Latest News
We are always busy here at St. Joseph's. Have a look at some of the things that have been going on in school recently ...
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Year 2 Prayer and Liturgy
Wed 12 Mar 2025Our Year 2 prayer leaders this week led a beautiful liturgy all about having trust and belief in Jesus. Well done!
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Sacrament of Baptism
Wed 12 Mar 2025Year 2 had an exciting afternoon in church learning all about the Sacrament of Baptism and Reconciliation. With the help of Father Craig, children acted out a Baptism thinking about the different signs and symbols including the candle, shell and Holy water. Father then introduced children to the Sacrament of Reconciliation and showed the children where this takes place. Year 2 were very knowledgeable and had some fantastic answers.
A big thank you to our wonderful parent volunteers who came with us.
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Farm on Wheels
Wed 12 Mar 2025"What a fantastic treat Reception and Nursery have had today with a visit from Stella and her animals from the Farm on Wheels. The children were able to able to share all off the things they have learnt so far in our topic such as the names of the animals and their babies. They had the opportunity to stroke Sprinkle and Honey the goats. They were so friendly but more interested in eating the grass than saying hello. Then we were able to feed Timmy the lamb his breakfast bottle of milk. We couldn't believe how quickly he drank. Then we saw the hens and the ducks and compared them to the tiny ducklings and chicks that we hatched just a week ago. After that we had a lovely stroke of Yang the guinea pig who was very cuddly. Reception and Nursery were well behaved and really impressed us with all that they had remembered."
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World Book Day 2025
Thu 06 Mar 2025Today we launched World Book Day by gathering in the hall to celebrate reading. We listened to the rap from MC Grammar and talked about why it is important to read and what we enjoyed reading. We also played the story guessing game, where an extract of a story was shared and we had to guess the book. It was very exciting and we were fabulous at guessing correctly. The story was then unwrapped and the text revealed.
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Ash Wednesday Celebration of the Word
Wed 05 Mar 2025Ash Wednesday marks the beginning of the Season of Lent. During Lent we are asked to try to change, to become better versions of ourselves. We can do this by trying to be more like Jesus.
Today our Liturgy Leaders planned and delivered a child-led liturgy for Ash Wednesday. They thought carefully about the aspects of worship gather, listen, respond and go forth and planed a reverent celebration of the word.
They asked the rest of the school to think about how during Lent they are going to do three things: to spend more time in prayer so that we can get to know Jesus better, to fast from something that is keeping us from being the kind of person that Jesus wants us to be and to help those who are in need. Pray, fast and almsgiving.
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St Patrick's Day
Mon 03 Mar 2025St Patrick's house delivered a super assembly today for the whole school and had a fun filled day of arts and crafts to celebrate their House Saint.
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Baby Ducklings
Wed 26 Feb 2025Exciting News in Reception: Ducklings Have Hatched!
This morning, our Reception class was greeted with a delightful surprise—four adorable ducklings hatched overnight!
The children are completely captivated by their new feathery friends and are busy wondering, "I wonder how that big duckling fit inside that little egg?" It's fantastic to see their curiosity and eagerness to learn!
Stay tuned for more updates as we nurture our ducklings and explore the wonderful world of wildlife together.
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Father Hudson's Caritas
Tue 25 Feb 2025Today we welcomed Father Hudson's Caritas into school to talk to us about the work they do in the community. Father Hudson's launched Young at Heart to help older people overcome social isolation and today as part of our jubilee pledge we prayed for all of the older people in our community who need our help and support. We have all agreed to pledge a £1 each for the Good Shepherd Appeal and to be a pilgrim of hope. Each class will now decide how they are going to raise the money during Lent and make a difference to the lives of others.
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Eggs have arrived
Tue 25 Feb 2025Nursery and Reception received a very special delivery today! Our eggs have arrived. In nursery 7 chicken eggs are in the incubator, staying nice and warm before they hatch later this week. Reception's ducklings will be hatching very soon, as some of the eggs have already pipped and we can already hear them chirping so we might have some ducklings by the morning!
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St Stephen's Guild
Sun 16 Feb 2025Congratulations to one of our Year Six pupils who was admitted to the St. Stephen’s Guild today! Another fabulous Altar Server. Welcome to the team!!
