Filter CategoriesAllYear 2School TripsYear 5Year 6 Latest News 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 ... Latest News 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... 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... Latest News 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 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. Latest News 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... Latest News Parent/Carer Workshop: Managing behaviours that challenge Monday 25th January, 4-5pm with Sadia & Anne Marie Latest News Parent/carer Workshop: Managing Child Anxiety Thursday 4th February, 4-5pm with Mahak & Temi: 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 - 6 week support group – Managing behaviours that challenge Join our 6 week parent support group which looks at managing behaviours that challenge... Latest News 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 Take a Moment - Self Care Tips Workshop Zoom Link: https://zoom.us/j/93278514394?pwd=V1pZQ1N1YWtWeDVhR2tnZFphTjFtUT09 Meeting ID: 932 7851 4394 Passcode: DsLj2G Latest News 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 ... Latest News 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... Latest News 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... Latest News 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... Latest News 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... Latest News 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... Latest News 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... 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... Latest News 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 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. Latest News 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... Latest News 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 ... Latest News 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... Latest News 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... Latest News 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... Latest News 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, ... Latest News 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... Latest News 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 ... Latest News 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... Latest News 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.... Latest News 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... Latest News This week in Nursery... In Nursery, the children began the week by exploring their individual names. Given their name cards, the children we encouraged to identify the individual letters within their forename and then recre... Latest News This week in Year 1... Before the half term Year 1 created collages inspired by the artist Lubaina Himid. They used a range of different materials to represent their identity and background. In maths they were also... Latest News 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... Latest News This week in Year 6... Year 6 enjoyed a virtual workshop with the Geobus! Linking with their science unit, 'Evolution and inheritance', the children developed their knowledge of evolution by listening to a presentation ... Latest News 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. ... Latest News This week in Year 3... Year 3 have started their new science topic: Light. This week the class walked around the school and playground looking for sources of light. They found that the sun was a natural source of light a... Latest News This week in Reception... Reception’s Yonka Shonibare inspired prints from the last couple of weeks are now on display. What lines and patterns can you see in the prints? Why do you think the children chose the colou... Latest News This week in Year 2... Year 2’s new topic is sustainability. They have produced some sustainability posters for their homework. Look at what they already know! Latest News This week in Year 4... On Tuesday, Mr Watson's desk was trashed and Year 4’s raffle tickets were stolen! Year 4 had to work out how they were going to solve the case. The class looked for clues and spoke to witnesses... Latest News 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... Latest News 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... Latest News 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... Latest News Nursery (Summer 2, Week 2) This week in Nursery, they have been continuing to explore their literacy text ‘Anna Hibiscus song’. The main character of the story Anna is feeling happy and informs different family members how happ... Latest News Reception (Summer 2, Week 2) Reception have been learning about the story 'Splash! Anna Hibiscus'. In the story a little girl called Anna wants to splash in the sea with her family but they are all too busy to play with her. In... Latest News Year 1 (Summer 2, Week 2) The Year 1 children produced fantastic homework over the half term about their new geography topic ' Let's go to the Seaside'. Rupert went to the seaside and created a lovely piece with some of the th... Latest News Year 2 (Summer 2, Week 1) Year 2 have been planning and writing their own poetry based on their class book, The Adventures of a Plastic Bottle. The class have been focusing on using figurative language and have made a parti... Latest News Year 3 (Summer 2, Week 2) Year 3 has been learning about turns and angles this week. They can recognise whether or not a turn is clockwise or anti-clockwise and a quarter turn, half turn, three quarter turn and full turn. They... Latest News Year 4 (Summer 2, Week 2) This week Year 4 took part in the Guinness Book of World Records attempt for the most people singing on zoom at one time, broadcast live from the O2 arena. The class learnt to sing in harmony , an... Latest News 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... Latest News Year 6 (Summer 2, Week 2) Year 6 had the most wonderful trip to Hackney School of Food where they tried fresh vegetables grown in the gardens, made their own pizzas, played with chickens and tried the honey made on site. The c... Latest News 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... Latest News 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 ... Latest News 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... Latest News 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 ... Latest News Nursery (Summer 2, Week 3) Continuing to explore our literacy text ‘Anna Hibiscus song’. The children in Nursery have looked a little closer at the continent of Africa. Focusing in particular on the country of Ghana (the locati... Latest News Year 1 (Summer 2, Week 3) Year 1 enjoyed learning about sustainability this week. They had a zoom workshop about climate change and the effects it has on the Arctic. The children learnt how a rise in global temperature is con... Latest News Year 2 (Summer 2, Week 3) Year 2 had an ECO workshop this week where they thought about what they could do to make the planet greener. They explored different recycled materials and used some of these to make their very own pl... Latest News Year 3 and 4 (Summer 2, Week 3) Year 3 and Year 4 enjoyed their sustainability workshop this week where they learnt about how to reduce food waste. They made their own recycled pots out of newspaper and planted a sunflower seed to t... Latest News 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 ... Latest News Year 6 (Summer 2, Week 3) Year 6 are in full swing with their performance practice! They have been working recently on the choreography for the songs and have been thinking about their stage presence and techniques to best eng... Latest News 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... Latest News 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 ... Latest News Nursery (Summer 2, Week 4) This week in their Maths sessions Nursery have gone 'Pattern' crazy. They have been looking at Ghanaian 'Kente' cloth designs and the children used their knowledge of patterns to identify different sh... Latest News Reception (Summer 2, Week 4) Reception have been incredible artists and scientists all week at home for their online learning. The class have been learning about 'Summer, Growth and Change' and carried out experiments like the st... Latest News Year 1 (Summer 2, Week 4) On Wednesday, Evie, who is a rights respecting ambassador, delivered an outstanding RRS workshop. She taught Year 1 about the rights of a child and about the different articles. The year 1 children we... Latest News Year 2 (Summer 2, Week 4) Archie and Sariah from Year 2 have been inspired by their homework all about the Olympic Games. They have produced some brilliant pieces of work based on their research! Latest News Year 3 (Summer 2, Week 4) Year 3 have become experts in the rainforest and the impact of deforestation. Here are their posters providing information about what we can do in our everyday lives to reduce deforestation. Latest News Year 4 (Summer 2, Week 4) In R.E, Year 4 looked at the different elements of a Eucharistic liturgy within the Christian church. The class chose a different part each and created their own presentation on that part, presenti... Latest News 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... Latest News Year 6 (Summer 2, Week 4) This week, Year 6’s pride Youth Network, "Diversiteam" went to deliver workshops with the younger year groups to inform them about the work they are doing and share some books they have recently bough... Latest News 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... Latest News L10 Little Ballers & Little Hoopers SJSJ are very excited to welcome a brand new Saturday club to our premises. L10 Little Ballers & Little Hoopers will be running sessions every Saturday starting on Saturday 17th July 2021 for c... Latest News 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... Latest News Well done Year 6 - PRIDE Youth Network Certificate The Year 6 class have been awarded this certificate for their amazing work as part of the PRIDE Youth Network Diversity and Inclusion Project. It has been so inspiring seeing the children presenting... Latest News 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... Latest News 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... Latest News Reception - Week 2 Reception children were excited to meet their new class pets the Giant African Land snails. As part of their journey to understand the world around them the children learned how to keep their snails h... Latest News Year 1 - Week 2 To kick off the new science topic seasonal changes, Year 1 went out into the playground to observe what they could see around them. They looked at the different types of plants they could find, the di... Latest News Year 2 - Week 2 Ocean and Orlando from Year 2 drew a great picture for their homework on the Great Fire of London. Jerry showed great presentation in his maths lesson on place value. Latest News Year 3 - Week 2 Here's a sneak preview of Year 3 hard at work creating their self-portraits in their Art lesson. Look out for them on display in the amphitheatre and the classroom soon! Latest News Year 4 - Week 2 This week in writing, Year 4 have been retelling a very well-known fairy tale, but have added some exciting twists along the way. Here is a snippet of Muyiwa's fantastic writing; he worked really hard... Latest News 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... Latest News Year 6 - Week 2 Year 6 have had a fantastic first week back at school and it turns out the class are very talented actors! In order to understand the thoughts and feelings of the characters in our fairy tale text, Ha... Latest News Reception - Week 3 Reception class has been focusing on strengthening our fine motor skills through writing, drawing and using tweezers. Latest News Year 1 - Week 3 For Max’s homework in Year 1, he did some fantastic research all about our key scientist Michael Fish. He was a meteorologist and used to present the weather reports on the news. Max then created his... Latest News Year 2 - Week 3 In Year 2 Jerry in did great maths work partitioning 3 digit numbers. Beatrice created a detailed plan for retelling the story of the gingerbread man. Latest News Year 3 - Week 3 Year 3 are learning about rocks and soil in Science lessons. Check out some of the different ways they chose to sort and classify rocks in their lesson this week. Latest News Year 4 - Week 3 This week, in science, Year 4 have been exploring the human digestive system as part of our topic, ‘Animals including Humans’. Maggie found a very exciting way to share her learning with the class. Ov... Latest News 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... Latest News Year 6 - Week 3 Miss Bienias has spotted that Year 6 are very talented historians and this really showed in their workshop with Hackney Museum this week! The class looked at primary and secondary sources from World W... Latest News 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 ... Latest News 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... Latest News 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... Latest News Reception, Week 4 Reception has been working on our gross motor skills by practising changing independently for PE and balancing games. Latest News Year 1, Week 4 In maths this week, Year 1 have been exploring ordinal numbers. The class used their understanding of these to help put the children into order of where they finished in a race. Latest News Year 2, Week 4 In their RE lesson, Year 2 created poster’s based on the Lords prayer. They used different images and used different languages to represent their understanding of a father figure. Latest News Year 3, Week 4 Year 3 really enjoyed their science virtual, interactive workshop all about rocks. They learnt that lots of objects in the classroom originated from rocks including plastic water bottles and metal sci... Latest News Year 4, Week 4 This week, in science, Year 4 were exploring the human mouth and conducted some research in groups to find out what function the different types of teeth have. The class then used mirrors to observe t... Latest News 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. Latest News Year 6, Week 4 In history this week, Year 6 have been answering the enquiry question “were the soldiers of the British Empire treated fairly?” as part of their World War Two lessons. They used sources of evidence t... Latest News 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... Latest News Year 1, Week 5 This week in science, Year 1 practised their scientific skill of observing over time. They recorded what the weather was like every morning and afternoon this week and used the weather forecast to dis... Latest News Year 2, Week 5 In Year 2, the class have been learning about The Great Fire of London this half term. Last lesson they looked at a key historical figure Samuel Pepys and what role he played. Year 2 learnt about hi... Latest News Year 3, Week 5 In Year 3’s grammar lessons, the class have been looking at what actually makes a sentence. They're now confidently able to identify the subject, verb and object in a sentence. This week they also add... Latest News Year 4, Week 5 Over the last two weeks, Year 4 have been learning about the rise of the British Empire during the reign of Queen Victoria. As well as exploring world maps and identifying countries that formed part o... Latest News 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... Latest News 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... Latest News Nursery, Week 6 This week Nursery have continued to explore the story ‘So much’ written by the author Trish Cooke. The children have used their knowledge of the story to create their own story maps. During t... Latest News Reception, Week 6 Reception has been exploring how to make repeating patterns. The class used vegetables to print their own repeating pattern wrapping paper. Latest News Year 1 & 2, Week 6 Years 1 and 2 took a tour of the newly refurbished St John’s church. They learnt the history of the church and asked lots of questions. Latest News Year 3, Week 6 Over the last few weeks, Year 3 has become experts in fossils. We have learnt how they are created and we can also name different types of fossils. As part of our learning, we created examples of what... Latest News Year 4, Week 6 This half term in science, Year 4 have been learning about the human digestive system, including the teeth and exploring their individual functions. The class set up an experiment to find out what aff... Latest News 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... Latest News Year 6, Week 6 This week, Year 6 wrapped up their learning in history by answering their key question: Is War ever Right? After learning about World War Two, through a series of enquiries, Year 6 were asked to share... Latest News 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. Latest News 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... Latest News 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... Latest News 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... Latest News Year 1 & 2 Scooter Training Pupils from Years 1 and 2 took part in scooter training with Hackney council. They learnt the do’s and don’ts of using scooters around the local area. The group leant to control their scooter in a saf... Latest News Nursery, Week 7 This week in Nursery, the class started a new story book ‘Lulu gets a Cat’. They have been looking at what they need to look after a pet and talked about the different pets they could have. In maths... Latest News Reception, Week 7 Reception class has been using their new sounds to write cards to the people they love. Latest News Year 1, Week 7 Year 1 pupils did a mindfulness activity using a raisin. They were encouraged to really observe the raisin, noticing the shape, colour, where the light hit it etc. Then they engaged their sense of sm... Latest News Year 2, Week 7 Year 2 enjoyed their weaving art project for black history month inspired by Ghanaian Kente cloth. Latest News Year 3, Week 7 We're celebrating homework and Black History Month in Year 3 this week. The class have found lots of different ways to share what they've learned about the footballer Raheem Sterling for their homewor... Latest News Year 4, Week 7 To celebrate Black History Month, Year 4 have been learning about how The British Empire affected people overseas. The children wrote blog posts to inform an audience about what the Empire was and the... Latest News 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. Latest News Year 6, Week 7 Year 6 have got stuck into their Black History Month learning this week. In art, they have absolutely loved researching and producing designs in the style of Nigerian artist, Yinka Shonibare. Have a l... Latest News 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... Latest News 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 ... Latest News 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... Latest News 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... Latest News 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! Latest News 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 ... Latest News Nursery, A2, Week 1 For the first part of the Autumn 2 term the nursery class will be exploring the season of 'Autumn'. The children began the week discussing the changes they have identified in the outdoor environment a... Latest News Reception, A2, Week 1 This week in Reception we went on an adventure with positional language. Our text 'Rosie's Walk' inspired us to go over, under and through with our resources, while moving through the school and even ... Latest News Year 1, A2, Week 1 In year one this week we have been exploring our new text Femi the Fox; A Pot of Jollof. We used our best acting skills to retell the key events in our story and thought about how the characters were ... Latest News Year 2, A2, Week 1 Our geography topic this term in year two is all about Haiti and earthquakes. Our homework was to research facts about our new topic. Have a look at Grayson's homework. Latest News Year 3, A2, Week 1 Here is Year 3 hard at work creating word banks for our writing describing a Stone Age setting. We're using our expertise in the Stone Age, together with our knowledge of expanded noun phrases and adv... Latest News Year 4, A2, Week 1 As part of an introduction to their new geography unit, 'Italy and Volcanoes' Year 4 took part in an interactive Geobus workshop this week. The children were led through a series of activities based o... Latest News 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 ... Latest News Year 6, A2, Week 1 Year 6 had a brilliant time at Dalston library, as part of a Windrush Workshop with Autograph Gallery. The children began by working with a poet to write poems about Hackney and what the borough means... Latest News Nursery, A2, Week 2 In Nursery this week, they have been looking at the Hindu festival of Diwali, a festival of light for their RE lessons. The children familiarised themselves with the story of ‘Rama and Sits’ and exp... Latest News Reception, A2, Week 2 This week in Reception, the class have been focusing on close observational painting. They observed different pumpkins and squash and improved their painting skills. Later in the week the class built ... Latest News Year 1, A2, Week 2 In Humanities this week, Year 1 have been locating where they are from on a world map. The class have also been finding out where their families are from and where they would find these on a globe. Th... Latest News Year 2, A2, Week 2 Year 2 had a great time on their trip to the Dalston Library. The class became poets and created their own posters about Hackney. They also showed different emotions whilst posing in the photo booth. ... Latest News Year 3, A2, Week 2 Year 3 really enjoyed the Singing for Wellbeing activity on Wednesday morning. They all had a great time singing songs along with actions. Dominic and Jack said that they particularly like the rhythms... Latest News Year 4, A2, Week 2 This week in maths, Year 4 have been building on their prior learning of measure by using resources such as rulers, measuring tapes and metre sticks to measure and calculate the perimeter of shapes. E... Latest News 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. ... Latest News Year 6, A2, Week 2 Year 6 have started their maths learning this half term with such resilience and enthusiasm. They have started the half term learning about fractions and have been exploring how to find equivalent fra... Latest News 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. Latest News 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... Latest News 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... Latest News Chatsworth Youth Club Running Monday and Wednesday's from 5.00-8.00pm at Clapton Park Methodist Church Latest News 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 £... Latest News Nursery, A2, Week 3 ‘Leaf Man’ is Nursery’s focus text and they made their own Leaf Man puppet. The class took their Leaf Man puppet on a journey around the school. They pretended to be the wind and blew Leaf Man up into... Latest News Reception, A2, Week 3 Reception class has been The Three Little Pigs crazy this week. The class learnt and re-enacted the story and used it to inspire their constructions. The different materials that the three pigs us... Latest News Year 1, A2, Week 3 In Year 1’s immersion lesson, the class acted out the market scene from their key text: Femi the Fox and the pot of Jollof. They focused on the settings of each scene and thought about what they could... Latest News Year 2, A2, Week 3 Year 2 visited the museum at Hackney Library. The exhibition was all about Hackney and Africa. The class had fun solving riddles on different objects from different countries in Africa. Latest News Year 3, A2, Week 3 Year 3 has been dividing in lots of different ways this week. This method is called grouping. The class also learned how to divide by sharing equally and using a number line. Latest News Year 4, A2, Week 3 As an introduction to their new science unit 'Electricity', Year 4 have been looking at electrical circuits and their components. The class worked in groups to sort and classify objects around the ro... Latest News 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... Latest News Year 6, A2, Week 3 Year 6 have been working really hard on their geography lessons and are really enjoying finding out about Indonesia, which links to their learning about tsunamis. This week, they looked at the physica... Latest News 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... Latest News Year 6, A2, Week 4 In Year 6 this week, the class worked on developing our sentences to make their writing interesting and varied for their reader. The children are currently reading Anne Frank's diary and are preparing... Latest News 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... Latest News Year 4, A2, Week 4 In Year 4’s humanities lesson, the children worked in partners to conduct some independent research on Italy and the United Kingdom. They first began by sorting topics into human and physical geograph... Latest News Year 3, A2, Week 4 In their geography lesson this week, Year 3 learnt about the culture in Louisiana. They discovered from looking at ancient maps that both France and Spain had once colonised Louisiana. The class learn... Latest News Year 2, A2, Week 4 Year 2 completed a video of some children reporting the weather after looking at the climate in Haiti and England for their Geography topic during Humanities. Here is a QR code for the video. Latest News Year 1, A2, Week 4 In science this week, Year 1 went on a material hunt around the school. They used their scientific understanding of what a material was to find as many different materials that the children could. The... Latest News Reception, A2, Week 4 In Reception, the class have been talking about time and the importance of sequencing things in the correct order. They ordered their days and other activities and then put their skills to the test by... Latest News Nursery, A2, Week 4 Nursery have been learning about geometric shapes and their properties. They have been making giant geometric shapes using their bodies and string. The class made individual string shapes as well as g... Latest News PE in Nursery Take a look at some of the incredible action shots that were taken of our Nursery class during their PE session this week. The children were learning to move over and under obstacles safely. Well d... Latest News Check out what's been happening in Year 2... Walking into the Year 2 classroom is an absolute pleasure; it is full of colour and celebrates the learning beautifully. Children’s work is proudly displayed in all areas and there is an incredibly... Latest News Introducing the Year 4 elves! 1st December - Two little friends arrived from the North Pole and brought with them a very generous gift of books for our new reading area! Year 4 were very happy to meet their new buddies and took... Latest News Year 6, A2, Week 5 Year 6 have absolutely loved their Diverse Britain learning this week. For their British Role Model, they were studying James Somerset. James Somerset was an enslaved man, who travelled with his slave... Latest News 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. ... Latest News Year 4, A2, Week 5 This week in Year 4, the children have been learning all about influential role models as part of their Diverse Britain project. The children have been researching the life of British director and... Latest News Year 3, A2, Week 5 This week, Year 3 has been learning about the impacts of Hurricane Katrina on New Orleans. First, we sorted problems into categories: social, economic and environmental. Then we analysed before and af... Latest News Year 2, A2, Week 5 In Year 2, during diverse Britain learning they debated on the pros and cons for Allan Wilmot being in the Royal Navy and Royal Air Force. Scan the QR code to see their work. Latest News Year 1, A2, Week 5 For Diverse Britain this week, Year 1 have been learning all about Floella Benjamin. They read her book Coming to England and have produced some posters of what it was like living in Trinidad and what... Latest News Reception, A2, Week 5 In Reception this week, the class had a porridge cafe! Children had to decide how many of each toppings to add and represent that number clearly on their menu. They loved getting to eat the results of... Latest News Nursery, A2, Week 5 During maths, Nursery have begun to categorise objects according to properties such as shape and colour. They selected a variety of geometric shapes such as triangles, squares, circles and rectangle... Latest News 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... Latest News 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... Latest News 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... Latest News 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... Latest News Year 6, A2, Week 6 Year 6 have loved their STEAM work this week. They used their science topic about light to build on their prior knowledge and make periscopes! They learnt about light reflection and refraction and use... Latest News 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... Latest News Year 4, A2, Week 6 In science this week, Year 4 continued to develop their knowledge of circuits and electricity by exploring a range of complete and incomplete circuits. They were able to given very clear explanations... Latest News Year 3, A2, Week 6 Year 3 were in their teams planning their colourful, magnetic maze games for their STEAM project this week. They're very excited about it and they've come up with some very creative ideas! Latest News Year 2, A2, Week 6 This week Mr Elf had a great time reading to his friends! He knows how much they love reading in Year 2 and he decided to join in on the fun. He was reading the story, Bricktropolis. Latest News Year 1, A2, Week 6 This week for their STEAM topic, Year 1 have been asked to design a bridge for the Three Billy Goats Gruff. The bridge had to be 20cm in length, be able to withstand the weight of the three goats a... Latest News Reception, A2, Week 6 This week in Reception, the class were able to visit St John's church. Most of the children had never been before so it was an exciting time of exploring the main sanctuary, prayer chapel and even hav... Latest News Nursery, A2, Week 6 As part of this terms RE topic 'Celebrations' Nursery went on a trip to TESCO to buy ingredients to make and bake a celebration cake. Before they went they discussed what a recipe was and made a shopp... Latest News 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 ... Latest News 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... Latest News 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... Latest News Year 6, A2, W7 Year 6 have really enjoyed all of the Christmas celebrations at school! The class has worked so hard this half term, so as a way to celebrate they got stuck in with lots of festive fun! The children ... Latest News 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! Latest News Year 4, A2, W7 In Year 4 the children used their scientific knowledge of circuits and electricity to create some interactive knowledge maps as part of this half terms STEAM project. They started the project by explo... Latest News Year 3, A2, W7 Here are Year 3’s fantastic games. Each team worked brilliantly together to create a very diverse set of games. We’re sure you’ll agree each met the brief to be: colourful, magnetic mazes. Latest News Year 2, A2, W7 Year 2 had a lot of fun making their winter gardens which were inspired by Japanese garden designs. They thought about their design and how they can design their gardens to make them suitable to grow ... Latest News Year 1, A2, W7 In science this week, Year 1 used all they learnt about everyday materials to carry out an experiment. The class were thinking about what materials would be best to make wellies. Have a look at our br... Latest News Reception, A2, W7 In Reception this week, the class have been strengthening their hands with playdough cooking. They learnt to use rolling pins and cookie cutters to make Christmas shapes. The children also planted an... Latest News Nursery, A2, W7 For literacy, Nursery have been looking at the book 'Dear Santa’ by Rod Campbell. They wrote their own letters to Santa complete with a stamp and posted them in their big red post box. Latest News 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. Latest News Year 6, Spring 1, Week 1 This week, Year 6 started their new history topic by reflecting on their key history themes, "Government," "Empire," "Belief," and "Culture." The class worked in groups to draw on their prior learning... Latest News 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. Latest News Year 4, Spring 1, Week 1 To launch their new science unit, ‘Animals including Humans’ Year 4 took part in a carousel of activities that gave them an opportunity to draw upon and build on any prior knowledge. In the past, Year... Latest News Year 3, Spring 1, Week 1 Fantastic homework on Ancient Egypt from Dominic and Sariah in Year 3. The class had their first history lesson and the children are all excited to learn more about this topic! Latest News Year 2, Spring 1, Week 1 Year 2 are learning about Florence Nightingale and Mary Seacole this half term for their history topic. For their homework they research some amazing facts about their key historical figures. Take a l... Latest News Year 1, Spring 1, Week 1 For Year1’s new topic on transport and the industrial revolution, Ahria wrote about her trip to Winter wonderland. She described all the different modes of transport she took to get there! Max created... Latest News Reception, Spring 1, Week 1 Reception children have enjoyed settling back into the routine of school. They improved their hand strength and communication skills by play dough cooking together. Children problem solved to get the ... Latest News Nursery, Spring 1, Week 1 Nursery have been learning about all things Winter! The class put arctic animals into a bowl of water and made predictions on what they thought might happen when they put it in the freezer. The childr... Latest News 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... Latest News 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... Latest News 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 ... Latest News 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... Latest News 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,... Latest News Year 6, Spring 1, Week 2 This week, Year 6 got well and truly stuck into their new writing text, which is Macbeth, written by extraordinary Elizabethean playwright, William Shakespeare. As they will be eventually writing poem... Latest News 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... Latest News Year 4, Spring 1, Week 2 This week in Year 4, the children began to explore the time periods of the Anglo-Saxons and Vikings. The class worked together to find out some key facts and events that occurred between 410AD and 1... Latest News Year 3, Spring 1, Week 2 In their grammar lessons this week, Year 3 learnt about what makes a simple sentence. You can see their sentences here with the subject written in black, the verb in blue and the object in green. Then... Latest News Year 2, Spring 1, Week 2 During Year 2’s Humanities learning the class did interviews in pairs. One partner was the interviewer and the other was the interviewee, Mary Seacole. Latest News Year 1, Spring 1, Week 2 To immerse Year 1 into their new writing genre, the class looked at their new story the Naughty Bus. The children went on a trip to the local bus station and looked at the buses that were there. They ... Latest News Reception, Spring 1, Week 2 In Reception this week, the class have been creating a Winter Wonderland in their classroom. They created an outdoor cosy reading area and opened a winter shop for 'selling' cold weather clothes. The ... Latest News Nursery, Spring 1, Week 2 This week in Nursery, the class have been focussing on Physical Development and the movement of their large body muscles. The children used the large climbing tunnel to motion their bodies up and over... Latest News Online Safety Tip This half term KS1 and KS2 will be focusing on Online Bullying. We will be looking at: Describing how to behave online in ways that do not upset others and giving examples. Explaining what ... Latest News 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 ... Latest News Check out what's happening in Year 3... Take a look at what has been happening in Year 3 this half term by clicking on our flyer below. What's been happening in Year 3? Latest News 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... Latest News Year 6, Spring 1, Week 3 This week, the Year 6 class worked in trios in humanities to unpick sources of evidence, which would support them in finding about Roman crime and punishment. The class were given the role of Pupil A,... Latest News 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... Latest News Year 4, Spring 1, Week 3 This week in Year 4, the children began writing diary entries to retell the story of ‘Arthur and the Golden Rope’ by Jo Todd-Stanton. They used images and key vocabulary to create a story board, which... Latest News Year 3, Spring 1, Week 3 In RE, Year 3 are beginning to explore Judaism. As with the topic of Ancient Egypt, children have reflected on what they know from previous learning and what questions they still have about Judaism, p... Latest News Year 2, Spring 1, Week 3 This half term, Year 2 is learning about the religion of Islam. They are looking at the meaning of the 5 pillars of Islam and how Muslims use these actions to show commitment to God (Allah). Take a ... Latest News Year 1, Spring 1, Week 3 In Year 1, they have been planning their retell of the story of the Naughty Bus. Lillianne has done a fantastic plan including lots of adjectives and prepositions, which will help her when she comes t... Latest News Reception, Spring 1, Week 3 This week in Reception, they have been exploring the concept of 'How many altogether'. The class played games together where they had to recognise how many dots on a dice, find the appropriate numeral... Latest News Nursery, Spring 1, Week 3 This week in Nursery, they have been having fun exploring transportation. The class are learning the actions and singing the rhyme 'The Wheels on the Bus go round and round'. For Expressive Arts, they... Latest News What's been happening in Year 4... This week, Miss Bienias was very lucky to go and look at the learning taking place in Year 4. The classroom is a hub of inspiration and the learning in books shows what excellent progress the childre...
