You should have received your child’s annual report this week. Please contact your child’s teacher if you’d like to discuss the report – your questions, comments and concerns are important.
We start this week’s message with a repeat of an email from yesterday…
This week’s message has a few repeats of previous messages so you’re prepared…
Themed week: Being Healthy
Next week is the second of two themed weeks in the year. Here are a few reminders.
- Children should wear PE kit throughout the week, but please make sure it follows our Uniform Policy:
- Travel actively to school – scooter, walking, riding their bike safely! For the chance to win a book token, send your photos by Thursday 10 July to stjamesoffice@spherefederation.org
- Thursday 10 July is our Sports Day: Early Years at 9.15am and Key Stage 1 and 2 at 1.30pm.
- Pupils have an online health questionnaire at home for their homework.
To help us continue with themed weeks such as this, we’re asking for a small contribution: £2 per pupil (Gateway) will help us to pay for visitors for themed weeks. Thank you to everyone who has contributed so far.
Production
Don’t forget our Key Stage 2 Summer production next week, too. There are two performances:
- Tuesday at 1.45pm
- Wednesday at 6.00pm
2025-26 classes
As we come to the end of the school year, we’d like to update you on the teachers for the next school year.
We’re saying goodbye to Mrs Palmer who’ll be moving to Moortown Primary (one of our federation schools). We wish her all the best at Moortown. We’re also saying goodbye to Mrs Cowgill who has been covering maternity leave in the Nursery class. Mrs Cowgill has done a fantastic job and we’ll miss her lots.
We welcome Miss Gilliland who is joining us from Scholes (Elmet) Primary. Some children will remember Miss Gilliland when she did her teaching placement at St James’ last year.
Yesterday, your child met with their new teacher and spent some time getting to know them. I’m sure they’ll want to tell you all about it when they get home.
Here are the classes for September:
- Nursery and Reception: Miss Kendrew
- Year 1: Mr Nash
- Year 2: Miss Gledhill (M, Tu, F) and Mrs Bye (W, Th) (In January, Mrs Ward will return from maternity leave and will teach in Year 2 with Mrs Bye)
- Year 3: Miss Gilliland
- Year 4: Mrs Poole
- Year 5: Mr Freeman
- Year 6: Mr Kilner
Rock steady
On Monday, we had an exciting visit from Rocksteady Music School. The key focus of the visit was to engage pupils in music, to learn about various instruments and how to play them. We kicked off with a whole school assembly where children learnt all about what it takes to be in a band (sing along to some of the latest hits!). After this, there were separate workshops where a pupil band was put together in just 30 minutes!
That’s all for this week. Before we end, here’s an idea if there’s a summer birthday in your household…
Herd Farm is a council-run activity centre offering a range of outdoor activities and pursuits for both adults and children. They’ve recently launched a Birthday Adventure Offer which they’re trialling during the summer holidays. Interested? Check out this video clip.