St James E-News
23rd April 2020
Welcome to the St James Primary School's E-News, a weekly roundup of the latest goings on at the school.
Latest Headteachers Blog
Dear Parents,
I would just like to thank the wider Elstead community for all the support the school has received in recent weeks. We've received some incredibly kind offers and it is all making a real difference to the children. Many of you will know about Reading Chest, the local business run by former St James parent Liz Walker, which supplies reading books to families for a subscription. She is very kindly offering a heavily reduced subscription rate for our children this term, please find the letter in the portal.
We have also listened to your feedback about difficulties in navigating the DB Primary site to find your child's work, so we have put together a quick guide to help, please find the guide in the parent portal. We have uploaded a variety of different work but please do not feel under pressure to complete everything, we understand that our families have different circumstances with many trying to work from home as well.
Finally, we at St James Primary are embracing the virtual world further and have put together a Starting School section on our website for those families joining us this September. We still have a couple of spaces available in Reception this September so please do share this with any families you know might be interested.
Best wishes for a lovely weekend,
Valerie Elliott
School Notices
- DB Primary work for the following week will go live at 6pm each Sunday evening.
- For the parents that signed up to Nessy.com last week, please see the letter in the portal. These accounts have been set up and are ready to go.
- Please take a look at the Early Years and KS1 quiz, it is still live, via the News Blog, until lunchtime tomorrow.
- The National Crime Agency's Child Exploitation and Online Protection command have put together age appropriate packs to support parents during Covid-19 and the closure of schools. Each fortnight, they will be releasing new home activity packs with simple 15 minute activities parents can do with their child to support their online safety at home. Please click on the relevant link for the current activities. Online Safety Pack 5-7 year olds and 8-10 year olds
Letters this week
The following classes have had letters uploaded to the Parent Portal this week. Note: You will need to login to view this area.
- Whole school
News Blogs
We would love to see your photos of your families clapping for our carers tonight. Send photos to info@st-james-elstead.surrey.sch.uk and we will display them here next week :)
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