Projects

SCSJ Extra offers free after school clubs - Creative and Active - which focus on activities that children and parents have requested (following surveys). These activities give children the opportunity to learn new skills and support working parents and those in need of additional respite.

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These projects extend the school day which is very valuable for the parents. The children reap so many valuable rewards including: teamwork, exercise, opportunities to explore their creativity, opportunities to develop friendships in different peer groups and a chance to learn new skills.   

Our charity pays for a full-time Family Support Worker (FSW) based at the school who helps families address issues such as refugee status, housing benefits and employment issues.

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But for this family support, some families simply can't cope. The FSW provides a critical listening ear, especially within transient communities who aren't aware of any of the support systems. 

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Support is tailored to each family and often includes referals to mental health services and foodbanks, as well as other essential services. The FSW can also provide support with:​

• Employability (via referral to Phoenix, one of our key partners)

• Advice (housing/benefit/refugee status). 

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​Stabilising these families ultimately enhances the learning of the children at the school, as we know that vicariously children bring in their stresses from home and are therefore often unable to reach their full potential in the classroom. 

In 2022 to celebrate 120 years of Peter Rabbit, Penguin Random House worked with Grow2Know to create a beautiful garden on a disused plot of land at the end of the school playground. The fun filled and beautiful garden has a reading tippee "Squirrel Nutkin Nook", a Jemima Puddleduck Pond, and Mr McGregor's shed for indoor learning as well as a full edible garden.

Grow2Know founder Tayshan Hayden-Smith said: “We hope to raise awareness of the social, psychological and environmental benefits of gardening and nature, as well as highlighting the need to provide children with the opportunity for nature play from a young age.

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Sarah Bouette, headteacher of St Clement & St James CE Primary School, said: “Many of the children in this area do not have gardens at home, so access to green space is of great importance to us. We know they flourish when they are outside, and they already take great pleasure in growing vegetables in our edible garden, as well as sharing books in our reading corner."

Nurture provision allows short-term, focussed intervention for children who have particular social, emotional and behavioural difficulties which create a barrier to learning in the mainstream classroom.

A Nurture group leader guides a small group in a shared activity.  The aim of Nurture is to help some of the most vulnerable pupils to feel secure and offer them additional support, with the final goal that they return to a normal classroom environment where they can engage in play and learning with their peers.

It is no secret that children learn a huge amount from extra-curricular activities, both academically and socially. The reality is that over 40% of children attending St Clement and St James primary school are from low income families who simply cannot afford to pay to send their children on these trips (we call them "School Journeys"). 

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Our charity pays for those children whose families cannot contribute, so that no child misses out and so that the school doesn't have to fit the bill either, as, like all state schools, they are under huge financial pressure. 

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Children return from School Journeys with a renewed sense of enthusiasm for learning. School Journeys provide children with the opportunity to:

• Broaden horizons and experience education and learning in a different setting (i.e museum etc.) 

• Lean new skills (teamwork, social skills).

• continue extended learning through topic work when back in the classroom. 

• Get out of London and enjoy fresh, clean air whilst engaging in an outdoor learning experience in nature. 

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We work with The Gordon Brown Centre for the majority of the School Journeys. 

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