St Joseph's News and Events

• World Book Week- Friday

  Fri 04 Mar 2022

  On Friday, we celebrated World Book Week in a KS1 and KS2 assembly. Each class spoke about the exciting things that they have been learning this week and showed some of their work. Prizes were also given out to each class for the best dressed children and staff from World Book Day.

   

   

  

• World Book Day- Thursday

  Fri 04 Mar 2022

  World Book Day was another action packed day that begun with us all dressed as our favourite characters. 

  Book Tasting:

  Children in Years 3 - 6 had great fun book tasting. In pairs the children got to choose a book from the table and complete a mini review before moving onto the next table and repeating this for four delicious book courses. The children had great fun discussing books and sharing their book recommendations. 

  Reading Picnic:

  To continue to promote a love of reading on Thursday afternoon the whole school went outside to take part in a reading picnic. It was lovely to see all the children engrossed in their own reading book.  The children were all given a biscuit and luckily the weather stayed nice!

  

• Ash Wednesday Virtual Mass

  Wed 02 Mar 2022

  All children from EYFS to Year 6 attended a virtual Ash Wednesday Service. Ash Wednesday begins the forty day season of Lent that leads to Easter. On this day, we come together to remind ourselves that we don’t always follow God’s ways and need to ask God for His mercy and forgiveness. Like God’s people in the time of the prophets, we wear ashes to show that we want to turn away from whatever keeps us from God. We come forward to receive ashes on Ash Wednesday to purify our hearts and grow in holiness so that we are prepared to celebrate Easter with great joy.

   

   

  

• World Book Week- Wednesday

  Wed 02 Mar 2022

  Wednesday’s events

  This afternoon the whole school took part in art and DT lessons linked to our focus book. We all looked at the images in the book and discussed how they were created. It is amazing to see the amazing art opportunities that all children can access from one book.

   

  After school, we came back for an action- packed evening aimed at building a love of reading and promoting bedtime stories. EYFS and KS1 returned to school in their pyjamas, with a teddy and their parents to take part in a beautiful event for parents to share with their children. The evening was thoroughly enjoyable for all involve.

  

• World Book Week-Tuesday

  Tue 01 Mar 2022

  Tuesday’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. 

  

• World Book Week Monday

  Mon 28 Feb 2022

  Our 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.  

  

• Music Day

  Thu 10 Feb 2022

  Music 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.

  

• Safer Internet Day

  Wed 09 Feb 2022

  This 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. 

  

• Fudge's visit

  Fri 04 Feb 2022

  As 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!

  

• Storytelling Week

  Mon 31 Jan 2022 Estelle Wilson

   

  National 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.