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Value of the Month: Self-belief
Welcome Back
I would like to welcome everyone back for the
start of the spring term.
I hope you all had a lovely Christmas break and
return feeling refreshed and ready for the start of
the spring term.
Please remember that we do offer free porridge
every morning between 8.45am and 8.50am for
the children to enjoy.
I take this opportunity to thank you all for your
continued support and I am sure that together
2020 will be even more successful than 2019.
Yours sincerely
Mrs M Nichol
Headteacher
Stillness on Instagram
Keep up to date with all the news and updates at
Stillness by following us on Instagram.
Check out photos from school; have a peek
behind the scenes for a preview of what the
children and staff are working on.
Elvis, our visitor from Lapland, as returned
home after the month of mischief he caused in
the school throughout December!
UNICEF: UNICEF: UNICEF: UNICEF: Article 23: (children with disability)
A child with a disability has the right to live a full and decent life in
conditions that promote dignity, independence and an active role in the
community. Governments must do all they can to provide free care and
assistance to children with disability.
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STILLNESS NEWSLETTER
If you wish to contribute to the newsletter, the
deadline to submit your articles for the next
publication is the penultimate week of every
month
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Lewisham Food Bank Christmas Appeal
Thank you to everyone who kindly sent in donations
for this year’s Lewisham Food Bank Christmas
Appeal.
The items were put into Santa sacks by the Stillness
Elves (!) and collected by Carol Bostridge
(Lewisham Food Bank) on Friday, 13 December
2019 to be distributed to families over the festive
period.
Carol will be coming in to talk to all the children in
January about the donations and the local families
that benefitted from everyone’s generosity.
Thank you.
Stillness Junior School
Newsletter January 2019
Christmas
Before the Christmas holidays a variety of
events took place that were made possible
with the help and support of a number of
people.
Thank you to Father Bates for opening his
beautiful Church for the whole school to come
together for a service and to sing some of our
favourite carols.
A special thank you to “teams SCA and
FOSI” and all the parents and carers who
came together to put on a Christmas singalong
and Christmas fair. We are sure you would all
agree – it was a lovely afternoon and a great
prelude to the Christmas festivities!
Thank you to everyone who came in to help
serve the children and their teachers Christmas
dinner this year – your help really was
appreciated.
Also thank you to Chartwells and SCA/FOSI
for kindly providing all the children with
plastic free crackers this year!
Thank you also to all the parents and carers who
supported all of these events and helped to make
them such a success.
And last but not least, thank you to Chef Cleveland
and his staff for providing the children with a
lovely Christmas dinner; they cooked over 500
dinners and were still able to smile at the end (just
about!).
More photographs available to view on the school
website: www.stillnessjs.lewisham.sch.uk
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Panto
Another big “shout-out” to our wonderful “team
SCA” who kindly paid for the children to enjoy
an in-house Christmas production of The Snow
Queen.
The children and staff thoroughly enjoyed the
show and it definitely brought some early
Christmas cheer to Brockley Rise.
Thank you “team SCA”.
Stillness Elections
As some of you may be aware Stillness were
holding our own Junior Elections alongside the
General Elections. The children who wanted to
be a part of a party registered and were randomly
selected to join. Manifestos were drawn up and
the children went canvasing around school. The
children voted on our own polling day on 13
December 2019, and the school council did a
great job running it.
The whole process was a great success and it was
great to see the children (and parents) engaged in
school and via Instagram. The winning party
was the “Tomorrow Party”.
Thank you everyone who took part!
Miss K Liston
Curriculum Intent Statement
At Stillness Junior School we have designed our
curriculum with the following main goals in
mind:
• To encourage pupils to become ambitious,
curious learners who can make a positive
contribution to the school and local
community.
• To develop pupils’ skills and knowledge by
providing a coherent, progressive
curriculum.
• To build rich ‘cultural capital’
• To ensure learning experiences are
memorable and aid long-term retention
• To develop word power among our pupils
so they are well equipped with a wide range
of vocabulary
If you feel we have omitted any goals, please let
us know!
Please visit our website for further information:
www.stillnessjs.lewisham.sch.uk
Farewell to Mrs Savage
It was with great sadness that the staff and
children said farewell to Mrs Savage before the
Christmas break.
Mrs Savage has worked at Stillness Junior School
for 11 years.
She worked in the classroom as a teaching
assistant for some of those years, was a lunch
time supervisor and also accompanied the
children in Y4 for their swimming classes.
Mrs Savage was extremely kind and very popular
with the children and staff alike and will be
missed.
A big thank you also to Coach Ross and
Coach Gilbert who came to say goodbye looking
extremely handsome in their dinner suits! Move
over James Bond…!
We wish Mrs Savage a long and healthy
retirement and thank her for all her hard work.
Playground Apparatus
Please do not let your children climb on any
apparatus before or after school. As they are not
supervised by school staff, they are not covered
on our school insurance.
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Stillness Sports Page
Netball Club
Stillness netball club were given the opportunity to take
part in Lewisham Games High 5 Netball Tournament,
although this is not the same 7 aside netball they are
used to playing buty a different rotating 5-aside version,
they were all up for the challenge. We were fortunate
enough to enter two teams into this thrilling new
competition. The teams had excellent attitudes and
sportsmanship all day despite the change in the weather
and having to play in the rain!
Both teams last game of the day ended with a win, which
really showed how quickly they had got used to the
different format and worked together as a team!
One of our teams came third and the other team fourth.
Well done Stillness netball: Aisha Lulu, Nancy, Evie,
Isla, Dasy, Ciara Shylah, Lena, Elkie, Layla, Olive,
Emma, Meredith, Amy, Zoe and Fritha.
The Daily Mile
This academic year we have introduced an exciting,
competitive new competition, the “Stillness Junior
Daily Mile Challenge”. In this competition, all
classes from all year groups are competing against
each other to uphold the most laps completed round
the daily mile track.
This competition will run all the way through till the
end of the academic year, where the class with the
most amounts of laps run will win an exciting trip
with their whole class and class teacher.
Every Friday the week’s top four classes are
announced in assembly, so ensure you ask you
children how the competition is going!
This is a great initiative to get the children (and staff)
active and fit, so let’s keep it up everyone!
Year 6: Slowglobe by Amy Wilson
Stillness School Plants Trees!
On January 24th Stillness School will be taking
part in Just One Tree’s grow a forest challenge.
Trees are vital to our local and global ecosystem,
they clean the air we breathe, filter the water we
drink, prevent soil erosion and flooding, give life to
the world's wildlife. They also absorb carbon from
the air -- excess carbon is one of the main causes of
climate change. Scientists tell us that, along with
cutting our carbon output, planting more trees may
be one of the best ways to manage our climate and
ecological crisis.
Just One Tree is a non-profit initiative focused on
planting trees in areas that have suffered severe
deforestation such as Madagascar, which only has
10% of its original forests remaining. Along with
helping to stabilize our climate, the trees planted
help to revive the natural habitat, protect
endangered species, provide jobs and improve the
quality of life for the local communities.
On Friday, January 24th, children are invited to
come to school dressed as a tree or wearing brown
and green clothing and to donate to Just One Tree.
With £1 you can plant one tree!
https://www.justonetree.life/
Karin and Stillness Eco Warrier!
Dinner Money
The cost of a school dinner is £2.30 per day.
The dinner money 7 January 2020 to 14 February
2019 will be £66.70. Can parents/carers please make
every effort to pay in advance.
To improve the service we provide, Stillness Junior
School is a cashless school and does not accept
cheques or cash as payment.
This can be done online using a very secure website called ParentPay. You all have your individual ID
and Password to access this facility.
Please note: if you wish to change your child from
packed lunch to school dinners or vice versa please
inform the school office in writing to avoid being
charged. Children can only change this option at
half term break.
Please Note: Dinner accounts that are more than
one week overdue or in arrears will result in your
child having to bring in a packed lunch or going
home for their lunch.
Stillness Junior School Website/Instagram
We are pleased to inform parents/carers that we work
extremely hard to ensure that our website is up to date.
Please take a minute to have a look and catch up with
the latest news and holiday dates.
Stillness Junior School is also on Instagram.
If you do not wish photographs of your child/ren to
be posted on this website, on Instagram, in the
school newsletter or in articles that may be
published in the press, please notify the school
office in writing.
Upcoming Diary Dates:
January
7.1.120 – Children return to school
20.1.20 – Parents Evening
21.1.20 – Parents Evening
24.1.20 – Just One Tree Grow a Forest Day
31.1.20 – RE Day
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