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St John Fisher Primary, a Catholic Voluntary Academy, Sheffield
Our annual Resurrection Mass will now take place on Friday 2nd May 2025. Led by the young people of Y6, Mass will take place in Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Churchbe and start at 10.00am. All welcome! | SCHOOL PLACES AVAILABLE: We still have spaces available in our Reception class starting in September 2025 and we welcome applications for Catholic children AND children of all faiths and none. Please contact us to find out more and click here for local authority admission information. | Our Latest FS2 Mouse Club Newsletter: PLease click here  | WAKE UP! SHAKE UP! videos for Term 5 can found here! | PLEASE NOTE that the School Office is open between 8.30am and 4.30pm. Thank you. | SLEEP INFORMATION: Click here  | All Saints transition information, please click here  | SJF Healthy Minds Podcast - Episode 8 - click here  | WE NEED YOU! Ever thought about becoming a Governor? Please click here. | 'Dinosaur' the premiere - please click here | 2025-2026 SJF Calendar please click here. | SJF Recommended Book List 24-25 Please click here  | Latest Newsletters: Click here
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Important Reminder

Please take note of the children's changeover days for library and reading books.

  Library Book Change Day Reading Book Change Day
FS2 Thursday Thursday
Y1 Tuesday Thursday
Y2 Monday Thursday
Y3 Monday Monday
Y4 Thursday  
Y5 Monday  
Y6 Friday  

 

The investment in high quality library, reading and phonics books to engage children and support their reading journeys, remains a huge priority for us, in spite of the fact that money is extremely tight for all schools currently.

I am sorry to say that too many of our books, including brand new reading and phonics books, are not being returned on time, meaning that they are not available for others who need them. A number have been reported lost by parents/carers. Too many are returned in a poor state, with torn or missing pages, or in some cases they come back covered in dried-on food, or stained and wrinkled because of liquid spills.

We accept that accidents happen, and we also expect reasonable wear and tear. However, the number of late, lost and damaged books is beyond what is reasonable and getting beyond what is sustainable too.

All books are precious, and children need to be encouraged to look after them properly - both in school and at home. We need everyone to support us with this by ensuring that the books their children bring home are looked after and treated properly, and then returned on time, on the correct day.

A reminder that when library, reading and phonics books are lost - or are kept long after they were supposed to be returned, so they have to replaced, or when they are damaged beyond what is reasonable wear and tear, we will ask the relevant parents and carers to pay for new ones. Thank you.

 

Reading for pleasure at home and in school transforms lives!

 
9th Sep 2024
 
 
 
 
 

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