St Joseph's News and Events

• Reception's Graduation Ceremony and Party - Tuesday 20th July 2021

  Tue 20 Jul 2021

  To mark the end of their time in Reception, the children participated in an end of year Graduation Ceremony. The children were presented with their Graduation Certificates during the ceremony and ended their day at school with a Graduation Party! It was lovely to see so many parents join us virtually to help celebrate such a momentous occasion. 

  

• Year 6 Celebration Week - Monday 19th July 2021

  Mon 19 Jul 2021 Mr Mulley and Miss Martin

  Jump Trampolining

  Last but not least, today was the last day of the Year 6's celebration week. Today, the children went to the Jump Trampoline park in Barking. The children had a great time jumping around, doing backflips and generally just having fun. Furthermore, the children had a pizza lunch. It has been an amazing week and we all wish you the best of luck at your new secondary schools.

  

• Year 6 Celebration Week - Friday 16th July 2021

  Fri 16 Jul 2021 Mr Mulley and Miss Martin

  Year 6 Celebration Week - Thriftwood Activity Centre

  Today was probably one of the best days of the Year 6 celebration week. This week, the children travelled to the Thriftwood Activity Centre where they took part in a variety of exciting and adrenaline filled activities. All of the children took part in: an assault course, archery, a climbing wall and finally, the Leap of Faith. The children had a great time. Myself and Miss Martin just wanted to say a big thank you to all the parents that helped and volunteered to help today. Thank you so much and I hope everyone in Year 6 had a great day!

  

• Year 6 Celebration Week - Thursday 15th July 2021

  Thu 15 Jul 2021 Mr Mulley and Miss Martin

  Celebration Week - Thursday 15th July 2021

  What another amazing day for the Year 6's. Today, we started with an arts and crafts session, where the children made their own personalised bracelets with their names on them. In the afternoon, the children had their leavers assembly. Every child received a certificate. We are just so proud of their achievements over the year and how much progress they have made. We are really proud of you. Finally, at the end of the day, the children had their school disco, outside, in the sunny weather. They played party games, table tennis and danced to the music. We hope you all had an amazing day!

  

• Year 6 Celebration Week - Wednesday 14th July 2021

  Wed 14 Jul 2021 Mr Mulley and Miss Martin

  Celebration Week - Wednesday 14th July 2021

  What an amazing day for the Year 6s. Today, the children had the opportunity to become up and coming pop stars by recording their very own CD. We had a music recording expert come in and the children sang 7 songs and were even treated to an exclusive performance by Mr Mulley and Miss Martin. 

   

  In the afternoon, the children were put into teams and had several tasks to complete. This tested their communication, problem-solving and teamwork skills. The children had to create the longest paper chain, took part in a quiz and had a challenge to do with lifting a hoop up and back down to the floor using only their fingertips.

  

• Sports Day - Tuesday 13th July 2021

  Tue 13 Jul 2021 Mr Mulley

  Sports Day

  On Tuesday 13th July 2021, the children in Year 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6, took part in our annual sports day event. The children took part in a variety of different races such as: a tennis ball race, obstacles, a skipping rope race and, at the end, a sprint to finish off. It was great seeing all of the children competing and enjoying the amazing day. Thank you to all the teachers and Year 6's that helped with the running of sports day and a big thank you to the parents for attending the sports day via zoom. 

  

• Year 6 Celebration Week - Tuesday 13th July 2021

  Tue 13 Jul 2021 Mr Mulley and Miss Martin

  Tuesday 13th July 2021

   

  Just wanted to say a big welcome back to all of the Year 6s this week. We started our celebration week with competing at sports day and continued the celebrations throughout the day. As part of the celebration week, all of the children received Year 6 leavers hoodies and got to experience and outdoor cinema at the school. I have to say, all of the children loved sitting on the bean bags and enjoyed the special dinner they had as well. 

  

• Year 4 WWF Virtual Workshop

  Tue 13 Jul 2021

  In year 4 we had the opportunity to take part in a virtual workshop taking on the role of polar explorers.  We found out how penguins and polar bears are perfectly adapted to their polar environments and learnt about threats such as climate change and overfishing which have a disastrous effect on our planet.  We were impressed with how the children could locate the Arctic and Antarctic and recall some of the animals that live there.  We learnt about ways in which we can act to protect our planet against climate change in our everyday lives.

  

• Year 4 Nature & Reading Virtual Workshop

  Thu 08 Jul 2021

  On 8th July children's author Georgina Stevens explored how reading and writing about the environment can be inspiring and fun!  We discovered the effects that climate change is having on our planet and explored some ideas as to how we can all try to help in Georgina’s latest book ‘Climate Action!’

   

  "I found the live lesson extremely interesting and learnt many new things about saving our planet." Calvin 

   

  "I was astonished to learn about ways of recycling food from scraps and reducing waste on our planet". Cayden

  

• Tri - Golf Sports Taster Session

  Wed 07 Jul 2021 Mr Mulley

  Sports Taster Session

  On Wednesday 7th July 2021, Key stage 1 and Year 3 had the opportunity to try a new sport today. The sports they tried were Tri-golf and Ultimate Frisbee. All of the children had a great time and really enjoyed the new sports they played. Here are some pictures of the event.