Latest News What's happening in Year 6 - Week 3 Year 6 have had an amazing week this week, as they have been lucky enough to go to The Aquatics centre in Stratford for swimming lessons each morning! The children have shown such brilliant progress i... Latest News 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-... Latest News What's happening in Year 4 - Week 3 Earlier today, Year 4 took part in a sound workshop, where they combined their scientific understanding of the sense of hearing, with some of their artistic skills to create beautiful pieces of art. T... Latest News What's happening in Year 3 - Week 3 What a brilliant science trip! Year 3 were scientists for the day at the Royal Institute of Great Britain last Friday. We had an amazing time doing hands-on science and using fruits to dye fabric. ... Latest News What's happening in Year 2 - Week 3 Last week Year 2 enjoyed their visit to the London Aquarium. Latest News What's happening in Year 1 - Week 3 Our topic in Values is Changing me. The children have been looking at life cycles. This week they have been looking at the Life Cycle of a Butterfly and have had the opportunity to see the transitioni... Latest News What's happening in Reception - Week 3 In Reception this week we have been amazed by the changes that our caterpillars have undergone. In just 8 days they went from being only 1 cm long to almost 5 cm and on Monday they transformed again i... Latest News What's happening in Nursery - Week 3 For Literacy this week in Nursery, we have been creating our own ‘Story Map’ of our focus text ‘Anna Hibiscus Song’ by Atinuke & Lauren Tobia. We are using our mark making skills to write and draw... Latest News What's happening in Year 6 - Week 2 This week, Year 6 absolutely loved their workshop on black, British art. They learnt about some of the beautiful creations by Lubaina Himid, Soniya Boyce and Yinka Shonibare. They analysed some of the... Latest News 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... Latest News What's happening in Year 4 - Week 2 This week the children took part in an online coding workshop, led by Barclays. A group of coding experts came together to deliver a session for the children, which allowed them to build on and apply ... Latest News What's happening in Year 3 - Week 2 Year 3 has been learning about shapes this week in maths. Here we are examining the properties of 3D shapes. Please ask us about faces, vertices and edges as we’re now experts! ... Latest News What's happening in Year 2 - Week 2 Year 2 had an art workshop, looking at different pieces of art from black artists. Latest News What's happening in Year 1 - Week 2 The children visited Hyde Park for an amazing workshop on plants. They enjoyed using the magnifying lens to look at different plants and animals close up and enjoyed planting their very own beans. We ... Latest News What's happening in Reception - Week 2 This week in Reception we have been exploring doubles and odds and evens. How can you recognise and even or an odd number? Ruben shows us here that an odd number can't be divided fairly and it always ... Latest News What's happening in Nursery - Week 2 This week the children in the nursery class went on a 'listening walk'. Linked to our core text story 'Anna Hibiscus Song' writtened by Atinuke and Lauren Tobin, the children were encouraged to sit... Latest News What's happening in Year 6 - Week 1 This week, Year 6 began their writing for this half term by analysing persuasive devices used by authors. They are going to be writing letters to a member of paliament about The Mangrove 9, which they... Latest News 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! ... Latest News What's happening in Year 3 - Week 1 This half term, Year 3’s science topic is light. For our first lesson we explored inside and outside the classroom looking for sources of light. We also classified objects into those that were and wer... Latest News What's happening in Year 2 - Week 1 Year 2 have created some amazing posters in celebration of Queen Elizabeth II’s Platinum Jubilee! They are so creative. Latest News What's happening in Year 1 - Week 1 Latest News What's happening in Reception - Week 1 In Reception we are working on mastery of the number bonds 6, 7, 8, and 9. We use 'Number Talk' and a variety of mathematical images to support us with this. Over the last few weeks we have been usin... Latest News What's happening in Nursery - Week 1 For Literacy we are making ‘Happy Hands’. We are writing up to ‘5’ reasons we are happy - one for each finger! This is a link to our focus text ‘Anna Hibiscus Song’ by Atinuke & Lauren Tobia. 'Wh... Latest News Futsal Competition On Monday our Year 1 and Year 2 girls futsal teams took part in their first tournament. The tournament consistent of two SJSJ teams and two year 2 teams from the Olive school. The girls showed high l... Latest News What's happening in Year 6 - Week 6 In the Year 6 humanities lessons this week, we carried out research on Inuit culture, as part of our geography topic on The Arctic. We found out ways in which these communities survive the harsh condi... Latest News 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... Latest News What's happening in Year 4 - Week 6 This week the children worked in groups in science to conduct an mini enquiry, where they observed the effect of different materials on absorbing sound. They were set the task of trying to find an app... Latest News What's happening in Year 3 - Week 6 Year 3 had a fantastic day exploring plants last Friday. In spite of getting rather wet in the heavy rain, we had a fantastic day and had the opportunity to put all our Science learning to good use. T... Latest News What's happening in Year 2 - Week 6 We used different images and materials to represent our identities to mak collages which were inspired buy the artist, Kumari Burnam. Latest News What's happening in Year 1 - Week The children were very excited to visit the beautiful Wigmore Hall to watch a live concert based on the key stage 1 book Izzy Gizmo. We used the tube to get there which was very exciting for them all!... Latest News What's happening in Reception - Week 6 Reception class were inspired by British/Nigerian artist, Yinka Shonibare, to design our own costumes using wax fabrics. We explored the different poses, styles of clothing and even accessories that h... Latest News What's happening in Nursery - Week 6 This week in Nursery we have been busy 'Junk Modelling' - we have been using our cutting, tearing, gluing, stacking, taping and mark making skills to build some great creations. Robots were in high de... Latest News 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... Latest News What's been happening in Year 6 - Week 5 In writing this week, Year 6 discussed the power of proofreading your work to ensure that your reader can fully understand the creativity and ideas behind a piece of writing. They discussed that we mi... Latest News What's been happening in Year 4 - Week 5 Last Friday, Year 4 visited the Shirdi Sai Baba Temple in Dalston to find out a little more about their RE topic ‘Hinduism’. The children had the opportunity to ask lots of questions about the faith a... Latest News What's been happening in Year 3 - Week 5 We’re telling the time this week in our maths lessons. Here’s the children using clocks to tell the time to quarter past and quarter to the hour. We also know o'clock and half past. Please do ask us t... Latest News What been happening in Year 2 - Week 5 Year 2 had a lot of fun this week exploring micro habitats. We looked at which micro habitats have the most minibeasts living there and we discussed why we thought this! We are super scientists. &n... Latest News What's been happening in Year 1 - Week 5 Latest News What's been happening in Nursery - Week 5 We took a trip to 'The Walled Garden' for a picnic in celebration of having wonderful friends and our achievements this year so far. We played together and explored the wonderful gardens. We shared st... Latest News 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... Latest News What's happening in Year 6 - Week 4 This week the Year 6 class have been very busy with their SATS exams and the whole of the Year 6 team would like to congratulate the class on their maturity, resilience, determination and calm approac... Latest News 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! Latest News What's happening in Year 4 - Week 4 In science, Year 4 have been learning all about sound and this week they made string telephones to test how the distance between things impacts the sounds that are created. The children worked in pair... Latest News What's happening in Year 3 - Week 4 In our RE lesson this week, Year 3 considered what were the most important achievements in life. We thought about Marcus Rashford’s life and took part in a conscience alley. We all decided that to be ... Latest News What's happening in Year 2 - Week 4 Year 2 had the pleasure of taking part in a Jubilee dance workshop! Have a look at our cool moves!! Latest News What's happening in Reception - Week 4 Learning and using new vocabulary is an important part of Reception's learning. This week we enjoyed remembering all the words we've learned this year and choosing our favourites! Latest News What's happening in Nursery - Week 4 We have been looking at all things 'Spiders'! Our focus text is called 'Aaaarrgghh Spider!' by Lydia Monks. We used our knowledge of spiders and what they look like and the special things they do. We ... Latest News What's happening in Year 6 - Week 3 In writing this week, Year 6 have been creating their own polar kingdoms and working on conjuring up contrasting moods in their writing, through their language choices. Through analysing the writing o... Latest News 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... Latest News What's happening in Year 4 - Week 3 This term in humanities Year 4 are learning all about The Americas! The children will be developing their geographical knowledge of the world by exploring the continents of North and South America. Th... Latest News What's happening in Year 3 - Week 3 To start our geography topic learning about the Amazon rainforest, our lessons this week have focussed on using maps. First, we looked at the locations of rainforests around the world and learned abou... Latest News What's happening in Year 2 - Week 3 Year 2 have been using their historian detective skills to analyse sources about Queen Elizabeth I. They used their skills to find out about the life of Queen Elizabeth I, how Britain looked during he... Latest News What's happening in Year 1 - Week 3 This week, in science we went out into the playground to observe that changes that have occurred as we have moved into the Spring season. We thought about the weather, animals and plants around us ... Latest News What's happening in Reception - Week 3 In Reception this week we have been learning all about Jack and the Beanstalk and connecting this with what we know about what plants need to grow. We continue to tend our gardens and plant seeds ever... Latest News What's happening in Year 6 - Week 2 Year 6 have started their new writing cycle based on the wonderful text, Sky Song by Abi Elphinstone. This text links to our new geography topic which is centered around the polar regions. The childr... Latest News 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... Latest News What's happening in Year 4 - Week 2 For homework last week, the children were all set a challenge to carry out some research and find out about key scientist this half term. In Year 4, Chloe and Maggie produced some fantastic model tele... Latest News What's happening in Year 3 - Week 2 Year 3 had a great time on our geography field trip around the local area. We used tally charts to find out about land use in the area and we also conducted a survey of any initiatives to protect the ... Latest News What's happening in Year 2 - Week 2 This week, Year 2 has the pleasure of visiting the grounds of Buckingham Palace! We were invited to the Royal Mews and saw the beautiful carriages used by the Royal Family. We learned so much about ou... Latest News What's happening in Year 1 - Week 2 In writing this week, we have been reading our new book Man on the Moon. We have thought about all the exciting things Bob got to do on the moon and will be writing a persuasive letter to convince som... Latest News What's happening in Reception - Week 2 Our core book is Errol's Garden and this week in Reception we have begun planning for our own garden. We collected ideas about what we would like in our garden and planted some seeds and seedlings for... Latest News What's happening in Nursery - Week 2 This week in Nursery we were learning about all things 'Plants', we prepared soil, planted seeds and talked about the life-cycle of a Sunflower . We began to create our own 'Spring Garden' and planted... Latest News What's happening in Year 6 - Week 1 This week, the Year 6 class got started with their new geography topic, in which they will be studying Polar Regions and answering the key question: How is human activity affecting the polar regions? ... Latest News 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... Latest News What's happening in Year 4 - Week 1 This half term we will be learning all about ‘Sound’. To kick start our learning, we took part in a range of activities that allowed us to apply some of our previous knowledge, whilst also exploring s... Latest News What's happening in Year 3 - Week 1 Year 3 was out in the sunshine on our first day back for our Science topic on plants. We used our iPads to find the different parts of a plant. Roots were harder to spot as they're underground, but we... Latest News What's happening in Year 2 - Week 1 As part of Year 2's new topic on the British monarchs, Jonah drew an amazing Queen Victoria crown. Eliana did some amazing research on Queen Victoria and Jerry drew a picture of Queen Victoria. ... Latest News What's happening in Year 1 - Week 1 For our homework over the Easter holidays we researched some famous explorers as are new humanities topic is explorers. Umut and Valentina wrote some amazing facts they found out about Christopher ... Latest News What's happening in Reception - Week 1 In Reception this week we have enjoyed admiring all the photos that children took of nature and minibeasts over the Easter holidays. This was building on from the skills they developed in our Fruit St... Latest News What's happening in Nursery - Week 1 We have been learning about the 'Life-Cycle' of a Butterfly. Our focus text is 'The Very Hungry Caterpillar' by Eric Carle which follows the life of a Butterfly from Egg - Caterpillar - Cocoon - Butt... Latest News What's happening in Year 6 - Week 6 In our humanities lesson this week, we used sources of evidence to discuss why and how Victorian prisons were so strict, as part of our Crime and Punishment topic. We discussed the different types of ... Latest News 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... Latest News What's happening in Year 4 - Week 6 As part of our food unit for this half terms STEAM project, Year 4 made roti. Roti is a type of bread that is often served and enjoyed at traditional Hindu celebrations. To start the project off, the ... Latest News What's happening in Year 3 - Week 6 Year 3 had great fun planning and making sandwiches for our STEAM project. Have a look at what Zuzy thought about her sandwich. ... Latest News What's happening in Year 2 - Week 6 Year 2 had the pleasure to make some amazing pizzas for our STEAM project this week. They were inspired by Jamie Oliver and made one vegetarian and meat option. They found these pizzas to be delicious... Latest News What's happening in Year 1 - Week 6 For STEAM week, Year 1 have been planning and designing a healthy fruit salad to give to a new pet rabbit. We thought about the fact that it is a herbivore, the pieces needed to be cut into small sect... Latest News What's happening in Reception - Week 6 This week in Reception we have been doing a project on photography. We learnt about cameras and photos in the past and compared them to what we use now to take pictures or videos. We were inspired but... Latest News What's happening in Nursery - Week 6 We baked Bread! We read 'The little Red Hen' and learnt about the importance of helping others and sharing. The little red hen made bread in the book so we made some bread too. We followed a recipe a... Latest News 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... Latest News What's happening in Year 6 - Week 5 This week, Year 6 carried out their own research in science. They wanted to find out about caffeine and alcohol and their impact on the body, as part of their science topic "Animals including Humans."... Latest News 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... Latest News What's happening in Year 4 - Week 5 This week in Year 4, the children have been learning all about the diverse world that we live in. Our focus was exploring the impact of immigration on Britain. To begin, we explored the movement of i... Latest News What's happening in Year 3 - Week 5 As part of our Diverse Britain topic, Year 3 had an amazing visit to Brixton. We spoke to stall holders in the market to discover lots of influences from different countries. We now know that Brixton ... Latest News What's happening in Year 2 - Week 5 This week Year 2 have been learning all about Floella Benjamin and her journey on the Windrush to England. They discussed what immigration and migration means and wrote postcards to Trinidad! They als... Latest News What's happening in Year 1 - Week 5 For Diverse Britain this half term we have looked at the difference between migration and immigration. We then learnt all about Ridley Road market and its history and why it is such a diverse part of ... Latest News What's happening in Reception - Week 5 This week in Reception we continue to be immersed in our Key Text - Bog Baby. The children used their knowledge of the character and different objects to create their own Bog Babies. They improved the... Latest News What's happening in Nursery - Week 5 The sun is shining and in Nursery this week we have been creating observational drawings of Daffodil flowers and painting them. We have been identifying the different parts of a flower and exploring w... Latest News 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... Latest News Conductive music KS2 have all been lucky enough to have music workshops delivered by Conductive Music. Their mission is to deliver engaging music learning programs, mixing the Arts with Technology, and championing the... Latest News What's happening in Spanish - Week 4 This week’s phrase of the week is: Tengo hambre / I am hungry. Over the last few weeks, Year 4 have been recapping their prior learning and using it to create games of their own. They chose to focu... Latest News What's happening in Year 6 - Week 4 In Year 6 this week, we have been working on describing characters from our key text "Macbeth." We re-read key parts of the text and magpied fantastic language ,which helped us build up an image in o... Latest News 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... Latest News What's happening in Year 4 - Week 4 To celebrate Science Week, year 4 investigated an enquiry linked to their current unit of work, States of Matter. Their key question was: How does the number of pieces of chocolate affect the melti... Latest News What's happening in Year 3 - Week 4 Do people with long legs run faster than people with short legs? That’s our Science Week challenge in Year 3! Here we are measuring our legs. We’ll time our runs later in the week to find the answer.... Latest News What's happening in Year 2 - Week 4 Year 2 have been amazing super scientist this week for science week 2022! They have been looking at how butterflies grow over time! Have a look at some of their amazing predictions. ... Latest News What's happening in Year 1 - Week 4 This week, Year 1 went on a trip to the Hackney school of food. We learnt all about where our produce comes from and even had a go at picking some vegetables and herbs from the garden to use in our... Latest News What's happening in Reception - Week 4 This week in Reception we have begun our new core test 'The Bog Baby'. This book starts with the main characters making some dangerous decisions. We wrote notes to the characters to help them make bet... Latest News What's happening in Nursery - Week 4 It's Science Week! We have been learning about all things science this week in nursery and have been doing some fun experiments! In our 'Pepper Germs Experiment,' we learned the importance of handw... Latest News 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... Latest News What's happening in Year 6 - Week 3 Year 6 this week have been history detectives, trying to ascertain who Robert Peel was, as part of their history topic - "Crime and Punishment." Miss Bienias provided the class with no information ... Latest News 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... Latest News What's happening in Year 4 - Week 3 Year 4 have had a busy week, filled with all things music! On Monday, the children were lucky enough to take part in a Conductive Music workshop, where they learnt about how to combine aspects of s... Latest News What's happening in Year 3 - Week 3 Year 3 enjoyed their Conductive Music workshop this week. It was a STEAM project, which combined music, electricity and creativity and was also a huge amount of fun too! ... Latest News What's happening in Year 2 - Week 3 This week, Year 2 are learning all about hygiene and why it is important to keep clean. They conducted an investigation about how soap works. Year 2 understand the importance of hygiene and keeping ou... Latest News What's happening in Year 1 - Week 3 We looked at the part of the Bible when Jesus enters Jerusalem on Palm Sunday. We thought about what it would be like in Jerusalem at the time and how it would feel if you were part of the crowd that ... Latest News What's happening in Reception - Week 3 This week in reception we have been building on our knowledge of 3D shapes. We did shape hunts around the classroom and at home. We learned to label some common 3D shapes and recognise their propertie... Latest News What's happening in Nursery - Week 3 This week the children had the opportunity to create ladybird pitta bread pizzas. The children were encouraged to follow a recipe and count out the ingredients to a given amount. The ingredients inclu... Latest News Music Years 3 and 4 have been AMAZING in their music lessons this week. They worked brilliantly together to help their partners to play the tricky musical pieces on our instruments. This included reading mu... Latest News What's happening in Year 6 - Week 2 Miss Bienias has been blown away by the journalism taking place this week in Year 6! The class has been writing newspaper articles, linked to our class text, "Macbeth" by William Shakespeare. These ar... Latest News 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... Latest News What's happening in Year 4 - Week 2 In Humanities this week, Year 4 explored artefacts from a Viking Burial Ground called Sutton Hoo, which is located in Suffolk. The children worked in groups and used their prior learning to develop an... Latest News What's happening in Year 3 - Week 2 In Science this week, Year 3 investigated how much sugar was in a range of drinks by looking at the nutrition labels on real drinks. We recorded the data in a bar chart. We were surprised to discover... Latest News What's happening in Year 2 - Week 2 Year 2 have been learning about shape this week. They have been exploring the properties of 2D shapes and what a line of symmetry is. Using shape hunts around the school and folding different 2D shape... Latest News What's happening in Year 1 - Week 2 In maths this week we have been looking at partitioning a two digit number into our tens and ones. We have then used our partitioning to help us compare the numbers, to find out which is greater than,... Latest News What's happening in Reception - Week 2 In Reception for Maths we have been looking at all the different ways that 10 is made. We used songs, games, our fingers and tens frames with different coloured counters to explore all the ways that 1... Latest News What's happening in Nursery - Week 2 In Nursery this week we have been exploring colour mixing and how to make new colours from primary colours. Our colours of focus were 'white' and 'red'. We identified that when mixing the two we made ... Latest News What's been happening in Year 6 - Week 1 Year 6 have been putting together all of the work they have done around tenses in Key Stage Two in their grammar lessons this week! It is very tricky to know the difference between the tenses used in ... Latest News 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. Latest News What's been happening in Year 4 - Week 1 This week, year 4 were lucky enough to take part in another workshop, lead by Apollo Music. The musicians brought some instruments from the brass and woodwind sections of an orchestra, and they produc... Latest News What's been happening in Year 3 - Week 1 In RE this week, Year 3 have been learning about the Jewish Passover festival. In groups, they acted out the main points of Passover. The clips below show when baby Moses is rescued by the Pharaoh's d... Latest News What's been happening in Year 2 - Week 1 Year 2 has produced some amazing homework based on the #ScientistWhoSelfie movement! They became scientists and shared findings for their research. Year 2 are amazing super scientists! Have a look at ... Latest News What's been happening in Year 1 - Week 1 In Year 1 this week we have been reading our new text, Katie in London. We picked out our two favourite sights in London and wrote as many amazing adjectives to describe Tower Bridge and Buckingham Pa... Latest News What's been happening in Reception - Week 1 This week in Reception we have started our new topic of Transport - inspired by the story The Train Ride. As we became more familiar with the story we drew a story map and then began to draw our own. ... Latest News What's been happening in Nursery - Week 1 For Literacy we have started our new focus text 'What the Ladybird Heard' by Julia Donaldson and Lydia Monks. We are using our knowledge of geometric shapes and patterns to draw our own Ladybird. What... Latest News What's been happening in Year 6 - Week 6 Year 6 have done brilliantly this week in their writing lessons. Their writing assessment consisted of re-telling the start of Macbeth from two different viewpoints: Macbeth's and The Witches' perspec... Latest News 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... Latest News What's been happening in Year 4 - Week 6 This week in Year 4, the children began to work on a brand new art project - observation drawing, inspired by the works of French artist, Paul Cezanne. To begin, the children carried out some indep... Latest News What's been happening in Year 3 - Week 6 This week, Year 3 has been drawing a daffodil. Have a look for some of our art on display in the amphitheatre next half term. Here are some photos of us using magnifying glasses so that we can really ... Latest News What's happening in Year 2 - Week 6 For his homework Thiago created this amazing poster about the North Pole. Latest News What's happening in Year 1 - Week 6 For art week this week we have been looking at the artist Georgia O'Keeffe. We have learnt all about the modernism movement and how this influenced her art. We then experimented with colour mixing,... Latest News What's happening in Reception - Week 6 This week in reception we have been developing our artistic skills by studying the artist Andy Goldsworthy. He uses natural objects and patterns to create beautiful pieces of art. Last week we made si... Latest News What's been happening in Nursery - Week 6 In Maths we have been playing Board Games and practising our 'subitising' skills by beginning to recognise the pattern and number of dots on a dice. ‘Bus Stop’ - who will be first to fill their bu... Latest News What's been happening in Year 6 - week 5 This week, year 6 have started their art project which is all about developing their drawing skills and learning about the wonderful Vincent Van Gogh as well as the artistic movements of Impressionism... Latest News 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... Latest News What's been happening in Year 2 - week 5 Year 2 had an amazing time with a drama workshop all about sustainability. They learnt about how they can help save the planet and what areas are being seriously effected through their creative scenes... Latest News What's been happening in Year 3 - week 5 Have a look at the amazing homework Year 3 has produced all about Chinese New Year. We all wish you a happy Chinese New Year and good fortune in the year of the tiger! Year 3 also really enjoyed our d... Latest News What's been happening in Year 1 - week 5 For homework this week Year 1 have created some beautiful pieces of art, inspired by the Lunar New Year of the Tiger. Ted drew a colour ... Latest News What's been happening in Reception - week 5 This week in Reception we finished our collection of made-up stories that were inspired by Michael Rosen's poem 'Lost'. The children were authors AND illustrators and demonstrated a wide range of skil... Latest News What's been happening in Nursery - week 5 It’s the Chinese year of the Tiger! (Lunar). In Nursery we have been looking at how 'Chinese New Year' is celebrated and watched ‘Dragon Dancing’ before re-enacting our own class unicorn dragon dance... Latest News What's been happening in Year 4 - week 5 This week Year 4 used their scientific knowledge of the human muscular system to develop short fitness routines that focused on strengthening key muscles, such as the abdominal muscles, biceps, tricep... Latest News 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... Latest News 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... Latest News Young Hackney Multi-Skills Festival Two children from Year 1 and six children from Year 2 were selected to represent SJSJ in the Young Hackney multi-skills festival. The children took part in six fun different activities during the day,... Latest News 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... Latest News 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... Latest News 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... Latest News What's been happening in Year 5... Click here to take a look at what's been happening in Year 5 this week... Latest News Year 1, Spring 1, Week 4 In history Year 1 have been looking at the industrial revolution. This week they have looked at how transport has changed from before industrialisation, during and after. The children looked at differ... Latest News Nursery, Spring 1, Week 4 This week the Nursery children began their ’Art Project’. The class have been looking at the British artist Goldsworthy, an artist known for his sculptures and photography. Goldsworthy creates land ar... Latest News Reception, Spring 1, Week 4 In Reception the children have been immersing themselves in the story of the Gruffalo. They particularly noticed all the rhyming words. Every week with new texts they have key new vocabulary that they... Latest News Year 2, Spring 1, Week 4 Year 2 had an amazing time tasting different food for their science lesson this week. With their partners, they decided whether the foods tasted sweet, sour, salty or bitter. They found that some of t... Latest News Year 3, Spring 1, Week 4 Year 3 have been learning about the discovery of Tutankhamun’s tomb this week using primary sources. They analysed this wall picture from his tomb to work out who is in the picture. Listen to the chil... Latest News Year 4, Spring 1, Week 4 This week Year 4 began to explore the concept of division in maths. The children started on Monday by using place value counters to create amounts, partition numbers and share into equal groups. Th... Latest News 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 ... Latest News Year 6, Spring 1, Week 4 Year 6 have worked incredibly hard on their writing over the last few weeks. They have been producing poetry based on the three witches from William Shakespeare's "Macbeth." They have focused on how t... Latest News 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! 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... 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 Chatsworth Youth Club Running Monday and Wednesday's from 5.00-8.00pm at Clapton Park Methodist Church 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 2, Week 7 Year 2 enjoyed their weaving art project for black history month inspired by Ghanaian Kente cloth. 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 Reception, Week 7 Reception class has been using their new sounds to write cards to the people they love. 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 Reception, Week 4 Reception has been working on our gross motor skills by practising changing independently for PE and balancing games. 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 Reception - Week 3 Reception class has been focusing on strengthening our fine motor skills through writing, drawing and using tweezers. 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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... 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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: Latest News Parent/Carer Workshop: Managing behaviours that challenge Monday 25th January, 4-5pm with Sadia & Anne Marie 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 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 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... 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 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 ...
