Pupil Voice

Pupil Voice 2020-21

Polling day is Wednesday 27th November. 

The votes are in.... your Pupil Voice Co-ordinators will be announced in Friday Worship on Friday 27th November. 

Well done to everyone who took part in the election and good luck to all of our PVG co-ordinators this year!

Community Group

We have had our first Community Group meeting and agreed our action plan.  We have also shared our mission Statement with the class. Our mission statement is:

The Community Group

Mission Statement

We aim to make the community a better place by helping charities, local families and local businesses.

For our first community project we have asked for donations to be made to Blackburn Hospital instead of gifts being brought into school.

Hopefully we will raise lots of money for the NHS as they are awesome!

Cards for Kindness

The Year 2 Community Group have arranged for the children in their class to make Christmas cards this week.  The cards have  been  sent to residents and staff at local care homes as part of the Cards for Kindness campaign which aims to help spread cheer and ease loneliness in care homes at Christmastime. What a lovely gesture Year 2, I’m sure your cards will be greatly appreciated!

Red Nose Day!

The Community Group organised a Crazy Hair Day in school to raise money for this very worthy charity!  It was a whole school fund raising event and it was lovely to see such an array of colour and fun across school on Friday! Such a fantastic effort from children and staff!

Thank you from the Community Group!

Worship & Culture Group

Our mission statement:

“We will help people understand more about God and build their faith by listening to the voices of everyone in school, asking big questions and planning fun, creative and interactive activities.”

During Spring term we will be focusing on making sure everyone understands our school values and finding ways for classes to interact with each other safely during worship. We will also be looking at creating a new school prayer.

Student Observers of Learning (SOLs)

Our mission statement:

“We aim to ensure that all children are learning exactly what they're supposed to be learning and that school is a safe and enjoyable place to be."

Across the year, we are aiming to:

- Help Mrs Uttley/Miss Pennington by completing an English Book Look

- Check whether Voice21 has been successful by speaking to teachers and pupils

- Completing an environment walk to make sure that correct displays are up in classrooms, and that learning environments are tidy and safe

Rights, Respects & Responsibilities Group

Our Mission Statement is:

We aim to create a friendly, caring environment where everyone is treated equally and with respect. Ensuring the rights and responsibilities of St James’ family are always evident and consistent in our daily lives.

Our first focus will be:

To organise a poster competition to promote ‘rights and respect throughout school.

Watch this space for more information.

Eco Group

Our mission statement:

The Eco Group believes in helping our school community to take care of the planet, stop pollution and live a more sustainable life. We can make a change!

The Eco group wrote a letter to the PTFA to ask if they would help us by buying some new signs for the playground. The PTFA loved the letter and we were so excited when the signs arrived!

Mental Health & Wellbeing Group