St Joseph's Catholic Primary School

We hope you enjoyed a fun, sun-filled summer!

It's been a joy to be back in school this week, welcoming children, families and staff into our St Joseph's school family - some new and some returning from last year! It's been amazing how quickly everyone has settled in and begun learning - thank you for all your support in making the transition back to school as smooth and happy as possible for our little ones!

I can't wait to see what exciting things the new school year holds in store for all of us!

Thank you, as always, for supporting us to

Live, love and learn with the Lord.

Mrs Ronicle

Our current virtue is: Love of Learning

If your child shows our virtues at home, please do let us know so we can celebrate that in school/nursery too!

We are very pleased to be welcoming lots of new people into our St Joseph's family this term! Miss B joins us as our new St Bernadette's Class Teacher, we have new children in Nursery and KS2, and our fabulous new Reception cohort! Everyone has settled in so quickly - we're impressed! We hope you enjoy your time in our St Joseph's community as much as we do!

We have some exciting opportunities to help our children develop new skills and experience, as we move into our new school year!

•School Council members - one child from each year group (let your class teacher know if you'd like to stand for election)

•Mini Vinnies - children from St Patrick’s and St Therese (application letters to Mrs Hintze)

•Chaplaincy Team (Applications from Mini Vinnies - let Mrs Hintze know)

•Corridor Champions - four children from St Therese (Application letters to Mrs Ronicle)

Your child will be coming home today with their curriculum map and reading map for this term. We will also email them to families. These will provide information about all the fun areas of learning that will be explored this term, and all the exciting stories/poems etc. our children will be reading. Please have a look at these. There are useful suggestions about further reading/learning you may want to enjoy with your child at home!

Please keep the evening of Wednesday 23rd September, from 7pm free! Our Friends of St Joseph's are in the middle of planning a super welcome evening for parents/carers/friends! We will announce further details next week...!

We would like to offer our warmest congratulations to Miss Savelli and her husband, the new Mr and Mrs Hintze! To help with pronunciation, it's Hint-za! They enjoyed a wonderful celebration of marriage over the summer. Congratulations!

Please join us after celebration assembly on Friday 25th September, as St Therese are hosting a coffee and cake morning in support of Macmillan Cancer Support. We would love your support on the day, and appreciate any donations of baked goods!

We are so excited in St Francis Nursery to begin our new nursery year! We have started our first week exploring our new topic, 'All About Me'! Throughout the week, we have enjoyed lots of play-based activities celebrating who we are and what makes each of us special. We have been learning that although we may look, think and feel differently, these differences are what make us so wonderfully unique!
It has been a fantastic start to the year, and we are so excited for all the learning, friendships and fun that lies ahead!

St Bernadette's had a great first week back! We are settling into the routines quickly and enjoying playing and learning in our classroom. Year 1s have been setting a great example for our Reception children, helping them to settle in. Our Receptions showed great confidence sharing their shoe boxes of summer memories! We enjoyed getting to know each other better this week and we are looking forward to all the adventures ahead.

St Therese class have wasted no time in getting straight into their learning! In English, we have been looking at wolves. To conduct some research, we used our imaginations and went to 'Wolf City' where we looked for clues. One place we went to was their restaurant, where we looked at their menu and plated food to see what they ate.

All of our award winners are announced live in celebration assembly each Friday!

Stars of the Week

• St Francis (Nursery): Rory
• St Bernadette (Reception/ Y1): All of St Bernadette's!
• St Patrick (Y2 / Y3 / Y4): Hannah
• St Therese (Y5 / Y6): Oscar

Headteacher's Award Winner

Tyler, for making a wonderful start to the new school year.

We are delighted to welcome you into our St Joseph's school family!

Reading Raffle - This will begin again next week

Make sure your child is reading at home at least 3 times a week (and getting their reading record signed!) to be entered to win a prize!

Team Point Winners - This will begin again next week

Each week, the team points across school are counted, and the winners are given a treat during Monday play time!

British Values Week (PSHCE): 8-11th September

Friends of St Joseph's Evening: Wednesday 23rd September, 7pm

St Therese hosting Macmillan Coffee Morning: Friday 25th September (after celebration assembly)

Welcome Mass (in Church): Wednesday 30th September, 10am

Reception New Starter Ceremony (in school, families welcome): Friday 2nd October, 9:10am

Individual school photos: Monday 5th October

Settling in reviews for families: Tuesday 13th October, afternoon/evening

School closes for half term holiday: Thursday 22nd October

Training Day (school closed for children): Friday 23rd October

School opens to children for the Autumn2 Term: Monday, 2nd November

Anti-Bullying Week (PSHCE): 2-6th November

Open Classrooms (families welcome): Thursday 12th November, 2:30-4pm

FoSJ Break the Rules Day: Friday 13th November

Christmas Fayre: Sunday 29th November

Advent Mass (in Church): Wednesday 2nd December, 10am

Bookshare Breakfast (no assembly): Friday 4th December, 8:15am

Carols around the Christmas Tree (families welcome, in hall): Friday 18th December, 1pm

School closes for Christmas holiday: Friday, 18th December, 1:30pm

Training Day (school closed for children): Monday 4th January

School opens to children for the Spring1 Term: Tuesday, 5th January

If you have a query or concern, please feel free to speak to me (Mrs Ronicle) at the gates in the morning; your child's class teacher at the end of the day; or our school admin team at the front entrance or via phone/email.

If this is not possible, feel free to phone or email the office who can forward any messages to staff.

Website: https://www.st-josephs-tadcaster.n-yorks.sch.uk/
Location: Station Road, Tadcaster, UK
Phone: 01937 832344
Twitter: @StJosephsTad

We are a proud member school of the Bishop Wheeler Catholic Academy Trust:

https://www.bishopwheelercatholicacademytrust.org/

Email: admin@stjosephstadcaster.org

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