Monday 9th - 4Monet to Library; After-school enrichment clubs. Tuesday 10th – 6Leopold Medical workshop and visit to Library. Wednesday 11th - Y1 & 2 to Royal Festival Hall concert. Thursday 12th – Senior boys by invitation football after school vs Snowsfields. Friday 13th – Non-uniform day in exchange for Easter Egg for tombola; 5Ofili to Library.
A lovely week in school – all children have used the same picture book ‘Hike’ to create a shared story and illustrations which we’ll have published in the form of big books at both sites. We have welcomed author/illustrator Clara Vulliamy into school to deliver assemblies to all children as part of our World Book Day celebrations. It’s also wonderful to see such great enthusiasm with a super range of costumes on display! We’ve had some very well-attended coffee mornings/parent workshops and tours this week too – great to see everyone who was in attendance for these.
Our Collective Worship theme for this half term continues with the Gospel according to Mark, discussing Jesus’s life in the run up to Easter. This week we’ve looked at Jesus as a healer, some of the parables he told, and also one of his miracles – the Feeding of the 5,000.
Our full newsletter and diary date sheet is attached below together with your World Book Day voucher.
Wishing you and our whole community a lovely weekend!
God bless, from the St. James’ team.
Welcome to World Book Day at St James! We hope you enjoy dressing as your favourite book character and seeing how many you can identify from the outfits of your friends and teachers. Illustrator and Author Clara Vulliamy will be taking a whole school assembly.
We hope you have a wonderful time celebrating the joy of reading in whatever form it might take, from fantastic stories to exciting factual accounts, finding out information from the past and discovering new ideas for the future, providing laughter and helping to understand the experiences of others, from being engrossed in a story alone or sharing it with family and friends.
Don't forget to download your WBD £1 voucher to spend at your local bookshop which is attached below, together with some ideas and resources to help you explore, create and understand the power of storytelling.
Also attached are some PDFs with links to story-telling activities, some read-aloud tales and a book quiz, book bingo and wordsearch. Thank you for these fantastic resources which have been created by Miss S; she can be found on Instagram at @thisgeordieteaches , Parrot Street Book Club and Pobble365
It’s great to be back following Spring half term – children have hit the ground running with new books and topics and have been focusing their attention on their History learning this week. Practitioners from King’s College continue to visit for medical workshops with the children, library visits have re-commenced, our Year 6 Scholars' Programme students attended their graduation at UCL, and Music, PE and Performing Arts lessons all continue to go well.
Our Collective Worship theme for this half term will look at the Gospel according to Mark, discussing Jesus’s life in the run up to Easter. This week we’ve looked at John the Baptist and how Jesus encouraged his disciples to follow and help him in his work.
We attach below our full newsletter which includes details of our upcoming EY Parent Workshop, World Book Day, Easter Egg Tombola and PE Kit reminders for the Spring half term. Also attached is our diary dates sheet, a flyer regarding an event this weekend at The Blue and home learning resources from the Children's Literacy Charity.
Wishing you and our whole community a super weekend!
God bless, from the St. James’ team.
internetmatters.org have partnered with Tesco to develop digital toolkits to help families set controls and privacy settings on new and old devices that they use, along with plenty of advice on how to deal with online risks. They've included tips on how to make the most of a digital world, based on what children like to do.
The links to each age grouped section is below and we have attached at the bottom of this page their individual guides grouped by age with additional information.
Sometimes it is difficult to set digital boundaries about amount of use, what is suitable and how we should all behave online. Agreeing ground rules for devices in and out of the home can help to have everyone working from the same page. Use the template we have attached below from internetmatters.org to help your family agree what is right for you.
Everyone can have a difficult moment from time to time. Being constantly online can make students feel like there's not enough time to gather their thoughts.
These short meditation videos can help you step away from digital distractions and get through to the other side.
Below is the link to three short videos posted by BBC Bitesize that demonstrate how children can use the internet for moments of relaxation, reflection or to help deal with difficult moments.
internetmatters.org produces many useful resources and family-friendly information around internet safety. Their Layer Up for Online Safety sheets attached at the bottom of this page explain simple ways you can use safety settings to support children's online safety.
We are highlighting the many useful resources provided by internetmatters.org when investigating ways for you and your family to remain cybersecure.
Cyber security is an important part of daily life, whether you’re connecting to public WiFi or browsing at home. Learn how to keep your family secure with expert guidance.
Cyber security means protection in the online space. Therefore, it can refer to the security settings you use on your online social and video gaming accounts or the software you use on your family’s devices.
Good cyber security means the risk of your family’s personal information falling into the wrong hands is less likely. As such, it’s important to implement security measures that protect your devices.
Here's a message to our St James' community from Jessica Ennis-Hill as we start our Tesco Stronger Starts Campaign. Just ask for the blue tokens at the Tesco till when you finish your shopping and pop them in the St James' box to help us gain funding for school projects.
Here is a reminder that PE days remain unchanged, so kit should be worn on the following days please:
A school session for flu vaccinations will take place on 27th November; details regarding this will be forwarded to you shortly.
