Taking Stock: November 2025

• To ensure our children are happy and we explain things well
• To ensure no child leaves our school unable to read
• To ensure children learn a broad vocabulary to access the world around them
• To enhance the educational experiences of diagnosed and undiagnosed children with SEND

As we near the end of a wonderfully busy term, it’s a pleasure to reflect on all the learning, achievements, and community spirit that have filled our classrooms and corridors. With the holidays just around the corner, excitement is certainly building, but there’s still plenty happening before we break up!

We have a number of important events, celebrations, and activities scheduled in the coming weeks, so we encourage all families to check their calendars and stay up to date. It’s shaping up to be a fantastic finish to the term.

Anti‑Bullying Week took place from 11–15 November, and throughout the week our school engaged in a range of meaningful activities to help children understand and reflect on bullying, and, just as importantly, what bullying is not. Pupils took part in class discussions, role-play scenarios, poster-making, and collective assemblies emphasising respect, kindness, and inclusion. It’s vital that all children learn to recognise hurtful behaviours and know when something crosses the line. These lessons help them build empathy, assertiveness, and the confidence to speak up.

This year’s theme was “Power for Good”, and we encourage parents to continue these conversations at home: ask your child what kindness means to them, discuss what to do if they or someone else feels bullied, and reinforce the importance of standing up for each other — even in small everyday moments.

We are incredibly grateful to everyone who has bought gifts for the school from the PTA's Amazon Wishlist—your generosity makes a real difference to the resources and experiences we can provide for our children.

Some of the items have already arrived and are being put to great use in classrooms, and our teachers have updated the list with new items that would further enhance learning. Every little helps, and whether big or small, each donation is warmly appreciated. If you haven't already do so, please have a look by scanning the QR code below, or clicking the button.

At the LSP Raising the Game launch, attendees were treated to a powerful display of the World Afro Hair Day Exhibition, showcased as part of the Lambeth Schools’ Partnership’s offer to Lambeth Headteachers. The exhibition sparked important conversations around identity, representation, and pride within our school communities. Adding to the occasion, the BJS Choir delivered a stunning performance for the headteachers (one that moved some to tears), and drew heartfelt praise for their unity, confidence, and beautifully blended sound. Their performance stood as a shining example of what can be achieved when high expectations are paired with dedication and support.

A huge thank you to all the EYFS and KS1 parents who joined us for our recent Parent Drop-In. It was wonderful to see so many of you in the classrooms, taking part in the activities with such enthusiasm. The children were delighted to share their learning with you, and it was lovely to watch the positive interactions and excitement across the phases.

Our next Parent Drop-In will take place on Thursday 18th December, with a focus on Reading. We look forward to welcoming you again and sharing more of the fantastic learning taking place in our school.

Our termly Enterprise event was once again a fantastic celebration of creativity, teamwork, and entrepreneurial spirit. In the week leading up to the event, children worked in their classes to design and refine their own products, planning everything together. On the day, they collaborated brilliantly to make, and sell their creations, proudly sharing the results of their hard work with the school community. A huge thank-you to all the parents and carers who came along to support the children; your enthusiasm and encouragement made the event even more special and helped inspire our young entrepreneurs to shine.

The class assemblies this term have been a wonderful celebration of the children’s hard work and learning. Each assembly has given pupils the chance to showcase what they’ve been exploring in class while also providing a valuable opportunity to practise and develop their oracy skills: speaking clearly, confidently, and proudly in front of an audience. We are grateful to all the parents and carers who joined us and supported the children during these special moments. Your presence means so much.

We are now looking forward with excitement to the EYFS Nativity and the KS1 Winter Play in the coming weeks, which promise to be highlights of the festive season.

As we head into the final two weeks of term, we wish all our families a joyful and restful end of term. Please keep safe and warm as the weather turns colder, and enjoy these last days of learning, fun, and festive excitement with your children. We look forward to finishing the term on a high note.

The Year 3/4 football team delivered an outstanding performance at this year’s inter-school tournament, securing an impressive 3rd place finish out of 20 competing schools. The squad showed determination, teamwork and resilience throughout the day, consistently demonstrating strong defence and fast, confident attacking play. Their success marks one of the team’s best results in recent years and reflects the hard work put in during training.

One of the standout performers was Elijah, who lit up the tournament with his sharp footwork and clinical finishes. He scored an incredible seven goals in just five games, proving to be a constant threat to every defence he faced. His contributions were vital to the team’s overall success and earned him praise from coaches, teammates and spectators alike.

The school’s football success has continued into the league season, with the boys’ team currently sitting 3rd after five matches, having won three, lost one and drawn one. Their strong start reflects the same energy and discipline shown in the recent tournament. The girls’ team has also begun its campaign with confidence, earning a well-fought-out draw and an impressive win this month, signalling a promising season ahead for both squads.

Stand-out stars:

Elijah 3N, Dominick 4T, Alexander 6K, Adam 6A, Valentina 6K, Neashalai 6A, Shayla 6A, Jada-Lei 6K

Don't forget to drop off your old, unwanted clothes. The donations will go to new homes that need them and we will raise money for the school. We have already filled the bank once, so keep your items coming please. Every time we fill the bank it raises money for the school.

Fill up a bag and pop it in.

Have a look at the poster below for more information.

The clothes bank is located outside the Main Hall.

Appreciation means noticing and being thankful for something or someone.

Synonyms: gratitude, thankfulness, recognition, respect, admiration

Example sentences:

• I showed my appreciation to my teacher by saying thank you for helping me.

• We have great appreciation for our friends who help us.

• The children clapped to show their appreciation for the performance.

• When someone does something kind, it’s good to show your appreciation.

To learn more about the curriculum for your year group/s next term, visit the school's website to access the knowledge organisers.

Homework is issued on a Friday and is due back in on a Wednesday. Please make time to help your child with their homework. All tasks are based on what the children have been learning in school. While the children can learn independently, they might need your help to get started.

All children should be reading at home daily. Please remember to make a comment in your child's reading record after you have listened to them read.

December

• 5th - Winter Fair
• 5th - Pre-School Craft morning
• 8th - Rocksteady Concert
• 9th - EYFS Winter Production
• 9th - Reception Celebration Afternoon
• 10th - Pre-School Singalong
• 12th - BJS Topic Dress-Up Day
• 12th - KS1 Winter Production
• 15th - Open Morning
• 15th - Year 1 Trip to Young V&A
• 15th - Nursery Celebration Afternoon
• 16th - Christmas Jumper Day/ Christmas Lunch
• 16th - NO ASA
• 17th - Class Parties
• 18th - Reading Drop-In
• 18th - End of Term - 1:30 Finish

19th December - 2nd January

Christmas Holidays (School closed)

January

• 5th - INSET Day (School closed for all pupils)
• 6th - Nusery and Pre School Stay and Plays (Nursery and Pre-School Closed for current pupils)
• 7th - Phonics Workshop for parents
• 7th - Continuing Nursery and Pre-School children return
• 8th - New to Stockwell Nursery from Stockwell Pre-School begin
• 8th - Open Morning
• 9th - Art, DT, Topic and Homework Exhibition
• 9th - Parent Forum
• 12th - ASAs begin
• 12th New to Stockwell Nursery and Pre-School staggered starts
• 14th - UKS2 Writing Drop-In
• 15th - KS1 Writing Drop-In
• 16th - LKS2 Writing Drop-In
• 21st - EYFs Writing Drop-In
• 22nd - SATS Parent Workshop
• 26th - SEND Coffee Morning
• 30th - Y4 Multiplication Workshop

Defined as “ongoing hurtful behaviour towards someone online”, cyber-bullying makes its victims feel upset, uncomfortable and unsafe. In the digital world, it has numerous forms – such as hurtful comments on a person’s posts or profile; deliberately leaving them out of group chats; sharing embarrassing images or videos of someone; or spreading gossip about them. Cyber-bullying can severely impact a young person’s mental health … so, in support of Anti-Bullying Week, we’ve provided a list of tips to help trusted adults know what to look for and how to respond to it.

In the guide from the National College, you'll find tips such as playing online games with your child, talking about your child’s online life and being prepared to listen without showing any judgement or criticism.

We have an active PTA, called Friends of Stockwell, who do a brilliant job of fundraising for the school and bringing the community together. It is great to see new faces taking part. Every parent is a Friend of Stockwell. I ask that everyone gets involved. If you can spare an hour per term (that's three hours per year), your contribution would make a huge difference.

Please email friendsofstockwell@gmail.com to get involved.

Our PTA recently hosted a fantastic Movie Night, which was enjoyed by children across the school and raised an impressive £387! Every penny of this money goes directly back to supporting activities, resources, and experiences for our pupils, helping to enrich their school life.

We are extremely grateful for all the support, but the PTA can always use more helping hands—if you are able to volunteer, your time and energy make a huge difference.

Looking ahead, we warmly invite all parents and carers to come and support the upcoming Winter Fair on Friday 5th December, another wonderful opportunity to celebrate our school community and contribute to the children’s experiences.

We are often asked how parents and carers can support the school. We have worked with the school to create an Amazon Wish List to enable parents, carers, friends and family members to buy items that the school really needs.

If you are in a position to support the school in this way, please have a look through, and if you see something you would like to buy, just follow the same process as you would if you were ordering something for yourself. Items will be delivered directly to the school, marked for the attention of the relevant teacher.

Can you help out around the school? Are you a keen gardener? Do you have skills or knowledge that the children would benefit from? Visit our Call to Action page to let us know how you can help.

Central to raising standards in all schools and ensuring all pupils can fulfil their potential is the need for children to attend school regularly to benefit from their education.

There is a strong link between good learning, high achievement, rapid progress and developing good social skills with excellent attendance.

We want to take this opportunity to outline our expectations for school attendance this academic year.

If your child arrives at school from 9am they will be marked as LATE, if they arrive after 9.30am, they will be classed as “late after the register is closed” and their attendance is classed as absent for the morning session. As the registers would have already been returned to the Department for Education.

Regular poor punctuality can also have a negative effect on your child’s attendance as well as their academic learning. Being 6 minutes late each day equals 30 minutes of missed learning every week.

If your child’s attendance drops below 90%, we will need to share our concerns with the Local Authority Education Welfare Officer at Lambeth Council.

Holidays in Term Time

Education Law states that it is not a parent’s right to take a child out of school during term time to go on holiday. Families must seek permission from the school and your school’s Headteacher is limited in what they can authorise. We can authorise leave if a child is in a performance and a performance license has been granted by the local authority. For any other authorised holiday, there must be extenuating circumstances therefore we cannot authorise a holiday because it is cheaper outside of term time.

Well done everyone; we have maintained our high standard of attendance.

November's attendance was 95%

Let's see if we can end the term with just as good a track record!

School uniform should be worn throughout the school day. While we do not enforce that all school uniform should be branded, children should be wearing the correct colours (white t-shirt tops, navy trousers/ skirts/ pinafore dresses, sensible black shoes). Football boots/ coloured trainers are not school uniform and should not be worn.

Children should be changing into their PE kits for PE lessons (blue or black tracksuit bottoms, plain white t-shirt, trainers). We have made arrangements for girls and boys to be able to change separately, so the expectation is that all children change for PE.

While our supplier of school uniform is WearAbouts, we do have some items available for sale from the school office. Please check with us to see if we have what you need in stock.

If you have a concern, please see your child's class teacher in the first instance.

If they are unable to resolve the problem, please speak to your child's phase leader.

If they are unable to help, please see one of the school's Assistant Headteachers.

If you are still dissatisfied, please see the Head of School.

We let space around the school.

You can hire the school hall, and grounds, on a regular basis or as a one off.

Need a space for a party?

Looking for a pitch for your team?

Contact the school office on:

clericalofficer2@stockwell-pri.lambeth.sch.uk

to make an enquiry.

What are Pre-School, Nursery and Reception learning about? Find out below.

Years 1 and 2 are incredibly busy with their learning. Find out more on our website.

Are you keen to find out more about the learning in Years 3 and 4? If so, have a look by clicking the button below.

Please check our website, to find out what the children in Years 5 and 6 are learning about.

We are delighted to to have on site our Children Centre where the team works with families at Stockwell and our local community. The Children Centre is open every week day and during the holidays. All of the team will be happy to meet parents and carers to give help, advice and support relating to the following issues:

Citizens Advice

Parenting Support and Advice

ESOL classes

Vaccination clinics

Access to Midwives and Health Visitors practitioners

Take Your Pick sessions

Baby and Toddler session

Benefits advice

Food Bank Vouchers

Disability Living Allowance applications

Cost of Living information

Training and employment advice

Activities for children during half-term breaks

Advice on support available within Lambeth

In these difficult times any of us can find ourselves in challenging situations. Should you need support, please contact Mrs Fraga, or the staff at the Children's Centre, who can support with food vouchers discreetly.

Our Children Centre team have a great deal of knowledge and expertise and are a fantastic asset to have working with us at Stockwell. Please feel welcome to pop in and find out more during their opening times.

Help children to thrive in life by delivering 600,000 nutritious, healthy meals to vulnerable children across London.

City Harvest provides nourishing food to children facing hunger and malnutrition. They rescue food that would otherwise go to waste and deliver it for free to local children’s organisations across London. Click the button below to support their efforts.

Did you spot a visitor skateboarding in the Play Zone?

Please see below for wallet friendly family events in Lambeth and the local area.

The Gaia Centre provides support for Lambeth residents affected by gender-based violence, including domestic abuse. It’s closed on 29th March and April 1st, 2024, but has an out-of-hours on-call service: 07725245779. Normal hours are 8am-6pm Monday – Friday. It also offers services for young people and advice for practitioners. Tel: 020 7733 8724, E: lambethvawg@refuge.org.uk.

Helpline support is available:

• National Domestic Abuse Helpline, 24/7
• Women’s Aid live chat, daily 10 a.m. – 6 p.m.
• Men’s Advice Line, weekdays, 10 a.m. – 5 p.m.
• Samaritans Helpline, 24/7
• Childline 24/7
• In emergencies, call 999

Support online:

Kooth is a free online mental health and wellbeing service available to all young people in Lambeth aged 10-25. It is a self-referral service, where young people have access to fully-qualified online counsellors until 10pm every single day of the year. There is also a range of other support including: an online interactive magazine, discussion boards, self-help tools, and wellbeing activities.

The new Lambeth microsite to accompany the ‘It’s Not That Deep’ campaign is aimed specifically at young people and contains information for those experiencing harassment, those wanting to become allies, and those who are doing the harmful behaviour.

You can view useful resources on emotional wellbeing and mental health support services for children in Lambeth.

For the latest Lambeth VAWG news and campaigns please go to: https://linktr.ee/lambethvawg

We have an engagement hub with a specific page focused on what we can do to improve public safety for women and girls which asks residents and visitors to tell us where in Lambeth they feel safe and unsafe by placing a pin on the Map. Please sign up for email updates about the project using the ‘follow’ button on the new site.

A new child comes into care every day in Lambeth. Many of these children will need the love and stability that a foster carer can provide.

What is fostering?

Being a foster parent means caring for someone else’s child as part of your family. Foster carers look after children who are unable to live with their parents, through no fault of their own. You'll be given lots of training and support, as well as allowances to cover living costs, the costs of food, travel and for the time you'll need to invest in supporting any child in your care.

Who can foster?

Lambeth Fostering welcome applications from everyone with a passion for caring. You just need to be over 21, have a spare room, good written and spoken English, and permanent UK residency.

Find out how you can be the difference: www.lambeth.gov.uk/be-the-difference

Have you downloaded the BJS Federation parent app?

Stay abreast of school events, book trips, clubs and give permission.

If you are finding it difficult to find your way around the app, check out our guide below.