Memo.m4a Have a listen to Phoebe as she reads her lovely rainforest story. Well done!

As well as learning to paint and draw using watercolours and pencil crayons, the children have also been practising observational drawings of animal bones to great effect.  Please look and leave a comment.

These children came to me today to show me these fantastic watercolour, pencil and crayon pictures.  I think that they look fantastic and are credit to their who teacher, Miss Ifould, who herself painted a beautiful Santa picture!.

Memo.m4a Have a listen to Madeleine's rainforest story and leave a comment

These children from Tigers class came to see me today as they had done so well in learning their camera words and spellings!  Please leave a comment

This is a video of our choir singing in the church service at Christmas 2011. They have only been going for a very few weeks under the expert guidance of Miss Sharp, and impressed everyone who heard them. Please listen, enjoy and comment. Please note - my camera gave...

This was a performance from one of the children in Year at the Christmas Talent contest. It was the children's favourite act from many that took to the stage.http://www.viddler.com/explore/StJamesCECPSEms/videos/26/

I spent the morning teaching in Year 3 yesterday and the children were keen to read out some of the delightful poems that they write.  Have a listen to them and leave a comment. Winter_Poems_in_Year_3.m4a Winter_poems_-_part_2.m4a

I came back to my office after a morning teaching in Year 3 to find my office transformed into a veritable wonderland of paper chains. I was surpris but absolutely delighted at this lovely surprise.

There was something of a first yesterday, when two girls from Year 4 came to me with their teacher, Miss Ifould.  They were so impressed with the wonderful watercolour of Father Christmas that Miss Ifould had modelled for the children that they felt she deserved a mention...

These children came to me to show me their growing skills in watercolour painting.  As you can see, they have chosen different subjects for their pictures, but have both worked carefully and with real skill to paint them.  Please do comment for their encouragement.

Well done to these children who were awarded the prestigious 'Shining Star' award for this half term.  They have really shone out with their effort and attitude towards learning, school and other people and they richly deserve our congratualtion.  In particular there...

These boys were sent to me with their Christmas watercolour paintings. I know that they are pleased with them and would love you to comment as well!

These are the children children who were awarded Stars of the Week in this morning's assembly.  They all deserve our encouragement and congratulation, so do please comment.

These girls came to me to show their poster, designed to encourage parents and family tolive a more eco-friendly life.  They clearly put a great deal of thought into it and desreve our encouragement.  Please leave a comment for them.

These two boys came to see me with the work they had done about living in a Eco friendly way. They will be taking this work home for their parents to see over the weekend. Well done to them both. Please leave a comment.

These two children from Jaguars class came to me today with their designs for decorating a Chrsitmas cake.  They wrote about what they had done and how they could make it even better next time.  Please leave a comment.

These two children have been learning about Global Warming and Environmental Change and brought me the end result of their learning.  Well done to both of you.

These boys from Year 6 came to me today to show me the great work they had put in to drawing characters from Shakespeare's play 'The Tempest', which they have been studying as a class.  Stan brought me a number of drawings, which you can see separately.  They have both...

These two boys came to me with lovely pieces of writing all about how they had made their Christmas cakes and how they might make them even better next time!  Please leave a comment.

These three children from Jaguars class have been learning how to blend colours on the computer. They made some lovely Christmas pictures which you can see here. Please leave a comment for them.

This young man from Year 6 came to find me today, with this great sketch of a character from the Tempest.  This picture of Trinculo is a great credit to him and it would encouraging for him to have some positive comments from this bolg.  Well done!

Well done to this girl from Panthers class who has put such a lot of hard work into her handwriting.  As you can see from the picture, she now writes clearly and beautifully shaped letters.  Congratulations.  Please comment for her encouragement.

I was delighted to see this young man in my office.  He came to show me some great writing that he had done about the Christmas story.  Well done!  Please leave a comment!

This young lady from Year 4 came to me with a terrific piece of writing that she had completed.  Her teacher particularly enjoyed reading the first half which was particularly strong, where she describes one of the characters- a step mother who is especially mean.. 

These are the children who have been nominated for the prestigious 'Stars of the Week' award in assembly today.  They all deserve our congratulations and positive comments.

This girl from Year 6 came to me today, delighted at the excellent progress she is making in her division.  After being able to solve problems using small chunks, she has now mastered using optimum chunks - looking for the quickest way to arrive at the answer.  Please...

I was pleased to welcome this young man from Panthers class to my office this afternoon.  He had worked through a tricky puzzle all by himself, showing patience and determination.  Do please leave a comment for his encouragement.

These two boys from Jaguars class were sent to me bacuse of the way they performed in hockey today.  They clearly worked really harded and showed a great attitude.  Please comment to encourage them.

Pippa.m4a Owen.m4a These four children from Jaguars class came to me today to show their lovely writing.  They have been working really hard towards their writing targets and they deserve our congratulation.  Please leave a comment for them.