School Blog
Sharing the Mission
We're continuing to spread our CMAT and Diocesan Mission Statement with the help of our Mission Mandala!
Islamic Experience
Our Year 6 children are out visiting the Islamic Experience in Birmingham today. It's the UK's first permanent Islamic Exhibition for groups from Schools, Colleges, Universities, the Police and the general Public and was opened in Birmingham, by Tony Howell, the Chief...
Mission Team
The Mission Team have been very busy making prayer bags for the children in Reception! Reception will be given their prayer bags, a gift to keep, to help them pray at home with their family.
Music Mark
Well done to Mrs Stretton for successfully gaining the Music Mark for our school. We are committed to strengthening musical education and work with Dudley Performing Arts to give our children the best musical experiences.
First Holy Communion Retreat
Thank you to One Life Music Dan who led a special First Holy Communion retreat day for Year 3. The children found the day to be very uplifting and were pleased that so many parents could join them for the prayer service at the end the day.
Year 6 Mass
Thank you to Year 6 who led our Mass this morning celebrated by Fr Samy. The children sang, read and acted perfectly acting as excellent role models for the rest of the school.
Year 4 visit the Gurdwara
Year 4 had a lovely time visiting the Gurdwara today! The children enjoyed learning even more about Sikhism and behaved wonderfully.
Year 1 visit Church
Today the Year 1 children walked to Church. They had time to look around the church and came up with lots of different questions about what they had seen. We looked at the Paschal Candle and how we light this during the season of Easter or on special occasions. They...
Year 5 visit St Chad’s Cathedral
Year 5 visited St Chad’s Cathedral today! The staff were blown away by the children and their knowledge along with their behaviour, which was impeccable as well! Year 5 stayed for Mass and our children served on the altar, brought the offertory and Miss Lyttle even...
Year 4’s Assembly
Well done to Year 4 who led our assembly all about St George today! Reception class have St George as their class Saint and celebrated his Feast Day yesterday, so it was wonderful that Year 4 could share all their learning with us today! We know that St George was...
Councillors Visit
Thank you to St Thomas’s Ward Labour Councillors Councillors Ali, Qayyum and Azad who visited St Joseph's today to give us an emergency bleed control kit. Please God we never have to use it, but if we do it might save a life and make a difference to a person, family...
Oratory Visit
Today Year 3 are out and about again! Today they are visiting The Oratory in Birmingham. The children impressed Father David with their knowledge and have been so respectful in the church.
Visiting the Buddhist Temple
Year 3 had a wonderful time visiting the Buddhist temple yesterday. The children were so eager to find out about Buddhism and asked lots of thoughtful questions.
Reception’s Marathon
Reception have started their TSC Mini Marathon! They started by completing 3 laps of the playground and are running again tomorrow! They were super tired after all of their hard work!
Year 1 Mass
A big well done and thank you to Year 1 for leading our whole school Mass this morning. We reflected on St Stephen and his commitment to his faith and how he is a role model to us today.
Mini London Marathon
We are taking part in the TCS Mini London Marathon! School children of all ages and abilities are invited to run, jog, walk, wheel or be guided around a two-mile course within their school setting. Everyone has their number and is working together to complete the...
MAT Song Recording
Mrs Stretton and three of our wonderful children made the journey to St Austin's Church in Stafford very early this morning to be part of the recording of our two MAT songs! They had a wonderful time and sang beautifully! Thank you to the parents for helping us to get...
WWF Fund Raising
We are so proud of our Year 4 children for raising a fantastic £104.31 for WWF - their chosen class charity. The children created a W W F with pennies and small change on the hall floor!
Mission Mandala
Following our Mission Mandala competition the wining entry, which shows our CMAT and Archdiocese Mission Statement - 'Forming Christ-centred pilgrims of hope, with kind hearts, questioning minds, a thirst for knowledge and a hunger for justice', has been made into a...
Year 2 Mass
Year 2 led our whole school Mass this morning celebrated by Father Samy! After releasing the Alleluia from it's box yesterday it was wonderful to celebrate our first Mass of the Easter season.