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Please see the engineering Work Experience Programme offered in partnership with leading social mobility charity ‘Speakers for Schools’ Applications are currently open and will close on 31st January 2025. If you have any queries, please reach out to recruitment@niwater.com https://www.speakersforschools.org/results/...
NI Screen Academies offer young people aged 16-19 the chance to dive into the exciting world of screen industries. Whether you're into film, animation, games, or visual effects, our academies provide free, hands-on training and mentorship to help you kickstart your career.
Expression of interest form - https://form.jotform.com/241513343501342
Are you involved in the voluntary, community and social enterprise sector? Would you like to avail of financial assistance for your group or organisation? 
Online applications for Capital Project Grants are now open! 
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The EA are developing a new Communications and Engagement Strategy and are very keen to get your valuable insights, experiences and views in relation to how they can improve communications with you.
This is really important for supporting children and young people and their families throughout their educational journey.
You can access the survey at:
https://forms.office.com/e/BQ6XnbrwXt
This will take approximately 15 minutes for parents/carers to complete and will close at 16:00 on Friday 31st January 2025.
Thank you for taking the time to consider this request and for helping to help support this important work.
LESS THAN ONE WEEK TO GO
We are launching our Christmas Cash Call again this year, with the intention of trying to raise some much needed funds for the college.
We would ask our entire school community to get behind this fundraising initiative and you never know, you could be a winner with an early cash prize before Christmas 
Enter via the paypal link - https://paypal.me/SJBCPortadown?country.x=GB&locale.x=en_GBChoose friends and familyEnsure you include your name and contact number
Winner will be called on Monday 16th Decembe
Admissions criteria for applications to Post Primary Year 8 for September 2025 are now live on our website
It is important that you read the published admissions criteria for each of the schools you wish to list on your application.
Applications open on EA Connect on 28 January 2025, and we recommend you list at least four schools in order of preference, including one non-grammar school.
More information on applying is available at www.eani.org.uk/admissions
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
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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.
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)
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On Saturday morning we welcomed prospective pupils and their families to our annual Open Day. Pupils and parents visited various subject departments and enjoyed the fun, interactive activities in each. Today we received lovely feedback from families including: “Excellent informative morning, students and staff were extremely helpful and welcoming", “The school is warm and welcoming. You can tell how the school community is seen as a family where everyone is valued.” and “my child was welcomed into each room we visited, all staff very engaging and kids very happy” We were delighted to be joined by both Lord Mayor Councillor Sarah Duffy and Deputy Lord Mayor Councillor Kyle Savage in the college. We look forward to seeing pupils and families again soon. Parents and pupils who weren't able to attend this morning, can arrange a tour with our Primary School Liaison Officer Miss Seeley, by contacting us on 028 38 334725. Please check out all the latest photos from our successful day on our social media platforms Facebook and Instagram !!
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
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.
