Cost of living support available.
FAO Parents / Guardians, the attached document is a very useful resource to assist with the cost of living, particularly in the lead up to Christmas. It details the support available in our local area, including lots of ideas for low cost and free activities. Should you need anything further, please do not hesitate to contact the school office or smurphy821@c2ken.net
👇Document help in link below
Community Training
You will find all details below on the variety of courses on offer, as well as dates and venues.
These courses are for leaders of community groups and each course can accept a maximum of two people per organisation.
This initiative is supported through The Executive Office District Council Good Relations Programme.
PAPYRUS
Safeguarding Information Nov 2024
19th November 2024
Dear Parent/Carer,
SUBJECT: IMPORTANT ONLINE SAFETY INFORMATION – CATFISHING AWARENESS AND SAFER SCHOOLS NI APP
Please click on the below link
Thankyou
School Cloud
Parent Teacher Meetings on School Cloud.
School Cloud Link: https://stjohnsthebaptist.schoolcloud.co.uk/
Academic Year 2024/2025
Monday 4th November – Year 12 PTM (on School Cloud)
Friday 13th December – Year 10 Options Talk beginning at 9am and face-to-face PTM straight after
Thursday 19th December – Year 8 PTM (on School Cloud)
Friday 7th February – Year 11 PTM (on School Cloud)
Monday 28th April - Year 9 PTM (on School Cloud)
School Cloud Help Sheet
Upcoming Events...
Friday, 6th December 2024 |
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P7 Taster Day (Pupils home study in preparation for exam week (Only pupils helping with the taster day are in school)) |
Monday, 9th December 2024 |
EXAMS WEEK (Pupils will be issued with a timetable listing days/times which they will be attending school during Exams Week) |
Tuesday, 10th December 2024 |
EXAMS WEEK (Pupils will be issued with a timetable listing days/times which they will be attending school during Exams Week) |
Wednesday, 11th December 2024 |
EXAMS WEEK (Pupils will be issued with a timetable listing days/times which they will be attending school during Exams Week) |
Thursday, 12th December 2024 |
EXAMS WEEK (Pupils will be issued with a timetable listing days/times which they will be attending school during Exams Week) |
Friday, 13th December 2024 |
EXAMS WEEK (Pupils will be issued with a timetable listing days/times which they will be attending school during Exams Week) |
Year 10 Options Talk beginning at 9am and face-to-face PTM straight after |
Monday, 16th December 2024 |
Staff Development Day |
Thursday, 19th December 2024 |
Year 8 PTM (Non pupil day- home study for all) |
Year 8 Applications 24/25
Our Admissions Criteria is now available to view
This is important information for the parents and carers of Primary 7 pupils who are seeking to apply for a Year 8 place here in SJBC.
Applications will open for Year 8 students in the New Year, please see the poster below for key dates regarding the admission process, including our Taster Day and Open Day. We are looking forward to welcoming the P7 pupils to the College over the coming weeks.
As always if you have any questions regarding applications / transition, please contact our school office on 028 3833 4725
Cashless Cafeteria System Now LIVE
We are delighted to announce the introduction of our new cashless cafeteria system. All parents/carers will receive details about this facility via our gateway app.
Dear Parent/Carer,
We are delighted to announce that we have now installed a new cashless payment system within our canteen facility.
This will mean that pupils will no longer need to bring cash in to upload manually (although this option will still be available).
We believe that the ability for you to upload funds electronically to your child’s account will prove to be very user friendly and will enable you to monitor what your child is buying as well as monitoring how much they are spending/ have left in their account.
The cashless payment system will be accessible through our Gateway app which all parents should already have downloaded to their device by now.
How to register for a School Gateway Account-
- If you haven’t already, you will need to download the School Gateway app via the App Store for Apple devices and Play Store for Android devices.
- On the app welcome page at the bottom of the screen select Sign Up (don’t have an account)
- Enter the email address and mobile number that is registered with the school
(agree to terms and conditions etc by moving toggle across) – select Sign Up
- You will now re-enter your email and phone number and request a pin
- You will then receive a PIN on a text
- Enter the 4-digit PIN number received via text
- Once logged in, the home screen will be displayed.
For further assistance please check out the link
https://parent-support.parentpaygroup.com/hc/en-gb/article_attachments/25105219908625
or contact the school directly
Uploading money to student account for canteen purchases
- Once you have registered you will view the tab lunch money relating to your child and an arrow to the right
- Balance is available with the option at the bottom to Top up students’balances
- Select- Top up Balance
- Again, you will see Dinner Money 2024/2025 and you select this and begin to enter the amount you wish to add and then select “add to basket”- continue with entering card details.
- Please allow time for your payment to synchronise with the school canteen account and the balance will appear in a short space of time.
If the balance falls below or is at the value of £3.00, parents will be notified with a warning to advise that they need to top up the balance. No further purchases can be made once an account is empty.