l ATTENDANCE MATTERS For week ending 27/04/2018 Overall 96.9% 326 pupils achieved 100% attendance this week. Top Attendance this week: Y2 Oak &Y5 Pear with 100% Mrs Bury s thought for the week go as far as you can see; when you get there, you ll be able to see even further. DIARY DATES May Sun 6th Mon 7th Tues 8th 8th -11th Thurs 10th Thurs 10th Fri 11th Mon 14th 18th Fri 18th Fri 18th Sun 19th Mon 21st Mon 21st - 25th Mon 21st Wed 23rd June Mon 4th Mon 11th Thurs 14th Mon 18th Tues 19th Tues 19th Wed 20th Thurs21st Thurs 21st Sat 23rd Mon 25th Thurs 28th Fri 29th 10:00 Children s Mass in Church School Closed Bank Holiday 10:15am Sophie Clingan s Bake Sale in KS2 Playground KS1 Health & Fitness Week Ascension Day Y3 Pear Class Assembly Note Note new date 21/6/18 Come in PE kit & Bring a Bottle for Fete Day! KS2 SATs Week Friends Sponsored Bounce Y6 Visit to Aztec at Lower Moor First Holy Communion Season of Pentecost KS2 Health & Fitness Week CTA Athletics at Abbey Stadium letters home next week Sports Day Y5 Oak & Pear visit to Malvern Ice Quest 9:15am KS1 Golden Certificate Assembly 2:45pm KS2 Golden Certificate Assembly Reserve Sports Day Wear Sports kit and bring a bottle for fete. 3:15pm Break for Half Term Ordinary Time 8:50am Back to School for Summer Term 2 10:00am - 2:30pm Y3 Summer Sports Festival Pre-School visit to Umberslade Farm 1:30pm Y6 Leavers Photo Y6 Visit to Oscott - Details to follow Y2 Pear Class Assembly in School Hall TED SCHOOL CLOSED 6:00pm Y1 September Parent Meeting (Current YR) 7:00pm Reception New Parent Intake Evening Y3, Y5 & Y6 for September Parent Meetings times TBC Year 3 pear Class Assembly in School Hall Y2 & Y4 for September Parent Meetings - Times TBC SCHOOL & PARISH FETE 1:00PM 4:00PM 9:15am Pre-School sports Day 9:15am Y1 Oak Class Assembly in School Hall 9:15am Whole School Mass-Feast of St Peter & St Paul JULY Tues 3rd Wed 4th Wed 4th Thurs 5th Mon 9th Mon 9th Tues 10th Thurs 12th Thurs 19th Fri 20th KS2 Performance (Afternoon) Y3 & Y4 Visit to All Things Wild KS2 Performance (Evening) Moving Up Day 1 Moving Up Day 2 Y6 Transition Day to BEO CTA Swimming Gala at Perdiwell 9:15am YR Oak & Pear - Hearing Tests 9:15am Pre-School Leavers Assembly 9:15am YR Oak & Pear - Hearing Tests 9:15am YR Pear Class Assembly in School Hall 9:15am Y6 Leavers Assembly END OF SUMMER TERM 6 Pupils signed in late this week! If your child is unwell and unable to attend school, please telephone the absence line 01905 452772 Option 1 or send a text to: 07562 337321 Clearly stating your child s name, class and reason for absence. You can now report an absence via the school website. https://www.stjosephsworcester.co.uk Home page Absence Notification tab St Joseph s Catholic Church Parish Food Festival Saturday 9th June 2018 After the 6pm evening Mass. This is a wonderful way for all the different communities within our parish family to come together. If you can help in any way please speak with Fr. Andrew. Look out for further details. St Joseph s Catholic Pre- School If you have a child that you would like to send to Pre-School in September 2018 please put them on the waiting list as soon as possible. Thank you Mrs Cree T: 01905 755279
Sporting News. Year 5 & 6 Swimming Gala On Friday 20 th April children from Year 5 and 6 took part in the annual Worcester School Games Swimming Gala at Perdiswell Sports Centre. The children were excited to take part in the big event against 15 other schools. They competed in individual races as well as a number of relays with points being accumulated throughout the gala. It was a fantastic afternoon with the children displaying great sportsmanship and team spirit throughout. The children finished the gala in a very strong 8 th position. Congratulations to all who took part. Under 11s Football Match On Tuesday 24 th April, the Under 11- football team took part in a league match against Northwick Manor Primary School. This was the first competitive game played for a while and our team were looking forward to the challenge. The first goal was scored by Oliver (Year 6) and quickly followed by a goal from Lewis (Year 6). St Josephs dominated the game and won comfortable 6 2. Well done to all who played. Year 4 Tag Rugby Festival On Thursday 26 th April Year 4 took part in a tag rugby festival at Blessed Edwards. The whole class took part and competed as 3 separate teams, A, B and C against other local primary schools, 15 teams in total. Year 4 represented St Joseph s perfectly throughout the morning. All children displayed wonderful listening skills, team spirit and determination. The festival finished with the following results: A team 8 th, B Team 10 th, C team 15 th. Well done to all who took part.
On Tuesday 16th April, ten boys from Upper Key Stage Two had the opportunity to go to a special World Book Day event hosted by The Albion Foundation this is what they had to say about it: It was a brilliant opportunity for us to have a day at a different school and meet other children. We paired up with St George s, Kidderminster. Our first workshop was on reading which we started with an A-Z football game! We then discussed the three roles needed in a group read questioner, predictor, clarifier. Next we read a couple of chapters of Dan Freedman s book, Born to Play. The second workshop was on writing. We became journalists who had to report on a football match. We had to find the information by reading notes given to us and talking to others to get the whole story and then write the report all in 30 minutes! After lunch (meatballs and pasta or jacket potatoes!), we took part in an outdoor spelling football workshop. The cones represented letters and we had two challenges One, to make the longest word and two, to make the most words. We hed to dribble the ball to the cones to make the words and work as a team to be successful. At the end of the day, Dan Freedman, (the creator of the Jamie Johnson series of books), Talked about his life as a footballer, a journalist and an author. He told us he had interviewed Rio Ferdinand, David Beckham and Wayne Rooney! He called us his bosses as he writes for us. He also explained that we were the first ones to hear about his new book about sporting twins. It sounded very exciting. We all came away with a free, signed copy of his book Born to Play. It was a great day and we had lots to tell friends and family when we came back! Sam, Brandon, Tom and Oliver (Y6) Huge thanks to Rich and all the guys from The Albion Foundation who planned the day and worked with the children. Also to Dan Freedman for coming to speak to the children and inspiring them to read and write for pleasure.