Parent Updates

Friday 24th July 2026

With Jesus in our hearts, we love, pray, learn and play 

Dear Parents and Carers,

We have had a fantastic last few weeks of term, with lots of fun

We wish our Year 6 children all the best as they move on to their secondary schools, we will miss them all! We wish Mrs Ashton, Mrs Brandreth and Miss Shingler lots of luck and best wishes for their futures as they move on to new jobs and we thank them for all their hard work and dedication during their time at St John Bosco. 

We welcome Miss Monir, who is a new teacher joining us in September and will be teaching in Year 3. We look forward to her being part of our St John Bosco family. 

We hope you all have a lovely summer break and look forward to seeing all back on Thursday 3rd September at 8.40am. 

With love and prayers, 

Mrs Pearson 

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General information...

Communication with school- Teachers are your first point of contact

The class teacher should be your first point of contact to discuss any issues or concerns, not Mrs Pearson. The teachers always know more about any situation regarding your child and can usually answer your questions straight away and allay your concerns immediately. Involving Mrs Pearson before the teacher delays you receiving answers.  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. 

Communicating by emails

Emails should be sent to contact@st-johnbosco.manchester.sch.uk. Please do not send any emails to individual staff members using their email addresses, including the headteacher. 

The contact email address is monitored during usual school hours and not at weekends or late at night. We will endeavour to respond to emails within 48 hours of the email being seen by a member of staff, not from when you sent it. If this is not possible you will be emailed to inform you of this. 

Payments for school dinners and breakfast club

We have 6 weeks of the summer term left and all debts for Breakfast club, school dinners and After school club owed by parents must be paid and cleared by Friday 17th July. All current debts have been passed on to Emmaus Trust team. All parents must start the new school year in September 2026 with a clean slate. Please snsure you are signed up to Arbour to do this.

Instagram

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! 

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. 

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 morning If 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.  

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.  

Thank you for our continued support of your children. 

With love and prayers,  

Mrs Pearson  

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