At St Joseph’s we have an exciting social, sporting and charitable calendar throughout the whole year. Here is a list of just some of the events that you can expect your child to be involved in.
- Charity days such as the Macmillan Coffee morning, Comic relief, Children in Need and other charities identified by the children as needing our support.
- An annual ‘Prize Night’ including a spectacular performance from the whole school, showcasing their musical, dance and acting talents.
- Harvest Festival
- Termly masses held at St Barnabas Cathedral and other religious observance; celebrating the diversity of children and faiths across the school and nursery
- Weekly ‘Achievement Assemblies’ where we invite parents to join us online or in person in celebrating the children’s excellent work, good behaviour and all-round accomplishments.
- Educational weeks or projects such as Science Week, Book Week, art days or historical re-enactment days.
- An annual residential trip for our Junior children.
- Day trips to inspiring places such as museums, castles, parks, farms and so on for topic related inspirational experiences.
- Christmas Disco
- Summer fair
- PTA Film Nights
- Random Acts of Kindness Advent Calendar
- Infant and Nursery nativity or Christmas plays
- Annual Carol Concert held at St Barnabas Cathedral
- Easter Concert
- Singing in residential homes, shopping centres or other community spaces
- Annual Canning Circus lights switch on concert
- Quizzes and Inter-House Competitions
- Sports competitions both ‘Inter-House’ and against other schools. Matches range from football, cricket, rugby, netball, tennis, squash, dance and many more.
- Annual sports day
- Chess competitions
- Termly class assemblies
Today is Earth day and in pre-prep we have made the Earth out of colourful rice, we have saved the sea animals from the rubbish in the ocean by using tweezers and we have made handprint Earth pictures! Happy Earth day everyone!
4This morning Councillor David Mellen came and read a couple of stories to Pre-Prep and The Acorns as part of the Dolly Parton Reading Challenge. The children all sat beautifully and enjoyed to stories read to them.
2Year 2 have started their new Science unit, 'Animals and their Habitats'. They have been learning about the seven life processes and spent time sorting cards into 'living' or 'not living' categories, based on the knowledge they have acquired so far.
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