Dear Parents and Carers,

It was great to see all the children in red today as we came together as a community once again to support a good cause. On first count, it is looking like St James has raised £563.75 so far for Comic Relief which is absolutely fantastic.

Thank you to all the parents who came to view their children's work this afternoon. The school was buzzing with excitement as the children got to show off all their hard work this term! 

Next week is the parents consultations, which are being held in person. If you are yet to book an appointment, please book using the Schoolcloud system.  As you will remember from the letter dated 2nd March, we will be holding all parent consultations in the hall. Parents are asked to arrive a few minutes before their appointment and make their way to the hall side door. As we are trying to ensure we keep to time, if you do have any additional questions about your child's progress, which you are unable to discuss in your 10 minute session, please do email the class teacher who will reply as soon as possible. 

Communication changes:

In light of feedback on the parental questionnaire in September about the number of ParentMails, we will now be using this newsletter for non-urgent communication which are applicable to all children in the school. 

We will also be enhancing our communication to parents when children have accidentally hurt themselves at school. From Monday, if your child has been to the medical room for an injury,  the will receive a yellow form. This form will outline what has happened and what treatment was given. For significant injuries and all head injuries we will continue to inform you by phone. 

St James welcome:

We would like to welcome Mrs Wyeth to the St James Teaching Assistant team. Mrs Wyeth will be supporting in Kingfisher class and Kestrels class.  

Wishing you all a lovely weekend. 

Kind regards, 

Mrs Murphy 

Football Cup Match v Ongar Place

On Tuesday 28th February St James football team played quarter final cup match at home against Ongar Place School. From the start to the finish the game was very competitive with two even teams. Early goals were scored by both teams making the score 1-1 at half time with George scoring the St James goal. In the second half the game continued to be well contested and became more end to end. Ongar Place again managed an early goal in the half but St James came back instantly with good play that resulted in an own goal. The score was 2-2 at full which meant extra time had to be played. After extra time the score remained 2-2 which then took the game the penalties. Penalties scored by Sam and Matty along with some brilliant goal keeping from Harvey meant that after 3 penalties each, St James won 2-1.

The team was: Matty, Max, Joe, George, Sam, Leo, Harvey, Lewis, Danny.

The next fixture is being organized and will be the cup semi-final against Cardinal Newman.