Dear Parents,
Since the last newsletter we have had Victorians visiting Preston Manor, Young Voices at the O2 Arena,
Y5 flying to Ghana, children dressing up as book characters and dressing potatoes as book characters –
and of course the snow! It was a relief not to have to shut the school but unfortunately there was some
disruption with having to reschedule the Parents’ Evenings.

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Dear Parents,
The spring term is well underway and 2018 is looking to be another successful year for the academy. We do have some staff changes to update you with. Mrs Benson will be starting her maternity leave after half term and Mrs Gale will be starting hers mid-March.

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Dear Parents,
It was good to see so many of you at the PTFA Fireworks. The weather could almost be described as balmy. We are still awaiting a final result for how much was raised. This is money which goes towards buying those extra things which the school budget would not necessarily stretch to. We extend our grateful thanks to the organisers, and to those who helped on the night.

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Dear Parents,
It was great to see so many of you at the class visits. Each time we do this, we are reminded of what a valuable exercise it is. The children enjoy you sharing in their learning so much and this is obviously a two way process, as evidenced by your wonderful comments.

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Dear Parents, 18th September 2017
Welcome back! It has been such a brilliant start to the new year. The children have settled really well and are already thriving in the welcoming and purposeful atmosphere that is SJA! I want to extend an especially warm welcome to Year 3 and their parents and new children and families joining us in other year groups. We also welcome to the staff team – Miss Mackness in Y4, Mrs Waide, who will be teaching languages and our new LSAs, Mrs Whapham and Mrs Thompson. We are delighted that Mr Cooper has chosen to return to SJA following the completion of his Masters Degree.

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Dear Parents,
It has been another great year for SJA! We have had numerous sporting achievements; we have shown our expertise in the computing world; our Y6s dazzled the audiences at The Capitol with their acting, singing and dancing prowess; the ‘Big Bang’ was staged at the school and exceeded everyone’s expectations with the level of scientific thinking which the children showed; we are firmly embedding our values of working hard, kindness and resilience and of course there is the ‘daily mile’! 

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Dear Parents,

Thank you to all the parents who filled out the annual parental questionnaire. The table below shows the
results over the last five years. Thank you also for your comments. As I said last year, it is really heartening to read so many positive expressions of how your children are thriving in the supportive learning environment that we aim to create at SJA.

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Dear Parents,
As we near the end of another term it is so rewarding to look back over all that has been achieved in so many ways since September. The Academy continues to thrive and this is down to the crucial relationships that are built and sustained between the children, the staff and you as parents. Thank you to all of you who filled in the parent questionnaires at the recent Parents’ Evenings. They are overwhelmingly positive and we will be analysing the results to ensure that we are not overlooking any aspect in our continuous bid for excellence.

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​Dear Parents,
When you visit the Academy you will see our splendid new ‘values logo’ around the building. We have been talking a lot recently about the kind of values that we want for the entire school community.

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Dear Parents,
Happy New Year and welcome to the first newsletter of 2017 and to what looks like being another busy and successful year. This year we aim to really embed our key values of kindness, working hard and resilience. These are values which all members of our community can strive towards showing. 

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