Mar 15

Pupil Questionnaire March 2023

In the same way it is important to find the views of parents, it is important to find the views of our pupils. This survey is for pupils from year 1 to year 6.
 
Please support your child(ren) in filling this in by Friday 24th March.

We are going to use the standard Ofsted questions and responses. If your child needs supporting with the questions, please help them with the reading and and navigating the page. We know the Ofsted responses can be confusing for younger children and please use your judgement as parents. If you don’t feel a question is appropriate for your child, please skip it and it you don’t feel the questionnaire is right for your child or you don’t want them to do it, that is absolutely fine.

 

Mr Woodward

Mar 15

Parent Questionnaire March 2023

Dear Parents and Guardians,
 
Thank you for taking the time to fill out this questionnaire, your views are really important and your views have brought about positive change for our school.
 
Please complete the questionnaire by Friday 24th March as we have needed to move parents evening 23rd March due to the weather.
 
Mr Woodward

Parent questionnaire March 2023

Mar 15

School lunches menu

Please find the school lunches menu below. 

2457 A3 PORTRAIT MENU STANDARD

Mar 14

Active Travel Survey – Move More Glossop

Move More Glossop are currently running an active travel survey, the survey is aimed at finding out how people currently travel around Glossopdale and what changes or improvements are needed to encourage the community to travel actively or use alternative sustainable travel options.

Please click the link below to complete.

https://www.surveymonkey.co.uk/r/Glossoptravelsurvey

Additionally there will be paper versions available over the next few weeks for those who haven’t got digital access – please contact Mr Ford who will provide one for you when they arrive.

Mar 13

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Mar 10

School and Toddler Group closure – Friday 10th March 2023

Good morning, 

Due to the weather conditions and road closures in the surrounding area, school will be closed today.

There will be no toddler group.

Have a great weekend.

Mr Woodward.

Mar 03

Update and events for W/C 06/03/2023

Good evening, 

Welcome back after the half term and I hope you all had a great break. 

It has been ‘Book Week’ and there have been some wonderful activities happening. The entries for the egg competition have been amazing (prizes for the winners and pictures to follow), many classes have visited  ‘Dark Peak Books’ , the pupils have all used the text ‘The Fox and Star’, for writing, the ‘Pop up Library’, donations for the book swap next week, reading buddies and dressing up as book characters. 

Events for W/C 06/03/2023

Tuesday 7th and Thursday 9th March Parent Evening

 

Tuesday – 3:50pm – 7:00pm

 

Thursday – 3:50pm – 5:30pm

 Please note Nursey parents evening is on Tuesday 7th and Wednesday 8th   March.

 

Please email parentsevening@st-james.derbyshire.sch.uk if you haven’t already made an appointment.

 

There will be a film on in the hall.
Friday 10th March PTA Chocolate tombola donations. Pupils can wear non-uniform and pupils can bring in a chocolate donation (optional) for the chocolate tombola.

Have a great weekend.

Mr Woodward

Mar 03

Before and After School Club Ofsted Report

Before half term, Ofsted visited the before and after school club provision and it was a really positive and productive visit. Please see the Ofsted report below. 

Ofsted report

Have a great weekend.

Mr Woodward

Feb 21

SIAMS inspection report

Good afternoon, 

I hope you are all having a great half term. 

I am delighted to share the outcome of the SIAMS inspection (report below). A SIAMS inspection focuses on the impact of the Church school’s Christian vision on pupils and adults. This involves looking at the school’s Christian vision, the provision the school makes because of this vision and how effective this provision is in enabling all pupils to flourish.

The grading are:

  • Excellent
  • Good 
  • Requires improvement 
  • Inadequate 

Our last grading was ‘good’  and now our overall grading is ‘Excellent‘. 

SIAMS report Whitfield St James Church of England VC Primary School

This has been the culmination of  the tireless hard work of staff, pupils, governors, our team at St James’ church and whole school community. I can’t thank you all enough for your hard work and support of our school. We will continue to reflect and adapt to meet the needs of our pupils, staff and school community.

Enjoy the rest of the half term.

Mr Woodward 

Feb 17

Update, industrial action and events for W/C 27/02/2023

Good afternoon, 

This half term has gone by very quickly, everyone has worked really hard and I know many are ready for half term. We have had an Ofsted inspection for the after school club and our SIAMS inspection as we are a church school. The reports for both inspections will be released in the next few weeks.

Industrial action on Wednesday 1st March

Members of the NEU union will be go on strike on Wednesday 1st March and the following classes will be closed.  

  • Miss Taylor and Mrs Lockett’s will be closed.  If there are any further closures, you will be notified straight away. Please be aware that teachers don’t need to notify schools if they intend to go on strike and classes may need to be closed on the day of industrial action. Our teachers have stated that they will give as much notice as possible to our families.
    • For all the other classes, it is a normal school day and pupils must be in school. 
    • Mr Hannan’s class will remain open. 
  • No work will be set for the pupils not in school. 
  • If your child’s(ren’s) class is closed and they are entitled to free school meals, they are entitled to a packed lunch which can be picked up from school. Please fill out the form below before Monday. 

Dates for W/C 27th February 2023

Date Event Information
Wednesday 1st March 2023 NEU Industrial action Parents will be informed if their children’s class will be closed.
Thursday 2nd March World Book Day Pupils can dress as a book character or in their pyjamas. There will be more information on class dojo.

Thank you to all the pupils and staff for their hard work and to all the friends of our school for your continued support. 

Have a great half term break.

Mr Woodward