Announcements

For those who wish to have a tour of our nursery provision, there is a tour available on  Monday 17th November, starting at 9.30am at Old Jamaica Road.

A great final full week of this half term – lots of lovely learning and lots to celebrate! Parents have joined us for a Groundwork Coffee Morning, a Parent Gym taster session with Mrs Brenta, and continue to attend our Reception 2026 tours - still plenty of tours available so do look at the dates in our full newsletter posted below.

In our Collective Worship this week, we’ve been discussing ‘social intelligence’ and seen a great deal of this in action! Next week we’ll look at Diwali and continue to think about links between Christianity and other world faiths.

Do note – we break up for an extended Autumn half term on Tuesday (21st October) at normal school finish times – 15:15 Alexis St/15:30 OJR. We will start back following the half term break on Monday 3rd November for Autumn term 2 at 08:45 Alexis St/09:00 Old Jamaica Road.

Please see our full newsletter, diary dates sheet and term dates attached below.

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

A school session for flu vaccinations will take place on 27th November; details regarding this will be forwarded to you shortly.

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.