KS2 Parent/Teacher Consultations
Published 22/11/23
Parent/Teacher Consultations for Key Stage 2 are on Wednesday 29th November, in the school hall at our Old Jamaica Road site. Meetings are of ten minute duration and run from 4pm until 7.30pm.
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Read MoreLatest Newsletter - Friday 24th November 2023
Published 27/11/23A VERY BUSY WEEK! Children continue to have terrific learning and enrichment experiences both in and out of school. All children from Reception – Year 6 have visited the Tate Britain & Modern and the National Gallery for inspiration for their Art topics this term; Key Stage 2 children took part in HIIT workouts and assemblies with athlete Courtney Orange and gained lots of sponsorship from this; Year 4 visited the Unicorn Theatre for a production of ‘The Bolds’; Key Stage 1 children have continued with their Cricket sessions in school; Year 6 attended a Junior Citizenship workshop at the Old Kent Road fire station; 6 Brazil have visited the library this week too and we have had another non-uniform day for contributions to the school fund and more trips, enrichment opportunities and projects. Many thanks for your generous support for this!
Our Collective Worship theme has continued to be focused around the Parables of Jesus and the messages we can all take from these – these will continue for another week before we start to think about Advent and Christmas soon.
Read MoreNewsletter - Friday 17th November 2023
Published 16/11/23Another really busy and very productive week with some wonderful learning, events, trips and opportunities for the children. All children from Reception – Y6 have engaged with super Anti-Bullying Week workshops which promoted kindness and social intelligence from ‘One Day Creative’; Y1-6 attended a moving Remembrance service; Reception attended the National Gallery; Y3 attended the Unicorn Theatre for a production of ‘The Bolds’; we're very happy to be involved with charity fund-raising for Children in Need including our non-uniform day and Alexis Street bake sale and the children have been busy preparing for our afternoon talent show. Library trips and musical instrument lessons continue, Surrey Cricket have been into school to deliver cricket lessons to Y1&2 and the London PE Network have attended to deliver Y5 Girls’ Football sessions too.
Our Collective Worship theme this week has continued to be focused around the Parables of Jesus and the messages we can all take from these. This week we’ve had a great focus on Forgiveness.
Please see our full newsletter attached below together with updated diary dates and flyers from Southwark - Winter Food & Fun week and information regarding flu vaccination catch-up.
Wishing you, the children and our whole school community
a really lovely weekend.God bless from the St. James’ team
Read MoreReception 2024-2025 Open Mornings
Published 03/11/23If you are a parent of a child starting Reception in September 2024, do contact us to arrange a tour of our school. We will be happy to arrange a date and time to suit you. Click the following link to fill in a form of interest; we will contact you to arrange a tour of our Old Jamaica Road site and give all the details about starting school you may need:
Read MoreChange is a good thing!
Published 14/07/22The Children's Commissioner has signposted a wealth of resources for families to access who have children either starting primary or secondary school, everything from what to expect to what to have for lunch! Do take a look, the links are from the BBC Bitesize website and are also listed below. The CC website also has lots of information regarding the wellbeing of children and is worth a look.
Read More5 - 11 year old vaccination programme
Published 07/06/22We have been asked to circulate the attached flyer to families regarding the vaccination of children between the ages of 5 - 11 years.
Read MoreA virtual visit to St James!
Published 09/12/21We're proud of our school and of our children!
Read MoreFor Parents/Carers of children 5-19 years old at school in Southwark or Lambeth
Published 08/07/21We 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.
