To mark World Book Day on 6 March, local charity St John’s Foundation has donated £4,238 to seven primary schools in Bath and North East Somerset to help expand their library collections. The schools taking who benefitted from the donation are St Martin’s Garden Primary School, St Michael’s Junior Church School, Twerton Infant School and...
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Local primary school pupils become published authors with The Day The Alien Came
192 primary school pupils from seven local schools have come together to write a unique story book celebrating the St John’s Foundation – the South West’s oldest charity – milestone 850th anniversary. Profits from the book, titled The Day the Alien Came, will help to stock the libraries at these schools, which serve 40% of...
The Day the Alien Came – written by 185 Bath primary school children
Clare MacLeod from St John’s Foundation uncovers the story behind a wonderful project featuring pupils from Bath In 2024, St John’s Foundation is turning 850 years old and to celebrate our milestone anniversary, we embarked on a special project. We harnessed the creative minds of 193 primary school pupils from seven local schools in Bath...
St John’s Foundation supporting pre-schoolers’ language skills
A partnership programme supporting pre-schoolers in their communication and language development at 23 settings across Bath and North East Somerset (BaNES), funded by local charity St John’s Foundation, has significantly reduced the number of children needing additional support in just two years. Due to the project’s success, more settings will soon benefit from the scheme. ...