Saint of the Week & Worker of the Week

24th October -28th October Half Term

Monday 31st October School reopens

8th November Class 1 trip to Childhood

Museum

14th November Anti Bullying Week

22nd & 23rd November Parents Evening

Class Assembly Dates

2nd November Class 4 9th November Class 3 16th November Class 1 30th November Class 6

Worker of the Week

Kenzie for incredible resilience in test conditions.

Class Dojo Winners

Individual Winner: Nina with 50 Dojo Points! What a great week for Nina. Saint of the Week last week for bravery and resilience during a challenging football tournament and now top of the Dojo Leaderboard this week! Nina won the majority of her points for kindness throughout the week which sums up her character and personality perfectly. Thank you Nina, you are a superstar. Class Winner: Class 1 with 970 Dojo Points! Congratulations to Class 1 for a very positive Dojo total this week. The majority of their points were won for active listening and hard work and it is an excellent way to end their first half-term in Key Stage 1. Great work! Keep it up. Top Scores: Reception: Jailen with 23 Dojo Points, Class 1: Bernise with 39 Dojo Points Class 2: Finlay with 28 Dojo Points Class 3: Olive with 42 Dojo Points Class 4: Mack & Zainab with 19 Dojo Points Class 5: Leila with 37 Dojo Points Class 6: Nina with 50 Dojo Points

Saint of the Week

Class 3 for welcoming a new member of their team so positively.

E – Safety Workshop for parents – Wednesday

16th November at 5.00PM!

Wondering how to make sure your child uses the

internet safely?

Need help with filtering information that is unsafe?

Need practical tips on keeping you and your family

safe on line?

This is the workshop for you! I have organised for

an E Safety expert to lead a session on keeping safe

on line. This will be a great opportunity for you to

be part of some practical tasks and ask questions!

To find out more ahead of the meeting go to the

CEOP website – the link is on our school website!

Mrs Pouso, Computing Leader.

Class 6 needs your help

Class 6 are collecting kitchen rolls for a their project - please could you collect kitchen rolls

only for them and bring them into school for

Miss Douch.

Thank you Class 6

DARES Holiday

Club is being run by Herne Hill

Baptist Church from Year 1-6,

come along and

have some fun.

Class Two trip to Shadwell Fire Station

On 11th October, Class Two travelled to Shadwell Fire Station to find out more about the Great Fire of London. We looked at the clothes that the

firemen used to wear in Victorian times. We also had a chance to experience how it feels to wear them.

The brave group of children from Year 2 also visited Pudding Lane where the fire started. The children and adults walked up the 311 steps to admire

the view of London.

Thank you to all the parents for their great help

during the trip! Class Two is looking forward to our next trip.

Collective Worship

For the first time our Faith Group ran our collective worship this Monday. They introduced our weekly topic of Faith. They started

with a game where Evi (year 6) had to have faith in his little brother Eden (year 1) that he would catch him as he fell backwards.

Evi showed real faith in his brother and with the little help of Mr Sharp was caught by Eden.

The children then acted out the story of Daniel in the Lion’s den, where Daniel shows great faith in God even though he is close to

death. There were certainly some very convincing lions!

Nina (year 6) then got the children to think what we can learn from this story. Eliza (year 3) then finished our collective

worship with a prayer which she had written

herself.

** PTA NEWS **

Autumn Cake Sale - Friday 4th November, after school We are having another of our very popular cake sales, this

time with a Bonfire Night theme, after school on Friday 4th

November. Please donate any home baking, cakes etc on the

day, and do come along to enjoy the goodies.

EASYFUNDRAISING.ORG.UK As we are nearing the time of Christmas shopping, don’t for-

get you can earn money for St Jude’s every time you shop

online, at no extra cost to yourself - 1. Head to https://new.easyfundraising.org.uk/causes/

stjudesprimaryschoolhernehill/ and join for free.

2. Every time you shop online, go to easyfundraising first to find the

site you want and start shopping.

3. After you’ve checked out, that retailer will make a donation to

your good cause for no extra cost whatsoever!

There are no catches or hidden charges and St Jude's Primary School

will receive the donations.

Thank you for your support.

Second-hand Uniform There are currently lots of second-hand items of

uniform, washed and in good condition, available for free. Please let us know if you would like anything. The

items are being kept in the school office.

St Jude’s Christmas Fair - Friday 9th December,

3:30pm-5pm - Please donate any unwanted material for us to make new

bunting for the school. - Thank you to everyone who

donated jars, we now have enough!

If any parent/ grandparent/ carer/nanny or child would like to

make something to sell at the craft table at the Christmas Fair,

please contact stjudespta@googlemail.com.

St Jude’s PTA Christmas card project You should have all now received the Christmas card pack in

your child’s book bag. Do let us know if you haven’t.

A reminder that the deadline for handing in the artwork,

order form and PAYMENT IN CASH is Wed 2nd Nov.

This will ensure that we receive the finished cards in the last

week of November. Please hand in to the class teacher, the

school office or Rachel Murphy (details below).

Ideas for artwork and a copy of the order form can be found on

the website: http://www.cauliflowercards.co.uk/ .

Any questions please contact Rachel Murphy (Isla-class 4 &

Erin-class 1): rachelmarymurphy@hotmail.com or 07958

377117

Mailing List Please let us know if you would like to be added to the PTA

mailing list: stjudespta@googlemail.com

In October the children from St. Jude’s had an opportunity to work alongside the artist Victor Szepessy, transforming the Brockwell Passage. Children were

very creative with the colours and their designs. In November you will be sent an invitation to the Grand Opening of the Brockwell Passage! On that

day we will reveal the winner of the Brockwell Passage Tag Competition. Watch the space!

A big thank you to the parents that helped

with decorating the passage. We are sure

you enjoyed that as much as the children!

Thank you to all of the children that took part in

the Brockwell Passage Tag Competition. We are

going to announce the winner at the Grand

Opening in November.

Black History Month Author Visit!

St Jude's were lucky enough to have the pleasure of story telling sessions run by Faustin Charles, author of The Selfish Crocodile and Once Upon an Animal.

Faustin Charles 'reads and creates amazing books and stories.' Kenzie (Y6)

Faustin Charles hails from Trinidad and told us that he grew up hearing his Grandma's stories and that was what encouraged him to write his own. 'When he was young, his brother was the sporty

one but he told us he liked books and poems.' Kiara (Y6) Every child experienced his story telling and he even asked some children to come up and act out his stories! He finished some sessions with a fun game that has already been played in the playground. The whole school was buzzing with enjoyment after his sessions. He is a fantastic story teller. 'He was hilarious when

he was acting out his belly rumble.' Joshua Y6 He is such an inspiration for our Family Learning Project - he travelled from the Caribbean to London so that he could publish his stories. What determination!

Parrots in Brockwell Park

Class 1 had some very special visitors this week. Lucy Reynolds and Jenna Herman from our local community came in to share their new book with our class. The book hasn't even been published yet! We listened to the story - about two children and parrots in a park - and spotted parrots in the beautiful illustrations. We then had to act as book critics and gave our feedback on the story. It was such an exciting morning and the children were so enthusiastic and imaginative.

Jaiye's favourite part was 'when the parrots came out of the tree.' Theadora liked the parts 'when the boy was telling his sister about the parrots.'

And Stella thought it was funny 'when the girl didn't believe that parrots existed in the city.'

Here are some words we chose to describe the book: colourful - Anna sneaky (parrots) - Ena jolly - Bill

Thank you so much to Lucy and Jenna for sharing their wonderful story and we look forward to reading it again when it is published!