We are looking to employ a full-time 1:1 teaching assistant to start as soon as possible, initially on a one year contract until Summer 2025.
We are looking for an enthusiastic, committed and creative Teaching Assistant, who wishes to fully involve themselves as an integral part of a very friendly and forward thinking school.
The PTA will be hosting a Halloween Disco for all of the children in school.
Get your spooktacular outfits ready for Wednesday 30th October.
Please book your place on PMX. There will be an item in your shop for this disco. The cost is £3.50 per child and includes a drink, snack and treat.
You can also purchase a 'Trick or Treat' Raffle ticket for your chance to win a plentiful halloween hamper. Tickets are available via PMX. They are just 3 tickets for £3 and you can buy more than one set if you'd like to. Tickets also in the PMX shop.
For reception only - parents may come in and make sure their child is settled as this will be their first event.
Please join the new PTA committee in making their first event a success!
Thanks,
Monique, Rachel, Lauren, Victoria & Krystal
Friends of DSJCP
After our PTA's AGM we are pleased to announce & welcome our new committee members.
Thank you to all who joined us for our AGM.
Monique Howard~ Chair
Monique works as an Operations & Change Delivery Manager so is used to managing projects and spinning lots of plates.
She has two daughters at DSJ: in year 1 and year 5, and is looking forward to organising some fantastic events for the school.
In her spare time, Monique loves reading fiction and is currently on a mission to read one book a week for a year.
Rachel Newsome~ Vice Chair
Rachel works in marketing and events and has covered lots of industries over her career, including craft, travel and home fragrance.
She is a mum of 2 girls: one in year 1 at DSJ and one who is 2 years old.
Rachel is looking forward to helping the committee to raise money for the school and is keen to use her experience to help out with social media, newsletters and a bit of crafting!
Lauren Marney~ Vice Chair
Lauren is a Specialist Occupational Therapist with 18 years experience working in the NHS.
She’s a mum of two boys, her eldest has just started reception so, she’s new to DSJ school life. Lauren is excited to be part of the PTA and looks forward to raising vital funds.
Her passions in life are nature and the great outdoors. Her guilty pleasures are country music and chocolate.
Victoria Russell~ Secretary
Victoria is an Executive Assistant for a large media company. She especially enjoys organising events and parties for the business, which will be invaluable to help within the PTA.
She has a son in year one and loves to socialise with friends, enjoys baking (great news!), going to the gym and best of all, having days out with her family.
Krystal Collins~ Treasurer
Krystal is an Accountant for an award winning accountancy practice, and brings a wealth of experience to the PTA. She has tons of ideas about how to reduce our costs to make even more money for the school.
She has a daughter in year 5 at DSJ.
Krystal enjoys painting, kayaking and photographing nature.
We have been invited to join this years Summer Reading Challenge. Sign up for FREE at your local library!
What is the Summer Reading Challenge?
The Summer Reading Challenge encourages children to keep reading during the school summer holidays – and to enjoy reading anything they like! Children aged 4-11 are invited to set a reading goal and collect rewards for their reading. It’s completely FREE to take part.
It is an amazing way to boost children’s confidence – last year 72% of children taking part felt more confident reading.1
Why should my child sign up?
Your child will be part of a UK-wide programme developed by The Reading Agency and delivered in partnership with the public library network.
How can my child take part?
Visit your local library and sign up. Your child will:
When?
It will launch on 6 July and onward and closes on September 14th.
Where?
Deepings Community Library, High Street, Market Deeping, PE6 8ED. 01778 346528
Following last year's Bronze award, we are proud to announce we have now been awarded the Lincolnshire Reading Pledge Silver award!
The Lincolnshire Reading Pledge has been developed by Witham St Hugh’s English Hub and L.E.A.D. Teaching School Hub, working in collaboration with Professor Teresa Cremin (Reading for Pleasure & The Open University).
As you know, at Deeping St James, we value the importance of Reading for Pleasure and the positive impact it can have on our pupils lives. The ultimate aim of the Lincolnshire Reading Pledge is to ensure that every child, regardless of their background, needs or abilities, becomes a confident, fluent and enthusiastic reader.
There really is no greater gift we can give to our children as a school and as parents.
To achieve the award staff and pupils worked towards meeting a range of criteria throughout the academic year.
Thank you to parents, staff and children who supported our World Book Day and reading workshops which helped towards the achievement. Our Reading Champions have made a fantastic contribution towards school attaining this award - thank you and well done to them all!
Well done, Mr Bell, as our English Lead, who supported both school and the Reading Champions through the process!
We look forward to continuing our Reading Pledge journey next year and marching on towards Gold now!
With the demise of the Deeping's Carnival after over 50 years of existence, it has been decided Deeping will have a 'FUNDAY SUNDAY'!
The event will take place on the 7th July (12pm-5pm) on The John Eve Field.
The MDTC & DSTPC have awarded a grant to the organising group, and with support from the:
Deeping will have a family fun day! The main emphasis of the event will be enjoyment without having to spend lots of money. Most of the entertainment will be FREE with the aim that every child will go home with a small gift.
What can I expect at the event...
This year school council have decided to participate in Walk to School Week. School council led an assembly yesterday about the benefits of walking to school. Walking is good for your body, the environment, relationships and makes you feel happy!
Walk to school week begins on Monday 20th May. There are lots of ways you can join in with Walk to School Week, you could cycle, scoot or park and stride (park the car a little further away and walk the last part of the journey) School Council members will be recording each day how children came to school. If your child/ren walk to school 4 or more times they will receive a badge designed and made by school council.
The class that has the most children walking to school during the week will also win a trophy which will be presented at Sports Day. Attached is a booklet with suggested activities and ideas that you can carry out each day whilst walking to school.
School Council members are really excited about encouraging as many children as possible to join in.
The Lincolnshire wide 2023 Keeping Safe Survey Lincolnshire demonstrated that effective parental/guardian supervision of a child’s online activity reduced the risk of children being bullied online by up to 39%.
However, being able to keep up to date with the latest apps and trends in order to keep your children safe can feel like an overwhelming task. The Stay Safe Partnership delivers Online Safety workshops in Primary and Secondary schools across Lincolnshire everyday.
In this event, they will give you the most up-to-date information and tools, so you feel confident that you can keep your children safe from online harm whilst still allowing them to explore the online world.
Whether you want to know more-around age-appropriate apps, online trends, parental controls, social media or any other burning questions-this is the event for you!
Sign up is required.
Stay Safe Partnerships Online Safety Q+A for Parents of Primary Aged Children 5th June 2024 6-7:30pm FREE TEAMS event sign up required: https://buytickets.at/staysafepartnership/1238483
Stay Safe Partnerships Online Safety Q+A for Parents of Secondary Aged Children 19th June 2024 6-7:30 pm FREE TEAMS event sign up required: https://buytickets.at/staysafepartnership/1238529
We are pleased to announce we have been awarded the National Attendamce Award for the academic year of 23/24
We are both proud & pleased to announce we have been highly commended for the award in the UK Parliament Week Champion of th year category!
We have been fortunate enough to have an amazing kick boxing instructor in to deliver a demonstartion assembly! The children absoloutely loved it with their faces in awe... A massive thank you to Sam- the instructor - and her two kick boxing warriors!