St James’CE Primary School

The children in Cottage have been enjoying their new beanbags and cosy rug in the book corner. Thank you St James' PFA for donating them. We love snuggling up with a good book!

What a fantastic way to end our first school week at school with a wonder BBQ hosted by the St James' PFA. A huge thank you to all those in making this event so family friendly. Foxes Class . we are looking forward to welcoming you full time on Monday as you start your school adventure. Have a wonderful weekend

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A massive thank you to our wonderful St James' PFA who have raised an unbelieveable amount of money for the school. They have continued to support the school by providing class wish lists, topping up our iPad trolley and saving for a new classroom. But more importantly than that, they just make our school even more fun by supporting and hosting so many events! Thank you for all you have done - we cannot wait to have a great time again next year. #stjamesfamily #FundraisingHeroes

We certainly didn't let a little rain spoil our party as we ended our long year with three wonderful services; our Year 4 Leavers Service, our Thank You service and our Nursery graduation. Firstly, a huge thank you to all those who have volunteered and supported our school over the last year. There are too many of you to mention but you are all truly special and make our school a wonderful place to be - everything we have achieved is because you have given so generously. Thank you. To all our year 4's who leave us today after five years. Your jourey started with lockdown and the tail end of a global pandemic. Yet, you have been outstanding, proven yourself over and over again and leave us with all the qualities needed to be a success in your next chapter. You will all be missed and I looked forward to seeing you again next year to hear about your adventures. To those graduating from Nursery - you sung beautifully and look fantastic in your leavers t-shirts and mortar baords. You will now begin the next chapter of your story and we are so excited to be welcoming so many of you to the school. Finally, to all my staff team. You have given so much and I am truly grateful for all you have done. Have a wonderful summer break and we look forward to welcoming so many of you back in September. Mr Lawford

All the staff at St James' First School and Nursery - Wimborne want to say huge congratulations to all the children for an incredible end of year performance! Alice the Musical was amazing! You were all amazing! You have learnt so many lines, rehearsed so many dances and put on a spectacle that will be remembered for years to come. We want to extend our thanks to everyone who made the performance such a resounding success. To the parents and volunteers who helped source and prepare costumes and all those whove supported your children learning lines and dance moves. To all the staff who have come together and offered countless additional hours, preparing materials, rehearsing scenes and painting scenary. To the St James' PFA for running our refreshments and pushing the DVD sales. Finally, to Vanessa who has come in as a volunteer and directed our show. She has invester hundreds of hours, helping the children rehearse, choreographed dances and running weekly drama club over the last term. As always, we were blessed to perform at The Layard Theatre at Canford School which is just an incredible venue and provides such a rich experience for all our children.

We are proud to announce we have achieved the Gold School Games Mark for the second year running! We love celebrating and taking part in Sports at St James'. This year every child in Year 1 - 4 has competed or represented the school in a sporting fixture. We have also launch the Priory Cup which has seen Year 3 and 4 children compete in Football, Netball and Rounders with our local Diocese of Salisbury Academy Trust schools. We have had a wonderful group of play leaders and we have welcomed sports leaders from St Michael's CE Middle School as part of their leadership program Thank you to everyone who has helped us along our way. Looking forward to all that next year's sports might bring.

Squirrels class had a fantastic visit to the River Stour as part of their geography topic on rivers. We explored the river banks, talked about how it was formed as well as using our senses to see what we could see, hear and smell. We crossed the historic suspension bridge to explore how the weir is used to control the water levels downstream. A huge thank you to Canford School for allowing us to use the boathouse as a base and Dumpton School for supporting us with transport.

We have had a fantastic afternoon learning all about Indonesia. Mrs Ryan talked to us about where Indonesia is, compared to where we live. She showed us lava, Sulphur rock and a wood fossil. We saw beautiful fabrics called Ikat. Then we tried rice, spring rolls, noodles and prawn crackers - all prepared and supplied by Mrs Ryan. For our sweet treat, we had Jackfruit, Rambutan, Young coconut and Pomalo fruit. All the food was delicious and the children were really open to trying new foods. Thank you Mrs Ryan for giving us this experience.

Over the last year, Mrs Shergold has been developing our new Forest School provision in an overgrown area of the school grounds. I tihnk you will agree, she has done an amazing job and the space is just beautiful. For the last two weeks of term, all our children will take part in two Forest School sessions before it becomes part of the curriculum next year. One Year 4 student described her time as the 'Best day of her life'.

Earlier this term. Year 4 were joined by Rob from Bikeability who came to help them complete their Level 1 Bikeability. Children focused on controlling their bike, pedalling without wobble and being aware of their surroundings whilst turning. They all did brilliantly and passed with flying colours.

It's two weeks to go until our end of year show and tickets are selling fast for Alice - The Musical. If you've not got your tickets, I would encourage you to log on and book them. Afternoon performance - https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/whats-on/wimborne/the-layard-theatre/st-james-school-presents-alice-the-musical/e-xzprzz Evening Performance - https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/whats-on/wimborne/the-layard-theatre/st-james-school-presents-alice-the-musical/e-ajdagv DVD's can be purchsed via the Arbor shop for just £16.

On the 20th June 1975, parents, carers and local community members gathered together to commission St James' as the new school to serve the villages of Wimborne. In 1974 schools in Holt, Hinton Martell and Horton closed their doors and our new school was born. Earlier this week, and almost 50 years to the day, we gathered together once again to celebrate 50 fruitful years. The school community was joined by old students, former teachers and past leaders to give thanks for all the blessings we have enjoyed. As well as singing together, sharing readings and poetry, we were able to explore the schools history on our 'St James' Through the Ages' display which collated history and photos from as far back as 1824. We reflected on Psalm 23 which talks about the shepherd caring for his flock; so have the teachers and headteachers done so for St James'. So to all those who have served our school, we say thank you. Thank you also to those governors who helped bring our event together, our special guests for supporting our event and to the St James' PFA for hosting the hospitality.

As part of our learning about Lifecycles, we have loved watching our frogs grow in Foxes Class. Back in the Spring term we were given some frogspawn and enjoyed watching small changes happen over time and recording what we saw during provision. Today, we released the froglets into the school pond - a lovely awe and wonder moment!

It was an absolute privilege and pleasure for our Year 4 children and staff, to join the Leavers at Salisbury Cathedral from across our Diocese of Salisbury Academy Trust family this week. It marks the start of a long goodbye, but we still have so much to accomplish in the time we have left. Well done to Ethan and Darcey who represented the school as our banner bearers. #DSATFamily