St Joseph's Academy Parent Portal - Friday 17th November 2023

On Monday morning, all of our lessons were interrupted by a very strange video, from a secret agency, called Dreams of Time and Space. We were invited to become part of the agency and help them with their mission! Then our assembly was taken over by the Director of the agency, D3, Agent Argyle and all the MAKER agents. We found out that they chose our school because we have incredible MAKER Spirit!

D3 explained that there was a dream storm heading to our school and there was a dream that needed fixing. The dream belonged to Ada Lovelace. Each class was given a mission.

Key Stage 2's mission was to fix Ada's dream. Year 6 created a moving sculpture to inspire Ada. Year 5 created music to encourage Ada to keep going. Year 4 created an animated dream to give Ada confidence to fly. Year 3 created a dream launcher to catapult messages and dreams through the dream-o-sphere to Ada to give her inspiration in her dreams.

The mission for KS1 and EYFS was to build a new more powerful dream machine to get the new dream to Ada. Year 2 made the lights for the dream machine with circuits and cardboard. Year 1 set up alerts using circuits and Reception built a big dream machine structure.

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This week has been Anti-Bullying Week. The theme is 'Make A Noise About Bullying'. This theme was chosen following consultation with teachers and pupils by the Anti-Bullying Alliance. Teachers and children wanted a theme that empowered them to do something positive to counter the harm and hurt that bullying causes.

The Antibullying Alliance Call to Action:

Too often, we are silent when we see bullying take place, silent about the hurt bullying causes, and silent when we hear bullying dismissed as ‘just banter’.
It doesn't have to be this way.

Of course, we won’t like everyone and we don’t always agree, but we can choose respect and unity.

This Anti-Bullying Week let’s come together to have discussions about what bullying means to us, how banter can turn into something more hurtful, and what we can do to stop bullying. Together, we can make a difference and take a stand against bullying.

From the playground to Parliament, and from our phones to our homes, let’s make a noise about bullying.

Each class has used the Anti Bullying Alliance resources to help raise awareness and tackle the issue of face-to-face bullying and bullying that takes place online.

Our top tips for good school attendance

create good attendance habits from when your child first goes to nursery
talk to your child about the importance of school for their future
take a positive interest in your child's work, including helping them with homework
help your child to get into a good night-time, sleep time and morning routine
have a good relationship with school, talk to them about concerns you have and your child’s progress
contact school on the first day of absence if your child is not able to attend
be honest with school if your child is absent or not wanting to attend
book all holidays in the school holidays and not in term time
book medical appointments after school or during the school holidays. If you can’t, then make sure your child attends before and after their appointment
prioritise school attendance over other activities and ask for help if you need it

Weekly Attendance - week beginning 13th November 2023

Our whole school attendance target for this academic year (23/24) is 96.5%

Follow the link below for further information:

NHS 'Is my child too ill for school?' guidance

UK Chief Medical Officers' Physical Activity Guidelines:

Children and young people should engage in moderate to vigorous physical activity for an average of at least 60 minutes per day across the week. This can include all forms of activity such as physical education, active travel, after-school activities, play and sports.

Get Fit and Win Big with our Mile Challenge!

We've got an exciting fitness challenge lined up!

Our enthusiastic sports prefects will be keeping a close eye on all the amazing children who participate in our Mile Challenge. We want to see how you're pushing your limits, improving endurance, and having a whole lot of fun along the way!

But wait, there's more! Each time children go out on the track, we will be selecting a 'King' and a 'Queen' from each class who will be celebrated for their incredible commitment.

On 24^th November 2023, one lucky boy and one lucky girl will be randomly selected from our 'Kings' and 'Queens' to win a GRAND PRIZE! How does 4 tickets to Disney on Ice on Thursday 30^th November sound? Pretty magical, right?

Whether you walk, jog, or sprint the Mile (or even if you don’t quite manage to reach a mile, you're all winners in our eyes, and who knows, the ultimate prize could be yours!

Let's run our way to fitness and fun!

Upcoming Events and Important Dates

Sat 18th November - Open Morning 9:30 - 12pm

Fri 1st December - Blessing of Advent Wreaths

Fri 8th December - Human Rights Day

Wed 13th December - Year 1 & Year 2 Nativity 2pm

Thurs 14th December - Reception Nativity 10am

Thurs 14th December - Year 1 & Year 2 Nativity 2pm

Fri 15th December - Y5 Cannon Hall Farm

Fri 15th December - Reception, Year 1 & Year 2 Party

Mon 18th December - Visit by Maker Van

Mon 18th December - Elf Day

Tues 19th December - Carols in Church 2pm

Wed 20th December - Breakfast with Santa

Thurs 21st December - Christmas Jumper Day

Thurs 21st December - Christmas Show am

Thurs 21st December - KS2 Party pm

Friday 22nd December – School finishes at 1:30pm

Christmas Break – 25th December – 5th January

COMING SOON!!!!!!

Thursday 21st December - Christmas Jumper Day

Christmas Jumper Day is on Thursday 21st December. Wear a Christmas Jumper and help raise funds for Sheffield Children's Hospital.

MORE DETAILS TO FOLLOW

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Friends of St Joseph's School

Great News!

The Christmas Raffle Tickets are now on sale on the School Gateway!

1st, 2nd and 3rd prize will be £50. If you would like to donate a prize please speak to the office staff

A team of our Year 6 children have been taking part in the WER (World Educational Robotics) competition today at SHS. They had to work with children from other schools and have demonstrated amazing Maker Spirit.

They had to prepare a presentation about AI and learn how to interact with task models. They impressed everyone with their computer coding knowledge

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