Announcements

Welcome back to St. James’ after the Summer break – and welcome to our school community for our many new starters! It’s lovely to see the children and hear about their long holidays.

Children seem really happy in their new classes; Year 3 have had a terrific and seamless transition to Alexis St and our new Nursery and Reception starters continue to begin school gradually to ensure they are happy and settled in their new environments.

This week we had a lovely ‘Welcome Back’ service on Tuesday with Vicars Katie and Dominic where our Head Girl and Boy and their deputies were announced. Our Collective Worship theme this week has focused on solid foundations with ‘The Wise and Foolish Men’ in addition to looking at our character traits and associated readings. Next week we’ll continue to think about ‘new starts’ as we enter our new year.

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.

Families shopping online and also considering buying devices for their children should consider the advantages as well as pitfalls. It is always useful to get some topical advice before you buy so here are some top tips to guide you.

The National Cyber Security Centre has a page giving advice on how to shop securely online, https://www.ncsc.gov.uk/guidance/shopping-online-securely. Here is a short video giving an idea of the topics covered:

They also offer a range of advice to protect you and your families as well as information on what to do if you are hacked or have a cybersecurity issue:

https://www.ncsc.gov.uk/section/information-for/individuals-families

Childnet provide some valuable ideas around digital wellbeing:

https://www.childnet.com/blog/how-you-can-look-after-your-childs-digital-wellbeing-this-christmas/

Get Safe Online covers a vast array of safeguarding issues and advice, broken down by subject and by age range:  https://www.getsafeonline.org/personal/article-category/safeguarding-children/

Children's Tech guide 2023  and also Setting up Tech safely for children 
are both useful links from internetmatters.org

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.