St Jerome Church of England Bilingual School News

Macmillan Coffee Morning

Parents, carers and relatives are invited to join us for our Macmillan coffee morning which will take place on Friday 27th September in the school dining hall at 9am.

We would appreciate our families’ support with fundraising by requesting cake donations for this event. Please ensure all donations are nut free. Donations may be dropped off at the school office on Thursday 26th September.

We look forward to seeing you!

News from Year 5

On Thursday 19th September 2024, pupils in Year 5 had a special music session, thanks to the Mozart 250 Discovery Project. Everybody loved it!

There was a lady playing the cello and someone singing, which we all joined in with. We played some rhythm games too. The people who were teaching us were real artists. We also learned about some Italian and French pieces of music and we played a game in which we had to guess the animal being portrayed, according to the piece of music that was played by the cello. As we are a bilingual school, we had to say the animal in French as well. We also learned all about the different parts of the cello. It was a fantastic session
Written by Sharain (Sequoia Class)

Dedicated Class Artists

In previous years the children of Saint Jérôme School have had a world-renowned, French or British, artist linked to their class to promote the joy of art and develop a curiosity about culture. After feedback from children and parents, including your parent governor representatives, we are delighted to bring back this tradition and look forward to seeing these artists come to life in the classrooms from September and through the projects the children create over the summer.

Below is the list of artists linked to each class, and the room numbers at the National Gallery where you can find paintings by each of these artists. The National Gallery is completely free to enter.

Reception Classes have not yet been allocated so we invite the children to choose from Claude Monet (Room 44) or Henri Matisse (Room 41)

Year 1 Fir Class Joseph M. W. Turner (Room 34)
Oak Class George Stubbs (Room 34)

Year 2 Maple Class Elisabeth Vigee Le Brun (Room 33)
Willow Class Rosa Bonheur (Room 45)

Year 3 Sycamore Class John Constable (Room 34)
Beech Class Richard Parkes Bonington (Room 42)

Year 4 Rowan Class Paul Cezanne (Room 41, 43, 44)
Acacia Class Pierre Auguste Renoir (Room 44)

Year 5 Sequoia Class Thomas Gainsborough (Room 35)
Eucalyptus Class Alfred Sisley (Room 44)

Year 6 Euonymus Class Georges Seurat (Room 43)
Cedar Class Edgar Degas (Room 44)

The Summer Reading Challenge

The Summer Reading Challenge is returning again this year to all libraries in Harrow.  We hope that this year even more children will take part in this national reading-for-pleasure event.

The challenge is free of charge and also available online, making it possible for every child to take part and to improve their reading skills while having fun over the summer; ending on Saturday 7th September.

The theme this year is Creativity, and the library service will be working with Aardman Animations, offering special model-making workshops over the launch weekend 6th-7th July, themed activities in branches and an exclusive library membership card featuring the much-loved character, Gromit.

Back by popular demand this year, at the end of the challenge, those children who complete six books will be entered into a prize draw for a chance to win a family ticket to Wembley Stadium.

The children from the Art Club visited the National Gallery on Tuesday 16th July 2024.

They started by sketching Nelson’s Column in Trafalgar Square before entering the gallery and contemplating all the extraordinary works that the gallery contains. They were able to admire the works of Picasso, Monet, Da Vinci and even Van Gogh. For a moment of relaxation, the children drew their favourite painting from the Impressionists’ room.

The children were inspired and amazed by the paintings on display and we hope they will put into practice some of their inspiration during the Art Club next year.

A big “Thank you” to Ms. Mitrousi and Mrs. Taylor for their help.

Mr Lorette

Summer Fayre

Saturday 22nd June 11am – 3pm

It’s fast approaching! Join us between 11am – 3pm for food, cakes, drinks, tombola, kids activities, live music and more.

Can you volunteer to run a stall or help in any other way on the day?
Get in touch to know more via ptfa@stjeromebilingual.org

Lost Property

Lost Property continues to accumulate and is completely avoidable if all items that come to school are properly named.  Please make sure your child’s items are named.

The boxes above are by the pupil entrance and parents are welcome to check through them at the end of the day if their child is missing an item.

Have you got a couple of hours spare to make a difference in our community?

We are looking for a enthusiastic and reliable volunteer, 2 or 3 hours a week, to help us to re-brand and streamline our Pre-loved Uniform Shop. We have found a new online platform we would like to use which will help us to do this.  This platform will make it easier for parents to see availability of items and payments can be made easily online.

Our Pre-loved Uniform Shop is a life line for many of our families and raises funds for our school.  

If you would like to volunteer for this project please contact a member of the office team at office@stjeromebilingual.org.  Please note this is an ongoing commitment and it would be wonderful to develop a small team to ease the workload.

World Book Day – unleash your reading superpower!

St Jerome has been celebrating World Book Day by unleashing our reading superpowers! Children and staff wore comfy clothes just right for reading a good book and spent the day sharing reading recommendations and reading aloud. Every child also received a book token to spend at a local book shop.

This week, students from Reception, Year 1 and Year 2 will be visiting Waterstones in Harrow to enjoy a story-time and spend their World Book Day vouchers!

Saint Jerome achieves Bronze medal in Harrow Street Tag!