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Year 5

Year 5

Home > Children  > Year Groups > Year 5

On this page, you will find lots of information relating to our Year 5 class…

Year 5 Curriculum Map

To see what we will be learning about in Year 5, please click on the link below where you will be able to see our focuses in each area of learning during each of the half terms this year.

Y5 Curriculum Map

Year 5 Maths Fundamentals

To view a copy of the Year 5 Fundamentals document, please click here.

Class Newsletter

To view our half termly newsletter, please click on the links below:

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Class Timetable

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Staff

  • Laura Farrington

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    What's happening in Year 5 - Week 5
    In RE, Year 5 have been learning about Sikhism. This week we have been discussing the importance of Guru Arjun achievements in shaping Sikhism. We shared our opinions with our partner to create a pyra...
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    What's happening in Year 5 - Week 4
    Year 5 were invited to attend a science workshop at Cardinal Pole where they learnt to make a firework.   In science, Year 5 built on last week's...
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    What's happening in Year 5 - Week 3
    In science, Year 5 learnt about soluble and insoluble substances. We defined key scientific vocabulary before observing what happens when sugar and sand are mixed with water. We recorded our observati...
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    What's happening in Year 5 - Week 2
    This term, Year 5's science topic is 'Properties and Changes'. This week we used scientific vocabulary to make tactile observations of the properties of objects hidden in a touchy-feely bag. After the...
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    What's happening in Year 5 - Week 1
    On Wednesday, Year 5 used place value charts and counters to represent multiplication calculations as repeated addition. Where necessary, we had to utilise regrouping and add placeholders. We will bui...
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    What's happening in Year 5 - Week 7
    Year 5 have been doing some brilliant writing! They recently completed their writing assessments and used structure strips to support their writing in each paragraph. They have been working on using f...
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    What's happening in Year 5 - Week 6
    Year 5 have loved completing their STEAM week project this week! Year five focussed on making moving toys, which was based on a children's book. They integrated their science knowledge and used cams a...
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    What's happening in Year 5 - Week 5
    Year 5 had a wonderful time on their trip to the Waterworks Centre. They learnt all about flood plains, filter beds and the Victorian past of the area. The children also observed lots of the wildlife ...
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    What's happening in Year 5 - Week 4
    Year 5 have been enjoying learning about forces in Science. This week, we focussed on the force of air resistance. We learnt that air resistance is a pushing force and the greater the surface area, th...
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    FAB First Aid
    Year 4, 5 and 6 have all had excellent training this week with FAB First Aid. The wonderful Rhona came into school to teach our children how to use DRABC when they see someone who appears very unwell....
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    What's happening in Year 5 - Week 3
    Year 5 have loved their writing cycle, all about poetry. We wrote free verse poetry, which is poetry that does not follow any conventional rules. They wrote about the rainforest and described a spooky...
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    What's happening in Year 5 - Week 5
    Year 5 have begun learning all about forces in Science. We activated our prior knowledge by investigating pulling and pushing forces in everyday objects. From this, we categorised forces as contact an...
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    What's happening in Year 5 - Week 1
    Year 5 have enjoyed using counters in maths to find factors. The children worked concretely to make arrays with the counters. If they found a remainder, they could tell that it was not a factor of tha...
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    What's happening in Year 5 - Week 8
    Year 5 had a wonderful workshop from two STEM ambassadors on Friday, who were both hydrologists from the Environment Agency. They were investigating how much water different materials absorbed. The ma...
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    What's happening in Year 5 - Week 7
    Year 5 have loved learning about the Romans in history this half term! We recently took part in a debate all about Boudicca and discussing whether she was a good or a bad leader. We wrote our ideas do...
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    What's happening in Year 5 - Week 6
    Year 5 have enjoyed their science lessons this half term. They have been setting up a science investigation, where they are observing whether non-flowering plants will grow over time. The children pla...
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    What's happening in Year 5 - Week 5
    Year 5 have been performing some of their writing using their oracy skills. We have been writing about two contrasting settings, London and the Amazon. We used a variety of adventurous adjectives and ...
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    October Half Term Camp @ SJSJ
    Level 10 are back again for Half Term Camp during the October Half term. Click on this link to download a copy of the October camp flyer. Alternatively you can visit the Holiday Camp page on our...
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    What's happening in Year 5 - Week 4
    Year 5 have been using concrete resources to build on their knowledge all about place value. They used counters to represent different numbers, all the way up to 100,000. They then used this to answer...
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    What's happening in Year 5 - Week 3
    This week, Year 5 completed a practical science investigation as part of their 'Living things' science unit, where they dissected a flowering plant and identified the different parts. They made carefu...
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    What's happening in Year 5 - Week 2
    Year 5 have loved learning about the 'Pop art' movement, with a focus on the artist Andy Warhol. They created self-portraits taking inspiration from his work. All the children in Year five used bright...
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    What's happening in Year 5 - Week 6
    Year 5 thoroughly enjoyed trying out trampolining at the Urswick school. They learnt how to do a variety of jumps, including straddle jumps and tuck jumps, and made such good progress! Miss Tinmouth e...
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    What's happening in Year 5 - Week 5
    Year 5 went to London Zoo for the end of year trip. Take a look and see what they were up to...  
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    What's happening in Year 5 - Week 4
    Year 5 have been learning about the phases of the Moon in their science topic 'Earth and Space'. Some children represented the different Moon phases using oreos! ...
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    What's happening in Year 5 - Week 3
    Year 5 have been writing -ing and -ed clauses at the beginning of their sentences using 'Rainbow Grammar'. We wrote the -ing or -ed clause on a yellow post-it note and the main clause on a green post-...
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    What's happening in Year 5 - Week 2
    Year 5 have been learning all about coordinates in maths. We have been plotting and writing the coordinates for different letters from the alphabet on a grid. Year five have understood coordinates rea...
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    What's happening in Year 5 - Week 1
    Year 5 had a wonderful trip to Hackney Museum and St Augustine's clock tower. We learnt a lot about our local history in Hackney and had an exciting experience climbing up the clock tower! ...
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    What's happening in Year 5 - Week 6
    Year 5 have been learning all about shapes this week. We have been identifying different types of triangles, quadrilaterals, regular and irregular polygons. Year 5 really enjoyed their lesson on ident...
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    Bikeability Week
    Some children from year five and year six have been enjoying joining in with Bikeability this week! They have learnt lots of different skills about riding bikes safely - in the playground and later th...
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    What's been happening in Year 5 - Week 5
    Year 5 have been enjoying their maths lessons this week and have been learning how to use protractors! At the beginning of the week, they learnt how to measure angles with a protractor and they progre...
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    What's happening in Year 5 - Week 4
    Year 5 loved their Gurdwara trip. We learnt all about the Sikh religion and even ate food in a langar!
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    What's happening in Year 5 - Week 3
    Year 5 thoroughly loved going on their geography field trip! They used clipboards and a tally chart to record how many sustainable initiatives they observed around the local area. We found that within...
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    What's happening in Year 5 - Week 2
    Year 5 loved having a workshop, all about planting vegetables! This is a part of the Schools to Market programme, which teaches children all about fruits, vegetables and harvesting them. We have plant...
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    What's happening in Year 5 - Week 1
    Year 5 have began their writing cycle, where they will be writing in the genre of a newspaper article. The children read some newspaper articles and identified the key features, such as a headline, su...
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    What's happening in Year 5 - Week 6
    Year 5 has loved participating in STEAM week! We have been baking biscuits. We firstly researched different existing types of biscuits and described the different tastes, textures and appearances of t...
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    Football competition
    This week our year 1 & 2 boys took part in their first futsal competition. Over the past term in after school club they have learned about control , positioning and communication. We played extre...
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    What's happening in Year 5 - Week 5
    Year 5 have been learning all about fractions of amounts in maths. We used cubes to share a whole number equally into different parts. Children were challenged to prove that they were correct using th...
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    Red nose day
    Thank you to everyone that donated towards Red Nose Day 2022. We have been able to raise an amazing £187.00! The money we raised will be going to the Disaster Emergency Committee to help the people...
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    What's happening in Year 5 - Week 4
    Year 5 have really been enjoying their computing lessons, where they have been learning all about coding. We are creating a programme with sequencing, loops and events. When an issue arises with our a...
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    Check out what's been happening in Spanish...
    Recently, Miss Bienias and Miss Lawrence chatted about all things Espanol! Miss Bienias explained how lovely it was to see how the pupils' Spanish progresses throughout the school, thanks to Miss Law...
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    What's happening in Year 5 - Week 3
    Year 5 loved investigating materials using electrical conductors or insulators. We made a simple electrical circuit and input different materials into it. As scientists, we sought patterns and foun...
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    What's happening in Year 5 - Week 2
    Year 5 loved going on their trip to the British Museum. We took part in a historical workshop, where we analysed artefacts from the Ancient Greek era and made inferences to slowly discover what each i...
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    What's been happening in Year 5 - Week 1
    Year 5 have been learning about the Ancient Greek Olympic Games. We acted out some of the sporting events.
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    What's been happening in Year 5 - Week 6
    For children’s mental health week, we took part in a ‘Thrive in Five’ programme, where we completed a mindful activities each day. This was a rainbow breathing exercise, where we raised and lowered ou...
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    What's been happening in Year 5 - week 5
    Year 5 conducted a science investigation all about evaporation. We made real-life links and answered the scientific question, which we created as a class, 'In what location in the classrooms will my t...
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    Sports Day 2021
    We were all very excited to finally be allowed to partake in our annual Sports Day at London fields in July 2021 when the COVID restrictions were lifted. Take a look at some of the events that took pl...
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    Gymnastics at SJSJ
    This half term, we are focusing on our gymnastics skills during our PE lessons. Take a look at some of the skills that the children have been learning...
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    Dodgeball Competition
    Congratulations to our pupils who attended the "Berger 5's" dodgeball competition on Friday. The children put on a fantastic performance which landed us in third place. Both Amelle and Sean receiv...
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    PA Games Netball Competition
    On Thursday 25th November, the 8 Primary Advantage schools came together to compete in a Netball competition. The SJSJ Netball team went along to the games with Mr Charles and played incredibly wel...
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    Young Hackney Netball Competition
    Netball team: Zi Qi, Keichardae, Amelle, Jemimah, Johanna, Noah, Jeffrey and Ephraim. During the Autumn term, our netball team have been competing at the Young Hackney netball competition. All pup...
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    What's been happening in Year 5...
    Click here to take a look at what's been happening in Year 5 this week...
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    Year 5, Spring 1, Week 4
    This week, Year 5 had a workshop all about mental health and wellbeing. They learnt about different emotions and the different physical feelings they have with each emotion. The children then chose a ...
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    Girls Football Competition
    On Monday, SJSJ played in a girls football competition against pupils from The Olive School. SJSJ did incredibly well and ended the competition in  9-0 win! Well done girls!
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    Year 5, Spring 1, Week 3
    Year 5 have been really enjoying their science learning this half term, all about States of Matter. This week, the children measured the temperature in different locations in the classroom using a the...
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    Recycling Workshops
    This week, each class had the wonderful Kelly Sullivan from Hackney council into their classrooms to learn about the importance of recycling both in school, at home and in public spaces. They reall...
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    February Half Term Camp
    Dates: Monday 14th- Friday 18th February 2022 Times: 9.00am to 3.00pm (extended days available upon request) Age range: 5-12 years Cost: £100 per week (early bird bookings) or £25 per day ...
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    Year 5, Spring 1, Week 2
    Year 5 have been learning all about solids, liquids and gases in their science unit. They made some interesting observations with cornflour. The observed that cornflour can be a solid when manipulated...
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    Gymnastics @ SJSJ
    Here are some photos from the first week of gymnastics lessons at SJSJ! By the end of the term children will know how to compose and perform their own routines. Lessons will focus on travelling,...
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    iPad Generation 2 Sale
    Due to the constantly changing nature of technology, SJSJ have a number of Generation 2 iPads for sale. The devices are perfect for home use and still have life left in them. The devices are being so...
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    Pre-loved Uniform Sale
    Each half term, we will be holding a sale for pre-loved uniform items. For one week each half term, a table will be set up in to main office where parents are welcome to come and see what items we ...
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    Magic Breakfast
    We have teamed up with Magic Breakfast to ensure that no child starts the day hungry. Our 'bagel bar' will be open each morning in the hall from 8.50-8.55am. If  you would like to grab a bagel b...
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    Window Wanderland
    It seems to me it ain’t the world that’s so bad, but what we’re doing to it, and all I’m saying is see what a wonderful world it would be if only we’d give it a chance. Love, baby, love. That’s the se...
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    Year 5, Spring 1, Week 1
    Mateus from Year 5 made a model Greek temple using recyclable items as part of his homework during the holiday.
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    Christmas Lunch
    We hosted our annual Christmas lunch on Wednesday; as usual it was a huge success! The children had a lovely time and enjoyed listening to  festive songs whilst dining with their peers.
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    Year 5, A2, W7
    Year 5 have done some amazing post work after their  geography field trip to the river Lea! They made geographical observations and labelled diagrams. This is Rufus and Xayden’ s amazing work!
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    Panto 2021
    The children were lucky enough to have the panto come to SJSJ this year. They watched the story of ‘A Christmas Carol’ by the Hobgoblin production company. “It was really good, I liked that Mr S...
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    Christmas Celebrations at SJSJ
    Tuesday 1.45 – 2.30       Year 3 and year 4 disco 2.40 – 3.30       Year 5 and year 6 disco Children to come to school in normal school uniform and bring along their disco clothes in a bag. T...
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    Winter Reading Challenge 2021
    The Reading agency is running an online Winter Mini Challenge to motivate children to read at home which is a smaller version of the Summer Reading Challenge. Hackney libraries are supporting this by ...
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    Year 5, A2, Week 6
    Year 5 have been working on their STEAM project this week, where they got to make moving toys! STEAM stands for Science, Technology, Engineering, Art and Maths. In this lesson, they focussed on Art an...
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    Christmas Jumper Day 2021
    Check out some of the jazziest jumpers the children have worn to Save the Children and raised an amazing  £181.56 to help protect the magic for children around the world. All money raised is going...
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    Young Hackney Netball Competition - 3rd Place
    Congratulations to our netball team who placed 3rd in the Young Hackney netball finals that took place this week.  All members of the team showed great sportsmanship and resilience throughout the comp...
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    Save the Children - Christmas Jumper Day 10.12.21
    On Friday the 10th December it is Christmas jumper day. Children can come to school in their Christmas jumpers. School uniform and school shoes must be worn. It's super fun, and it's easy to take p...
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    Christmas Performance 15.12.21
    After much thought we have decided to proceed with our plans to organise our Christmas Performance at St John’s at Hackney Church. This will take place on Wednesday 15th December at 9.15am. This de...
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    Year 5, A2, Week 5
    Check out  Year 5’s book summaries about Malorie Black, who year five are studying for their diverse   Britain curriculum! They have learnt all about her background and the books she has written. ...
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    Year 5, A2, Week 4
    Year 5 had a wonderful trip to the River Lea navigation canal this week. This links with their geography unit of Rivers and Mountains. They enjoyed seeing lots of different waterways, walking over dif...
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    PTA Christmas Raffle 2021
    The PTA have been overwhelmed by support for the this years raffle. Local businesses and families within our school community have been incredibly generous which means that we have our best raffle pri...
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    Year 5, A2, Week 3
    Year 5 had a workshop with the canal and river trust, who taught them all about the River Lea! This linked to their geography topic all about Mountains and Rivers. The class compared the similarit...
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    Children in Need 2021
    We would like to say a huge well done, and thank you, to everyone who made a donation towards our Children in Need fundraising today; you all looked fantastic! So far we have collected a whooping £...
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    Chatsworth Youth Club
    Running Monday and Wednesday's from 5.00-8.00pm at Clapton Park Methodist Church
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    Reception Admission - September 2022
    Was your child born between 1st September 2017 and 31st August 2018? If so, they are due to start in Reception class in September 2022. Have you applied? You must apply for your child’s Recep...
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    Nursery & Reception School Tour
    Is your child due to start Nursery or Reception in September 2022? We are offering weekly tours of our Early Years classrooms for prospective new parents. Tours take place weekly on Friday mor...
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    Hackney Education's Parent Guide to School Attendance
    As we all know, pupils attendance at school is incredibly important. Hackney Education have produced a very helpful guide for parents. You can download the leaflet by clicking here. 
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    Year 5, A2, Week 2
    Year 5 have been learning all about forces and measuring the weights and mass using scales and a force meter. The class worked scientifically by taking precise measurements and had lots of fun. ...
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    Year 5, A2, Week 1
    Year five have started learning all about forces in their science unit! The completed a range of scientific exploration activities in a carousel. They were investigating pushes and pulls, contact and ...
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    Next PTA Meeting
    The next SJSJ PTA meeting will be on Friday 12th November  at 9.15am in the School Library. You can also join via Zoom; a link will be circulated beforehand. On the agenda - Christmas fundraising ...
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    PTA Christmas Bake Sale
    The Christmas bake sale will be on Friday 10th December at 3.30pm. We will need lots of festive bakes to sell and help with the stalls, so please put it in your diary!
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    PTA Class Representatives
    Want to find out more about the SJSJ PTA?   Speak to your PTA Class Rep: Nursery: Karen Widdowson Reception: Vacant Year 1: Geraldine Vessier and Louise Lawrence Year 2: Karen Wi...
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    PTA Fundraising: Christmas Raffle Prizes
    We need your help! The hunt is now on for some amazing raffle prizes for the PTA Christmas Raffle. Tickets will go on sale in early December and we need some fabulous prizes to give away! How c...
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    PTA Bag 2 School Collection
    The PTA has arranged for a Bag2School collection on Tuesday 30th November. How does it work? Bag2School are a fundraising scheme which collects and sells your unwanted textiles to importers and ...
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    New Menu for Autumn 2
    Chef Patrick has been working closely with school council to build the new menu based on the feedback that has been given by children across the school. Take a look at what's on offer this half ter...
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    Year 5, Week 7
    In Year 5, the class learnt about miracles vs magic in a science lesson, which had an oracy focus! They had a debate about the differences between miracles and magic.
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    Year 4, 5 & 6 Tag Rugby Competition
    We had two matches with Morningside Primary school, one match with a mixed Year 5 and 6 which we won 4-1 and another match with a Year 4 and 5 team which we won 4-3. The Morningside teacher comment...
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    Punctuality
    Please ensure children arrive for school promptly at 8.55am for the start of school assembly. Our pastoral manager will be monitoring lateness to ensure children are arriving on time and will be me...
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    Harvest Festival 2021
    Harvest Festival is being celebrated throughout the month of October, where farmers and growers give thanks for a successful harvest season; during this time churches, community groups, schools and in...
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    School Photos - 4th November
    Individual, sibling and class photos will be on Thursday 4th November 2021. Reminders will be sent out closer to the date.  
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    Year 5, Week 6
    Year 5 had a fantastic workshop from the Royal Parks this week. The session was focussed on learning about invertebrates. During the interactive session the class learnt all in-depth about these creat...
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    Year 6, Week 5
    Year 6 have been writing letters from the perspective of the protagonist, Joseph, in our class text "The Silver Sword" by Ian Serralier. They have been using figurative language to describe the concen...
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    Year 5, Week 5
    Year 5 have been learning about the difference between a main and subordinate clause in their grammar lessons. They used colouring pencils to identify different clauses in a sentence and then using th...
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    Green Team
    The Green team enjoyed harvesting the vegetables from our planter last week. They harvested a range of vegetables including: carrots, turnips, beetroots, tomatoes and some huge cucumbers. They then ha...
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    Year 5, Week 4
    Year 5 have been enjoying doing athletics in PE. The children have been really active and have learnt how to warm up and cool down appropriately.
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    Beef Ragu & Pineapple Turnover
    Today Chef Patrick introduced a new meal at lunchtime: it was a huge success! Beef Ragu (contains a staggering 10 different  veg), roast new potatoes, steamed and roasted broccoli, salad 'Tricolore...
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    New Menu Item - Quorn Chilli Wraps
    Check out what we had for lunch on Tuesday, Quorn chilli wrap. The children enjoyed the meal immensely.   “I love the new school menu! Who knew the vegetarian option was tasty and didn't lo...
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    Hockey Competition
    Year 5 and 6 have taken part in a lunchtime Hockey competition. The competition provides children with an opportunity to try out a new activity. It also  prepares children for competitions when COVID ...
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    Year 5 - Week 3
    Year 5 have been making self-portraits in the style of Derek Russell. The class used thick brush strokes and paint to make out self-portraits. They also used a painting technique called 'double-loadin...
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    Year 5 - Week 2
    Year 5 have been learning all about fairy tales in their writing lessons! They are focussing on the fairy-tale, 'The Little Matchstick Girl' by Hans Christian Anderson. As part of their class immersio...
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    Packed Lunch Policy
    We have recently reviewed our school Packed Lunch Policy. Please ensure that your child’s packed lunch is in line with our policy as this is in line with the school nutritional food standards. Plea...
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    Introducing Chef Patrick!
    SJSJ welcomed our new Chef to the team here at the start of the new term. Chef Patrick is incredibly passionate about improving school meals for everybody and is really enjoying getting to know the ch...
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    COVID Reminder
    The main symptoms of coronavirus (COVID-19) are: a high temperature– this means you feel hot to touch on your chest or back (you do not need to measure your temperature) a new, continuous coug...
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    Hackney Hispanic Week 2021
    This week, the children have been celebrating Hackney Hispanic week by taking part in some cooking activities and exploring some of traditions that underpin Spanish culture. Classes were split into...
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    Year 5 (Summer 2, Week 4)
    Year 5 made jam from the strawberries they picked on their trip last week. They developed skills of cutting, slicing and bruising basil to put in the strawberry jam! It tasted delicious! The class wil...
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    Our Art Curriculum
    At SJSJ Primary School we believe that art inspires creativity, imagination and inventiveness. We believe that art gives our pupils the skills, concepts and knowledge necessary for them to engage and ...
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    Pride Youth Network
    Some Year 6 children have formed a Pride Youth Network. They are working with the fantastic charity  Educate and Celebrate to think about how we celebrate diversity in our school and represent and wel...
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    Year 5 (Summer 2, Week 3)
    Year 5 have been on an exciting school trip this week. The children travelled to Stanhill farm to pick their own strawberries! They filled their punnets to the brim with all of the local produce they ...
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    NHS Tea Party
    We are celebrating the NHS’s birthday on the 5th July by hosting a Tea party themed event. The NHS Big Tea will be a national outpouring of love, thanks, and generosi-tea for the people who go above ...
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    20% off School Uniform from 06.07.21-03.08.21
    M&S are offering 20% off of our school uniform products, excluding accessories, from 6th July to 3rd August 2021 Sale Price applicable at checkout. T&C's apply   Visit our sc...
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    Summer Reading Challenge
    This summer, we strongly encourage all pupils at St John St James to get involved with the very exciting Summer Reading Challenge with the theme of Sustainability this year. You can get involved at ...
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    Green Team Update
    The Green team sourced some recycled balance bikes for the nursery class. The green team taught the nursery class how to ride a balance bike through a PowerPoint presentation and a demonstration. This...
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    Year 5 (Summer 2, Week 2)
    Year 5 had a fantastic virtual workshop with the Geobus today! They learnt lots more about different planets and used 3D glasses to bring the planets to life! The children got to ask questions to a sc...
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    Year 6's Pride Youth Network
    Some year 6 children have formed a Pride Youth Network. They are working with the fantastic charity Educate and Celebrate to think about how we celebrate diversity in our school and represent and welc...
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    What's been happening in Year 6?
    With limited visitors on site at the moment we thought it would be a nice idea to share some of the amazing things that are happening around our school. Each week we will be uploading a brief snapshot...
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    Year 6 appear on the ITV News!
    On Thursday 20th May, ITV news came into St John & St James' to film year 6, as part of a feature about how schools are effectively teaching children a diverse curriculum, enriched in Black Histor...
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    20% off SJSJ's School Uniform with M&S (29.06-21-03.08.21)
    Good news!  We are pleased to confirm M&S will be offering a fantastic 20% off all uniform on the M&S Your School Uniform website. This will run from 29th June 2021 to 3rd August 2021. ...
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    This week in Year 5...
    Year 5 enjoyed a visit from Apollo music string quartet this week. This was to finish off their cycle of music lessons with Apollo music from last year. The children thought about a scene in their ima...
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    Music at SJSJ
    Thank you very much for your feedback and lovely comments from the parents evening survey. We always appreciate your feedback about ways we can further improve as a school. I thought I would take this...
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    School Street Reminder
    Don’t forget that our school is a ‘School Street’ which has been reinstated from Monday 8th March. That means that only pedestrians, scooters and cyclists are permitted to enter the street between 8....
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    What's been happening in Year 5?
    With limited visitors on site at the moment we thought it would be a nice idea to share some of the amazing things that are happening around our school. Each week we will be uploading a brief snapshot...
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    We need your help - empty jars
    Please help us by saving any empty glass jars and bringing them into school. We are collecting jam jars, chutney jars, unwanted kilnar jars etc. Jars with lids are preferred but we will accept any ...
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    Year 3, 4, 5 & 6 - Summer 1
    Look at Year3’s portraits inspired by the British artist, Lynette Yiadom-Boakye. The class chose to use only one strong colour as they noticed that in her portraits. Year 4 they have been loo...
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    Year 1 & Year 2 - Summer 1
    Year 1 have enjoyed PE with Mr Charles this term. They have focused on athletics and have been able to develop their running, sending and receiving skills and jumping. For their art lessons, ...
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    Nursery & Reception - Summer 1
    In summer 1, Nursery have been looking at the British artist Chris Offilil. They have been exploring  his paintings and have been inspired to create their own whole class mixed media piece in response...
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    What's been happening in Year 4?
    With limited visitors on site at the moment we thought it would be a nice idea to share some of the amazing things that are happening around our school. Each week we will be uploading a brief snapshot...
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    Check out what our School Council have been up to this week...
    Schools  suffer with parking, congestion, road danger and air quality issues immediately outside their school. School council aims too: Discourage car journeys to school. Improve air quality i...
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    Check out what the Green Team have been up to this week...
    This week, the green team had a workshop where they conducted a waste audit in our school. They took samples of rubbish from different areas of the school and measured the amount of rubbish which was ...
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    What's been happening in Year 3?
    With limited visitors on site at the moment we thought it would be a nice idea to share some of the amazing things that are happening around our school. Each week we will be uploading a brief snapshot...
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    Half Term Multi-Sports Camp @ SJSJ
    St John & St James' will be hosting a half term sports camp from Tuesday 1st June to Friday 4th June 2021. 
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    What's been happening in Year 2?
    With limited visitors on site at the moment we thought it would be a nice idea to share some of the amazing things that are happening around our school. Each week we will be uploading a brief snapshot...
  • Latest News
    What's been happening in Year 1?
    With limited visitors on site at the moment we thought it would be a nice idea to share some of the amazing things that are happening around our school. Each week we will be uploading a brief snapshot...
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    What's been happening in Reception?
    With limited visitors on site at the moment we thought it would be a nice idea to share some of the amazing things that are happening around our school. Each week we will be uploading a brief snapshot...
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    What's been happening in Nursery?
    With limited visitors on site at the moment we thought it would be a nice idea to share some of the amazing things that are happening around our school. Each week we will be uploading a brief snapshot...
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    Upcoming Mental Health Support Team Workshops
    Please see below the workshops and groups that are being offered to parents and carers by the East London MHST team over the upcoming months. MHST workshops can be accessed through the CAMHS websit...
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    New school meals menu for summer!
    Over the past year, we have been working closely with the super talented team at the school meals charity Chefs in Schools in order to improve our school meals. Chefs in Schools, whose patrons include...
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    Join the 6 week support group for Managing Child Anxiety
    Worry, uncertainty, and fears may be especially present during the current climate, given the changes in our lives, and the health concerns that people are experiencing. Following on from the workshop...
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    Time to welcome you all back to school...
    We look forward to welcoming you all back to school on Monday 8th March. Key reminders for Monday 8th March School starts at 8.55am. You will continue to use the allocated gates that you have p...
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    World Book Day 2021
    On Thursday 4th March, the children took part in celebrating World Book Day 2021. We would like to say a huge well done to each and every one of you that dressed up as your favourite characters; your ...
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    Take a Moment - Self Care Tips Workshop
    Zoom Link: https://zoom.us/j/93278514394?pwd=V1pZQ1N1YWtWeDVhR2tnZFphTjFtUT09 Meeting ID: 932 7851 4394 Passcode: DsLj2G
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    CAMHS Coffee Afternoon – Sibling Rivalry
    Join the schools CAMHS Clinical Psychologist, Dr. Lara Charlesworth, for a coffee afternoon based around the topic of Sibling Rivalry.
  • Latest News
    Parent/carer - 6 week support group – Managing behaviours that challenge
    Join our 6 week parent support group which looks at managing behaviours that challenge...
  • Latest News
    Signs of COVID in children
    The Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health have created this very useful poster for parents. It details the steps that you should take at different stages of the illness and the signs that y...
  • Latest News
    Parent/carer Workshop: Managing Child Anxiety
    Thursday 4th February, 4-5pm with Mahak & Temi:
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    Parent/Carer Workshop: Managing behaviours that challenge
    Monday 25th January, 4-5pm with Sadia & Anne Marie
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    Children in Need
    On Friday 13th November 2020, St John & St James' helped to raise money for Children in Need. Everybody was asked to wear their pyjamas to school on the day and to bring a donation of £1.00. Throu...
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    World Kindness Day
    Friday 13th November is World Kindness Day . To find out more about this event, click here to visit the Random Acts of Kindness website.    
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    Playground Murals
    We have been working really hard over the past few weeks to finish the playground murals in the Key Stage 2 playground. We are really pleased with the end result; we hope you like them too! ...
  • Latest News
    Coronavirus Explained in Children's Terms
    Coronavirus is causing many people across the globe lots of anxiety and concern at the moment and our pupils are no different. The NHS have released a child friendly leaflet which is aimed at helpi...
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    SJSJ does World Book Day 2020!
    This year to celebrate World Book Day, the children focused on looking at different stories that highlighted the rights of all children. In Key Stage 1 the children focused on the story Giraffes can’t...
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    WE Day!
    On Wednesday the Rights Respecting Ambassadors were joined by some of their peers for a very exciting visit to Wembley Arena for the annual WE day concert! The children had an amazing time and got ...
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Feb
Fri
Parents In Class
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Feb 10 @ 9:15 pm – 9:45 pm
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11
Feb
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February Half Term – School Closed
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Feb 11 – Feb 19 all-day
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20
Feb
Mon
All Pupils Return to School
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Feb 20 all-day
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Fri
PTA Cake Sale
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Mar 24 @ 3:30 pm – 3:45 pm
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12.00pm Finish – All children to be collected promptly
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Mar 31 @ 9:00 am – 12:00 pm
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Easter Holidays – School Closed
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Apr 1 – Apr 16 all-day
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All Pupils Return to School
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Apr 17 all-day
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Bank Holiday – School closed to everyone
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May 1 all-day
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Fri
PTA Cake Sale
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May 19 @ 3:30 pm – 3:45 pm
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INSET Day: School closed to all pupils
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May 26 all-day
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May Half Term – School Closed
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May 27 – Jun 4 all-day
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Jun
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All Pupils Return to School
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Jun 5 all-day
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14
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Fri
PTA Cake Sale
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Jul 14 @ 3:30 pm – 3:45 pm
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12.00pm Finish – All children to be collected promptly
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Jul 21 @ 9:00 am – 12:00 pm
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Summer Holidays – School Closed
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Jul 22 – Aug 31 all-day
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St John and St James C of E Primary School,
Isabella Road,
Hackney
E9 6DX

Tel: 020 8985 2045
Fax: 020 8985 5768
Email: office@johnjames.hackney.sch.uk

Executive Principal: Sian Davies
Headteacher: Joanne Smith

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