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Father Nigel devoted 18 years of service to our school community, faithfully visiting each week to lead collective worship and celebrate Mass. He guided our children with warmth and kindness, sharing not only his love but also the love of God, helping to nurture their faith and sense of community.

Since the beginning of our annual seaside trips, Father Nigel has been a constant presence, joining us on the beach year after year and bringing joy, laughter, and smiles to children, staff, and parents alike. His kindness, dedication, and infectious spirit will be deeply missed by everyone at St John and St James.

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Our Year 6 pupils thoroughly enjoyed taking part in our Social Enterprise project. Working in teams, they designed their own biscuit concept, created a persuasive pitch, baked their products, and sold them to raise funds. The excitement built as each team competed to see who could raise the most money – a fun and inspiring experience that combined creativity, teamwork, and enterprise skills.

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What a whirlwind of tinsel, singing, dancing and celebrations we’ve had to end the term! The school has been absolutely buzzing with excitement, laughter and Christmas cheer.

We were treated to three fantastic nativity performances, each one bringing the Christmas story to life in its own special way. From confident narrators to angelic singing (and some wonderfully enthusiastic actions!), every child shone on stage. Thank you to all the families who came along to support – your applause meant the world to the children.

The dance floor was well and truly worn out after two school discos, where flashing lights, festive tunes and some very impressive moves filled the hall. There were smiles everywhere and plenty of energy burned off!

Our Christmas Fair was another huge highlight. With games, stalls, treats and lots of festive fun, it was wonderful to see the school community come together. A huge thank you to everyone who helped organise, run stalls or came along to support – we couldn’t do it without you.

We also enjoyed a magical pantomime trip, which had everyone laughing, cheering and shouting “It’s behind you!” It was a brilliant experience and a real treat for the children.

And of course, in between all of this, there has been a whole lot of parties – festive outfits, party food, games and lots of laughter as we celebrated a brilliant term together.

As this term comes to a close, we are also saying goodbye to some very special members of our school community. We say a heartfelt farewell to Father Nigel, who after 16 years of dedicated service to the school, will be greatly missed. His support, kindness and commitment have meant so much to staff, pupils and families over the years.

We also say goodbye to Miss Quist, who has been an amazing part of our team. She is leaving us to continue her studies, and we wish her every success in this exciting next chapter. In addition, Miss Constanta will be leaving us at the end of this term, and we thank her for all her hard work and contributions to the school.

We wish Father Nigel, Miss Quist and Miss Constanta all the very best for the future.

Thank you to our amazing staff for all their hard work, enthusiasm and organisation, and to our families for your continued support throughout the term.

We wish you all a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year, and we look forward to welcoming everyone back refreshed and ready for another exciting term ahead!

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The children carried out an experiment during the second GULP workshop. They but different hard boiled eggs into a contra inter with different types of drinks to see the effects it would have on the hard shell. It was meant to resemble the effects of unhealthy drinks on our teeth. The results were shown in the final workshop.

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The children participated in their final GULP workshop where they recapped everything they learnt and learned about how sponsors influence peoples decision to buy unhealthy drinks.

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Practicing climbing up the pole and sliding down

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Practicing climbing up the pole and sliding down

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We went and played in the big playground

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We went and played in the big playground

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We learnt about the Christmas story. We role played characters and looked after baby Jesus

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We learnt about the Christmas story. We role played characters and looked after baby Jesus

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We watched The Snowman for Drawing Club and then made our own snowmen 

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We watched The Snowman for Drawing Club and then made our own snowmen 

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We were learning different ways to make 5

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We were learning different ways to make 5

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We went to the library and Ali Piper read us a story and did some magic!

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We went to the library and Ali Piper read us a story and did some magic!

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We filled up buckets and transported to other buckets and ramps.

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We filled up buckets and transported to other buckets and ramps.

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It rained! We talked about how much rain came and where it came from.

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It rained! We talked about how much rain came and where it came from.

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We had to read the recipe and measure the ingredients to make the Gruffalo Crumble.

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We had to read the recipe and measure the ingredients to make the Gruffalo Crumble.

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We used knives to cut apples to make Gruffalo Crumble

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We used knives to cut apples to make Gruffalo Crumble

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We read ‘The Gruffalo’ for Drawing Club and made Gruffalo crumble.

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We read ‘The Gruffalo’ for Drawing Club and made Gruffalo crumble.