St Joseph's Academy Parent Portal - Friday 6th September

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Welcome back to all of our children and families and a special welcome to all of our new children and families. We hope that you have all had a lovely summer.

This week has started well, all of the children have settled into their new classes and are enjoying their learning.

The children have all been learning about the exciting topics they will be covering, in our new creative curriculum. Today in our "Golden Assembly," the children thought about our new St Josephs Learning Behaviours , which will help them achieve and produce excellent work.

These will be our school STRIPES.

SELF MANAGER

TEAM WORKER

RESOURCEFUL THINKER

INDEPENDENT ENQUIRER

PERSEVERANCE

EFFECTIVE PARTICIPATOR

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Today was the first "Fitness Friday," at St Josephs . Thank you for making sure that your child was all prepared in the correct kit. All of the children and staff took part in a range of fun sporting activities throughout the day.

PE KIT :

Indoor P.E. Kit:

Gold T Shirt

Green Shorts

Black indoor PE pumps

Outdoor P.E. Kit:

Plain black or white running shoes/trainers

Plain black jogging bottoms (no leggings)

Gold T Shirt

Green School Sweatshirt

If you are struggling to get hold of the correct kit, then please speak to someone in the school office and they will be able to help you.

On Wednesday Y6 had a visit from PC Bobby Dev and Chief Insp. Turner to discuss the Inspiring Youth Project.

This Project is run in many of the secondary schools in South Yorkshire, for children of age 13 years and upwards. St Josephs remain the only primary school in South Yorkshire to run this programme . It is a fantastic opportunity, which will put our children in great stead for secondary school and the future.

We do hope that all of the children participate and take advantage of this opportunity. If you have any questions about the project, then please do not hesitate to contact either Mrs McFarlane or Miss Beasley .

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This year reading will be a focus for St Josephs. The children will be taking part in a number of different activities to increase engagement and enjoyment.

Please can you make a real effort to read with your child for at least 10 minutes a day.

...as parents, we have to find the time and the energy to step in and help our children love reading. We can read to them, talk to them about what they're reading, and make time for this by turning off the television set ourselves. Libraries are a critical tool to help parents do this. - Barack Obama

Meet the Teacher – September 2019

Monday 9^th September Year 6 4:30pm

Tuesday 10^th September Year 5 & Year 1 4:30pm

Wednesday 11^th September Year 4 & Year 2 4:30pm

Thursday 12^th September Year 3 4:30pm

Tuesday 17^th September Reception 4:30pm

Whole School Mass - 10am Monday the 9th of September

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