St Joseph's News and Events

• EYFS pupils

  Tue 20 Sep 2022

  A huge welcome to the new Acorns and Chestnut classes. Today all the children in EYFS began their first full day as pupils at St Joseph's. They were all very excited to come to school and have been enjoying lots of activities in their new classes. 

  

• Stay & Pray for Queen Elizabeth II

  Fri 16 Sep 2022

  Thank you to everyone who attended our Stay and Pray session on Thursday, dedicated to Queen Elizabeth II. It was a very solemn afternoon dedicated to the life of Her Majesty the Queen. All prayer intentions will be place in our book of condolence for the Queen. 

  

• On behalf of Bishop Alan Williams, from the Diocesan Education Service

  Mon 12 Sep 2022

  “I am greatly saddened to hear the news of the death of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II.  I pray for the repose of her soul and for all the members of the Royal Family at this time of sorrow.

  On 21 April 1947, her 21st birthday, in a speech broadcast on the radio from Cape Town, the then Princess Elizabeth dedicated her life to the service of the Commonwealth saying, ‘I declare before you all that my whole life whether it be long or short shall be devoted to your service and the service of our great imperial family to which we all belong’.

   

  We give thanks for that lifetime of service to our country and for her leadership of the Church of England during her 70 year reign.  The celebrations we witnessed earlier this year for her Platinum Jubilee show how much love and respect people had for her.

   

  She will be remembered for her dedication, strength, warmth and her pride in our country.  She was a woman of faith and a wonderful example of Christian discipleship.

  May this good and faithful servant rest in the peace of the Risen Lord.”

   

  A solemn sung Vespers will be offered for the repose of the soul of the late Queen Elizabeth II in Brentwood Cathedral on Wednesday 14 September at 7pm. All are very welcome to attend and pray for the late Queen, the Royal Family and the nation.

  

• EYFS Graduation

  Fri 15 Jul 2022

  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!

  

• Trip to Lords

  Thu 07 Jul 2022

  This year we have been working with Essex County Cricket. They have been in school to provide coaching to our children. As part of this we were lucky enough to be nominated to take part in their chance to shine project. 30 children in year 5 got to spend the day at Lords and have coaching from high profile cricket players including Mark Nicholas, Beth Moore and Georgia Adams. It was a very exciting day, the children also got a behind the scenes tour of the grounds and spent some time at the newly built media centre.

  

• Thriftwood Residential Part 1

  Thu 07 Jul 2022

  The children were all very excited to get on the coach and make their journey to Thriftwood in Brentwood. Upon arrival their first job was to set up their tents. Their first activity of the day was crate stacking. 

  

• Year 6 Disco

  Thu 07 Jul 2022

  Last night the year 6 children had their leavers disco! A huge thank you to the parents who helped make the event so special by providing the most amazing spread of food and drinks. Nobody left hungry! The children danced the night away and ended it with a trip to the ice cream van!!! Thank you to https://www.bombshellbakes.com/ for providing the children each with a personalised cupcake and leavers cake. 

  

• Year 6 Celebration week

  Wed 06 Jul 2022

  A huge thank you to https://www.imperials.co.uk/ who came to St Joseph's with a sports car filled of chocolate for the children. The children loved sitting in the car and having their photos taken. They loved the roar of the engine. They were all very excited to take their turn sitting in the driving seat. 

  

• Year 6 Celebration Week - Bowling and Park

  Wed 06 Jul 2022

  On Tuesday, Year 6 continued their celebration week with a trip to Stratford for some bowling! After a bit of a walk, we caught two trains and made our way to All Star Lanes in Westfield.  The adults were ‘bowled over’ with the children’s skills!

   

  After we’d finished, we rehydrated with some fancy milkshakes, collected our things and headed back out on the road. We stopped for a picnic outside the West Ham stadium and had a quick play in the playground before retracing our steps back to school. 

  

• Year 6 Celebration Week - Trampoline Park

  Wed 06 Jul 2022

  The Year 6 children had a fun filled trip to Flip Out, which is the UK's leading adventure & Trampoline Park. The children had a fun, energetic and exhausting day, as they flipped and bounced on trampolines. Later they enjoyed a delicious pizza lunch along with crisps and juice.

  And this is just the beginning………