School Blog

Harvest
Thank you to everyone who was able to donate a tine of food today for our Harvest Mass. The tins of food will be given to the Good Shepherd Appeal in Wolverhampton to help our local brothers and sisters in need.

Year 1 Mass
Thank you to Year 1 who led our Harvest Mass this morning. The children led our worship beautifully - we're so very proud of them!

Parish Mass
Thank you to everyone who joined us in church for Mass this evening. The children read beautifully and made the music extra special by playing instruments and singing beautifully. Thank you to Fr Emmanuel for celebrating Mass too!

School Parish Mass
Our School Parish Mass is tomorrow evening at 6pm. Please join us if you can - everyone is very welcome!

Jubilee Boat
It's back! The Jubilee Boat has returned to St Joseph's! We can't wait to introduce it to our youngest children! Next week we'll be reconnecting with our theme of the hopes, dreams and aspirations of young people!

Mental Health Day
Today we all wore yellow clothes to school to support mental health day. The children have been thinking about how they can look after their own mental health too!

Year 4 Assembly
Well done to Year 4 who shared an AMAZING assembly all about the life of Mary this morning. Year 4 gave us the mission to take inspiration from Our Lady in our choices and our actions.

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.