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KS1 street dance: 30th June 2025
On Monday 30th June, EYFS and KS1 were treated to an exciting and unforgettable experience. We were delighted to welcome Kieran Lai - Britain's Got Talent semi-finalist and 2020 Street Dance World Champion - to St John and St Francis Church School.
Kieran delivered a fantastic and engaging assembly that motivated and inspired not only the children but also the adults! His story, energy, and performance left everyone feeling uplifted and encouraged to follow their passions.
Throughout the day, pupils took part in dynamic street dance workshops led by Kieran himself. Some children even had the chance to attend an after-school masterclass, where they learned additional street dance techniques and moves.
It was a truly fantastic day! A huge thank you to Kieran and Next Gen Workshops for helping us provide not just one, but two incredible sporting opportunities this term - basketball and street dance. These workshops have already made a lasting impact and will continue to inspire our children for many years to come.
Here are some photos from the masterclass. Please look at individual class pages for more photos from the workshops during the day.
Triathlon: 29th June 2025
On Sunday 29th June, Miss Webber and Miss Bryant attended the Schools Triathlon at King's College, which was organised by Relentless Development. The children took part in a swim, cycle and run, with each having their favourite event! The children performed outstandingly well and we were so impressed with their resilience, support for each other, passion and attitude of both of our teams that entered.
Well done to all Year 4's and 6's who took part - we hope you are still wearing your medal with pride and look back on this, remembering with pride the event that you all completed.
Here are some photos of our children:
Health and Sports week 2025
What a week we had for our Health and Sports Week 2025! The weather was shining on us all week and we enjoyed participating in a wide range of activities during the week, including:
- EYFS and KS1 circus skills.
- KS2 Premier Sport workshops - Dartmoor ball.
- Mental health and wellbeing workshops in class.
- Orienteering class workshops.
- KS2 assembly and class workshops led by Lazlo - a professional freestyle basketballer.
- KS1 assembly and class workshops led by Kieran - a Britain's Got Talent Semi-Finalist and 2020 Street Dance World Champion.
- SJSF Festivals for all children - all teachers led an activity to other year groups within their Key Stage.
- KS2 Sports Day - activities led by Premier Sport, Inspired Schools, Mr Moore and BCA.
- KS1 Sports Day - activities led by Inspired Schools, Mr Moore and our Year 6 PE Leaders - PE leader activities organised by Mrs Hart.
Please see class pages for photos of the week.
Below are some of the lovely comments we have received so far. There has also been some great constructive feedback that we aim to take on board for next year:
It’s fantastic the 2 people you’ve got in for them, last week The Trickstar and today the Street dancer (Florence is very excited for this today) Also sports day is always very good fun to come and watch them. Both of mine really enjoy sports week.
I enjoyed how excited she was every day to come home and tell me everything she had done with a huge smile.
My child being engaged in activity daily and seeing the benefits.
Variety of events Sports day is always a highlight.
Lots of outside time. Learnt a lot about safety and wellbeing. Understood about what wellbeing means.
SJSF festival, Y1 multi skills festival, circus skills, street dance, sports day.
Experiencing all the different things they did and not being in the classroom!
He loved the Basketball workshop and Orienteering.
Loved the yoga.
My daughter was very impressed, she wants sports week to be more often.
KS2 Basketball: 20th June 2025
On Friday 20th June, St John and St Francis Church School welcomed Lazlo - one of the world’s best and in demand Professional Freestyle Basketballers, a UK Red Bull Freestyle Basketball Champion, who has performed and worked with some of the world’s most recognised brands in over 30 different countries! Lazlo regularly performs his skills for the NBA and has performed in front of global celebrities such a Ronaldinho, Shaquille O’Neal & Figo.
Lazlo delivered an outstanding assembly to KS2 before each class took part in a workshop with him.
The children had a fantastic day! Here are some photos of the children during the afternoon masterclass:
Year 5 and 6 swimming gala at 1610 Chilton Trinity - 19th May 2025
St Margaret's Colour Run - 17th May 2025
Somerset representation for Bethanie - 7th May 2025
As this is Beth's final race as part of St John and St Francis Church School, I'd like to congratulate her on an outstanding few years of cross-country running and look forward to seeing her at many local road running races in the future! Keep up the running Beth!
Year 6 dance showcase at The Tacchi Morris Centre - 28th March 2025
On Friday 28th March, Year 6 took part in Premier Sport's Easter Showdown - Dancing Through The Decades, at The Tacchi Morris Centre in Taunton. Please read below for more information regarding this performance:
Join Premier Education for an unforgettable journey through time as their talented dancers take the stage for ‘Dancing Through the Decades!’
This spectacular show by schools across Taunton will celebrate the evolution of dance, bringing history to life through movement and music, showcasing iconic styles from the 1920s to the present day.
Performances by – St. James Church School, St. John & St. Francis, Parkfield Primary School, Kingston St. Mary C of E Primary School and Neroche Primary School
Premier Education are the UK’s largest provider of school physical activity and childcare. But they weren’t always that way.
Back in 1999, their founder David Batch set up the very first Premier Education session – football camps. Since then they’ve grown, evolving into the nationwide organisation that now delivers more than 18 million hours of activity to children across the country each year. Inspiring a life-long love of sport and being active is at the heart of everything they do.
The children have been taking part in weekly dance sessions since January and it has been so wonderful to see the progress that the children have made over the last few months, developing their physical dance skills as well as their confidence and performance skills.
The children thoroughly enjoyed their day on 28th March! Well done to all performers. You should all be extremely proud of yourselves!
Here are some photos from the day (video of rehearsal is on TEAMS).
Year 5 and 6 tag-rugby - 26th March 2025
On Wednesday 26th March, St John and St Francis Church School held a tag-rugby tournament with three other local schools: Eastover, St Joseph's (BOS) and Brent Knoll visited SJSF and together, we took part in a fun and competitive tag-rugby tournament. It was wonderful to see the children applying all of their skills they have learnt in their club and in their recent tag-rugby lessons (Year 6). The children worked incredibly well together as a team and showed great respect to the other teams during and after the matches. Well done to the team for winning three of their four matches and winning the tournament!
A big thank you to Mr Moore for leading a warm-up for all schools and refereeing many matches during the afternoon!
Here are some photos from the afternoon (thank you to our great photographer and chief Mascot, Oakley, for taking some great pictures!)
Year 5 and 6 netball - 19th March 2025
On Wednesday 19th March, our Year 5 and 6 netball team took part in a competition at Bridgwater College Academy. The children represented our school outstandingly well, showing determination, perseverance, passion and excellent listening skills to take on board feedback and improve as a team significantly during the afternoon.
I am incredibly proud of the whole team and am already looking forward to hearing how they get on in their next tournament on 28th April (more details to follow!).
Here is a team photo and I can only apologise for not taking any during the matches but I got a bit carried away with coaching!
Year 5 ultimate frisbee intra-festival - 11th March 2025
Please see the link below for an update regarding a fantastic event, linking with our School Games Organiser, Alex Caird, who came in to deliver an ultimate frisbee event for our Year 5's. We enjoyed welcoming Eastover School for the afternoon. Thank you to Mrs Thompson for organising this.
https://www.stjohnstfrancisbwmat.org/Children/Year-5-Kingfisher/
Year 5 and 6 tag-rugby - 4th March 2025
Year 3, 4, 5 and 6 cross-country - 21st and 22nd January 2025
On Tuesday 21st and Wednesday 22nd January, some children in Year 3, 4 and 6 took part in a KS2 cross-country event at King Alfred's School.
Well done to all children!
Here are some photos of the children:
Year 3, 4, 5 and 6 cross-country - 11th and 12th December 2024
On Wednesday 11th and Thursday 12th December, some children in Year 3, 4 and 6 took part in a KS2 cross-country event at BCA.
Miss Webber attended to watch the children on Wednesday and Miss Bryant on Thursday. It was a pleasure to watch the children put in their best effort whilst having a big smile on their faces!
Well done to all children!
Here are some photos of the children:
Year 5 and 6 Cricket workshops - 25th November 2024
On Monday 25th November, Year 5 and 6 took part in some cricket workshops led by Somerset Cricket Club Foundation. The session aimed to provide an introduction into Street Cricket, which the children engaged incredibly well within.
The Street Cricket sessions are free of charge and take place every Tuesday from 4:45-5:45pm at BCA. A leaflet with this information will be coming home today.
Please take a look at your child's class page to see some photos from the session.
Year 5 and 6 sports hall athletics - 14th November 2024
On Thursday 14th November, 22 Year 5's and 6's went to Bridgwater College for a brilliant morning of sports hall athletics. The children all took part in some track races, which consisted of: relays, obstacle and running races. They also participated in field events: javelin, speed bounce, vertical jump, long jump, chest pass and triple jump. The children were fantastic role models and representatives of our school with their impeccable behaviour. Thank you to Mrs Fletcher and Mrs Allmark for attending with us.
Here are some photos of the morning:
Year 3 Jay sports festival - 13th November 2024
On Wednesday 13th November, Jay class visited BCA to attend a sports festival - please see their class page for photos of this event.
https://www.stjohnstfrancisbwmat.org/Children/Year-3-Jay/
Year 3, 4, 5 and 6 cross-country - 23rd and 24th October 2024
On Wednesday 23rd and Thursday 24th October, some very brave, dedicated and enthusiastic children (and parents who transported them!) took part in a cross-country event at Brymore. The children did incredibly well during the event.
A very well done to all children. We are so proud of you for giving it a go and showing such dedication. A massive thank you to all parents too.
Here are some photos I received from some parents:
Year 5 and 6 girls' football - 17th October 2024
On Thursday 17th October, Miss Bryant took the Year 5 and 6 girls' football team to Bridgwater College and the girls took part in their first football competition of the year. Many Year 5's had taken part in an event at Bridgwater College last year and it was another great experience for all girls, who progressed fantastically during the afternoon.
We would like to thank all parents of both football teams for helping transport their children to and from the events.
Here are some photos:
Year 5 and 6 mixed football - 3rd October 2024
Our first event of the year took place on 3rd October 2024. Mr Parrington took a team of Year 5 and 6's to Bridgwater College for a local football competition. The children worked together incredibly well and did themselves very proud.
Here are a couple of photos:
Health and Sports Week parent feedback : July 2024
It is always lovely when I receive feedback from parents about sports events, fixtures, PE or other activities.
Here is the feedback I received from a couple of parents following our Sports Days this year. As always, if you have any feedback for any of our events, please email this to the school office who will pass on to me. Thank you.
Parent one.
Parent two.
I just wanted to email & say a big thank you to some of the year 6 children yesterday. It was a long day for ......... at sports day but in the afternoon so many of the year 6 helpers were so amazing with entertaining her. She got to do her own running races, even an egg & spoon race which was so lovely & meant I got to watch ........... do his races instead of trying to keep ......... occupied. They were all a credit to the school.
Health and Sports Week video
Here is a video of our Health and Sports week, produced by the amazing Mrs Halley. Enjoy!
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Health and Sports Week - Olympic torches! June 2024
Well done to all children who have taken part in the Olympic torch competition. It has been a real pleasure looking at these in detail with the school council members, Alfie (Heron) and Storm (Eagle), and witnessing all of the hard work the children have put in to completing this at home. A big thank you to all parents and carers for your help with this project. All children receive 5 team points for entering and in the next Key Stage celebration assembly, winners and runner-ups will receive their prizes.
Here are some photos:
Health and Sports Week - Kirsty Way visit! 24th June 2024
Today, we had a very special visitor: GB Double Mini Trampolinist, Kirsty Way joined us for the morning as part of a whole-school celebration. Firstly, she gave an inspirational assembly to all children and staff, detailing her route into her sport, her achievements, pathways and crucially, teaching the children that success isn't always a smooth and straight road. The children watched some of Kirsty's incredible routines as well as some falls, and also got to see some of her medals and hear some of her stories. After, the children enjoyed taking part in some circuit training with Kirsty, which included spotty dogs, star jumps, press ups and mountain climbers.
Here are some of the photos from today. Please refer to your class page for other photos of the day if you can't spot your child's class here:
Year 5 and 6 swimming gala - 4th June 2024
On Tuesday 4th June, Mrs Fletcher and I took a group of Year 5's and 6's to compete against other schools in a local swimming gala. The event was incredibly well organised by John Irish and all staff at 1610, who ensured the event ran incredibly smoothly and was thoroughly enjoyable for all. Our children showed brilliant team spirit, perseverance and were encouraging of each other and other schools. All children showed endurance and stamina in their swimming and effort through wanting to compete in extra races and all tried their absolute best in the races they swam in. A fantastic effort from all: Mrs Fletcher and I were very impressed and cannot wait for the next one!
A very big thank you also goes to all parents and carers who took the time out of their day to transport their child to and from the event - this is very much appreciated. Thank you.
Here are a couple of photos of our team on our return to school:
Year 3 and 4 girls' football - 21st May 2024
On Tuesday 21st May, some girls from Years 3 and 4 took part in a football tournament at Bridgwater College. The day consisted of the children taking part in some football matches against other schools. It was noted by myself, Mrs Fletcher and Mrs Allmark, the fantastic behaviour and effort given by all children throughout the morning of matches on what was a hot day! The children showed brilliant perseverance, determination, resilience and teamwork skills to work together, communicating and improving their ability in each game that passed. Well done all! We look forward to the next opportunity!
Here are some photos:
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