Children and families are warmly invited to “Carols around the Crib” at St James Church before Christmas Eve Mass at 6:30pm. It is advised to arrive early as this is really a lovely and very popular service. There are plans for the children during the service. Please return your slip if you intend to come along at 6:30pm with your child.

We are proud to have teamed up with Colgate this year to promote oral health in children. Your child will receive a toothbrush and toothpaste, alongside an informative leaflet around toothbrushing.

At St James we are a Healthy School and are championing a zero-cavity future for our children to work to end the world’s most prevalent chronic disease: tooth decay.

Left untreated, it can cause pain and discomfort, undermine self-esteem and quality of life, impact school attendance and more. We want to work together to create a school community of bright smiles and even brighter futures.

We hope you will support us and encourage good oral health at home.

We will soon be using Arbor as our text messaging service. We are moving towards one system. It’s really important that you sign up so that we can keep you updated. You can message us within the arbor app and can also request changes to your child’s profile information like contacts, addresses and telephone numbers by simply clicking on the information and correcting it – the office will then be alerted to your request. You can now see any reward points your child receives and their attendance.

Please find out how to download the app and sign up here Parent Portal and Parent App leaflet 

Mini Vinnies organised the collection of non-perishable foods on behalf of St James for the Key Project. The Key Project collected all of the donations from St James this morning and were truly overwhelmed by the generosity of our families. We want to say a special thank you to our Mini Vinnie Albie, who collected over £100 from his family. Albie then went to the shops to buy items on the list. Thank you to everyone who donated and special thanks to Albie’s family. Further information about the project can be found at https://keycommunity.org.uk/

The pupil voice ambassadors at St James said that they would love to have the top table back, we of course have listened and have now reintroduced our top table. Two children from each class are selected to sit and have lunch at the top table every Friday. The tables are dressed for the children by our kitchen staff complete with cutlery and tablecloth. A member of the teaching staff sits with the children and chats whilst serving them water or juice. Children are chosen to sit at the top table if they have stood out in some way. This could be for a variety of reasons for example, working hard at a subject they find tricky, using manners or being a good friend. The teachers serve the children as part of our catholic ethos “to serve”.