Dear God

Thank you for this time of year that we

can celebrate the birth of your son.

We thank you that your son came down

to give us hope and

save us for all the wrongs that we have

done in our lives.

Help us to remember

that this is the true meaning of Christmas.

In Jesus’ name

Amen

After School Clubs

Please note next week will be the last week that After School

clubs will be running.

Thank you

Miss Heron

St. Jude’s Maintenance Fund

Payments 2017-18 £30 per child

A huge thank you to everyone who has

sent in their maintenance fund contribution

for 2017/18. It is very much appreciated

and this contribution will help us keep our

school in good repair.

For parents who have not yet paid their £30

contribution we would be very grateful to

receive your contribution in due course.

Don’t forget you can now pay your

contribution on Parent Pay or by sending in

cash or a cheque in a sealed envelope

marked clearly with your child’s name and

class.

Many thanks.

Mrs. Henderson

Key Dates for the Diary

School Trips Thursday 14th December

Class 2 trip to London Zoo

Class Assemblies at 9.00am 31st January 2018 - Reception Class

28th February 2018 - Class 4 7th March 2018 - Class 1

14th March 2018 - Class 2

Christmas Dates for your Diary

Monday 11th December at 1.30pm

Christmas Carol Rehearsal at Herne Hill

Baptist Church - Volunteers welcome to support with walking children down

Tuesday 12th December at 9.30am

Christmas Carol Service at Herne Hill Baptist Church – Volunteers welcome to

support with walking children down

Thursday 14th December at 9.15am Reception Christmas Performance

‘Whoops a Daisy Angel’

Friday 15th December at 2.00pm

Christmas Pantomime Performance for the whole school – Aladdin – kindly

supported by the PTA – Thank you!

Tuesday 19th December at 9.15am The Christmas Story performed by Years

1-6, School Hall

Christmas Holidays 20th December School closes at 1.30pm (Please collect children after lunchtime)

School re-opens on Thursday 4th January 2018

St Jude’s Christmas Lunch

19th December

Saint and Worker of the Week

Saint of the Week

Tom FT in Class 6 for showing empathy towards a class mate, and great maturity.

Worker of the Week

Alessandro in Class 4 for fantastic science work and using scientific language.

Individual Winner: Our overall winner this week is Mohamed in Class 1 with 70 Dojo Points! We are very proud of you! Congratulations. Class Winner: Class 1 are the winners this week with 1373 Dojo Points!

Top Scores: Reception: Isla with 46 Dojo Points Class 1: Mohamed with 70 Dojo Points Class 2: Azariah with 41 Dojo Points Class 3: Micah with 51 Dojo Points Class 4: Eliza with 41 Dojo Points Class 5: George with 57 Dojo Points Class 6: Theo with 44 Dojo Points

St Jude's Online Safety Newsflash Did you know that: 53% of 3 and 4 year old children in the UK go online for 8 hours+ per week

94% of 8-11 year old children in the UK go online for 13 hours+ per week

23% of 8-11 year old children in the UK have a social media profile

Ofcom Children and Parents: Media Use and Attitudes Report, 2017

Online Safety Top Tips of the Week How to set up filters on your home internet to help prevent

age inappropriate content being accessed on devices in your home:

The 4 big internet providers in the UK – BT, Sky, TalkTalk and Virgin Media - provide their customers with free parental controls which can be activated at any time. They have come together to produce these helpful video guides to help you to download and set-up the controls offered by your provider.

https://www.saferinternet.org.uk/advice-centre/parents-and-carers/parental-controls-offered-your-home-internet-provider

No filter or parental controls tool is 100% effective, and many of the risks that young people face online are because of their own and other’s behaviour. It is therefore important to talk to your children about staying safe online and make sure they know that they can turn to you if they get into any difficulty.

Lambeth Council invites you, your friends and family to join our Festive Light Ride Sunday 17 December, from 4pm.

A wonderful opportunity for people of all ages to get on their bikes for some festive fun around some fabulous local

landmarks, safely escorted by Cycle Confident marshals and animated by Omnibus Theatre.

Along the route

You'll see… FIREWORKS, LANTERNS, LIGHTS AND ENTERTAINERS

You'll hear… MUSIC, SINGERS AND TRAVELLING SOUNDSCAPES

Starting from and returning to Polygon, Clapham Old Town, London, SW4 0JG.

£5 adults and Children go free Book here – https://www.eventbrite.com/e/festive-lights-ride-2017-tickets-

38835245264 (includes a set of emergency bike lights)

If you don't have a bike or you have mobility issues and may require an adapted bike, please email

cycling@lambeth.gov.uk.

Expect extraordinary light performances and installations as your ride your bikes alongside our travelling soundscape

across Lambeth's green spaces.

Family Learning Projects

Congratulations to all our project winners and runners up. First prize winners will enjoy a visit to The Ritzy Cinema

on Monday, runners up prizes included a wonderful selection of Caribbean and African inspired poems and

stories. Thank you to Miss Booth for organising our prizes. Winning projects are being exhibited in our front

entrance hall until the end of term.

There are many siblings amongst our prize winners! Here is the list of our talented winners and runners up:

Reception Class:

First: Lilias

Second: Adwoa

Third: Theo

Year 1:

First: Felix K

Second: Heath

Third: Evelyn

Year 2:

First: Anna

Second: Farha

Third: Stella

Year 3:

First: Matilda

Second: Ali

Third: Alice

Year 4:

First: Joe

Second: Natasha

Third: Eloise and Elinor

Year 5:

First: Django

Second: George

Third: Tia and Onyi

Year 6:

First: Theo

Second: Tom FJ

Third: Jaana

Dear Parents & Carers,

Before we all break up for the Christmas holidays, we just wanted to let you know that our AGM will take place on Friday 12th

January 2018 at 9am in the new Food Tech & Music Room. We’ll be giving a rundown of the past year ’s events, the funds

raised and what the money has been spent on.

Committee members in key roles will be standing down at the AGM, so we have summarised the main responsibilities for all named

roles as a guide for parents who may be interested in these in 2018. If this all sounds a bit formal, please don’t be put off, it is very

much a team effort and this summary is meant to be an information tool, especially for those new to the school or committee. If there

is anything you would like to know, please ask any of the current committee members: Susie Hall (Chair), Dolina Logan (Treasurer)

and Deborah Barran (Secretary).

We hope as many of you as possible will be able to come along to our AGM. We really need some more volunteers to help next year

and keep building on our success! Your time commitment can be as much or as little as you like.

Thank you!

Your PTA

Roles and Responsibilities of the PTA

Chair

The Chair provides leadership and governance for the PTA committee, sets the agenda for meetings and manages

meetings in line with the Agenda. This role has significant interaction with the school head, the Treasurer and PTA

Secretary.

Key responsibilities:

Provide leadership.

Set the agenda for meetings and control the meetings, making sure everyone has an opportunity to speak.

Ability to remain impartial – make sure contributions are brief and ensure everyone’s views are respected.

Welcome and involve new Members.

Sign cheques for the PTA with one other Committee Member.

Meet with school head and the Treasurer to agree PTA financial commitments for the year.

Treasurer The role of the treasurer is to manage and control the funds the PTA raises. The Treasurer should record all income and

expenditure, details of the amounts received and spent, and have the information available for every Committee Meeting. The

Treasurer should report on the current financial position at each Committee Meeting and this should be recorded in the Minutes.

The Treasurer also:

Liaises with the bank.

Maintains the financial records.

Advises the bank of agreed changes to the bank mandate, i.e. those authorised to sign cheques.

Raises and signs cheques with a second Committee Member co-signing.

Withdraws money to provide a cash float for events.

Charity registration and Gift Aid.

Draws up the annual accounts.

Secretary Secretary is a key Committee Member as they are responsible for ensuring effective communication links between Committee

Members and between the PTA and the School. The Secretary deals with all the correspondence that the PTA receives and helps the

Chair ensure that Committee Meetings run smoothly. The PTA Secretary liaises with the School Secretary about any newsletter

notices. The Secretary will make arrangements for the Annual General Meeting (AGM) and help the Chair prepare the Annual Report.

The Secretary may also be involved in co-signing cheques on behalf of the PTA.

Key responsibilities:

Deal with correspondence.

Send email to committee to confirm date of next meeting.

Prepare Agendas along with the Chair.

Write up and distribute the Minutes of Meetings.

Co-sign cheques as required.

Write the Annual Report with the Chair.

Prepare and distribute newsletters and other

communications to parents.

Prepare notices/posters for events and distribute to class reps as necessary.

Manages PTA members email list.

The New Music/Food Technology Extension

Dear parents and carers,

I am really excited to inform you that our new extension is now complete and ready for the children

and teachers to use!

This week we were busy unpacking all the wonderful resources that have been purchased with funds

raised by our PTA. These resources included Food Technology Kits for Key Stages 1 and 2, as well as

crockery sets. Tables and chairs for the room are on order and will also be with us soon.

There is also dedicated storage space now for our Steel Pans and the musical instruments.

Children have been using the room for circle times, and as a music space this week. As you can see,

Year 6 have been busy rehearsing their song for our Christmas performances!

The KG Doodles Breakfast Club and Six O’clock Club will be using the space from next week.

The entrance and exit for these clubs will be on Herne Place from next week onwards, Eboney will be

in touch with parents about this.

As many of you will know, this is a flexible learning and teaching space with soundproofed bi folding

doors to separate the food technology space from the music area. The external bi folding doors fac-

ing out onto the Key Stage 2 playground will also offer an open, flexible space when we are enjoying

warmer weather.

The School Council have been tasked with gathering ideas for a new name for the building – so we

are all looking forward to lots of creative ideas! There will be an official opening in January which

School Council are also planning – we will keep you posted!

Thank you to all our PTA members for your continued hard work with fund raising, and for agree-

ing to support this project! Thank you also to our skilled and dedicated Resource Committee, who

have worked strategically to initiate and support the extension work from the beginning.

We are all looking forward to this new space being enjoyed by all our St Jude’s Community.

Regards

Miss New and the St Jude’s Team.