St Joseph's Catholic Primary School

I really enjoyed training our Corridor Champion team last week, and then watching them put this training into action this week! It's always a special moment to see children taking on leadership roles so skilfully and enthusiastically. Our corridors were places of tranquillity this week, and I'm sure the Champions will help to keep it this way!

Thank you, as always, for supporting us to

Live, love and learn with the Lord.

Mrs Ronicle

Our current virtue is: Citizenship

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

Thank you for taking the time to join us for your child's settling in review this week. We love being able to share progress with families, and celebrate all the wonderful things your children are demonstrating in school.

Don't forget to keep playing for your Year Group... !

We know it's early, but just so that you can save the dates in your diary, our St Francis and St Bernadette children (Nursery, Reception and Year 1) will be performing their Nativity for friends and family on:

Tuesday 1 December, 9:30am and 4:00pm

We look forward to sharing further details with you closer to the time!

Please see details of our new after school clubs, running from after half term. Bookings are open now on Parentpay!

• If you have any Christmas jumpers that don't fit, could you please bring them into school for the Christmas fair?

• Another call for any interested people to join us at a planning meeting next week - we'll be meeting in 21 The High Street at 7pm on Wednesday evening (21st October), to have a planning session for the Christmas fair - everyone welcome!

• The PTA is now signed up to the EasyFundraisingApp. This simple app doesn't cost you any money, but small amounts from your purchases will be donated to FoSJ: You can raise FREE donations for Friends of St Josephs Tadcaster EVERY time you shop online. Just use #easyfundraising! Over 8,000 retailers will donate, including all the big names like John Lewis & Partners, BT, Expedia, Argos, ASOS, Just Eat, Uswitch and many more! Please support us: https://www.easyfundraising.org.uk/causes/friends-of-st-josephs-tadcaster/?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=pmc&utm_content=fb-1

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This week in St Francis Nursery, we have been exploring the theme of Autumn Harvest. The children have been sharing their favourite foods and learning about where different foods come from and how they grow. We have enjoyed looking at a variety of vegetables, naming them and discussing their different colours, shapes and sizes. We also used the balance scales to compare the weights of different vegetables and making predictions about which would be heavier or lighter!

This week in geography, St Bernadette's went on a virtual tour of London. We looked at the key landmarks in daytime and at night. Then, we went to our own London in the library where we looked for the landmarks so that we could have a go at naming them. Now we can plan trips to London in our very own St Bernadette's Travel Agency!

This week St. Patrick's have been budding poets and researchers! We have published our metaphor and personification poems based on the River by Valerie Bloom and started to learn how to research facts to make into a non-chronological report.

We have also been learning about column addition and subtraction with exchange and adding tens. We are looking forward to showing our shell structure models very soon!

In PSHE, we thought about protected characteristics and how our British values and laws protect us. We made shields with the different characteristics on to show how they are defended. We will not discriminate against others because of our differences!

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

Stars of the Week

• St Francis (Nursery): Beau
• St Bernadette (Reception/ Y1): Fergus
• St Patrick (Y2 / Y3 / Y4): Emily
• St Therese (Y5 / Y6): Rufus

Headteacher's Award Winner

Corridor Champions (Zaiya, Abigail, Dollie and Aoife) for showing our virtue of Citizenship, by keeping our corridors calm and happy!

Corridor Star of the Week

• Imogen

Reading Raffle:

Sacara, Sienna, Teddy, Max, Favour

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 - St Luke

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

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

St Francis and St Bernadette's Nativity: Tuesday 1st December, 9:30am and 4pm

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

Come join our magical storyteller as they travel to the Firework Festival!

On the way you will learn all about Lila’s voyage across lakes and over mountains, facing her biggest fears and learning everything she needs to know to become the person she has always wanted to be.
This wonderful adventure for the whole family features talking elephants, silly kings, magical creatures, and the timeless message that we all have the power to become the person we dream of being.
Based on Philip Pullman’s award-winning novel, “The Firework-Makers Daughter”, this new intimate and fun production is inclusive and accessible for all, featuring Makaton, puppetry, and lots of audience participation!

Produced by “Next Door But One”, All performances are presented as relaxed performances, which means audiences are free to move around, step outside and come back in, and generally do whatever it is they need to do to be comfortable and enjoy the performance!

Tickets are free but must be booked in advance.

Perfect Pitch Stars are moving to a new venue at *Leeds East Airport Church Fenton* with our purpose studio and we are launching a *Saturday morning drama club* for children aged 5-11 Our sessions will give children the opportunity to explore drama, develop their confidence and make new friends through creative activities in a welcoming environment. The details are: * Venue: Leeds East Airport, Church Fenton LS24 9SE * When: Saturday mornings 9am-10am * Register Interest here: https://forms.gle/GJzJN5gxjbQRTQG8A

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