Announcements

Another really busy week as we approach the final week of this academic year! Our Year 5s and 6s performed with gusto in their end of year Summer production; Reception and Year 1 took part in super Art & Story-telling workshops; Years 3 & 4 attended the BST Festival in Hyde Park and our senior girls’ football teams beat some of our staff in a football match on Tuesday 2-0! Today our Year 6 children attend their Southwark Cathedral Leavers’ Service and are performing with the theme of ‘Service’ as they look forward to their next step.

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 – ‘Values and Responsibility’.

Please see attached below our full newsletter and reminders for Summer Camp, Puppet Festival and Library activities all taking place throughout the summer break. Below is the schedule for this final week of term including the early closing time on the last day of term, Friday 17th July.

This week's events
Do remember – we break up for the Summer Holidays this
Friday – 17^th July at 13:15 (Alexis St) and 13:30 (Old Jamaica Road).
There is no after school club provision at either site on this final day of term.

Monday 13th July

• Year 5 final sessions with Millwall for ‘Joy of Movement’ sports – PE KITS ON ADDITIONAL DAY;
• Year 5&6 Violin Recital in the OJR Hall at 14:00.

Tuesday 14th July

• Reception Summer Production, OJR Hall at 14:00;
• Year 6 visiting King’s College Campus for a Careers Day;
• Year 5&6 Football Teams Match after school at Alexis St – see separate invitation.

Wednesday 15th July

• Nursery Graduation in the OJR Hall at 14:00.

Thursday 16th July

• All children meet their new class teachers for 2026-2027 in their new learning environments to prepare them for their next step.

Friday 17th July

• End of Year/Year 6 Leavers’ Service in St. James’s Church, 11:00;
• Break up for Summer Holidays. HALF DAY – 13:30 Old Jamaica Road/13:15 Alexis St. Please note there is no after-school club provision on the final day of term.

Wishing you, our children, and our whole school community
a lovely final weekend of the academic year!

God bless,
From the St. James’ team.

For those families with children starting school in Reception in September, may we draw your attention to some information and fun resources for parents and children.

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.

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.

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.

We're proud of our school and of our children!