We hope that you and your children have enjoyed this term, there has been a lot go-ing on with a variety of sporting activities, Feet First Dance Festival, our successful his-tory day and trips to support our learning. This week we have loved looking at the Easter gardens and taking part in our Easter service at Pip and Jim’s.

The staff and governors were very proud to receive the ‘Excellent’ judgement from our recent SIAMS inspection. The Statutory Inspection of Anglican and Methodist Schools or SIAMS inspection focuses on the impact of the Church school's Christian vision on pupils and adults. This involves looking at the school’s Christian vision, the provision the school makes because of this vision and how effective this provision is in enabling all pupils to flourish. They look in depth at behaviour, attendance, attain-ment and progress too. As mentioned in our letter the new inspection framework has changed with it being even more difficult to achieve the new ‘excellent’ grade as the Church of England raises the benchmark. To achieve it really does make us all proud.

Today we will be saying goodbye to Mrs. Baldrey. Mrs Baldrey has been a teacher at the school since 2002 and has taught many children in her time here. Staff, pupils and parents will miss her and wish her luck.

We are also saying congratulations to Mrs. Knight who is expecting her first child in September.

Mrs. Dagnall and Mrs. Wagstaff have once again

successfully introduced our vegetable of the

month CAULIFLOWER This week we have tast-

ed popcorn cauliflower and rice! The children

once again responded positively...

Healthy Eating at St. James’

THE SCOOP 5 T H A P R I L 2 0 1 9 I S S U E 1 2

DATES FOR THE DIARY

5.4.19 Last Day of Term—finish at 2pm

23.4.19 Back to School + Readathon sponsorship back please

24.4.19 Summer Fair Planning PTA 7-9pm Morans + Cricket Festival for KS1 10-12

26.4.19 Fun Run with Mrs Dagnall at lunchtime + tag rugby festival @ Newlands 9:30am

29.4.19 Mountain biking festi-val 10-1:30pm + girl’s football competition 3:30-4:30 + Full Governing Body 5:30-7:30pm

30.4.19 + 1.5.19 PTA Gallop

30.4.19 Open Afternoon for parents 2-2:50

1.5.19 Quad Kids Athletics 12-3pm

2.5.19 PTA Preloved uniform sale 3pm

3.5.19 PTA Bag2School 8:30 am + Y5 at Jazz Festival 10:30-1:30pm + Panathlon 10-12:30pm

6.5.19 May Bank Holiday—school closed today

8.5.19 Rounders competition 12-3pm

10.5.19 PTA sponsored gallop deadline + Orienteering10-12:30

13.5.19 Year 6 SATS week and Y5 to Croft Farm

“Cauliflower is

my new favourite

“Thank you so

much to the

reception team—

we have

thoroughly

enjoyed our

dinosaur junk

modelling today

and spending time

in school.”

Reception parent

Feet First Dance Festivals

Reception Family Dinosaur Modelling

Reception families enjoyed working with their

children at our dinosaur junk modelling ses-

sion this week.

Year 5 Space Afternoon

On the 20th March children from across the school took part in the Move More Feet First Dance Festival.

They have worked hard since October creating and practicing their routines and we are really proud of

their achievements. Thank you to Anya Wood who led the infant dance squad.

‘The children were amaz-

ing, definitely the best

dance today.’ Y6 parent

‘It was lovely watching

my daughter perform

today.’ Y2 parent

A great afternoon was had by parents and children on Thursday when the year 5 class-

rooms were opened to parents to look at the learning that had taken place.

Unwanted garden

furniture?

We are looking for

garden furniture for

our playground. It

needs to be sturdy

and free of damage. If

you are getting new

furniture please do-

nate any unwanted

sets to us!

Supporting Hope Agency in Cambodia—Pizza on sale at end of school today

Noah and Autumn Varley sold Pizza today at school to

raise money for the Hope Agency in Cambodia. The mon-

ey raised will fund bikes for each pupil at the school. Well

done Noah and Autumn a worthwhile cause. Read more

at: https://www.hopeagency.org/ donations of 50p

Year 6 1950s diner

Year 6 parents were treated to a wonderful 1950s diner experience on Wednesday afternoon, they watched some great dancing

and singing and even joined in with a bit of jive and line dancing. It was all washed down with milkshakes and cookies. Thank you

to Mr. and Mrs. Robinson for their dance tuition.

Parent Helpers

Wanted!

Can you spare a few

hours each week, if so we are looking for par-

ents to help in school. Please come to the office

and let us know of your availability.

Year 4 trip to Bishop’s Wood

Year 4 enjoyed their trip to Bishop’s wood , particularly the campfire and den building.

Crisp packet and Prin-

gles tub recycling…

Our first boxes of crisp packets and

Pringles tubes have been recycled.

Every year countless pieces of crisp

packets end up in landfill sites

across the UK. Walkers are working

with TerraCycle to put an end to

this enormous loss of resource. The

Crisp Packet Recycling Scheme will

fund schools and organisations and

reduce waste. Boxes can be found

in the front entrance and dining

area.

Congratulations to Reuben Banks (Y5) who was

picked as one of the top 20 poems from 700 submit-

ted to the competition launched in September.

Colour changer

An Autumn crunch when you step on me

Easy to find

Easy to rip

Bugs nibble on them

Who knew about it?

Comes from barky trees in the dark breeze

Stays still like a rock

Colour of grass

Lots of them fall off trees

They are all around you,

In October—the winter breeze.

From the office

Lunch debt– If you have any outstanding amount on your child’s lunch account in Parentpay,

please clear any debt over the holidays and ensure enough credit is on your account for future

meals.

Please don’t park on yellow crossed lines directly outside of school—this is for emergency vehicles

only.

All medicines to be taken home at the end of each term, please collect from School office.

PTA UPDATE

SUMMER FAIR RAFFLE PRIZES

Do you, or anyone you know, have a business connection that could offer a raffle prize? Any ‘star prizes’ offered before Wed 24 April will have the

opportunity to be printed on the raffle tickets. Please email stjamesprimarypta@yahoo.com if you can help!

RECENT PURCHASES

More details about these in the next PTA Newsletter!

Dyson Cool Tower Fans x8

Dictionaries

Dining Room Furniture

DATES FOR YOUR DIARY

Tue 30 Apr – Infants Sponsored Gallop (9am-12pm)

Wed 1 May – Junior Sponsored Gallop (9am-1pm)

Fri 10 May – Sponsorship Deadline (PTA Postbox)

The annual PTA sponsored event. See Sponsored Gallop email/letter for full details. You will have received the Letter and Sponsorship form via your child’s

bag and via email.

Wed 24 Apr – Summer Fair Planning Meeting

Everyone welcome! Email rerudd@hotmail.com for venue details (Leckhampton).

Thu 2 May – Preloved Uniform Sale

3-3.20pm. Donations welcome in the PTA Dropbox.

Fri 3 May – Bag2School Textile Collection

8.30-9am. Donation bags have been sent home this week. Have an Easter holiday clear out and start filling it now!

Fri 17 May – Summer Disco

Infants 6-7.30pm / Juniors 7.45-9.15pm in the School Hall.

Tickets £4. Available online after the Easter holidays or pay cash on the door.

https://www.pta-events.co.uk/stjamespta

Wed 22 May – PTA Planning Meeting

6.45pm for 7pm start @ Moran’s. Everyone welcome!

Contact Details:

stjamesprimarypta@yahoo.com

https://www.facebook.com/groups/648285485312917/

https://www.pta-events.co.uk/stjamespta

THANK YOU FOR YOUR ONGOING SUPPORT OF THE PTA FUNDRAISING ACTIVITIES!

Celebration Worship 8/3/19 Infants: Class 1 - Giselle Corticero and Clara Hathaway Class 2 - Lily Adamthwaite and Peter Edmonds Class 3 - No merits given Class 4 - Megan Leaver and Hannah Silver Class 5 - Ben Stephens and Sophie Harris Class 6 - Ajay Prasanna and Lilly Mann Juniors: Class 7 - No merits given Class 8 - Martha Crocker, Monty Whitelocks and Darcey Drury Class 9 - Jasmine Dearing-Drew and Sam Arthur Class 10 - Lucie Thornley and Josh Rudd Class 11 - No merits given Class 12 - Isaac Jones and Poppy Miles Class 13 - Thomas Giles and Jack Hutton Class 14 - Sonny Quiddington and Poppy Cashell Extra Certificates: Hannah Silver - Swimming Finn, Isla, Isabella, Reuben - amazing performance at the Quick Sticks Hockey Tournament at Pates on Monday. Good luck for the finals and to the Year 6 team playing this coming Monday. House points: 1st - 155 - Water 2nd - 153 - Earth 3rd - 146 - Fire 4th - 141 - Air Celebration Worship 29/3/19 Infants: Class 1 - Dylan Evans and Emma Henson Class 2 - Thomas Page and Poppy Culberson Class 3 - Adam Leech and All of Class 3 Class 4 - All of Class 4 Class 5 - Heidi Dewhurst and Miles Freitas-Porter Class 6 - Georgia Berry and Florence Hopkins Juniors: Class 7 - All of Class 7 Class 8 - Johnathan Wang and Amelie Goodlock and All of Class 8 Class 9 - Miriam Samuel, Megan Amey and Mikey Gittins Class 10 - no merits given Class 11 - William Green and Reuben Banks Class 12 - Annabelle Oakes, George Crews and Issac Smith Class 13 - no merits given Class 14 - Sonny Quiddington and Annabelle Lindsey Extra Certificates: Yellow Tai Kwon Do belt - Emily Goddard Rosette in Dance - Jessica Kitching Bare Necessities - Charlie Bronze Violin - Hannah Mortimer Level 5 Swimming - Kitty Wiegand Bare Necessities - Charlotte Kean Good luck to the B Team Hockey at their county final tourna-ment next Tuesday. House points: 1st - 434 - Earth 2nd - 328 - Water 3rd - 311 - Air 4th - 168 - Fire

Celebrating our successes

Celebration Worship 15/3/19 Infants: Class 1 - Emma Henson and Alistair Davies Class 2 - Gretchen Rudzki and Thomas Earle Class 3 - Eliza Robbins and Vic English Class 4 - Alex Ham-Romero and Noah Lewis Class 5 - Amelia Henley and Joseph Rackowe Class 6 - Luke Zurita Clodagh McLoughlin Juniors: Class 7 - Dan Hutton and Rosie Haslam Class 6 - Alfie Brown, Noah Stoddart and Frank Roberts Class 11 - Jemima Harford, Ana Franca Georgia Wagstaff Class 13- Jacqueline Chan Maggie Naylor Class 14 - Finley Everest and Annabel Lindsey Extra certificates: Eilidh Cattanach House Points: Fire - 118 Water - 154 Air - 167 Earth - 193

Values Celebration Worship 5/4/19 Infants: Class 1 - Kalissa Warr and Zachary Freeman Class 2 - Freddie Dawson and Florence Musty Class 3 - Kitt Shannon and Imogen Chant Class 4 - Josh Beer and Imogen Roberts Class 5 - Ben Stephens and Jacob Thomas Class 6 - Liberty Fellows and Seb Orton Juniors: Class 7 - Rose Bowden and Owen Slimmings Class 8 - James Tomlinson and Bella Seyforth Class 9 - Mikey Gittins and Tilly Chicken Class 10 - Sebastian Bodley and Poppy Palmer-Powles Class 11 - Isla Wigan and Bradley Coen Class 12 - Annabelle Oakes, Eilidh Cattanach and Conn Loughnane Class 13 - Felix Richards and Thomas Giles Class 14 - Marianne Baker and Annabelle Lindsey Extra Certificates: Goodbye and Goodluck to Koko Morimoto as she leaves to her new school in Japan. Cheltenham Youth Football Award to Farid Ali Vargas and Ned Sherborn-Hoare Gold Stage School Award to Georgia Berry Football Medals to Maximo Vivet Gold swimming Award to Phoebe Stokes Gloucestershire Badminton Gold Award to Tilly Mann Additional merits for: Alfie Brown, Orlando Richards, Amy Partridge, Cilian O’Donnell and Monty Venus. Joseph—Class 12 Gold for Individual chess Bronze—Team Chess House points: 1st - 241 - Air 2nd - 239 - Earth 3rd - 161 - Fire 4th - 150 - Water Term overall house points: 1283 - Earth 1231 - Air 913 - Fire 809 - Water