils, past and present, played a central part in the celebrations in which the school traced its routes to the 1860’s building in Meal Vennel before opening in Stormont Street in 1938. By serving on the altar, singing, dancing, reading, escorting guests – the pupils proved themselves to be the schools finest ambassadors, ably demonstrating their talents - a fitting opening to the next 150 years of Catholic education in our city.

We are a Fairtrade School!

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St John's RC Academy has gained Fairtrade School status. This award, given by the Fairtrade Foundation, recognises our efforts to promote fairtrade across the curriculum. Pupils have been running a fairtrade stall, promoting fairtrade at school events, providing fairtrade hospitality, using fairtrade ingredients in home economics, learning about the political effects of fairtrade in business education and RE, and understanding more about the production of fairtrade honey in biology (to name but a few). They have led fairtrade themed assemblies for all our pupils, and their plans for Fairtrade Fortnight 2012 are already developing - look out for the Fairtrade Bingo Tea which will be a wider community event!

Congratulations to Amanda Sandilands, PTC Business and Computing, for leading this initiative, and to the many staff, pupils, parents and local parishioners who have helped St John's RC Academy achieve this prestigious award. For more information on Fairtrade Schools, click here.

December Newsletter

To view the School Newsletter for December please click here

And the winner is...

St John's RC Academy - together with Perth Grammar - has won the Sunday Mail/SportsScotland Scottish Sports Award. The winning category was 'School Sports Award'.

David Taylor (Principal Teacher PE) and Audrey May (Headteacher) shared the stage last night with PKC and Grammar colleagues to lift the trophy on a night which saw Andy Murray gain the Sports Personality Award, and Walter Smith recognised for his lifetime achievements.

This award recognises the tremendous work done over many years, developing successful partnerships to create the Sports Comprehensive. The partnership between St John's RC Academy and Perth Grammar saw the first inter-denominational Sports Comprehensive in Scotland - under the banner 'Everyone Active'.

Together, we ensure that sport permeates the curriculum, encouraging departments to use sport as a vehicle to raise attainment and self-esteem. That means providing 'Sport for all' but also to support talent - feeding talent into local clubs who further develop skills.

We have established links to 13 local clubs, linking pupils to development squads which allows them to progress to national level.

Progress over the last couple of years has been incredible. 75% of S1 pupils participate in at least one lunchtime or after school activity on a regular basis. S5/6 share sports facilities and take PE together on Thursday afternoons. The aim is to encourage pupils to stay involved in physical activity when they leave school - and, of course, it also promotes the anti-sectarian agenda. We are helped by Live Active Leisure who provide seniors with free access to all their facilities for six months prior to and during exam time.

Throw in the special programmes for the Support for Learning department, a Fit to Eat programme which promotes healthy lifestyles, the development of dance as an activity (and many other initiatives) and you can see why this award is so well deserved.

Click here to access the official Sunday Mail/SportsScotland Scottish Sports Award website.

Click here to watch the video shown at the awards ceremony and on STV.

SCHOLAR at St John's Academy

SCHOLAR is one of the world's largest school e-learning education programmes and it is available to every pupil studying Intermediate Maths and selected Higher and Advanced Higher courses at St John’s Academy.

For further information please click here to download the SCHOLAR ‘log in and learn’ parent information leaflet.

This is a fantastic resource to support your child’s home study.

Careers Fair

Young people in Perth were given help to make decisions about their future and a careers fair. More than 40 exhibitors were on hand at the North Inch Community Campus to offer advice on guidance on the options available.

Those present included a range of local employers, including Perth and Kinross Council, as well as local training providers LifeSkillsCentres, Rathbone, LANTRA and YMCA and staff from the Armed Forces. For those hoping to go on to further education, staff from the universities of St Andrews, Abertay, Dundee, Stirling and Napier were also available for advice along with college representative

School Newsletters

If you wish to receive e-mail newsletters and be kept up to date about all aspects of school life here at St John's Academy please click on the newsletter sign-up tab or follow this link - click here.

School lanyards

St John's Academy lanyards are now available from our school office for £1.

The lanyards - with protective card casing - are very useful in protecting smartcards which are used each day by our young people to buy lunch and open doors. A large number of pupils have lost/damaged their smartcards and this causes problems for them getting to class on time. This simple solution will protect the cards and help to keep them safe.

St John's Academy Standards and Quality Report 2010 - 2011

Click here to view the 2010 - 2011 Standards and Quality Report.

Primary 1 News - 'Jolly Phonics'

If you missed the recent Primary 1 information evening about 'Jolly Phonics' then click here for more information.

Click here for games and activities to support your child's phonic learning.

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