Let’s start this week with news about the return of our attendance competition…
Remember 100% in November
It’s the return of our attendance competition…
In the four weeks of November, children with 100% attendance will be entered into a prize draw to win one of four £25 Love2Shop vouchers. There are four vouchers to be won – one for every phase in school:
- Early Years (Nursery and Reception)
- Key Stage 1 (Years 1 and 2)
- lower Key Stage 2 (Years 3 and 4)
- upper Key Stage 2 (Years 5 and 6)
So… if your child attends every school day on time from 03 November to 28 November, their name will be added to the prize draw.
We’ll select four lucky winners on Friday 28 November.
Remember, arriving late for school counts as an unauthorised absence. This affects a child’s overall attendance figure, and that might mean they lose out.
Thank you
A few weeks ago, we asked for donations to support our Cooking curriculum. To make sure that we can continue to offer this, asked for a voluntary donation of £3 to £6 to pay for the ingredients. So far, we’ve received £132 which will really help to pay for the ingredients we need. Thank you for your support.
For more about our Cooking curriculum, please check out our Cooking and Nutrition Curriculum Guide – they include the recipes and background information including the food preparation skills children will practise. (We’re in Year A this year.)
Arbor
We have recently moved our Management Information System (MIS) to Arbor. Arbor will allow us to communicate with you more efficiently and will eventually bring all core school data into one system.
Yesterday, you should have received an email letting you know how to login to the parent portal/app for your child. If you’ve not received this, please let the office know.
You can familiarise yourself with Arbor using this link: Getting started – Log into the Parent Portal and the Parent App
Arbor also offers access to other training resources, which can be found here.
Before the half term break, we hope to have finalised the payments area in Arbor, so you’ll be able to pay for school meals on the portal or app. We’ll let you know when this is live.
If you’ve any questions, please contact the school office.
Well done…
…to our newly elected Junior Leadership Team:
- Year 1: Eleanor and Joey
- Year 2: Cora and Alfie
- Year 3: Kupa and Harry
- Year 4: Isabella and Freddie
- Year 5: Ethan and Kiara
- Year 6: Tommy and Chloe
We’re looking forward to meeting with the new team very soon.
Happy and healthy
At St James’ CE Primary, we’re proud to have been awarded the Gold School Games Mark for 2024-25. The School Games Mark is a government-led award scheme. It celebrates schools’ commitment to developing competitive sport within their school and community. Here’s a few recent pics of our happy and healthy physical activity…
Have a happy and healthy weekend!