Welcome!
St John Fisher is an aspirational learning community with a strong vision, shared values and a proud Catholic ethos.
Our expectations are high and we are ambitious for every child. We work hard to ensure that each can feel happy, safe and loved in school and at home and we aim to inspire them to enjoy and achieve every day.
We believe that every child is talented and unique and should be affirmed and supported to appreciate their own uniqueness, gifts and talents. Our school is one where children are known and understood.
St John Fisher is a place where everyone is treated with respect, tolerance and understanding. We aim to be inclusive; a place where good manners and behaviour are valued enormously and every child can experience success, whilst developing the skills and attitudes necessary to be happy and successful life-long learners.
We all recognise parents and carers as our children’s first educators and so invite them to be our partners. We encourage them to engage with school life and we share lots of information so that they are well-informed.
I am immensely proud of our young people and of how we continue to grow and develop as a community.
If you would like to find out more, please contact us to arrange a visit. Our newsletters and Curriculum Overviews are full of information and also chart our journey. They will give you a sense of what we are about.
Thank you for visiting our website.
Frank Barratt
Headteacher
SJF Houses
Term 1 Smiley Scores (2024-25)
Reading for Pleasure!
Beat Your Best!
The first Beat Your Best of this year is called Hot Potato and is all about passing a ball.
In a small group, stand in a circle and pass the ball between you, either round the circle or randomly. However, the Sport Majors will be counting to ten and if the ball is in your hands at ten then you will be out!
If a regular ball is too easy, why not try a tennis ball or a rugby ball?
Good luck!
SJF Safeguarding
Our school is an Operation Encompass school.
Operation Encompass is a notification schools receive when a child is exposed to (or involved in) a domestic incident. Trained members of our SJF Safeguarding Team are informed so that they can support the safety and wellbeing of any children and family members affected.
Our Safeguarding Team is:
Designated Safeguarding Lead
- Mr F Barratt
Designated Safeguarding Deputies
- Mrs M Barrett
- Mrs I Hadfield
- Mr C Murphy
- Mrs V Barratt (Early Years)
To find out more please click on this LINK.
Our 'Whisper Button' provides an additional way for concerns to be reported by children, families and others.
Whisper® is a reporting service that enables our SJF Safeguarding Team to receive disclosures via a simple form or text message.
Click the grey button to share a concern.
We take the safeguarding and wellbeing of our children extremely seriously and remind our children continually of their right to feel happy, safe and loved every day in and out of school. Children are encouraged to 'Tell! Tell! Tell!' if they are worried about anything or anyone.
Children have a number of options for raising issues and accessing support:
- 'Wishes, Whys and Worries' boxes around school
- 'The Hub' (at lunchtimes)
- Healthy Minds Champions (peers who are trained by the Sheffield Healthy Minds Team)
- a Mental Health Worker (provided by the Sheffield Healthy Minds Team)
- emotionally available staff who have received accredited Trauma-Informed Schools UK and Positive Regard training
Our fantastic SJF Wake and Shakers have lots of different routines to get you energised and feeling positive at the start of each new day!
Click to view the daily routines, and join us every day at 8.40am!
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SJF Calendar
| Thursday, 19th September 2024 |
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| DETERMINATION (Term 1 Learning Value) |
| Y1 Celebration of the Word (9.00am, hall - Y1 family and friends invited) |
| Y5 & Y6 PE (PE uniform to be worn all day) |
| FS2 Shared Story Time (FS2 parents/carers must book one session beforehand with the school office ) |
| FS2 Welcome Meeting (3.30pm, Y6 classroom - childcare provided) |
| Friday, 20th September 2024 |
| DETERMINATION (Term 1 Learning Value) |
| FS2 Shared Story Time (FS2 parents/carers must book one session beforehand with the school office ) |
| Y6 Shared Story Time (Y6 parents/carers invited in at 3.00pm) |
| Y5 Shared Story Time (Y5 parents/carers invited in at 3.00pm ) |
| Saturday, 21st September 2024 |
| OPEN MORNING (10.00-12.00PM, Join us and meet the children, staff and Governors) |
| Open Day: Polish School at SJF (1.00pm - 2.00pm) |
| Monday, 23rd September 2024 |
| DETERMINATION (Term 1 Learning Value) |
| FS2 PE (PE uniform to be worn all day) |
| Tuesday, 24th September 2024 |
| DETERMINATION (Term 1 Learning Value) |
| Y1 & Y2 PE (PE uniform to be worn all day) |
| Wednesday, 25th September 2024 |
| DETERMINATION (Term 1 Learning Value) |
| Y6 Residential (Hollowford Centre, Castleton) |
| Y3 & Y4 PE (Children to wear PE uniform all day) |
