Taking Stock: March 2025
This week, the Year 4-6 choir went to perform as part of the Lambeth Music Service Singing Festival. They did a brilliant job, learning all of the words and actions. The performance was an absolute joy, with the children from 25 schools coming together to share this wonderful experience.
I was incredibly proud of the choir and their hard work. They even kept me on the straight and narrow when I forgot some of the actions!
Well done to this incredible group and watch this space for information about our next performance.
It's not too late to buy photos, videos and tote bags from the event. Visit The 'Dreamy Pop' shop here.
8th March was International Women's Day. We honoured the occasion by flooding the school with inspirational women from all walks of life.
The children were visited by people from lots of different professions, including:
- journalism
- bus driving
- tattoo artistry
- banking
- finance
- PR
- advertising
- education
- beauty
- nail artistry
- writing and broadcasting
- nursing
- advertising
- government
We thank every person that came in to inspire the children . It's so important that our children understand that they can do and be anything they set their minds to. Thank you for help us to show them that the sky is the limit.
We also celebrated World Book Day in March. This year, we opted for our second 'Comfy Cosy' World Book Day. We all came to school in pyjamas, tracksuits, dressing gowns and bonnets, ready for a cosy day of reading. Ms Thomas did a brilliant job of organising the day, arranging a Book Swap and for every child to also go home with a brand new book.
We even did a Story Door walk, with children going around the school to see the doors that had been redesigned to represent books we know and love.
The Children's Centres also got involved in the fun, dressing up as characters from 'The Day the Characters Quit'.
Last week was British Science Week, and what a week it was. The focus was Change and Adapt. We used this as an opportunity to focus on Climate Change and the Environment. We thought about the world around us and how it has changed. We also thought about the impact we can have on our environments.
Ms Hancock kicked the week off with a Science Week assembly, letting the children know the theme for the week. She also worked with Father Nature, to organise the planting beds around the school and provide opportunities for every class to plant seeds and seedlings. Finally, she and the Eco-Leads relaunched the Eco-Refill shop and sold raflle tickets for prizes at our Science themes Community Event. Thank you to Ms Hancock for all of her hard work.
Last week was Comic Relief. The school was awash with red for Red Nose Day. Mr Serra and the House Captains were busy selling Red Noses and activity packs during the run up to the main event. Even the parents accompanying trips were decked out in red on the day! It was lovely to see everyone getting involved.
In total we raised £414 for this worthwhile event, which is an incredible amount. Well done everyone!
We were delighted to welcome For2Feet into school to provide scooter training for our Year 2 children. The children learnt how to avoid the main causes of scooter accidents. They were taught:
- How to check their scooter is safe
- What to do if they get tired
- How to slow down, stop and deal with an emergency situation
- Pavement etiquette with pedestrians.
- Common pavement dangers and hazards
- Cars reversing from driveways
- Road crossing with a scooter
The children thoroughly enjoyed the session, both in the school playground and out on the pavements. Well done Year 2!
Did you know that Reception are doing a sponsored walk around Brockwell Park. They are aiming to do at least 5000 steps to raise money for an upcoming event. If you can spare a little (or a lot) to boost their progress, please support them online be visiting their Crowdfunder Page, or clicking the button below.
Maher was our player of the day, scoring 16 goals in 5 games. In the Yr2 team, the player of the day was Damarious, who both won individual awards. The children had so much fun and made us all so proud.
We can’t wait to see the future of football at Stockwell Primary.
We would also like to say a massive 'Thank You' to the parents who accompanied us on the trip and made it a smooth journey.
Clubs
Our Out of School Hours Clubs are back.
This time round we are running:
Gymnastics: (ages 4-8) - Wednesday 6pm-7pm
Cricke: (ages 8-11) - Saturday 10.15am-11.15am
Football: (ages 8-11) - Saturday 11.30am-12.30pm
We will be running taster sessions in school during the next two weeks. Visit bjsfederationclubs.classforkids.io to book a place for your child.
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.
Caring
Caring means being kind, helpful, and considerate to others. It can also mean being sensitive to others' feelings and showing that you are thinking about others
Sharing toys or belongings
Helping someone who is sad
Using "please" and "thank you"
Helping people in need
Thinking about how your actions will affect others
Subject Spotlight - PSHCE
At the Stockwell Primary School, our PSHCE curriculum is designed to develop the whole child through carefully planned and resourced lessons. The curriculum helps children to develop the skills, knowledge and attributes to ensure that they are developing personally and socially, while also promoting their social, mental and physical development. The curriculum is designed to develop the children’s understanding of their role as global citizens in a diverse society; how to develop and maintain healthy relationships; how to stay healthy physically, emotionally and mentally; the rule of law; and democracy. We provide opportunities for the children to learn about rights and responsibilities, RSE, Drugs Education and E-Safety.
TheStockwell PSHE content aims to introduce students to sensitive matters in an age appropriate manner. Inclusion of topics like Relationships and Sex Education (RSE), First Aid, Drugs and Alcohol, have been chosen to guide all students, including vulnerable and potentially vulnerable groups, while also meeting our statutory duties.
Children at the Stockwell are encouraged to develop their self-confidence and self-worth, through a robust pupil leadership programme. Election to many of these roles enforces the children’s understanding of voting and rights as these roles are elected through a democratic process. Children are encouraged to contribute to both school life and the wider community.
Particular attention is paid to the 5 core rules throughout each school day:
- Be kind
- Be responsible
- Be respectful
- Be hardworking
- Be a good listener
Zones of Regulation and Growth Mindset approaches are used in and around the school so that children learn how to self-regulate and recognise their emotions. These approaches are taught systematically as part of the PSCHE curriculum and are continually referred to during the school day.
PSHCE is taught weekly as part of the planned programme of study for all pupils, focusing on the core themes of Relationships, Health and Well-being and Living in the Wider World. Cross-curricular links are then made to other National Curriculum subjects, such as Science, PE, Computing and RE as well as British Values and SMSC. Circle times and whole school, Icons and Phase assemblies are used to reinforce the core messages as well as to promote the schools’ values and drivers (Enterprise, Possibilities, Environment, Communication and Wellbeing) that underpin our curriculum.
March
- 28th - 5AP Class Assembly
- 28th - Spring Enterprise Event
April
- 2nd - LKS2 Play
- 3rd - PTA Cake Sale
- 3rd - Topic Dress-Up Day
- 4th - Easter Bonnet Parade
- 4th - End of Term: 1:30 Finish
7th - 21st April: Easter Holidays - School closed
- 22nd - Term begins for Reception - Year 6
- 22nd - Nursery/ Preschool Stay and Play Sessions
- 22nd - 25th - Cycle Training
- 23rd - Continuing Pre-School and Nursery children return
- 24th - New to Nursery (from SPS Preschool) and Preschool children start
- 25th - PTA Eid Celebration
- 28th - Year 3 and 4 mixed football tournament
- 29th - New to Stockwell (not from SPS Preschool) children start
May
- 1st - Topic, Homework, Art and DT Exhibition of work
- 2nd - INSET DAY - School closed for all pupils
Friends of Stockwell (FOS) PTA
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.
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.
School Uniform
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.
Dolly Parton's Imagination Library
An amazing opportunity for our young children living in Lambeth!
Parents can register with Dolly's Parton's Imagination Library and receive a free book each month through the post, from birth up until their child's fifth birthday.
The flyer is attached, or visit this link: Register for the Imagination Library
