News

La Plume Francaise

We are very fortunate to welcome seven A-level French students from Harrow School, who visit us every Wednesday for French conversation practice. As we approach the DELF examination early next year, we will use these sessions for focused Production Orale preparation.

Recently, pupils have been reading the Sami et Julie books together. Adelina (Year 5) commented, “The students are very kind to us. Today, we were reading the books and they were also helping us to memorise vocabulary.” 

It is a wonderful opportunity for our pupils to meet older role models from our community and to share our language learning together.

News from Reception

The children in Reception have been exploring the traditional tale Goldilocks and the Three Bears. They have been retelling the story using the Tales Toolkit symbols, focusing on the character, setting, problem, and solution. Alongside this, they have been busy making porridge in class. The children loved mixing the ingredients and listening carefully to instructions. They enjoyed choosing their own toppings and having their porridge with their peers.

In Maths, we have been exploring shapes, with a strong focus on triangles and circles. We learned that a triangle has three sides, three corners, and three angles. The children also enjoyed creating their own circles using string attached to pencils, helping them understand that a circle has no sides because it is round.

Design a Christmas Card for Harrow competition

We were delighted to welcome Cllr. Shah Levy from Harrow Council and Gareth Thomas MP to Saint Jérôme recently as they joined us to announce the winners of the Design a Christmas Card for Harrow competition. Nine fantastic designs from our pupils were selected, and we could not be more proud of their creativity and hard work.

The winning children will be invited to enjoy a private tour of the Houses of Parliament, and they have each received a book token. Their designs will also be professionally printed and shared with the Harrow community and beyond, which is a wonderful honour.

Every child who entered the competition will receive a certificate of participation shortly, recognising their enthusiasm and effort.

Well done to all our young artists!

Celebrating Black History Month at Saint Jérôme!

We’re excited to be celebrating Black History Month at Saint Jérôme! Throughout October, pupils have been learning about the rich heritage, culture, and achievements of Black people past and present. Through stories, art, and discussion, they have been exploring the themes of diversity, respect, and community.

Each class is working on a creative project inspired by a Black artist. These projects will be completed by 20th October and displayed in a special school exhibition.

• Reception & Year 1 – Alma Thomas (artist): colourful collages inspired by her vibrant abstract style

• Year 2 – Christina Shingler (author): writing and illustrating a book celebrating something special about themselves

• Year 3 – Elsie Owusu (architect): designing or building a model of an imaginative building

• Year 4 – Dennis Morris (photographer): capturing a photograph that represents their community or culture

• Year 5 – Pablo Fanque (circus performer): creating and sharing a short performance inspired by his life and work

• Year 6 – Yesha Townshend (poet): composing a poem that reflects identity, community, or hope

We look forward to showcasing the children’s creativity and celebrating the incredible contributions of Black artists, writers, and performers—past and present.

Come and meet the teachers

There will be an opportunity for parents/guardians to meet their child(ren)’s class teacher(s) on Tuesday 23rd September. We will be hosting two half hour sessions and invite you to attend one of these, there is no need to book.

Please see details below:

Tuesday 23rd September, 4pm – 4.30pm
or
Tuesday 23rd September, 5pm – 5.30pm

Staff will direct you to classrooms via the main school entrance.

Saint Jérôme achieves LabelFrancEducation accolade

Saint Jérôme School is one of only four schools in the United Kingdom to have received the LabelFrancEducation accolade, a quality mark for French-speaking bilingual education abroad. This ensures the support of the French Government and the continuation of Saint Jérôme as an examination centre for the French Government official DELF qualifications. Every aspect of the school’s French provision continues to grow and flourish, from classroom lessons, to teaching other subjects through French, to visits and visitors and competitions. Art and PE, which are taught in French remain an outstanding aspect of the school’s provision.

News from Reception

This week, the children have continued to explore the topic, ‘Dangerous Dinosaurs’. They were particularly excited to discover a mysterious parcel that arrived on Tuesday morning. The box had interesting words on it like ‘fragile’ and ‘handle with care’, along with pictures of dinosaur skeletons. Using these clues, the children predicted the contents of the box. When they finally opened it, the children were surprised to find some fossilised dinosaur eggs. This sparked some fantastic discussions and writing about what may have hatched from these eggs millions of years ago. In addition to this dinosaur exploration, the children have enjoyed making their own dinosaurs at the creative table.

On Wednesday, the children presented themselves beautifully during our walk to church to celebrate Ash Wednesday. Some of our Reception children wrote prayers, which they read out with confidence in front of the congregation. All of the children sang beautifully and had a wonderful time participating in this special event.

Choir Showcase

On Wednesday, the Upper School Choir performed at Harrow Arts Centre as part of the Harrow Music Service (HMS) Choir Showcase event along with 8 other schools. They sang the ‘Bare Necessities’ with confidence and then entertained the audience in French with ‘Ce rêve bleu’ (Whole New World) from Aladdin. C’était magnifique! Nos enfants sont fantastiques et vraiment bilingues. Our favourite songs from the other schools were ‘Make your own kind of music’ by Alexandra School and ‘Popular’ by St John’s.

It was a long evening and the staff team were very proud of the choir’s high standard of behaviour and singing. Well done choir and thank you to all our adult support.

Comedy Night – Wednesday 19th March 2025 8pm

Parents and staff are warmly invited to join our next Comedy Night hosted by Keith Farnan in the school hall. Book your childminder early and join us for an evening of fun and laughter whilst raising important funds for our school.

How to book tickets:
This event is now available to book via your ParentPay account. Simply log in and the payment items will be available for you to book tickets and order pizzas (either meat or vegetarian). Food must be pre-booked by 10th March.

If you have already reserved your ticket via email please now pay via the ParentPay option.

Tickets are selling fast, so gather some friends for a fabulous evening whilst supporting our community.(Please note this is an adult only event).

News from Year 6

Before half term, Year 6 participated in Harrow’s Junior Citizenship Scheme where they met with the police, fire fighters, nurses and Transport for London.

They learnt all about fire safety, how quickly fire spreads and what to do if they find themselves in such a situation. The police discussed road safety, electric scooters and e-bikes alongside how to deal with certain situations on public transport.

The nurse discussed the dangers of certain substances, their legality and possible impact on the children’s future.

Jiya, Euonymus class: “It was a really good experience to learn about safety as we move to a new school. We were reminded not to take things from strangers because it could be something illegal and this can lead to us getting in trouble.”

Malik, Euonymus class: “I really enjoyed learning how to protect ourselves during a fire. One thing I learnt was to never keep my phone under my pillow when charging as this can lead to an explosion and then a bigger fire.”