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  • 20/09/23

    National Fitness Day 2023

    Today, the children of St Joseph's took part in National Fitness Day and we used this day to take the opportunity to practise various exercises, in preparation for the arrival of our athletic guest next month.  We completed sets of spotty do...
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  • 15/09/23

    World Afro Hair Day

    We celebrate diversity at St Joseph's and look to break the barriers our children may face. World Afro Day is a perfect example of both of these, so we decided to celebrate as a whole school. In Early Years and KS1, the children read books about characters who had Afro hair and KS2 children comp...
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  • 15/09/23

    Developing our Outdoor Space

    Mr Ferreira, our Premises Manager has been a very busy bee this week making our outdoor space look amazing!  We had two deliveries of natural wood chip, which were piled high in the school car park.  It has taken many wheelbarrow trips to the forest school and  the area under our...
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  • 14/09/23

    Beginning of term Mass at St Joseph's Church

    Today, the whole school visited St Joseph's Catholic Church to celebrate the beginning of the year, and met Fr Patrice and Fr Teju, our Parish Priests.  We are looking forward to what this year has to bring and creating stronger links with our parish and wider community.
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  • 11/09/23

    Sunflowers in bloom​​​​​​​

    Mr Ferreira, our Premises Manager planted sunflower seeds before we went on our summer holidays.  They have grown really well, with most of them taller than some of the teachers!  They'll be looking amazing for a few more weeks as some buds haven't fully opened yet.  The bees...
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  • 14/07/23

    Year 4's reward trip to Charlton Athletic

    As part of our drive to improve attendance, we set each class an attendance task - The 100% Attendance Challenge.  Every time a class achieved 100% attendance they were entered into the 100% club and received a prize.  At the end of the year, all the classes in the club were entered i...
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  • 01/07/23

    Year 6 Residential - 2023

    On Friday, after a delayed start, parents waved off our Year 6 pupils as they set off on their journey to Marchants Hill, in Surrey.  They settled in really well, had an explore and ate a lovely dinner. Saturday, we had some VERY brave students take part in zip lining and designing and putti...
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  • 26/05/23

    Year 4 -v- Year 5 rounders

    Today, Year 4 invited Year 5 to a game of rounders. It ended in a tie but it was still a great opportunity for the younger class to work together and challenge a bigger team. The children really enjoyed the treat and earned lots of Dojos from the other class's teacher. Our favourite moment...
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  • 26/05/23

    Year 1's DT Topic

    As part of our DT topic we made our own fruit salad and fruit kebabs. We worked as a team to cut the fruit into small pieces. We added them to the bowl for our fruit salad or threaded them on to stick for our fruit kebabs. They both tasted delicious! In Maths, Year 1 have been learning about volu...
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  • 24/05/23

    Year 6 & Windrush at the NMM

    Year 6 visited The National Maritime Museum where they participated in a ‘Windrush’ workshop.  The workshop explored the story of The Windrush and the lives of the individuals who came over to Britain to support the rebuilding of the country after the Second World War. This works...
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  • 22/05/23

    Year 1 trip to the National Maritime Museum

    Year 1 attended the "Explorers through time" workshop at the National Maritime Museum. We compared the work of the explorers Ernest Shackleton and Prem Gill. We had time in the Ahoy! play area which was lots of fun. We also had time to explore the globes in the grounds of the museum...
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  • 18/05/23

    Crowning of Mary

    For centuries, the Catholic Church has set aside the entire month of May to honour Mary, Mother of God. Not just a day in May, but the entire month. In medieval times, similar customs abounded, all centering around the practice of expelling winter, as May 1st was considered the start of new growth...
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