St Joseph's News and Events

• Year 6 Celebration Week

  Wed 12 Jul 2023

  Last week, the children of year 6 spent the whole week taking part in amazing activities to celebrate their achievements this academic year. Our fun-filled week started with a trip to Stratford, where we were bowled over by each others bowling talents at All Star Lanes. After a pizza lunch, we headed to the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park for some outdoor fun and play. On Tuesday, we ventured to Barking Riverside and took the Uber Boat to North Greenwich. On arrival we enjoyed the sculptures on a sculpture walk before heading to the main event of the day, Toca Social. The Year 6 children showed off their footballing skills in a series of fun, interactive challenges. After this, we hit the heights and took in the views of London on a cable car trip over the Thames. If these two days weren't enough of a celebration, from Wednesday to Friday Year 6 enjoyed their incredible residential trip. With lots of amazing activities, including kayaking, climbing and bushcraft, Year 6 learned a lot of new skills. All was enjoyed while sleeping under the stars in our tents at the camp site. Overall, Year enjoyed some wonderful experiences and had a fantastic time. Well done for all of your efforts this year and well celebrated Year 6!!!

  

• KS2 Sports Day

  Wed 12 Jul 2023

  Sports Day an occasion where children, teachers, parents and carers come together for a day of competitive sport. The children had so much fun taking part in sports activities giving them an opportunity to showcase their talents to their families and friends.

  

• Year 2’s visit to Tower Bridge

  Tue 11 Jul 2023

  We had an action packed day in London and the sun joined us too. The day began with a short walk to the station and a train ride into Tower Hill. When we arrived, we sat outside of The Tower of London and recalled all of our previous learning. In addition to this, we learnt many fun facts- please ask us we’re happy to share them! We then strolled along the river sight seeing the wonderful buildings. We enjoyed our lunch sat by the river then watched the bridge open. It was very exciting. The best bit of the trip was going inside the bridge and using the glass walkways to explore the views. We gained more knowledge about how the bridge was used in the Victorian times and we even explored the Engine Rooms. It was an unforgettable day for us all. 

  

• EYFS trip to Chalkwell Beach

  Tue 11 Jul 2023

  Reception had the most incredible time at Chalkwell Beach. The day was full of fun and excitement! The children built sandcastles, flew kites, played beach ball games, explored rockpools and even had an ice cream. The children were thrilled to see the learning from their On the Beach topic come to life. The children were exceptionally behaved on our c2c train journey too! Fabulous memories were made today!

  

• Brentwood Diocese Citizenship Awards

  Tue 11 Jul 2023

  Each year Bishop Alan celebrates the young people in our Diocese through the citizenship awards. These awards recognise inspirational children throughout Brentwood Diocese, and a wonderful event is held at Brentwood Cathedral. This year St Joseph's nominated Dior in Year 5. 

   

  'Dior has demonstrated resilience, strength and independence whilst taking on the role of main carer for her Mum over the past year. She has remained determined and enthusiastic about her education and continues to always  think about others before herself. She is a great role model to those around her and always ensures that being kind is at the heart of how she conducts herself around school. Dior continues to serve others through her role as a Mini Vinnie at St Joseph's and has led many fundraising activities for the school. She has taken everything in her stride and Dior is a true inspiration to us all'.

   

  Dior was thrilled to receive her award from the Bishop, and enjoyed meeting all of the other children afterwards in the beautiful gardens at Cathedral House. Well done Dior, we are so proud of you! 

  

• Thriftwood Day 3

  Fri 07 Jul 2023

  This morning we have become ‘Kayak Ninjas’ with our activities on the lake. Some of us took on the inflatable demolition challenge. We’ve also thrown axes, taken on the Cresta Run and become bushcraft fire masters.

   

  All the children are exhausted from all the fun and will hopefully sleep well tonight. Children are expected to be collected from school at normal dismissal time.

  

• Campfire Day 2

  Thu 06 Jul 2023

  Campfire Day 2

  

• Thriftwood Day 2

  Thu 06 Jul 2023

  More photographs from day 2.

  

• Thriftwood Day 2

  Thu 06 Jul 2023

  Thriftwood Day 2

   

  The children (and the adults) have been busy taking part in activities from the moment they woke up.

   

  Today the children had the opportunity to experience many adventurous activities, they began the day with the water roller, zip line and archery, all our children were incredibly brave and loved the morning activities.

   

  After lunch the fun continued and the children took part in Kayaking, leap of faith, archery and axe throwing. All the children are having an incredible time and looking forward to the evening activities.

   

  More updates to follow..

  

• Thriftwood Day 1

  Wed 05 Jul 2023

  The children arrived safely at Thriftwood this morning and the sun was shining bright and has been all day  -apart from the brief shower this afternoon!! Today has been an exciting day and the children have already experienced a range of activities from Rafting, to Archery, Crate Stacking and Leap of Faith. The children have all set up their tents for their evening and have begun settling into their new surroundings.  Tonight, we will enjoy team building games organised by the camp instructors.