School Blog
Stations of the Cross
During Prayer and Worship today we began our Journey to the Cross together. Walking, pausing and praying at each station of the cross. After each station we display a pair of purple footprints to remind us of our time with Jesus.
Brilliant in Britain
Last week we celebrated Brilliant in Britain Week! The children learned lots about the culture, capital cities, special holidays and traditions of a range of different countries. We think Reception class did a wonderful job of decorating flags!
Reflexions
Reflexions were in for Year 5 yesterday hosting a workshop all about friendships and mental health. They learnt about boundaries and techniques they can use, and what makes a good friend.
Treasure Within
Today we welcomed RISE Theatre into school to share the day with us! We took on their challenge of finding the treasures within us and how to use them! The children really enjoyed building on their already deep knowledge about the principles of Catholic Social Teaching.
Litter Picking!
As we journey through the Lent the staff have been giving up their time to help the local community by spending time litter picking. Following the litter pick there’s time to enjoy a drink together and reflect on their Lenten journey.
Year 1 Prayer Service
Thank you to Year 1 for leading our whole school Prayer Service this morning. Thank you also to the Year 3 children who helped to share today’s readings.
Mission Team
Our Mission Team requested a HUGE cross for the playground and the front of the school - so of course we responded!
Creation Guardians
Our Creation Guardians are very happy with the new banner for St Francis’ Forest!
Jesus loves you!
Throughout Lent we are called to take time to become closer to Jesus. We know Jesus is with us always. During Lent we’ve been reminding children of this important message by ‘hiding’ mini Jesus’ around the school.
Lent begins
Our Lenten journey begins today. A time to pray, fast and give alms as we walk with Jesus.
Bye for now!
As we’re not together in school for the start of Lent we did an important job together today and put the alleluia away! Alleluia is a word not used during Lent so we’ve put is safely in a special box and look forward to letting it out after Easter!
Prayer Bags
Our Mission Team gave out Prayer Bags to the Year 1 children today - a gift for them to keep! We can’t wait to hear how they’ve shared them at home with their family!
Poetry Recital
Our Poetry Recital was AMAZING this morning! It was wonderful to see such confident and eloquent children from Nursery all the way to Year 6 performing! The children listened to each other with love and encouragement.
Ending our retreat day together!
Our beautiful retreat ended together in the hall. Thank you to One Life Music for a wonderful day and helping to open our hearts to see how we can make a difference in the world.
On Retreat!
We are having a wonderful day on retreat with One Life Music! The retreat is called A Heart That Sees and everyone has enjoyed singing, meditating and just being together as the family of St Joseph's!
Mental Health Week
This week we have been focusing on the importance of mental health and the children have completed lots of activities and had lots of discussions. Some of the children have been thinking about their own individual places where they feel they belong and where they feel...
Secretary of State Letter!
We are very proud of our special letter from Bridget Phillipson the Secretary of State for Education! The letter congratulates us on our excellent outcome for disadvantaged pupils!
Year 2 Mass
Thank you to Year 2 who led our whole school Mass this morning, celebrated by Fr Emmanuel. The children did a wonderful job of reading, acting and playing instruments to make Mass very special.
Creation Guardians
Creation Guardians have been busy planning and preparing for Spring in the Bible Garden. We talked about what we’d like to plant and today the seeds have arrived. Next week we’ll get our wellies on and start preparing the soil!! Screenshot
Safer Internet Day
For Safer Internet Day this week all of the children thought about how to stay safe online and how we can use AI safely and responsibly too!