The Blog Squad
Miss Gedney is passionate about instilling a love of literature and thirst for writing within SJSJ. The Blog Squad consists of a group of passionate, emphatic writers who wish to write for pleasure outside of their scheduled writing lessons. It aims to give children a true purpose and audience for their writing, with The Blog Squad providing updates for the school community about key events and the day-to-day running of the school. The Blog Squad will work closely with Miss Gedney to generate ideas for the School Blog, plan and write posts and even take pictures to be shared on the School Blog. This will be delivered through a safe, child-friendly online blog which will then be shared frequently with the school community. We know this will create an engaged community of writers at SJSJ and will promote writing as a fun and exciting extra-curricular activity.
Class Representatives
These are our Blog Squad members for this academic year:
- Year 3 – Asiya and Diana
- Year 4 – Aalayna and Zion
- Year 5 -Anoushka and Vera
- Year 6 – Ayah and Gabriella
Staff Lead
The St John and St James Blog Squad is a committed and creative group of Key Stage Two pupils who collaborate to produce and publish a monthly school blog. Under the guidance of Miss Gedney, the Blog Squad meets on a weekly basis to generate ideas, refine their writing skills and reflect on significant events taking place throughout the school.
Each pupil carries a personal writing journal to record observations and ideas, as they move around the school. The team engages in pupil voice activities during break times, captures photographs during awareness days, and conducts interviews with staff to gather insights into projects, initiatives, and events. These contributions form the foundation of their monthly blog post, which is designed to inform and engage the wider school community.
The blog provides a thoughtful and insightful perspective on school life, covering a wide range of topics including classroom learning, educational visits, whole-school events, sports fixtures, and pupil achievements. Authored entirely by pupils, the blog not only celebrates the life of the school but also fosters the development of essential skills such as communication, collaboration, and digital literacy.
We encourage all members of our community to visit the school website regularly to read the latest edition and stay informed about the exciting school life at St John and St James Primary School.
What have the Blog Squad been up to?
This term will be very exciting for the Blog Squad! We will be setting up our new blogs and exploring the intricacies of how formatting and publishing blog posts work. This will take us a bit of time and hard work to get the hang off, but we can’t wait for the challenge. We will explore how to set up our posts, refine our computing skills and learn how to insert images onto our blogs. Our first blogs will include introductions from all of the Blog Squad team members, as well as posts about how we celebrated National Poetry Day and Black History Month. Keep an eye out for our first blogs of the academic year!
View our Blog…
To view past editions of our blog, please click on the links below: