St Joseph's News and Events

• Tri - Golf Sports Taster Session

  Wed 07 Jul 2021 Mr Mulley

  Sports Taster Session

  On Wednesday 7th July 2021, Key stage 1 and Year 3 had the opportunity to try a new sport today. The sports they tried were Tri-golf and Ultimate Frisbee. All of the children had a great time and really enjoyed the new sports they played. Here are some pictures of the event.

  

• Year 3 River Roding Quay

  Tue 29 Jun 2021 Mrs Tomlinson

  Year 3 have been learning lots about the area they live in, including local buildings, the local park and rivers. As a year group, they went to explore River Roding Quay. First, they looked carefully at a map of the local area and planned a route to the river. Once there, they completed a local river study where plenty of vocabulary was used. They saw a tunnel, a shipwreck, boats and ducks too!

  

• Year 2's Zumba and Keep Fit Session

  Tue 29 Jun 2021 Mrs Tomlinson

  Keeping active is a very important part of our well-being and in Year 2 we were fortunate enough to have a Personal Trainer come in and deliver a Zumba and Keep Kit session. We discussed the importance of exercise for our physical and mental health; the importance of warming up and cooling down and the importance of having fun with exercise.

  

• We are so proud of you!!

  Thu 24 Jun 2021

  Little Princess Trust 

   

  A huge well done to Reda in Elm class, who has just donated all of her hair to the Little Princess Trust. The Little Princess Trust is a charity that provides wigs to little girls who have lost their hair through chemotherapy. Reda is an absolute credit us and we are so very proud of her for making such a big decision to help others. She is now sporting a very trendy bob! 

  If you would like to find out more about the Little Princess Trust, then please click here: https://www.littleprincesses.org.uk/

  

• I spy Old Barking

  Wed 23 Jun 2021 Mrs Tomlinson

  Year 2 were extremely lucky to be given a tour around the local area where parts of ‘Old Barking’ were identified. On the walk around, the children used their detective skills to find historic buildings and the remains of them. Once back at school, we used many historic artefacts and travelled back in time.

  

• Farmer Time with Holly

  Tue 22 Jun 2021

  Reception have been having fortnightly virtual sessions with Holly, a cattle farmer from Dorset. The children have had the opportunity to ask lots of questions about Holly's 650 cows. They even had a virtual tour of the milking parlour on her farm. The children have been learning all about the importance of cows milk and how it can keep our bodies strong and healthy. 

  

• Reception's local area walk

  Thu 17 Jun 2021

  As part of their learning for local area week, Reception went on a short walk around our local area. As they have been learning all about Bobby Moore, the famous footballer from Barking, the children were ecstatic to visit his street sign 'Bobby Moore Way' just across the road from our school. After visiting the street sign, the children went on a short walk around Barking Abbey and pointed out all the things that they could see in our local area.

  

• Creative Week - NHS Heroes

  Thu 27 May 2021

  The whole school celebrated Creative Week. We dressed up as 'real life' heroes, learned all about our  Covid heroes jobs and designed stamps for the NHS and Royal Mail stamp competition. All of our art work was based around the Banksy Picture - 'Game Changer - Superhero Nurse'. 

  

• WWF Virtual Workshop

  Wed 26 May 2021

  On Tuesday 25th May 2021, both Year 6 classes participated in a virtual workshop. It was all about life on our planet Earth! During the workshop, we learnt all about the problems that is ruining our beautiful planet such as: climate change, waste, deforestation and much more. We also learnt about how to reduce and solve some of these problems as well as some interesting facts about different animals. Did you know that a tiger's urine smells like buttered popcorn? The workshop was amazing and thank you to the WWF. 

  

• Heroes Stamp Design

  Mon 17 May 2021

  Our school is delighted to be taking part in Royal Mail’s Heroes Stamp Design Competition, honouring the heroes of the coronavirus pandemic. Eight pupils from primary and secondary schools across the UK will become the designers of this stamp set, and one could be your child!

  For more than 50 years Royal Mail’s Special Stamp programme has commemorated British history and achievement. Stamps have also been issued to honour the achievements of many British people. Often, the people who appear on stamps are already famous. They include scientists and explorers, writers, artists, musicians, athletes, and Prime Ministers.

  Since the coronavirus pandemic began, there have been many people who have done great things. Many of them are not famous, but they have done extraordinary work. These are the people who have helped us all through a really difficult time. Some are frontline workers in healthcare, others look after elderly or vulnerable people.

  Millions of key workers have kept the country going when most of us were told to stay home for our own safety. And there have been many people who volunteered to help people in their communities who needed help or support. We think that what these people have done makes them heroes, so Royal Mail wants to honour them by producing a set of eight stamps.

  The stamps will feature designs created by eight school-aged children. We are asking our young designers to think about who their hero or heroes are, and to then design a stamp in their honour. A special panel of judges will pick the winning designs. The final eight stamps will be sent to Her Majesty The Queen before they can be printed and issued.