St John Bosco R. C. Primary
SchoolParent Updates
Friday 24th April 2026
With Jesus in our hearts, we love, pray, learn and play
Dear Parents and Carers,
We have had a lovely two weeks back since Easter.
The children settled in quickly and are all working hard. The Year 1 children have Phonic Screening coming up, Year 4 children have their Multiplication Times Check coming up and Year 6 have their SATS.
School is busy for the next few weeks as always...
DATES FOR YOUR DIARY
Friday 1st May- Month of Mary- Children are welcome to bring a flower in to put at the feet of Mary.
Monday 4th May - SCHOOL CLOSED for Bank holiday
Thursday 7th May- SCHOOL CLOSED as we are a Polling Station for the Local Elections.
Friday 8th May- Stay and Play for new Nursery children (Sept 26)
Monday 11th May- Thursday 14th May - Year 6 SATS
Wednesday 18th- Year 6 go to Robinwood until Wednesday 20th May
Friday 22nd May- Spanish day in school- more details to come soon!
Friday 22nd May- Last day off term- return to school on Monday 8th June
Cost of living
If you are struggling with your finances and the cost of living and need support to help feed your family, clothe them or pay bills, please get in touch with Mrs Webster on 0161 740 7094 or the school email address.
Car Park
Our car park is for staff and parents with disability badges only. Please do not come into the car park at any time if you do not have a disabled badge unless you have a prior agreement. We have had some very near misses with cars coming in picking up children at the end of the day or at 4pm when the after school clubs finish, with parents trying to reverse out and struggling to turn round. We want to keep all our children safe, please help us to do so.
Punctuality
Punctuality in school is extremely important because it enhances academic performance by ensuring students don't miss instructions or concepts and fosters essential life skills like discipline and time management. When your child arrives late, they are missing learning time, they have to walk into a classroom where all the children have already started working and most children find this embarrassing. They have then missed the teaching and instructions for the work and don't know what to do, which is stressful for them. Starting the day late can set your child up for a difficult day. Please ensure your child is on the playground and entering the building on time and through the door they should be.
Our gates open at 8.35am, the doors open at 8.40am. The gates close at 8.45am sharp. The children are being registered at 8.45am. Each time your child is late they receive a late mark. The Local Authority Attendance team are aware of our punctuality issues and are supporting us with this.
Please ensure you use the registration ipad when you bring your children in late and write the reason why. If you do not enter your child's name they may not get a mark at all for the morning.
Attendance
Please ensure you call school 0161 740 7094 or email on contact@st-johnbosco.manchester.sch.uk to report your child’s absence in the morningIf the school does not hear from you before 9.30am, we will ring you to check on the safety and wellbeing of your child and we may carry out a home visit.
Holidays will not be authorised during term time. If your child is absent for 5 or more days in a school year, you may incur a fixed penalty fine from Manchester City Council.
We try to work with families, to support good attendance, and we follow Manchester City Council’s guidance and procedures, which does require us to act on attendance concerns. We will be contacting parents of children whose attendance is below 95% this half term to offer support. Children's poor attendance can have a very adverse impact on their academic achievements.
Support and guidance on attendance is always available from our school, if you wish to be referred to Early Help Services for help and support, this can be done through school. Please contact Mrs Webster on the above number if you require this support.
You are required to provide evidence for taking your child out of school for appointments- please ensure you have this and show it at the office. We will note it for our attendance records.
Parents speaking to teachers
Communication is really important to us. The class teacher should be your first point of contact to discuss any issues. If you would like to speak to a class teacher about anything concerning your child, please make an appointment to see the class teacher by emailing or phoning school. Please do not try to discuss issues when you are dropping your child off or picking your child up. The teacher needs to ensure the class's safety and they cannot do this if they are having conversations while meeting and greeting children or making sure they are going home with the right adults.
Please also do not engage the office staff about issues for teachers as they often will not know the answers to your questions.
Please remember all the staff in school are there to support you and your children. Aggressive, rude or threatening behaviour towards staff will not be tolerated.
Getting Instagram downloaded is a must to keep up to date with all that we do in school. Scan the QR code to see what we have been doing in school this week...
Please ensure the office has permission for staff to take your child's photos and put it on Instagram.
Easy Fundraising
Did you know that St John Bosco Primary are registered with Easyfundraising? This is an organisation that raises money for good causes. Easyfundraising partners with over 7,500 brands who will donate part of what you spend to a cause of your choice. This means you can raise money for us every time you get clothes, groceries, takeaways, insurance, school supplies or anything else you might be buying online anyway. It won’t cost you any extra! The cost is covered by the brand you are buying from. Please scan the QR code below and get raising money. So far we have raised just over £687 for school through staff and parents. Please join in!
Thank you for our continued support of your children.
With love and prayers,
Mrs Pearson
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