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.