Headteacher's Welcome
Welcome to our school website. We hope that you find it informative and fun with lots of useful links for you and your family. As a school family we were all delighted that our Ofsted Inspectors had such an enjoyable time at our school in February 2007. They awarded us the highest mark of outstanding (grade 1) for all categories of inspection which was fantastic. The best bit was when they presented their final report (see link on home page for full report) and said that St John Bosco Catholic Primary School is, " a very special place to be." What a lovely thing to say and that is just what we try to make our school. We hope you enjoy your visit to our website. The school has very recently been awarded the National ICT Mark which is presented to schools who achieve a high standard of ICT throughout the school. At the moment about 650 school nationally out of over 26,000 hold this award. Well done to everyone.
St John Bosco Catholic Primary School is a particularly good school with hardworking, committed and fun loving staff. We place great importance on the personal skills of all within the school and are fully inclusive and imaginative in our teaching methods.
We use a wide variety of teaching strategies to offer a broad and balanced curriculum underpinned by state-of-the-art IT facilities and support the teaching of the arts, sports and basic core skills as well as modern foreign languages, citizenship and community values. Not forgetting an endless number of sports and after school activities.
We offer breakfast facilities and a wide range of after school activities including sport clubs during holiday time based at the school. We now offer after school clubs in partnership with KID-ZONE and that is proving a most popular support for working parents. We work closely with our main pre-school providers and offer adult education courses through our partnership with Hugh Baird College.
Pre- school toddler and baby groups are available through our very popular Start- Right sessions.
We are delighted to welcome you and your child to our school as prospective members of a community where the Gospel values of the Catholic faith underpin our efforts to provide a quality education for all.
We are proud of our school with its happy and caring atmosphere and its tradition of hard work, academic achievement, sporting success and community involvement. We look forward to working with you as a family, welcoming and valuing your contribution to the education of your child as well as offering you the very best of our professional skills and expertise along with a high quality of pastoral support and care.
We are a growing family school and it is our aim that you get to know our routines and us quickly. Every member of staff, teaching and non-teaching, is more than happy to help you in any way possible. Please be confident to ask any of us for help if you have concerns, even if they seem trivial. No problems are either too big or too small for us to tackle together - please ask.
On behalf of the Governors, staff and myself, I am pleased to welcome you to St. John Bosco Catholic Primary School.
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Mr D MacAreavy
Headteacher
Here are a few pictures of our lovely school.
Latest developments include new music facilities, new foundation stage toilets, re-designed reception and year 1 classrooms including all new custom designed furniture, new class store rooms to maximise learning space in the classrooms, reception and year 1 wet play and cookery area, outside covered learning area, new classroom heating system and new height appropriate sink areas. We are also converting the old shower area into a teachers central store area and I almost forgot a lovely new playground to improve playtime activities. Other developments will include a wooden adventure trail. Wooden store for farming club. Wooden raised vegetable gardens. Infant adventure playground (May 2009). Refurbished year 3 and 4 classrooms. Oh and I almost forgot our fantastic Family room at the front of the school which has provided so many uses not forgetting the after school club run in partnership with KID-ZONE.
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Our school entrance/office
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Entrance to hall/breakfast club
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Front of our school
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Side path to playground
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Cycle store/parents shelter
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Groundwork for cycle store
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Preparing the new playground
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Stephen Derby visits the Derby Ground
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Playground sports zones
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The best pitch in Maghull
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Side view of school
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Rear view of school
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Summertime picnics
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School playground
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Infant play area
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