Will you name our school?

South London Jewish Primary School was purposefully left with a generic name, however as we move forward we will need a proper official name.

Throughout the application process and all through the inception of the school we have relied upon the community and our supporters, and for this reason we want you to be in control of the school name.

There are some names we can’t use due to legal, copyright and other boring reasons. Other than that we are interested in all your suggestions. Please use the Comment link below to suggest a name, we’ll compile the list and set up a voting poll towards the end of May.

Just think… you could be the one who inspires the name that sits on the school gate.

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What happened this month?

During the past month a lot of things have happened. We’re definitely not sitting around waiting for approval, we’re preparing ourselves for approval.

Our fundraising team has been working hard to raise awareness of our need for funds. We’ve also been meeting other schools to learn from their successes

We recently met with The King David School in Birmingham. It is particularly interesting with its 25%Jewish pupils. It has outstanding standards in the secular curriculum and has a vibrant ethos which integrates Jewish values. There is a positive atmosphere of co-operation and harmony, all set in the context of a multi-cultural city primary school.

Soon after we visited Calderwood Lodge – the only Jewish School in Scotland. The head teacher in Glasgow talked with enthusiasm about her approach to ensuring all children were included in festival celebrations in a way that was appropriate for them. This school has a mixture of Jewish, Muslim and Christian children as well as those with other beliefs.

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SLJPS meets the DfE

This week the South London Jewish Primary School (SLJPS) was invited to attend the crucial interview stage at the Department for Education in its bid to open the first Jewish primary school in South London. To mark this significant milestone it has launched a competition seeking a name for the proposed primary school which is scheduled to open in September 2013*.(*Subject to DfE approval)
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Naming the Primary

Published in the Jewish Chronicle at: http://www.thejc.com/node/66957

In the week leaders of the South London Jewish Primary School project attended the crucial interview stage at the Department for Education, a competition was launched to find a new name for the school.

Local residents, Jewish community members and registered families are being asked to suggest possible titles, along with their reasoning.

If the application to the DfE is successful, the school will open with a reception class in September 2013. Pupils will be welcomed from all shades of Judaism and the wider community. Families of 150 children have already registered “commitment to apply”.

SLJPS director Shirley Lee said: “We are very proud of being able to offer a cross-communal, mixed school, dedicated to creating an environment in which children can grow to their fullest potential.” The naming contest would “empower the local community in feeling that it has a real part to play in developing and owning its new school”.

 

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Wandsworth second worst borough for getting first primary school choice

by Alexandra Rucki – Wandsworth Guardian

http://www.wandsworthguardian.co.uk/education/educationnews/9670268.Wandsworth_second_worst_for_first_primary_choice/?ref=mr

The squeeze on places is being blamed on an increasing birth rate and parents applying from outside the borough.

There are now 5,200 children being born in Wandsworth each year, in contrast to 4,000 in 2001.

Plans for a free school for 420 primary children on the site of the former Putney Hospital is expected to open in 2015 to ease the strain.

There will also be a school opening in the Professional Centre, Franciscan Road, Tooting sponsored by Graveney School well as a Jewish free school in Southfields by 2013.

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We’ve moved to the next stage!

The SLJPS team can proudly announce that we have been selected for an interview.

The NSN interview process is the next phase of the application and will discuss the school in more detail. The interviews are held between Mid April and end of June. As part of the interview process we will be bringing proof of continuing support including support letters and fundraising statistics, so anything you can donate in the next few days will really help to make us look well supported.

We will keep you all informed with detailed feedback after the interview next week.

Congratulations everyone, and thank you for your support.

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Supporter comments

We are eager to have feedback from the community on a regular basis. If there is something you’d like us to publicly address please use the comment option below.

Thank you.

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New Website

We have recently relaunched our web presence by building this new website. There are still a few final areas of polish which are being addressed so please bear with us.

Hopefully this new layout makes it easier for you to get the information you need and keep up to date with the latest news. We do of course welcome any and all feedback so please get in touch through the Contact Us page.

In other exciting news, we will shortly be starting a competition to name the school. We’re still working on the finer details, but would allow individuals to submit a name which will, after initial screening, be added to a list of options which everyone is invited to vote on.

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The donations have begun

As we have now reached the fundraising stage of our process towards the opening of the school we are ramping up fundraising efforts. To date we have secured over £5,000 in donations from our incredibly generous supporters.

If you can contribute then please do so through the Donate link on your right or by visiting the Donate page.

It is very hard to sufficiently express the gratitude we all have towards the people that have donated. Your kindness confirms that we are spending our time to do something that is worthwhile and is supported by the community.

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Additional local authority capital allocations for 2012-13: £600 million basic need funding

In the Autumn Statement 2011, the Treasury announced an additional £600 million of capital basic need funding for schools in England. On 11 April 2012, the Secretary of State announced the allocation of this funding for local authorities.

A full schedule of these allocations at local authority level can be downloaded from the DfE site. The Wandsworth council was given an additional £5,028,058 for school funding.

The funding has been allocated using 100 per cent capacity data to fund the shortfall in places as at 2013-14 (the same method we used for the £500m redirected basic need funding in November last year).  Data will be taken from the existing 2011 Schools Capacity Forecast return.

 

Article taken from: http://www.education.gov.uk/schools/adminandfinance/schoolscapital/a00208011/la-capital

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