St Joseph's News and Events

• 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. 

  

• First Day Back to School Photos 05.09.2023

  Tue 05 Sep 2023

  We are delighted to welcome all the children in Years 1 - 6 back to school today! 

  

• Leaver’s Assembly

  Thu 20 Jul 2023

  It’s always hard to say goodbye. However, it is one of the indispensable things in life. Today, we gathered to say goodbye to our wonderful Year 6 students and members of staff who are moving on to begin new stages in their lives. We pray that the Lord will guide our Year 6 pupils, Mrs Brooks, Mrs Wilson, Miss Dada, Miss Ella and Miss Sharon on their new ventures. We will miss them terribly but wish them the very best of luck for the future!

  

• EYFS Graduation

  Fri 14 Jul 2023

  Today was a very special day for our reception children. Parents and carers were welcomed into our school hall to celebrate an important milestone, the EYFS Graduation Ceremony. The children were presented with their certificates and they were given their end of year gifts. It was a truly special occasion!

  

• Year 6 Trip to Imperial War Museum

  Fri 14 Jul 2023

  Today the children of Year 6 had an amazing opportunity to visit the Imperial War Museum in London. They completed their final innovate project for their 'Britain at War' module in the Lord Ashcroft Gallery. The gallery is home to 250 war heroes, all with either a Victoria Cross or a George Cross. The children were tasked with researching servicemen and servicewomen from WW1 or WW2 to form a collection of remembrance to share with each other. Also, our visit provided a superb chance to view original artefacts from the world wars and take part in many interactive games and exhibits - including experiencing life in the trenches. It was a fantastic trip and Year 6 came away with a great appreciation for the changes we have today from war time living. 

  

• Parties Parties and more Parties!

  Thu 13 Jul 2023

  St Josephs did not stay quiet! St Josephs really turned up the music. I'm sure the whole of barking heard us.

   

  we turned the music up, we got into our best outfits and we were READY to PARTY!

   

  The snacks and drinks were incredible. Thank you so much to all the parents for all of your lovely, generous contributions. Everyone really came together to make it special.  

  

• Year 6 Prom

  Thu 13 Jul 2023

  The Year 6 classes of St. Joseph's showed their commitment to bowing out of primary school in style, as they stepped out onto the red carpet for their Year 6 prom yesterday evening. Everyone was dressed to impress as the Year 6's (and some of the adults) showed off their best dance moves to the tunes provided by our superstar DJ Joe Banana. The Year 6 parents also provided a delicious spread of food and drink to fuel the dancing action. With all of the fun-filled festivities and some amazing showings in the singing and dancing competitions, it proved to be a memorable evening for all who attended. A huge thank you must go to all of the wonderful Year 6 parents and the magnificent Mrs. Ocran for organising this incredible event!