St Joseph's News and Events

• Year 5 trip to Greenwich Planetarium & the Royal Observatory

  Fri 06 Oct 2023

  The children went on a fascinating journey into space. They attended live planetarium show and attended workshops, where they learnt about space and eclipses. In addition, they got to meet astronomers and ask questions about space.

  

• Stone Ages, Bronze Age and Iron Age Year 3 Workshop

  Fri 06 Oct 2023

  This week, Year 3 had the fantastic opportunity of attending an online workshop with an expert on prehistoric life from the Stone Ages, Bronze Age and Iron Age. They got to see a mammoth's tooth, learn about the Havering Hoard of Iron Age axe heads, and participate in a Myth Busters challenge, in which they had to decide which facts were true and false. Following on from the learning they have already covered on this topic, the children were really excited that they were able to identify a Stone Age hand axe from the online image! They all agreed they were surprised by the size of the mammoth's tooth, and would love to see more ancient artefacts.

  

• Harvest Festival

  Fri 06 Oct 2023

  St Joseph’s celebrated the Harvest Festival today. It was a wonderful opportunity for us to sing and give thanks for the Harvest this year. We took this time to pray for those who need our help and support through food donations. 
   

  A big thank you to everyone who donated towards our Harvest Appeal. We gathered a substantial amount of non perishable food that we will be donating to Barking Foodbank. 

  

• Year 1 Trip to the Young V&A Museum

  Thu 05 Oct 2023

  Lily class enjoyed their trip to the Young V&A museum. They enjoyed looking at different toys from a long time ago and they had so much fun engaging in all the brilliant activities at the museum! They showcased their excellent listening skills and behaved impeccably throughout the day. Well done Year 1!

  

• Year 2 Local Walk to Barking Abbey

  Thu 05 Oct 2023

  Year 2 have been learning about significant individuals from our local history. They learnt about the life and work of Captain James Cook. Today, Year 2 had the opportunity to visit St. Margarets are Church in Barking Abbey. This church was a very important part of Captain James Cook’s history as he married his wife Elizabeth Batts there 260 years ago in 1762. It was a brilliant way for us to feel part of our local history.

  

• Rosary Club

  Wed 04 Oct 2023

  The month of October is dedicated to the Holy Rosary. Children from Year 1 to Year 6 have had the opportunity to attend Rosary Club every Wednesday lunch break in October and pray the Holy Rosary as a group. The children have been praying a decade of the rosary together and have been offering their own prayer intentions to Jesus.

   

  The children of St. Joseph's have also been taking time during their day every day in October to pray either the Hail Mary, Our Father or a decade of the rosary as a class.

  

• Macmillan Coffee Morning

  Fri 29 Sep 2023

  A huge thank you for all the donations towards our Macmillan Coffee Morning! It was such a successful event and we raised £298.36 for the charity! This is an outstanding amount! Thank you so much for your continued support. An extra thank you to the Pastoral Parent Group who came to help us. 

  

• National Coding Week 2023

  Wed 20 Sep 2023

  The children of St. Joseph's have been embarking on a mission of coding and programming for this years National Coding Week. The theme this year is Artificial Intelligence (AI) and the children have been learning about how machine learning can help others as the world becomes more automated. In  Year 6, children programmed a chatbot to play and solve a guessing game, using text-based code to program the machine to learn from response.  Year 5 used Minecraft to automate a robot to prevent forest fires. Also, Year 2 have used their coding skills to help beavers build their dams to prevent flooding, There are plenty more exciting coding adventures happening across the rest of the week. Happy coding!

  

• Stay and Pray

  Wed 20 Sep 2023

  Thank you to all the KS1 parents who attended our KS1 Stay and Pray session. It was a wonderful way for us to join in prayer and pray solemnly to our Father. We had a particular focus on Fratelli tutti, Pope Francis' third encyclical letter. This encyclical has a particular focus on working together as 'brothers and sisters'. 

  

• Reception's First Day

  Mon 18 Sep 2023

  We were very excited to have Chestnut class join us for their first full day at school. All the children were very excited and had an amazing day.