School Blog
St Joseph’s Day
Happy St Joseph’s Day!
Staff take Social Action
As part of our staff commitment to taking Social Action during Lent some our the staff have been out litter picking in the local area this morning! They enjoyed being out in the sunshine and making the local environment a little better for everyone to enjoy!
Mission Team in Action
Some of the Mission Team were thinking about prayer in school - they thought about how prayer in the classroom should not be disturbed. The children wanted to keep this time special without interruptions, so they're going to make door hangers with polite messages that...
Year 2 Mass
Thank you to Year 2 for leading Mass this morning. The focus was thinking about how actions speak louder than words and following Jesus' teachings.
St Patrick
Happy St Patrick’s Day to our Year 3 children today! St Patrick is Year 3’s class Saint! In celebration the children wore their own clothes to school and learned even more about why St Patrick is so special!
Harvington Hall
During this special Jubilee Year each class is taking part in a religious pilgrimage. Today it was the turn of Year 4 to visit Harvington Hall! The children really enjoyed their visit and finding all the priest holes!
Luce and Santino
Luce and Santino have arrived on the boat at St Joseph's! We are so excited to have them with us for the next two weeks and have some EXCITING activities planned linked to the dreams and aspirations of young people! To mark their arrival everyone has been given a...
Science Week
Year 4 have been working in our new wormery! They’ve been feeding the worms as part of their science week activities 🪱
Bible Garden
The children have been out in the Bible Garden planting a variety of seeds today! We can wait to see the vegetables and flowers grow!
Mini Vinnies
Our Mini Vinnies have been busy creating prayer bags for the children to take home. The children were proud to be helping others to pray and talked about why prayer is so important.
Gymnastics Competition
Some of our children competed in a gymnastics competition yesterday. They represented our school brilliantly and they were so well behaved! The instructor said they were the only school to say thank you! We’ll get the results at some point today to find out if we’ve...
Lent Prayer Bags
Our Year 2 children will be continuing their Lenten journey at home by answering the call to pray during Lent. To help them they will be taking home Lent themed prayer bags so they can create a special prayer focus with their family.
Pope Francis Prayer Bags
Our Year 1 children will be taking home a special prayer bag this week which is themed on Pope Francis. We are keeping the Holy Father very much in our prayers at school and now children can use the prayer card to pray for him at home with their families too.
Welcome creatures!
We welcomed some new creatures to our school today! Newt eggs, frog spawn, tadpoles, sticklebacks and minnows to Pilgrim's Pond and LOTS of worms to our wormery in St Francis' Forest!
Sister Act!
A big thank you to Bishop Milner Catholic College for inviting our Year 6 children to watch their fantastic performance of Sister Act today! The children had a great time and it was lovely to see some familiar faces!
Staff Social Action
During Lent staff are given the opportunity to to take social action and make a difference. Each week the staff will be litter picking in the local area before going to enjoy a well deserved drink and a chance to reflect on their own journey through Lent. LOTS of...
Year 3’s Mass
Well done to Year 3 for leading our whole school Mass. Today was all about prayer and how Jesus taught the disciples to pray. As a school family we love the opportunity to pray together using the words Jesus taught.
Science Fair
AMAZING Science projects shared today at our Science Fair to celebrate Science Week! The theme was Change and Adapt and the children shared some very detailed and imaginative creations! It was lovely to show them all off this afternoon and then to our parents too at...
Stations of the Cross
On Friday we began our Lent tradition of learning about each station of the cross together. We looked at the image of the first station, paused and prayed together. To mark our journey we added two purple footprints at the front of the hall.
World Book Day
It was so lovely to see so many children dressed up as their favourite book characters in celebration of World Book today! Our school office was even taken over by two Minions!