St Joseph's News and Events

• One Million Children Praying the Rosary

  Tue 18 Oct 2022

  Today, St. Joseph’s along with many other schools across the globe, took part in a very important worldwide prayer initiative called ‘One Million Children, Praying the Rosary’. It was organised by the Aid to the Church in Need (ACN International). The main aim of the initiative is to show that the trusting prayer of children can fly straight to the heart of God and therefore has such great power. It was wonderful to see the children of St. Joseph's meditating upon the mysteries of the Holy Rosary with such reverence.

  

• Catholic Social Teaching Parent Workshop - CAFOD

  Mon 17 Oct 2022

  We were very lucky to have David Brinn from CAFOD in school today to deliver an insightful Catholic Social Teaching (CST) parent workshop. He also brought in some wonderful knitted CST characters such as Luc the Dear, Chikonde the Giraffe and Patariki the Penguin.

   

  Parents were able to discuss the CST Principles and apply them to real life situations. For parents who were unable to attend this brilliant workshop, please see the resources shared by David Brinn under the Catholic Life tab on our school website. 

  

• Boys Football Match

  Thu 13 Oct 2022

  The year 4 and 5 Football Team competed against Rush Green Primary School. Even though they didn't win this match they showed determination and did not give up and continued trying. We are very PROUD of them! 

  

• Movie Night

  Thu 13 Oct 2022

  Movie night was an AMAZING turn out! 

  The children really enjoyed being together in the main hall for Movie Night. It was the perfect setting to get cosy with their friends and eat popcorn whilst watching a movie all together as a family. It's safe to say they had a great time.

  

• Harvest Festival

  Tue 11 Oct 2022

  We had a wonderful Harvest Festival Liturgy on Monday. Our Pupil Chaplains lead prayers of thanks for the food we receive and the food that we have been able to collect for Barking Foodbank. 

  

• Girls Football

  Mon 10 Oct 2022

  Year 5&6 Girls played in a thrilling game against Godwin at Dagenham Goals. The team made a good account of themselves, showing great competitiveness and fantastic team spirit. They drew 1-1 but with the effort they put in it felt like a win. 

  

• Hinduism Assembly

  Thu 06 Oct 2022

  Asmita from the Hindu Education Board came in today to do two wonderful assemblies about Hinduism for the children in EYFS and KS1 and KS2. The assembly was very insightful, and the children learnt so much about Hindu's and their faith. 

  

• Special Visitors

  Thu 06 Oct 2022

  Yesterday, we had the pleasure of welcoming back some of our Year 6 Leavers from the summer. They are all really enjoying their new school and loved sharing their new experiences with the children at St Joseph's. It was wonderful to see them. 

  

• Cross Country

  Thu 06 Oct 2022

  Children from the St Joseph's athletics club competed in a LBBD cross country event. They had to run 2- 2.5km battling against a large number of other schools. Our children showed great resilience and determination to run as hard as possible to help the team score big points. There were some outstanding performances and the children did themselves proud. 

  

• Rosary Club

  Wed 05 Oct 2022

  October is the month of the Holy Rosary. Rosary Club has now started during lunch break. The children are invited to say one or two decades of the rosary during this time. It is a wonderful time to reflect and offer our prayers to Mary.