Miss Whitehouse

I am the Year 6 teacher here at St John’s .  I joined St John’s in September 2008 after four years at Kinsley Primary School and I am so pleased with how welcoming the staff, pupils and parents have been. 

I work alongside two fabulous assistants: Mrs. Krlic and Mrs. Partington who work’s with us supporting the children.  I really enjoy teaching the subjects Maths and Art, amongst others.  I co-ordinate Art, Design and Technology, Gifted and Talented and work closely with Mr Krlic with the responsibility of ICT in school.

I am very excited about my first year at St John’s , I am so lucky to work with such a fantastic group of children and staff in Year 6 and I look forwards to preparing them over the course of the year for Sats.

Mr Krlic

I am the Year Five teacher here at St. John's I really enjoy teaching I.C.T and try to make all of my lessons as interesting as possible!

I co-ordinate I.C.T, Modern Foreign Languages, Maths and Investors In Pupils! I help to update the website, if you have any ideas let me know!

Miss Mitchell

I am the Year 4 class teacher. I joined St. John's in September 2007 as an NQT and have had a great start to my teaching career at this fantastic school. I work alongside my fabulous assistant, Mrs Crossley, who works in Year 4 every morning supporting the children. My favourite subject to teach is PE and I also enjoy Science. After school, I help with football club on a Thursday which is very popular and great fun!

Mr Ferguson

I teach the Year Three class at St. John's . I am lucky enough to work with a fantastic group of children and a brilliant teaching assistant, Mrs. Edgington. I particularly enjoy music, French and I.C.T.

Mrs Roose

I am the the Year Three teacher at St John the Baptist School. I am responsible for curriculum development in Maths, Art, D.T. and P.E. throughout school.  I also work very closely with the Lunchtime Supervisors by implementing lots of new ideas and initiatives to help make lunchtimes at St John’s fun, fit and healthy!  As P.E. Co-ordinator, I arrange the ‘After School Clubs’ we provide.  I have worked closely with the Year 6 Playtime Buddies to implement the  ‘FitBods’ playground scheme and I am very much looking forward to setting up the ‘Wake Up Shake Up’  activity programme too! 

I am very excited about the new opportunity I have just been given, to work alongside Mrs Martin, our Acting Headteacher, in the development of ‘Creativity’ at St John’s.  We will be working very hard to develop the creative opportunities we offer, developing the cross curricular links and preparing a whole school themed skills map.

I adore my job and love working at St John the Baptist School.

Miss Beswick

I am the new Year Two teacher. I previously lived in Battersea in London and taught in a primary school there for three years. I love to travel and see new countries and try new foods. I also like to sing (although I’m not very good at it!) In school my favourite subject is Literacy and fortunately for me my class are fantastic writers. I’m really enjoying teaching my class and am very excited about the year ahead!

Miss Brennan

Hello everyone! My name is Paula Brennan and I am the new Year One Class Teacher. Previously to working at our lovely school, I have taught for eight years at St. Josephs’ in Moorthorpe. I absolutely love my job and everything it entails, even parents evening! My favourite subjects include maths P.E and making R.E challenging and fun. I am a rugby enthusiast and love to dabble in anything creative! I look forward to meeting you in person.

 Miss Harvatt
 
I am the Late Foundation Teacher at St John's. I joined in September 2008 as an NQT following four years at Leeds Trinity and All Saints. I am really enjoying my first teaching post and that is thanks to the fantastic children, staff and parents at St John's. In the foundation stage unit I am fortunate to work alongside a very experienced team of staff and love that everyday is made different by the wonderful things that children say and do. The things I enjoy the most are sharing stories with the children and seeing them develop so quickly in such a short period of time. I look forward to completing my first school year along with all the children in Late Foundation!

Mrs Ward

I am the Foundation Stage co-ordinator and have responsibility for making sure that the youngest children at St. John's make as much progress as possible upon entry and during their first years with us.  This is a very important time in children's development so we work closely with parents and all staff to support the children when we feel they need it most. 

I am currently the Special Needs co-ordinator and support staff with children in their class who have individual learning needs; I also liaise with other agencies to organise any extra help that may be needed.  This is a role that I have recently taken responsibility for and one that I am really enjoying.

I am also the RE co-ordinator, one that is particularly important in a catholic school; part of my role is to ensure that the ethos statements are shared with each class, are a focus for key stage assemblies, circle time and for the school community to try and live out the statements each week.

Mrs Guy

I do lots of different things at St John's.  In the mornings I am an Education Support Assistant in Year 5 working with a child with individual learning needs. For two afternoons each week I work as a Teaching Assistant in Year 2 where I support the children with their work. In both these classes I run a Socially Speaking group with a small selection of children.  I am also really lucky to be able to cover P.P.A. time in 3 different classes.  I enjoy this so much as I have more responsibility. 

Mrs Kelly

I have been a lunchtime supervisor at St John's for the past 5 years.  I love my job which involves keeping the children safe and happy at lunchtimes.  We now have fitbods on the playground at lunchtime which involves lots of games to keep the children fit and happy.