St James Academy

More from Year 3!

In the spotlight this week is... Year 3!
It’s been another busy time for us in Year 3. We have been learning about how plants grow in Science and have planted some seeds and carried out an investigation to see how water is transported in plants. We have also learnt about shadows and carried out an investigation outside to see how our shadows change. In maths we have been learning to tell the time and in English we did some hot seating to learn more about the characters in our class book. In art we have enjoyed making canopic jars from clay and in DT we designed and made a sarcophagus. Finally, for David Attenborough’s 100 birthday we made our own wishes for the world and hung them on the trees outside. We love learning!

⚽🏆 Lighthouse MAT Football Tournament Champions! 🏆⚽
A huge congratulations to our football team for winning the Lighthouse MAT Football Tournament! 🎉 The team went unbeaten throughout the competition, showing fantastic determination, skill and resilience in every match. Most importantly, we are incredibly proud of the teamwork, leadership and sportsmanship they displayed throughout the day. They represented our school brilliantly and were a credit to themselves and our school. A special thank you to Mr Holdcroft for organising such a fantastic event, which was held at Sporting Khalsa Football Club.Well done to every player involved – a fantastic achievement! 👏⚽ Thank you to Mr Phillips & Mr Aulton

Mr Rogers has been busy teaching the children how to play cricket correctly, during our afterschool club. From bowling the ball, batting and standing in the right position. The children had a great time and were spilt into two teams to participate in a competitive game at the end!

Please don't forget your summer show tickets are on sale now! This exciting event is for all classes! We don't want anyone missing out, so grab yours this week!

Reception have been counting to 100. Each day we colour in a number on our 100 square and today we have finally reached 100! We celebrated with a party. There was pass the parcel, musical statues , musical chairs and a dancing competition, party food and best of all balloons! We had a great time. We are not going to stop counting though. Next, we are counting in 2s, 5s and 10s!

A huge congratulations to our “out of school achievements” this week! The children are always going above and beyond in their activities and it is always so lovely to see the awards, certificates and trophies that they receive.

This week’s Rainbow Readers are…

Orange – Coben – Year 2
Yellow – Ollie – Reception
Green – Eadie-Rae – Year 2
Stickers – Isla, Aaron, Marhaba
Blue – Freddie and Rose – Year 4 and Daisy-Lin Year 2

Superstar Readers – Brian Year 4, Logan Year 4

A huge well done to our ‘stars’ this week who have been awarded ‘outstanding pupil’…

(Sunshine Classroom) – Lexi – You have worked so hard on your sentence building this week and you are always kind, polite and caring in class.

(Nursery) – Grayson – For working independently with his personal skills.
(Nursery) – Jaime - For his amazing drawing of a lion!

(Reception) – Mustafa – For settling in so well to his new class and working so hard.
(Reception) – Darcy – For her excellent writing this week. She worked so hard to write her sentences without any help.

(Year 1) – Isla – For her amazing sentence writing this week in English. She has produced a wonderful diary entry on “Little Red Riding Hood”.
(Year 1) – Tommy – For his brilliant contributions to our Science lessons. He was able to share his wonderful ideas during the class discussion.

(Year 2) – Poppy – For an amazing start to her re-tell in English and working independently.
(Year 2) – Daisy – For being such a kind friend to others and trying hard in very lesson.

(Year 3) –.Layla – For being more independent in her work, especially her English.
(Year 3) – Chase – For trying so hard on his handwriting and presentation and for being such a polite member of our class.

(Year 4) – Teddy – For showing a real improvement with his behaviour this week. Both in class and outside! Keep it up!
(Year 4) – Brian – For always showing outstanding learning behaviour, giving 100% effort with everything he does.

Year 5/6
Serenity and Keeley for their exemplary behaviour and being a role model to their peers at PGL, as well as showing real resilience on their school trip.
Lilly and AJ for having outstanding behaviour in and around school and being a role model to other pupils.

Due to the weather forecast this week, Sports Day is postponed on Thursday. It will now take place on Friday 19th June and the times remain the same. Father's Day EYFS and KS1 workshop for parents will now be Thursday 18th and the times remain the same. Apologies for any inconvenience.