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Some thoughts for the starting school year
Butterfly Class Shines with Perseverance
Butterfly Class delivered a fantastic assembly all about perseverance, showcasing how they’ve shown determination in learning to read and mastering their phonics. Through confident acting, joyful singing, and heartfelt performances, they shared a clear and powerful message that reflected our school value. Well done to all the children for their hard work and resilience!
Summer Concert – A Celebration of Talent
We are delighted to invite all parents, carers, family and friends to our Year 2 Concert at Carnegie Library Hall on Tuesday 2nd July at 2pm. This special event will be a chance for the children to showcase their wonderful talents after a year of dedicated music tuition. Please come along and show your support—it means so much to the children and will make the occasion even more memorable!
Year 6 SATs – A Team Effort
A huge well done to our Year 6 children for their hard work, focus, and determination during SATs week. We also want to thank our dedicated teachers and support staff who went above and beyond to support the children in their preparation. A special mention goes to Ms Jenkins, whose excellent organisation and careful planning ensured everything ran smoothly throughout the week. It was a true team effort, and we are so proud of everyone involved!
Our Year 6 pupils had a fantastic time on their residential trip to Sayers Croft, enjoying a week full of adventure, teamwork, and unforgettable memories. From outdoor challenges to nature walks, the experience was a brilliant opportunity for the children to grow in confidence and build stronger friendships. A huge thank you to the staff who attended and supported the children throughout the trip, and to all parents and carers for your continued support in making this experience possible.
This Month we Shine a Light on Homework
Please help support your child with their spellings by looking at the spelling rules, sounds and patterns in each word. Practising spellings daily (or as much as possible) will help your children to learn and remember each word.
In KS1, children will need to choose five spelling words to put into sentences.
In KS2, children will need to write a sentence for each word, using neat, joined handwriting.
This will give the children the opportunity to understand the meaning of each word, put the word into context and allow them to practise their handwriting.
The children will complete a Spelling and Times Table test during the week
Calling all dads, uncles, older brothers, and male cousins! You're warmly invited to Dad’s Club, a fantastic opportunity to bond with your child or young relative in a welcoming and safe space.
🗓 When? The last Saturday of every month
📍 Where? Jessop Primary School Lowden Road SE240BJ
⏰ Time? 12:00 - 2pm
Enjoy a range of indoor and outdoor activities designed to encourage connection, fun, and quality time together. Whether it's your first time or you’ve joined us before, you won’t want to miss it!
Come along and be part of something special. We look forward to seeing you there!
Food Bank Vouchers
In these difficult times any of us can find ourselves in challenging situations. Should you need support, please contact Ms Jenkins or Ms Serbis.who can support with food vouchers discreetly.
Better Start Outreach Support
We are delighted to to have on site our Children Centre where the team works with families at Jessop 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
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
Our Children Centre team have a great deal of knowledge and expertise and are a fantastic asset to have working with us at Jessop. Please feel welcome to pop in and find out more during their opening times.
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 9.01am 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.
It is important to us that any concerns or questions you may have are dealt with as efficiently as possible. The structure we have in place is designed to do just that.
The structure
1) Your first port of call is -Your child’s class teacher
(email via the admin team to request a meeting)
2) You may contact the leader of your child’s phase
This includes issues regarding communication and organisation
(email via the admin team to request a meeting)
Should you be dissatisfied with the handling or outcome…
3) You may raise your concerns with Mr Baffoe
(email via the admin team to request a meeting outlining the nature for the purpose of the meeting)
Leaders are required to share items (as appropriate) with Mr Baffoe on a weekly basis, even if the matter is being handled by them.
We request that you do not field your concerns to FoJ but instead work directly with the school staff as outlined above.
