Jesmond Park Academy

DAY OF SPORT INFORMATION The annual day of sport will take place on Wednesday 15th July. The overall aim of the day is to get as many people as possible playing and enjoying different sporting activities. Year 7, 8, 9 and 10 will take part in a carousel: Beachball Volleyball in the sports hall. Tug-of-war on the South field. Bucketball Rounders on the North field. Nerfball on the North Astro The day is non-uniform. Students need to wear clothing that is appropriate to take part in sporting activity. Students have been told which house they are in and have been encouraged to wear their house colours. We encourage all students to wear appropriate sports clothing in their house colour on the day. The house colours are: Eagles yellow Falcons red Magpies black & white Vipers green Please don't feel that you have to go out and buy something specific for sports day. Just wear what you have. Please make sure students bring their planner. Break and lunch time will be unrestricted movement outside around the school grounds. (There will be some restrictions in areas where sports are set up). If possible, please bring a packed lunch. The dinner hall will be very busy due to everyone having the same lunch time. As a reward for following the PRAISE Code, the school has decided to buy students an ice cream on Sports Day. They will receive a voucher on the day to exchange for an ice cream. Students will not be able to buy ice creams, they can only exchange their voucher at certain times of the day. The forecast is for warm weather so please remember to wear high factor sunscreen and bring plenty of water to drink.

Year 10 University of Cambridge residential. 6-7 July 2026 Day 1: Seven of our pupils experienced a day in the life of a Cambridge student; staying at Chapel Court accommodation at Jesus college and dined in the Caff restaurant. They had a tour of St Jesus' College with the student ambassadors. They also had a choice of attending a linguistics, chemistry, or mathematics lecture. After dinner, games night was fun, and they even managed to have the energy for a game of football afterwards. Day 2: Pupils enjoyed a tour around Cambridge College campus and the city, visiting St John's, Trinity, Magdalene, and seeing a graduation at Kings as we passed! They listened to a talk about A levels and their choices for the future. As well as taking part in a student ambassador question panel, which was informative and appreciated! #CambridgeResidential #universityofcambridge

Year 6 Parents/Carers – please note that our Year 6 Transition Evening has moved to a new date. The evening will now be held on Tuesday the 7th of July - 4:30pm and 7pm

RISE is hosting a free, drop-in webinar on Friday, 3rd July at 1pm to help parents, carers, and professionals understand and manage childhood anxiety. The session will cover identifying anxiety, maintaining factors, and practical strategies to build confidence, accessible via bit.ly/RISE-Anxiety. You can find more information about the webinar on the RISE website.

A fantastic Rainbow Day at JPA! Thank you to our students from across all Key Stages who helped promote a powerful message of diversity, inclusion and belonging. Together, we celebrate what makes each of us unique and continue to build a community where everyone belongs.