Author: Miss Beatson

It was lovely to see so many happy faces at the school disco on Friday. A huge thank you to the PTA who organised another great event. We raised £729.17!

 

A lot of our electricity in school is generated by solar panels on the school roof. Today, Mr Smith visited our school to check our solar panels and to talk to us in assembly. He told us how the panels generate electricity and the importance of saving electricity by turning off lights and other appliances when not in use. He explained that this would save the school some money!

He demonstrated how heat and natural sunlight can be measured and how this is helpful in his work.

We are going to try our best to save more electricity!

We’ve had a wonderful final day of term and our tummies are full!

Thank you to all the catering team for cooking a delicious Christmas lunch.

Wishing everyone a lovely Christmas break and we look forward to seeing you all back on Monday 06 January 2025.

Today, we invited Jenny from Wetherby and District Foodbank to lead our collective worship.  She spoke to the children about what the foodbank can provide and how people can ask for help. Jenny explained that the foodbank can also provide financial support in different ways such as support with transport and debt management. We thought it was a great example of compassion which is our Christian value this half term.

If you would like to find out about how the foodbank can support you and your family then please speak with Miss Beatson or you can call 08082082138 to speak with the foodbank directly.

 

Thank you to the children who took part in the remembrance parade in Wetherby this weekend. It was lovely to see so many St James’ faces in the crowds too. Today, we’ll be having a one minute silence to remember those who have fought in conflict both past and present.

Today, some of our Year 5 and 6 pupils took part in a Service of Thanksgiving marking 200 years since The Great Sale of Wetherby. It was a very proud moment listening to the children confidently read a poem about what Wetherby  means to them. A big thank you to the children and their families taking time on their Sunday to be part of this commemorative service at St James’ Church.

Thursday was World Mental Health Day. We invited MindMate Support Team into school to deliver workshops to the children about self-esteem and how to get help if they’re feeling sad or have low mood. On Friday, the same team delivered a workshop to parents about supporting children with self-esteem and the feedback was positive.

If you would like more information about this topic then please speak with Miss Beatson.

 

We’re so happy our forest school is back!

This term, it’s the turn of Year 5 and Year 6 to have their forest school lessons. Today, they’ve been building dens, making wishing wells and climbing trees.

A huge thank you to everyone who attended our back to school festival last Friday. The PTA did a great job of organising the event so it ran smoothly. We raised an impressive £522.36  and £22.23 on uniform sales.

Already this term, the money raised from the PTA events have helped buy new musical instruments to support our music curriculum and a new speaker  which will help our wake up shake up sessions.

Thank you to everyone who helped to organise the event.

Before the Summer holidays, we invited you to take a picture of objects in the environment that represented the letters for St James. We’ve enjoyed looking at the photographs sent in-there were so many creative ideas! We announced our winners on Friday. Well done to all the families who took part. Check out some of the entries.