End of Autumn 2

We have had yet another great term with many activities and events bringing our children, parents and community even closer. We hope you have enjoyed the winter performances which our children presented to you over the course of the week. Don’t forget to check our website for photos and videos of the performances!

After a wonderful term, we wish you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.

Mrs Umekwe.

Winter Fair 2015

On Friday 4th December 2015, Jessop celebrated an outstanding Winter Fair with our local community. Jessop staff really appreciated the support given by parents in helping to organise this event. There was a fantastic range of activities from gingerbread decorating and nail painting to Santa’s fall, ensuring that all members of our families were having fun. Soup, hotdogs and hot chocolate kept everyone warm and the violinists and singers added to the exciting atmosphere. Everyone left with smiles on their painted faces. We are pleased to announce that this year an amazing £700.30 was raised for the school. A huge thank you to all of the parents, carers and staff who came and contributed to the fair.

National Theatre - Comedy of Errors - Performance at JPS

On Tuesday 1st December the children in Years 5 and 6 were treated to an amazing adaptation of Shakespeare's "A Comedy of Errors" by the National Theatre Company. The stage was positioned in the centre of the hall with children sitting around the outside. The children were mesmerised and encapsulated by the performance. At the end they took part in a question and answer session with the performers.

Talented Artists

Six talented artists from Year 4-6 have had the exciting opportunity of attending Art workshops, run by a specialist art teacher at Christchurch Primary School. Christchurch Primary School organised this amazing event through the Brixton Learning Collaborative. The children created pieces of art around the theme of ‘Water’. They looked at the colours and movements when designing their own pieces. The children were able to develop skills using clay and fabric and have been printing their designs. We had fantastic reports back from Christchurch, both in terms of their fantastic behaviour, but also in regards to their learning.

The children’s work will be exhibited:
Pop Brixton, Brixton Station Road, 49 Brixton Station Rd, London SW9 8PQ
Thursday 10th December at 1.30pm – 2.30pm

The children will be able to see their work being shown and parents have also been invited.

Anti-Bullying Week

November is National Anti-Bullying month

The topic for this year was ‘Make a noise about bullying'.

At Jessop we do not tolerate any bullying and we encourage positive behaviour! The week started with a visit from the Bigfoot Theatre Company. Children participated in special lessons, workshops, assemblies, storytelling and circle time sessions. Year 1 and 2 went to see a film about Bullying at the Ritzy Cinema. All children wore something BLUE on Friday, 20th November to raise further awareness. The Year 6 Blue Whale class finished the week with an outstanding assembly. Through this, they have reminded all children how to deal with bullying.

Blue Whale Class Assembly

First term 2015-16

Our first term has been a very exciting term with many positive events! We hosted our first World’s Biggest Coffee Morning in aid of Macmillan Cancer Support and we held our annual fundraising Jeans for Genes day raising £400 for children affected by genetic disorders.

 

As part of the Mayor’s endeavour to encourage and aspire volunteers throughout the city we welcomed 2 representatives of the ‘WE DAY’ charity to our phase assembly.  The volunteers spoke with pupils from years 3 to 6 about the importance and benefits of volunteering.

We look forward to many more inspiring events next term. We wish you a safe and restful half term.

Mrs Umekwe. 

Exhibition of work

Thank you to all of the parents and carers who attended this years’ Exhibition of Work. Once again our hall was transformed into a beautiful celebration of creativity and hard work. The children of Jessop Primary had the opportunity to showcase their homework projects based around the theme of Black History Month. If you missed this exhibition then don’t worry; some of the outstanding work will be on display in Carnegie Library for the next month.

Carnegie Library - Assembly for years 1 to 6

On Wednesday the 7th October, we invited Caroline form Carnegie Library into Jessop Primary School. The children felt inspired to visit the Library through an exciting assembly and a story-telling session. We used the day to re-launch our long standing relationship with the Library and sent all of the children home with a Library registration form. All children will start visiting the library from next term so make sure you complete yours and bring it back to school!

We would like to say a massive thank you to Caroline from Carnegie Library for their support and hard work!

Nursery Open Day

Thank you to all of the parents and carers who came along to our Nursery Open Day sessions on Tuesday the 6th October. I hope that the information you received was useful and you left feeling excited about your children starting school at Jessop Primary! If you missed it; don’t worry! We shall be holding additional Nursery Open Days for September 2016 on:

• Wednesday the 27th January 9:30-10:00 and 14:00-14:30

• Wednesday  the 16th March 9:30-10:00 and 14:00-14:30

Please feel free to come along if you are interested in joining the Jessop Primary School Family.

Black History Month

Jessop’s Black History Month officially launched with School Assembly for Years 1-6. Bigfoot Arts Education Company performed "Windrush" - an engaging one woman play depicting a character's journey from her hometown in Jamaica to the UK on the Empire Windrush. As well as this, workshops were held for classes throughout the day, which allowed for the understanding of how different cultures have impacted upon British society (from food, to dance & music, etc). At the same time the workshops made links to the Jessop’s creative curriculum - "My World and Me".

Koala class assembly

Well done to Koala class who kept up the rich Jessop tradition of fantastic class assemblies. Last Friday the children shared their knowledge about Eid through an insightful and interesting class assembly. We were all given a glimpse of what life is really like to be a member of staff at Jessop Primary School through the eyes of our children.


Thanks to all the parents and carers who came to watch and for all their continued support.

Summer 2015

2014/15 has been a very successful year at Jessop! The year started with the federation between Jessop and Stockwell Primary School being made official.  The Jessop Stockwell federation is an united partnership of many years of hard work bringing together two great schools to share expertise and good practise.

The wonderful Year 6 ABRSM Exam Results, and the Year 6 Graduation Ceremony at The Wigmore Hall on Saturday 11th July, will round off a fantastic year for our musicians and their LMM Tutors. All 16 children passed: 2 Distinctions, 11 Merits and 3 Passes. Every week just over 200 children have musicianship, violin and cello lessons. The Federation Big One musical event was also a fantastic performance which demonstrated a high level of consistency and skills from our children at Jessop and at our federation school, Stockwell.

We have had many other successful events such as our fairs, our carnival, and many other wonderful events which bring our families and communities together.

Jessop Primary School continues to be renowned internationally for its outstanding education. The school hosted two visits from Oslo and Denmark.  The international visitors were impressed with our creative curriculum, teachers planning, the Children’s Centre and the fantastic musical opportunities our children have.

We would finally like to congratulate the Year 6 children on how well they responded to their SATs; they were all very calm and stress free and the results were excellent including 100% in Maths. I would like to take this opportunity to wish our Year 6’s the best of luck in their new journey.

I wish you all a wonderful rest and look forward to seeing you all in the September!

Mrs Umekwe