School Blog
Well done Miss Bate!
We are very proud of Miss Bate who has been accepted on the Chartered Teacher Pathway! This is a very prestigious pathway! Chartered Status is a professional learning and accreditation pathway supporting career-long development. Well done Miss Bate!
Parish Prayer Partners
It's wonderful that the members of the Parish and the children who are about to receive the Sacrament of First Holy Communion have become prayer partners. Praying for each other is such a beautiful thing to do.
May Displays
Our displays for May in honour of Our Lady have reflected our CMAT and Diocesan Mission - 'Forming Christ-centred pilgrims of hope with kind hearts, questioning minds, a thirst for knowledge and a hunger for justice'.
Sacrament of Reconciliation
Please keep our Year 3 children in your prayers. The children received the Sacrament of Reconciliation in a lovely service with Fr Sam this morning, and it was lovely to be joined by parents too.
Praying the Rosary
Today we prayed a decade of the Rosary as a whole school family during our Prayer and Merit Gathering. The children prayed beautifully together after watching a video all about Mary and why she is so special.
Year 5 Mass
Well done to Year 5 who led our Mass this week celebrated by Fr Samy.
Year 3 Assembly
Well done to Year 3 who shared a beautiful assembly all about Mary at the beginning of her special month.
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.