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Friday 28th January 2022

This week our Reception class have had a wonderful time taking part in The Big School Bird Watch 2020.

They have seen some very interesting birds and have done some amazing writing and beautiful drawings, two of which you can see above.

If you have time this weekend, why don't you try and see which different types of bird you can spot. Maybe do some research or be creative and try some art work and then share with your teacher next week.

Here our some of our Reception children, who have been extremely busy this week.

This week's Language Legend Award goes to Rose from Y4 for always producing excellent work in French and for being so conscientious.

 

Today marks the first day of a series of sporting home challenges.

Each week all children from Nursery to Year 6 will be asked to compete in a series of challenges to win points for their school houses. 

This week we challenge you to try the ‘Rock Around the Socks’ challenge!

Please check out the video demonstration by our amazing Year 6 Sports Prefects by clicking the following link:

https://youtu.be/3jMAytxajZg

When you have completed the challenge, submit your results via Twitter by using the hashtag #stjoesocks along with your first name (optional), year group, house and score.

E.g. Mr Findler, Year 2, Prophets, 12 points #stjoesocks

Good luck everyone! If possible, we would love to see some of your amazing efforts!

Uniform

 

It has come to our notice that a few of the children are not wearing full uniform.

For your information, here is a reminder of the uniform for St Joseph's

Green V Necked Knitted Cardigan/Jumper with School Badge
White Cotton Shirt with collar suitable for a tie
School Tie
Tailored Grey Trousers/Shorts
Grey Pinafore/Grey Skirt - Knee Length
Green Gingham Dress - Knee Length
Socks/Tights - Grey or White
Black Sensible Shoes (No Trainers No Boots No Sandals)

 

At this time, we are still keeping open the doors and windows in classroom areas in an effort to improve ventilation. We are encouraging all children to bring in an extra layer, such as a fleece or gilet, to wear on top of their uniform whilst the weather is still so cold. This item does not have to be school uniform. Please note that children should not wear this additional item instead of uniform, they are still expected to wear their green jumper or cardigan (or PE sweatshirt on PE

Days) underneath. 

 

 

At St Joseph’s, we know how important reading is, and we foster this by ensuring that we have a rich variety of reading experiences for every child in all year groups.  It is important that this is also the case at home.  

The Department for Education states 'Nothing is more important in education than ensuring that every child can read well. Pupils who can read are overwhelmingly more likely to succeed at school, achieve good qualifications, and subsequently enjoy a fulfilling and rewarding career. Those who cannot will find themselves at constant disadvantage.'  

With this in mind we want 'Reading For Pleasure' to be a real focus for our children, both in school and at home.  Our staff are going to be taking part in an online course that looks at nurturing children’s reading, gaining knowledge and strategies to help promote reading for pleasure across schools, homes and communities.  This is a free online course that is also available to parents and carers.  

As COVID-19 restrictions are beginning to ease, we are hoping that we will soon be able to invite parents back into school to be our ‘reading volunteers,’ who will read with groups of children or 1:1 to offer our children more opportunities to read aloud and discuss the texts that they are reading.  

This online Reading For Pleasure course is a ‘badged course,’ so offers acknowledgement of course completion.  We would love some of our ‘reading volunteers’ to have this badge, so they can put into practise what they have learned and offer really valuable knowledge and insight about reading to our children in school, but also to their own children at home.   

If you are interested in taking part in this course (there are 8 sessions) and becoming a reading volunteer, you will find the link below so you can sign up.  If you choose to sign up for this course, please email Mrs Loveridge (eloveridge@st-josephs.sheffield.sch.uk) so we are  able to see how many of our parents/carers have chosen to take part.  

We think that this is an invaluable opportunity for our whole school community to become more actively involved in reading with our children.  

https://ourfp.org/2022/01/24/free-badged-online-reading-for-pleasure-course/

 

 

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