Wow… what a day! There is no doubt that World Book Day 2024 has been one of our greatest yet. The children of St James fully embraced our theme ‘Reduce, Reuse, Recycle… Re-read’ to the max and have blown us away with some incredible homemade props, accessories and costumes which linked to our theme. World Book Day is about the celebration of reading and one particular book has been at the heart of our day.

‘Mother Earth is Weeping’ is a story which focuses on how we can better our world and become more environmentally friendly. The children have produced some beautiful poetry based on this which will form one of our first display boards when we are all together back in our St James building. The author of our story, Claire Donald, has been in touch and is also blown away with the children’s efforts. She has kindly offered to judge our ‘trashion walk’ competition and the winners will be announced next week.

One of Bishop Chadwick Catholic Education Trusts values is Celebration and we want to celebrate
all our staff across the Trust who go that extra mile. There are seventeen categories this year and as
last year only pupils can nominate in the Inspirational Staff Award category.

We would like you to think about all the staff at your school the Headteacher and teachers, the
teaching assistants, the office staff, the kitchen staff, caretaking team etc. If there is someone that
you think has done a really good job then you can nominate them for this award.

Pupil Poster Nomination 2024

• Inspirational Staff Award Category – NOMINATE HERE

Thank you to our wonderful St James’ kitchen staff, the kitchen staff at St Joseph’s and all at Chadwick’s Kitchen for providing a fabulous and delicious Christmas Lunch for our Reception to Year 4 children. A special thanks to Santa Claus for taking time out of his busy schedule and visiting our younger children. Thank you to the children of St Joseph’s for providing fabulous entertainment during lunch.

Thank you to everyone who attended our Christmas Carol Concert at St James Church on Friday 15th December. The children all sang and read beautifully and were a credit to themselves, the school, their families and the wider parish community. I’m sure you will agree the candlelight against the backdrop of Church really encapsulated the true meaning of Christmas. The tree was filled with our advent stars which the children had lovingly decorated. Thank you to everyone who supported our school fund. Special thanks to Michael Cuskin and Deacon Peter Jones for their help with the service.

Apply for a school place at St James Catholic Primary School Here! – South Tyneside Council

Welcome to St James Catholic Primary School. At St James we aim to provide a variety of lessons for every child in a happy, caring and welcoming environment. As a Catholic School, we care for each other and treat each other as Jesus teaches us, in all areas of school life. We use a range of teaching strategies to deliver a broad, balanced and exciting curriculum in line with national standards. We welcome children of all faiths and all beliefs. ENROL TODAY! We are now taking admissions for reception for 2024 and are accepting in year transfers – ST JAMES IS OPEN FOR EDUCATION! Join our family at St James Catholic Primary School – get in touch to arrange an appointment to chat to our team on (0191) 4832672 or info@stjameshebburn.co.uk

ST JAMES RECRUITMENT 2024

We are delighted to deliver the news that our school roof will be repaired and we will be together again. Work will start in January. This news has filled our hearts with joy and we are thrilled that we have a plan and a time frame in place. We want to thank all of you for believing in us and for your trust and support. We will update you every step of the way.

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St James is holding a Christmas Raffle again this year with chances to win a selection of wonderful hampers. The raffle will be drawn and winners announced on Wednesday 20^th December. The proceeds from the raffle will go towards the St James School fund, which helps subsidise opportunities for all of our children throughout the year. Thank you for your support and Good Luck!

Tomorrow Friday 15th December is our Christmas Carol Extravaganza. The children and staff have been working hard to present to you our Christmas Carol Concert. This is a coming together for us all at Christmastime and will represent our strength and togetherness as a St James family. Families and parishioners are ALL welcome. Please come along and celebrate with us from 2pm at St James Church, Mill Lane, Hebburn. We are grateful of any donation big or small to our school fund.

Thank you to our year 6 children who sang Christmas Carols at the Alzheimer’s Christmas Party. The behaviour from our children was truly exceptional, they were a credit to themselves, our school and their families. It testifies of the power of kindness that our children so lovingly brought to the community. We are so very proud of you year 6.

Key 2 life is a charity based in South Shields working across South Tyneside. They have recently launched a new community bus project which has enabled them to be able to convert a double decker bus. The bus will be driving to different locations within South Tyneside on a daily basis and parking up for a few hours in the hope of helping those people within the local communities.

Downstairs there will be a shop selling good quality fresh fruit and vegetables, packet, tinned, and non perishable food and non-food and hygiene items, baby wipes, milk and nappies for very low prices in the hope of helping individuals/families money to go further, reduce waste and lower the need for the number of people attending food banks which is at an all time high. All money made from this project feeds back into the charity and food bank that they run in South Shields.

Upstairs there are seating areas where staff can offer advice and direct/refer individuals to relevant interventive services. They hope to have some of these services available on board to offer advice and are hoping to have the likes of welfare rights, Drug and alcohol services among others. The bus has an awning and out door seating and offers tea and coffee for those who would just like to come along and have a chat. The bus is for absolutely anyone to use and is not restricted to those on benefits it is for the whole community.

They currently offer free school uniform and winter coats free of charge upstairs on the bus and have a pop up Christmas shop with toys and Christmas items at very reduced prices.

The bus stops at 6 different areas per week Monday’s, Tuesday’s and Wednesday’s with 2 stops per day. Please see the current 3 week rota that will run continuously until the stops are reviewed at which time an updated list will be posted.

With the current cost of living crisis this service is a valuable asset to all.

https://keycommunity.org.uk/key-community-bus/