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Some thoughts for the starting school year
An amazing start to this academic year with our very own Teddy Bear's Picnic welcoming our Reception parents to our school. Many thanks to all involved in the planning and preparation for our event and also to all parents who contributed such healthy delicious food. A special welcome to all parents who took the time out of their busy schedule to come in and get to know our team and other families within our year group.
Join us for an exciting International Breakfast Event on Friday 11th October, where parents are invited to contribute a traditional dish from their culture to share with the community. This is a wonderful opportunity to celebrate the diverse backgrounds of our families. Children are encouraged to come dressed in their national colors or traditional clothing, adding to the festive atmosphere. Let's come together to enjoy a morning of delicious food, cultural exchange, and unity!
Bees meet Ballet - A Celebration of Co-operation.
This week, our school participated in Jeans for Genes Week, with both children and staff proudly sporting their favourite jeans to raise awareness and support for genetic disorders. It was wonderful to see everyone come together in denim, showing solidarity and making a positive impact. Thank you to everyone who took part and helped make this week a success!
Early Reading Development
At Jessop we use the Essential Letters and Sounds (ELS) program for reading. In EYFS and KS1, children are taught 20 minutes of phonics everyday. Ask your child what sound they are currently learning?
We encourage children to continue applying their phonics learning to support their spelling in KS2, particularly for those tricky words. You are never too old to use phonics!
At Jessop we teach reading discreetly, this means it is taught as a single subject. Each day we have a different focus.
On Mondays it is ‘Text and Talk,’ the children are introduced to their new text for the week. Children are exposed to a variety of different text types and genres. The children hear the text being read to them and identify new vocabulary and meaning of words.
On Tuesday, the children become ‘Word Detectives’. The children answer retrieval questions. This is where they can find the answer in the text. Children use their skimming and scanning skills to find their answers.
On Wednesday, children use their ‘Thinking Caps’. They answer a variety of inference questions. They are taught the skills that help them use your prior knowledge and textual information to draw conclusions, make critical judgments, and form interpretations of a text.
Thursday is our ‘Building Blocks’ lesson. This is where children look at the grammar and structures of the text they have been reading.
On Fridays, children answer opinion questions. We call this our ‘Points of View’ lessons. Children are encouraged to express their opinions and make links to the text and their own experiences in the world.
The children revisit the text daily reading it aloud, independently and with their peers.
Try reinforcing the day's learning with focussed questioning during home reading time!
A Warm Welcome to the start of a new year!
Welcome back to all our Jessop Primary families! A huge thank you to our amazing PTA for organising such a fantastic community event to kick off the new term. We also want to thank our wonderful parents for their continued support. The day was filled with exciting stalls, including second-hand treasures, delicious food and drinks, and a fun bouncy castle. A special shout-out to the children who made and sold their own creations, generously donating £28 to the school—well done! It was a well-organised event that truly brought our school community together.
We raised over £500 for school funds. Please come along to Friends of Jessop drinks on Wednesday 9th October at Prince Regent at 7.30pm. We also look forward to seeing you at fireworks night on Friday 8th November. Where there will be a bar, school uniform and lots of glow sticks for sale!
This is a great opportunity for your child to have access to free books delivered to you every month!
Lambeth Children's Centres have joined with The Dolly Parton Imagination Library to foster a love of learning. All you need to do is register and they will do the rest. Please see the attached flyer for more details, or click on the picture. To Register please click on this link https://imaginationlibrary.com/uk/affiliate/LAMBETH/?chkAvalAddressData=eyJjYWxsYmFjayI6dHJ1ZSwiYWRkcmVzcyI6eyJjb3VudHJ5IjoiVUsiLCJ6aXAiOiJTVzIgMVJXIn19
For more information about Children Centres in Lambeth please click on the link provided below.
Central to raising standards in all schools and ensuring all pupils can fulfil their potential, is the need for children to attend school regularly to benefit from their education.
There is a strong link between good learning, high achievement, rapid progress and developing good social skills with excellent attendance.
We want to take this opportunity to outline our expectations for school attendance this academic year.
If your child arrives at school from 9.01am they will be marked as LATE, if they arrive after 9.30am they will be classed as “late after the register is closed” and their attendance is classed as absent for the morning session. As the registers would have already been returned to the Department for Education.
Regular poor punctuality can also have a negative effect on your child’s attendance as well as their academic learning. Being 6 minutes late each day equals 30 minutes of missed learning every week.
If your child’s attendance drops below 90%, we will need to share our concerns with the Local Authority Education Welfare Officer at Lambeth Council.
It is important to us that any concerns or questions you may have are dealt with as efficiently as possible. The structure we have in place is designed to do just that.
The structure
1) Your first port of call is -Your child’s class teacher
(email via the admin team to request a meeting)
2) You may contact the leader of your child’s phase
This includes issues regarding communication and organisation
(email via the admin team to request a meeting)
Should you be dissatisfied with the handling or outcome…
3) You may raise your concerns with Mr Baffoe
(email via the admin team to request a meeting outlining the nature for the purpose of the meeting)
Leaders are required to share items (as appropriate) with Mr Baffoe on a weekly basis, even if the matter is being handled by them.
We request that you do not field your concerns to FoJ but instead work directly with the school staff as outlined above.
