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World Book Week-Tuesday
Tue 01 Mar 2022Tuesday’s events
Today we had the amazing opportunity of reading with our peers. We paired up with children in other year groups to share books. Some of the older children read to the younger ones; however, this was not always the case. Some children in KS1 were very keep to show off their phonics and reading skills.
Throughout the day all classes have also been using their English lessons to explore the book titled 'Window'. The discussions and vocabulary that is being generated is very impressive.
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World Book Week Monday
Mon 28 Feb 2022Our Book Week will focus on encouraging children to enjoy the magic and fun of reading these stories. Our aims are to raise engagement and attainment in reading and writing for all pupils. We are sure the week will be fun and enjoyable for all! The whole school focus boo is Window by Jeannie Baker.
Monday’s Book Week Events
We began Book Week with a launch assembly. It was great to be back in the hall having Key Stage assemblies to discuss what we will be doing to celebrate book week. We collectively discussed our focus book and the events of the week. We were all very excited about what the week would hold.
Throughout the day, excitingly there was a book sale where we had the opportunity to purchase books of our choice. The children in Year 6 supported the all children to explore the books on offer and also made recommendations.
In the afternoon, we had a thrilling reading event. We were given a range of book titles, and we had to choose one, which we wanted to hear being read. After reading the books, we engaged in book talk and made recommendations.
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Music Day
Thu 10 Feb 2022Music is a universal language that embodies one of the highest form of creativity. This week, we at St Joseph, celebrated 'Music day', a day to engage and inspire children to develop a love for music and their talent as young musicians. Using the Charanga scheme, children in every year group have been taught to sing and play musically, increasing their confidence. They have been gradually developing their understanding of musical composition, organising and exploring musical instruments.
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Safer Internet Day
Wed 09 Feb 2022This week we have celebrated Safer Internet Day, and this year's theme is 'All fun and Games'. The children have been learning how to stay safe online when playing games. Please have a look at the picture below of how you can help your children stay safe online.
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Fudge's visit
Fri 04 Feb 2022As part of Storytelling week, Reception read a story by Enid Blyton called 'Granny's Kitten's'. Enid Blyton was a huge pet lover so, Reception spent the week learning all about Pets! They spent the week learning about what animals make suitable pets, what pets need to survive and what food they eat to grow strong and healthy. Mrs Brooks kindly brought in her pet dog 'Fudge' to Reception. The children were able to ask her lots of questions about Fudge and his needs and were even able to have a gentle stroke. Fudge was so well behaved and the children learnt so much from his visit!
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Storytelling Week
Mon 31 Jan 2022National Storytelling Week 2022
“Storytelling can be found enriching lives everywhere. The sharing between teller and listener empowers, feeding the imagination from one generation to the next.”- Society for Storytelling.
What is National Storytelling Week?
Once upon a time, storytelling was a way to pass the time. Now, it's an excellent way to entertain and teach each other new ideas. This is why National Storytelling Week is celebrated by people of all ages who read the likes of folktales, fairy tales, love stories and more.
Storytelling is a powerful tool that allows us to share stories that inspire and teach others.
How did we celebrate National Storytelling Week?
To celebrate National Storytelling week every class spent time re-telling our Author of the Moment book (Enid Blyton) in various ways. We performed lots of drama thinking about different character perspectives, playing with puppets and lego to help re-enact the story, creating dances to help express a part of the story, story mapping aspects of our book, designing new front covers and creating book reviews.
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Santa Live!
Thu 16 Dec 2021The children thoroughly enjoyed our virtual panto, 'Santa Live' this morning. They even got involved with some singing and dancing!
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Santa Fun Run Fundraisers
Thu 16 Dec 2021A big thank you and well done to all the children who took part in the Santa Fun Run last week! A special mention to the following children who raised the most amount in their year group:
Reception
Amara, Bliss, Sage, Noel and Bethany
Year 1
Kyle and Aseda
Year 2
Sade, Isabelle, Adam, Nneka, Jaxon, Karrisa, Krisstoffer, Nareke
Year 3
Joan
Year 4
Melanie, Eileen and David
Year 5
Nissi
Year 6
Alexandria and Daniel B.
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EYFS Local Area Walk
Wed 24 Nov 2021EYFS went on a local area walk in Barking Abbey Park. They were able to find beautifully coloured autumn leaves for a class project based on the story 'Leaf Man' by Lois Ehlert. During the walk, the children were able to spot the features of Autumn around them.
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Football Match
Thu 18 Nov 2021St Joseph’s football team took on Ripple Primary school on Thursday 18th November. Our team consisted of: Yemi, Joshua, Benedict, Jordan, Chichebem, Calvin, Rowen, Alex, Ruyi, Anthony, David and our goalie Rithvik.
Calvin scored the first goal after an amazing cross from Rowen. Yemi then went on to score making it 2-0. The ball went back and forth before Rithvik saved a wonderful shot from Ripple. During the second half, our left wing, Joshua crossed the ball and David scored a tap in. The final goal was a powerful shot by our right winger Benedict making the final score 4-0!
We cheered our opponents and shook hands with every player. A special thank you to Mr Campbell for being our coach and Mrs Wilson for organising our matches!
Written by Yemi, Joshua and Benedict.
