School Blog
Pilgrims of Hope
It was a pleasure to meet Jay from Birmingham Children's Hospital today and present a cheque for £2,362.83! We are so grateful to everyone who was able to sponsor our 22 mile walk back in April! We are so proud to be Pilgrims of Hope - bringing hope to children who...
Year 6 Transition
Thank you to Mr Biddle from Bishop Milner Catholic College who came to visit our Year 6 children today as part of their transition to secondary school!
Pentecost
Thank you to Year 3 for their beautiful assembly about Pentecost, reminding us about the spark that the Holy Spirit can ignite in our hearts 🔥🙏🏼🕊️
Confirmation Preparation
Thank you to the Year 6 parents and Fr Louis who came together to help prepare the children for the Sacrament of Confirmation in a few weeks!
Think Tank Trip
Year 5 had a brilliant time at the Think Tank! The children learned lots about robotics and created their own moving Lego vehicles!
NSPCC Work
During NSPCC Speak Out Stay Safe Week Year 4 have been thinking about who they can talk to if they don’t feel safe.
Year 1’s Mass
Year 1 brought great joy to everyone this morning by leading our whole school Mass with such eloquence and maturity. The Gospel shared the time the Jesus' needed to talk to HIs Father and reminded us that to live out our mission we can ask for God's help whenever and...
NSPCC – Stay Safe, Speak Out.
Today we began the NSPCC’s Speak Out, Stay Safe Programme. The children will be watching assemblies and taking part in a variety of age appropriate activities to learn how to keep themselves safe.
St Joseph’s Way
It’s been a busy first day back! Following a Settling Session this morning we gathered together to share the Gospel of the Ascension. Following Prayer and Liturgy we launched our new Behaviour System which has been developed in consultation with the children who have...
Poetry Recital
Well done to all the children from Nursery to Year 6 who shared the poems they’ve been learning in our poetry recital this afternoon! The children were all amazing and it was lovely to see them having fun and being so confident! Thank you to all the parents that...
Ascension
Thank you to Year 2 for sharing their assembly all about Jesus’ Ascension on Friday. The children reminded us of all Jesus did after His resurrection before returning to heaven to be with His father.
Year 2 scenarios
Year 2 have been discussing a variety of different scenarios during anti-bullying and anti-racism week! The children explored each situation and discussed what they would do and why.
Kindness in Joseph’s Jigsaw
During anti-racism and anti-bullying week the children in Joseph's Jigsaw have been thinking about kindness. The children have thought about how to show kindness and have kind hands with everyone and have sorted pictures into being kind and unkind. The children then...
St Francis’ Forest
This afternoon some of the children took part in marshmallow toasting in St Francis' Forest! The children had a lovely time and really enjoyed being outside in the beautiful forest - but especially the tasty marshmallows!
Cricket Action!
Some of our children were in action representing St Joseph's at a cricket event today! The children had great fun and showed such wonderful sporting behaviour - well done everyone!
Year 3 show respect!
For anti-bullying and anti-racism week Year 3 have been thinking about the theme respect. The children created posters with the theme of respect.
EYFS Kindness Pledge
During our anti-bullying and anti-racism week EYFS have been looking at what it means to be kind. They have thought about how it's important to be kind to everyone - not just our friends! The children made clay hearts and wrote a pledge to be kind to everyone always!
Honouring Mary
Today, we crowned our Lady with flowers in a special May Service. The children and families have been so generous by bringing in so many lovely flowers to show how much we love Mary. We sang, prayed the rosary and watched a video to remind us of why Mary is so very...
Year 1’s Anti-Bullying / Racism Week
Today Year 1 sat together in a circle and passed a roll of string around the circle to different peers, whilst doing so they said something respectful. This then created a ‘web’ of ideas on how we can be respectful at all times. The children then had the opportunity...
Celebration Mass
It was wonderful for the whole school to share in the First Holy Communion Celebration Mass this morning. The children all looked lovely as they dressed in their special outfits and received their gift and certificate from the school. Congratulations once again!