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FRIDAY the 21st of May 2021

Joseph Bear — joins the Bears of Sheffield

St Joseph's has joined with the Bears of Sheffield to raise money to build a new Cancer and Leukaemia Ward at Sheffield Children's hospital. Our bear will be part of a sculpture trail taking place throughout Sheffield this summer. The trail will comprise 60 big bears, which are sponsored by local businesses, organisations and families, as well as 100 little bears which have been fundraised for and decorated by schools, nurseries and colleges.

Joseph Bear

St Joseph’s Bear was designed by the children attending the Critical Worker provision during the third national lock down. They decided to use a background of a rainbow to represent hope and the promise of better times to come. This is then overlaid with drawings by the children that illustrate the school motto :

 

 

 

A message from Greg Fell (Sheffield Director of Public Health) :

As Director of Public Health for the city I am confident that things are moving in the right direction and transmission of COVID-19 is reducing. However, I want to be as assured as possible that the city is in a good position as we approach the summer holidays and that we continue to do all that we can to reduce the risk of COVID-19 transmission in educational settings. This means that for the remaining period of the school term I am supportive of Headteachers choosing to maintain that Face Coverings should still be used for staff in communal areas in schools and in situations where social distancing is not possible.

We at St Joseph's thank all of our parents for wearing face coverings when dropping off and collecting your children. We would appreciate it if you could continue to do this to the end of this academic year.

With the recent miserable weather, it seems hard to believe the weather reports for a heatwave in the next few weeks.

Just in case we do have better weather, please can we remind you to apply sunscreen to your child before attending school. They should bring a sun hat and also their water bottle filled with fresh water.

We can all cross our fingers that this time predictions are right...we could all do with some sunshine !

A reminder from Mrs Dungworth :

Please can all entries for the Post Office competition to design a stamp, be returned to school by Monday the 24th of May.

Last week, we spent much of Friday honouring Our Lady, we also had a special assembly, which was led by Mrs Harrand and our Liturgy Leaders.

So this week, we thought we would have two awards for each class !

Nursery : Lola , for being so kind to her friends and  James for outstanding Maths work. 

Reception: Elizah for doing a beautiful job of writing her name, and Martha for always looking for a challenge which this week was to learn her 5 and 10 times tables! 

Year 1:  Lula  has been a superstar in maths, growing in confidence to answer questions on the carpet and always having a go.  Nellie has engaged really well with our PSHE lessons this week, using the Zones of Regulation to help her explain how she is feeling and why.

Year 2: Evie  for her excellent reading of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory; and Ruben for his outstanding efforts with independent reading and writing!

Year 3: Ollie for his continued hard work and positive attitude towards his work

Year 4: Cameron - for trying incredibly hard in English and using parenthesis independently! Sophia - for always being ready to learn and trying her very best in all lessons.

Year 5:  Evie. She always tries her absolute best in everything and this is shown in her fantastic non-chronological report about yellow-spotted lizards that she wrote this week!

Year 6: Verity, for really taking on board the ideas we have talked about and putting them into her creative writing.

 

This is a reminder that children should all bring a clean water bottle into school each day filled with water. It has been noted that a few children are bringing in juice or pop in their bottles, this is not allowed.

In our assembly today, the following letter from the Bishop was shared with the children. Following this, they all watched the CAFOD film “Eyes of The World.”

Please chat to your child about this, to find out what we shall be doing in school.


CATHOLIC BISHOPS’ CONFERENCE OF ENGLAND AND WALES

Letter to Primary Schools for Pentecost 2021

Dear Young People,

Fifty days after Easter, we celebrate the Feast of Pentecost when the Holy Spirit came down on the Disciples.

Feeling afraid and uncertain, the Disciples locked themselves away: Jesus had been their friend helping them, and now He was no longer with them.  Whilst praying, the Holy Spirit descended on the Disciples, and they became Apostles.  An Apostle is someone sent out to share the message of Jesus with everyone and that is what the Apostles did - they went out spreading the Good News to everyone. With the help of the Holy Spirit, we must have the courage to share the Good News of Jesus Christ.  We must stand up for what is right in our own community and in the global community.

Many of you will remember the letter Pope Francis wrote called Laudato si’ asking all of us in the whole world to take care of our common home.       

Pope Francis says that climate change affects us all, but it is the poorest communities who will suffer the most. 

We all have a responsibility to take care of our common home, and you can make that change through your choices as an individual in your home, school, parish and local community.  Recycling materials correctly, reducing food waste, not wasting water, switching the lights off and thinking about the way you travel to school.  Young people are passionate about making these important changes. Not only are you probably already doing them, but through your actions you are also educating others around you!

Two important events are happening in our country this year. In June, the G7 will take place in Cornwall.  World leaders from the seven most powerful countries in the world will meet to discuss global issues, such as climate change and recovery from the global pandemic. Their talks will affect all our brothers and sisters in our global family.

In November, COP26, a meeting of world leaders and governments organised by the United Nations, will be taking place in Glasgow.  Important decisions will be made about how countries can help tackle the climate crisis.

Our government is hosting this meeting: they represent us. We have the power to make a difference by speaking up and making sure that our voices are heard.  Like the Disciples at Pentecost, we need to become Apostles, spreading the Good News of Jesus and building a better future and fairer world for all.

What can I do?

If you haven’t already done so, watch the CAFOD assembly: ‘Eyes of the World’.  Take part in the campaign by making pictures of eyes to show the eyes of the world are watching, and so are we!  Write to the government telling them to think about the world’s poorest people as they make their decisions! https://cafod.org.uk/Education/Primary-teaching-resources/Eyes-of-the-world

Let Us Pray:

We pray for a world where everyone has the chance to live life to the full. 

 

Last week all of our KS2 children said a daily decade of the Rosary. 

Please encourage your child to share this with you — it would be lovely if you could say the Hail Mary together as a family, during these last few days of May.