Announcements

Another busy week full of super achievements and great learning from the children. We’ve conducted Nursery and Reception tours, individual photos were taken on Wednesday and will be available to buy online and be delivered to school before long and we've had a non-uniform day and Bake Sale (Alexis St after school) in support of our school fund where we are starting to save again for further playground development projects. Our sincere thanks to you for your generous support! 

Our Collective Worship theme has continued to be based around ‘Inter-Faith’, looking at other world religions and finding comparisons and differences with Christianity. Next week we’ll begin to think about Advent. 

Our full newsletter and an updated diary sheet is attached below, together with information on today's after-school Messy Church event, making Christmas decorations.

Wishing you, along with our whole community, a super weekend.
God bless,  from the St. James’ team.

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.

 It’s that time of year again when we begin to welcome parents and carers for tours of our OJR site as we’re holding a series of Open Mornings for existing and prospective parents of Reception children starting school in September 2026.

Please spread the word to any parents you know, or join us yourselves, for one of the following mornings:

• Wednesday 12th November, Old Jamaica Road at 09:30;
• Thursday 20th November, Old Jamaica Road at 09:30;
• Thursday 27th November, Old Jamaica Road at 09:30;
• Thursday 4th December Old Jamaica Road at 09:30

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.