Tuesday 16th: Blue Anchor Summer Reading Challenge assemblies; Y5&6 Athletics competition (invitation); Y4 at Sports Festival at the Salmon Youth Centre; Y5 Boys’ football after school (invitation). Wednesday 17th: Y5 & 6 Kings’ College outreach sessions on medicine, health and staying safe and healthy. Thursday 18th: Y6 Careers Day at Alexis St. Friday 19th: Mini-Girls’ Football tournament – Alexis St playground.
A busy and productive week has seen us produce great History learning; 5 Turner and 6 Hockney attended their swimming sessions; Y5 started with their Millwall ‘Joy of Movement’ sessions; Y3 attended the British Museum, and 4 Kahlo also attended Southwark Park Gallery with parents and carers to see on display their recent lovely artwork with a local artist.
Our Collective Worship theme for this week has seen us continue to explore our school vision of ‘Let your light shine’ and our school aims and values with the children. This week – ‘Being Confident!’.
Please see our full newsletter below together with various flyers as well as our up-to-date Diary Sheet.
Wishing you, and our whole community, a lovely weekend.
God bless, from the St. James’ team
It’s great to see the children back for the final half term of the academic year! This week has seen some super History learning in action; class photos were taken; 5 Turner and 6 Hockney began their swimming sessions for the term; Year 5 started with their Millwall ‘Joy of Movement’ sessions; Year 6 took part in Cycle Confident sessions and clubs have re-commenced which will end on Monday 6th July for the year. 4 Kahlo also attended Southwark Park Gallery to help display their recent lovely artwork with a local artist – further details in our full newsletter attached below regarding the grand opening next Monday which parents and carers are invited to!
Our Collective Worship theme for this week has seen us begin to explore our school vision of ‘Let your light shine’ and our school aims and values with the children. This week – ‘Loving to Learn!’.
In addition to our full newsletter attached below, please also see below our updated diary dates list and a reminder of the Wednesday 'Toast' session from 3.30-4.30pm.
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.
If you wish to view this website in a language other than English, this short video will show you how to do so using a Google browser on your device.
We would like to take this opportunity to introduce the Evelina London School Nursing Service. If you are a parent/carer of a child(ren) at school and are worried about your child’s health and wellbeing, school nurses are here to help. We work in teams across Southwark and Lambeth and you can contact us for confidential advice and support on a wide range of issues. Please see our flyer attached below for further details of the services we can offer.
Please let us know if your child has medical or physical and/or emotional health needs for which they need support. You can text a school nurse on 07520 631130.
