On Tuesday 1st July, members of our brilliant staff team completed the #RaceforLife at Burghley Park in memory of our dear friend and colleague, Rachel. We are pleased to announce that we have raised over £1500 and would like to thank every single person who sponsored and supported us - Rachel would be so proud.
On Monday 30th June to Tuesday 1st July, our Year 4 children took part in an exciting residential! Fenland Adventure brought the school field to life with lots of adventurous activities, including go-cart building, archery, climbing and many more. The children also slept overnight on the school field in bell-tents and had an absolutely amazing time. This was the first residential we have offered for Year 4 and will definitely become a permanent feature in our trips and visits plan - we have already booked for next year!
Yesterday, the Buttercross children visited The Bramble Patch, linked with our ‘Once upon a time’ topic: we had an amazing day filled with activities!
The children helped the Little Red Hen bake some bread, built a bridge for the Three Billy Goats Gruff and found Cinderella's lost slipper using maps, compasses and reading directions!
Today, was an absolutely fantastic example of what makes John Clare so brilliant. We are super proud of all of our children for trying their hardest and striving for their personal best in today’s Sports Day. Tennyson were this year's winning house team, followed very closely by Rosetti, then Wordsworth and finally Keats. Well done everyone for a fabulous day!
Yesterday, some of our Year 5 children ended the Super SOKE Celebration at Wittering Primary School. This event was led by Will Hussey from the Art of Brilliance and was an opportunity for children from our Trust schools to come together. Each school shared what makes their school utterly brilliant and the children had lots of opportunities to meet each other. At the end of the session, we were awarded with the ‘Outstandingly Happy School’ banner, which is proudly displayed on our playground.
This week, we have been watching as our new outdoor classroom has taken shape. We are very excited that it is now complete and cannot wait to start having lessons there, including our Forest School sessions. A huge thank you to the Friends of John Clare for funding this project - we are so very grateful.
On Wednesday 4th June 2025, our Key Stage 2 children travelled to London to watch 'Wicked the Musical'. We had an absolutely fabulous time!
Today, KS2 have been visited by Ennio's mum, Mrs Tomeo. Mrs Tomeo works in theatre and film make-up and worked in the stage production and film production of 'Wicked the Musical'. She brought in some of the masks used in the show and the make-up used to paint Elpheba. She spoke to the children about her role and the children had many questions for her! We are so fortunate to have had this experience ahead of our trip to see Wicked after half-term. Thank you so much, Mrs Tomeo!
We are delighted to announce that for the second consecutive year, John Clare are Cambridgeshire County Netball Champions! The children have played three tournaments, not losing a single match and today faced 19 schools from across the whole of the county. They played amazingly - a huge, huge achievement for our small village school
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This week, our netball team went to the Peterborough Schools Finals after winning the Soke Schools Finals last week… and we are delighted to say we won! We now progress to the County Finals in May. 
This tops an amazing few weeks of achievement in sport at John Clare - Girls Football winners, Boys Football runners up, and Rugby winners. Well done to all of our children, we are very proud!
We have two exciting new additions to our school community: 2 tortoises! 
Mrs Nicolson has rehomed these wonderful creatures and once they are fully settled, they will be spending time with the children, including to listen to them read!
They met some of our children today, who stayed very quiet and calm to help them settle into their new environment. We are looking forward to taking care of our new tortoises and getting to know them - we are currently thinking of some new names, so ideas are welcomed!
Throughout the week, our Year 5 children have had the opportunity to take part in the Bikeability programme. This is a national cycling programme that helps children learn practical skills and understand how to cycle on today’s roads. The visiting instructors commended our children, saying that they were the best group they had taught so far!
