St. Joseph's Catholic Primary School
St. Joseph's Catholic Primary School

School Blog

FHC Mass

FHC Mass

Congratulations to the 21 children who received the Sacrament of First Holy Communion this morning. It was lovely to be joined by so many staff and family members in a beautiful Mass celebrated by Fr Samy.

Year 6 Treat

Year 6 Treat

Year 6 enjoyed their private screening at the cinema today! It was a special treat after all of their hard work completing their SATs Test this week!

Jesus’ Ascension

Jesus’ Ascension

Year 2 did an amazing job of sharing the celebration of Jesus' Ascension today! The children took us all the way back to Easter Sunday, reminding us of the empty tomb, Jesus' being recognised in the breaking of the bread, and Doubting Thomas before also acting out...

Well done Miss Bate!

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

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

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'.

Praying the Rosary

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.

Islamic Experience

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

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

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.

Year 1 visit Church

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...