School Blog
Road Safety
Thank you to Dudley's Road Safety team who visited Year 6 this week. The session focused on how to stay safe walking to and from school - especially important as the children look towards starting secondary school!
Year 2 Mass
Thank you to Year 2 for leading our Mass this week celebrated by Fr Emmanuel. The children shared the Gospel of Mary and Martha reminding us that there is a time to be busy, but also a time to stop and listen to Jesus.
Year 3 Mass
Thank you to Fr Emmanuel who came to celebrate Mass in school this week. It was lovely to welcome Fr Emmanuel back to St Joseph’s and Year 3 did a wonderful job of making Mass just perfect!
Special Mass
It was lovely to be part of the special Mass with 64 other schools to launch the St Gabriel the Archangel Catholic Multi Academy Trust today. Two of our children represented St Joseph’s perfectly and accepted the special lantern as a sign of hope and solidarity for...
Prayer Partners
As part of MVVP Week the prayers partners form Years 3 and 6 decided to get together and prayer together. The children prepared a little service to spend time with each other in the presence of God.
Year 6 Saint!
Happy Feast Day Year 6! The children are celebrating their class saint St Alphonsa today and learning why she is a role model to us today.
Fairtrade Fortnight
This morning we learned more about Fairtrade and how our actions have an impact on our brothers and sisters around the world. Children shared they thought buying fairtrade links with the CST principles of: Dignity of the Workers, Solidarity and Help for the Poor and...
Angel Wings!
Children in Nursery and Reception painted their hands to create a beautiful pair of angel wings for St Gabriel!
St Gabriel the Archangel
Year 4 have created some beautiful art work to reflect what they think St Gabriel the Archangel might have looked like when he appeared to Mary.
Year 5 Encyclicals
Year 5 have been busy writing their own encyclicals to the world. The children have been telling everyone why we should have hope in Jesus!
Messages of Hope
Just as St Gabriel was a messenger of good news to others, Year 2 have been thinking about how they could be modern messengers of hope by creating text messages of hope!
Fairtrade Tea Morning
Thank you the the lovely parents who supported our Fairtrade Tea Morning today. It was lovely to spend time together and share the message of Fairtrade.
Year 4 Prayer Service
Thank you to Year 4 who led our Prayer Service this morning. The children shared the Gospel and reminded us how Jesus taught us that we are all brothers and sisters. Thank you children.
Prayers to St Gabriel
Year 3 have been writing prayers to St Gabriel asking for his help, guidance and protection.
St Gabriel the Archangel
Today we begin our MVVP Week - Mission, Values, Vocation and Prayer - focus week. As we approach the launch of the St Gabriel the Archangel Catholic Multi-Academy Trust we have been thinking about St Gabriel. Year 1 acted out the annunciation and Year 6 wrote a diary...
Care for Creation
This morning we continued to celebrate our beautiful world. We thought about Care for Creation and children thought about which other principle of CST it's linked too - they decided on Solidarity (as we all need to work together) and Rights and Responsibilities (we...
Creation Guardian Soup!
The Creation Guardians have been busy today! The children have made a lovely soup from the vegetables they planted and harvested and put the scraps in the compost bin! Lots of soup has gone home to be eaten tonight!
Year 5 Prayer Service
Thank you to Year 5 for leading our Prayer Service this morning. Year 5 shared the Gospel of how Jesus showed great compassion for the widow who had lost her son. A reminder that Jesus knows us, loves us and understands us.
Democracy Day!
What an amazing day we've had! Democracy Day was brilliant. The children all voted and the results have been announced! Congratulations to BLUE! Blue is the colour we'll all wear to school on Monday 22nd September!
Charity Visit
A big thank you to Jay from Birmingham Children's Hospital and Charity who visited us today. Jay told us about the wonderful work the charity does to help children who are treated at the hospital. Our Year 6 children have now decided to support this charity for the...