St James' News
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Friday 27 March 2026 Easter Egg Competition Awards
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Monday 23 March 2026 Class 5 Family Forces Event We had an amazing time making catapults, spinners and friction walkers during our Family Forces Event. Thank you to Mrs Wilde for helping to organise it and to parents and carers who came along to help!
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Sunday 22 March 2026 FA1 Easter Service Here is the Zoom link to join the FA1 Easter Service: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87619843380?pwd=9SMabxPCTNHQJSd0VlrNGzsfh8zkf2.1
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Friday 20 March 2026 Eid Mubarak To all our families and friends celebrating today, we wish you Eid Mubarak. Have a wonderful time celebrating together.
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Wednesday 18 March 2026 Art Club On a beautiful spring day, what better way to spend your time than looking at a vase of daffodils and using them as your inspiration. Art Club really enjoyed creating their still life drawing and water colour paintings yesterday.
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Monday 16 March 2026 Class 3 Tulip Trail Visit The rain didn't dampen spirits as Class 3 set off to find their Tulip this afternoon and they were not disappointed when they found it (as the map had promised) just outside the library. They enjoyed finding a few more of the nearby tulips as well. Thank you to the grown ups who came and supported us too.
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Monday 16 March 2026 Tulip Trail Launch Mrs Lowe went to see the trail on Saturday and found our fabulous St James' inspired Tulip - Ashton Kaleidoscope. Have you been to see it yet?
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Monday 16 March 2026 Nursery Writing Party Our nursery children had a fantastic time at their Writing Party last week. Thank you to all the grown ups who came and supported school - it was great to hear your positive feedback - and see you joining in too!
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Thursday 12 March 2026 Tulip Trail in Ashton We really hope you will visit Ashton over the next few weeks to see the amazing Tulip Trail that Class 3 have been part of creating. Look out for Tulip number 7 - Ashton Kaleidoscope!
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Thursday 12 March 2026 Class 4 and 6 - Firefighter visit Class 4 and Class 6 enjoyed a visit from the Fire Service today. It seems they may have found a new recruit...
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Tuesday 10 March 2026 World Book Day - Tameside Libraries - free books! Tameside Libraries are still celebrating World Book Day!
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Tuesday 10 March 2026 Class 3 - working with artist, Jojo Hayfron Following their workshop in school, Class 3 are very excited to see how Jojo has used their fantastic ideas in his Tulip design. We have watched his podcast to find out!
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Friday 6 March 2026 Easter Egg Competition 2026 - is OPEN!
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Wednesday 4 March 2026 Class 6 - Mock Jury Trial Class 6 have had a fabulous opportunity this year to be visited by a local magistrate. Working in class with him, they have learnt more about the justice system and how jury trials work. A group of children were chosen to be part of a mock jury trial competition hosted by Waterloo Primary School. What a fantastic opportunity! We are very proud of our children for representing St James' so well.
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Thursday 26 February 2026 Class 3 - artist visit Class 3 were treated to an art workshop with local artist, Jojo Hayfron, today. They have shared their ideas and imagination to decorate 6ft tulips which will be part of a special new sculpture trail in Ashton-under-Lyne. What an honour!
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Wednesday 25 February 2026 Chinese New Year - Early Years Our reception and nursery children have had a fantastic time learning about the celebration of Chinese New Year this week. Mr David very kindly shared his time and told reception all about the festival and gave them each a special red envelope. Nursery made an incredible Chinese dragon that danced around their classroom.
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Tuesday 17 February 2026 Speech and language and health visitor drop in for parents/carers The Children's Speech & Language Therapy & Health Visiting Services are launching an exciting new opportunity for parents to ask for advice and support about their child's play, talking and understanding. Parents will be able to come to the soft play at Denton Wellness Centre to meet a Speech & Language Therapist and Health Visitor on a Thursday morning from Thursday 26th February. Please see attached poster for more details.
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Saturday 14 February 2026 Half term holiday activities in Tameside Open this document for lots of fabulous (mainly free) holiday activities in Tameside.
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Friday 13 February 2026 Class 3 History Celebration Class 3 rounded of their Romans history topic with a fabulous feast and an archaeological dig in the Secret Garden with a metal detector - how exciting!
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Thursday 12 February 2026 Happy National School Governors' Awareness Day 2026 On behalf of Forward as One, thank you to each and every one of our LAB Members, Trustees and Headteachers for your continued support, hard work and commitment across the Trust.
