It’s our last Friday’s message of Autumn 1 half-term.
Today’s a training day in school. All the teachers across Sphere Federation have gathered together to learn more about Maths, PE and Art. They’re learning about it in a carousel of phases – Early Years and Y1,2 in one, Y3,4 in another, and Y5,6 in the third.
In last week’s message, we announced our new Junior Leadership Team. This week, we thought you might like to read some of their favourite aspects of St James’ CE Primary…
- Eliza, Y6: ‘The teachers create a nice learning environment in the classroom and create good bonds with us.’
- Amira, Y6: ‘I like writing because I like using lots of adventurous vocabulary. I also like Maths because we get to do loads of fun maths like quizzes.’
- Lilly, Y5: ‘Reading is good because it’s calming. I like the class novel (Survivors: Extraordinary Tales from the Wild and Beyond) because it’s got lots of adventure stories.’
- Lily, Y4: ‘Miss Beatson is a really, really nice teacher. She’s good at teaching Maths.’
- Freddie, Y4: ‘My favourite subject is writing and maths. I like them because the teachers make it fun.’
- Isla, Y3: ‘Wake Up Shake Up is great because it helps people to have a break and then learn again.’
- Harper, Y3: ‘All the teachers help us learn. They’re nice and kind.’
- Sophie, Y2: ‘I enjoy reading because it’s nice and relaxing.’
- Lily, Y2: ‘The clubs are good because you can make things and take them home. I like Mr Roundtree because he’s so kind and he takes care of us all.’
- Arthur, Y1: ‘I like writing because I like doing sentences.’
- Olly, Y1: ‘Maths is good because I like numbers.’
These comments now feature at the foot of the homepage of our website, too.
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It’s been an extra long Autumn 1 half-term – eight weeks. Lots of children are tired – a break will be welcome to relax and recuperate. We hope you’re able to enjoy a longer weekend and a great half-term break.