St Joseph's Catholic Primary School

It was heartening to see so many cake donations for our MacMillan coffee morning today! Thank you to our families who stayed for a cuppa, and to our St Therese children for hosting the event. MacMillan is a wonderful charity and I'm pleased our school community has been able to support them. We will announce the total after cakes/biscuits have been sold in the playground after school today - PLEASE BRING CASH at pick up time!

Thank you, as always, for supporting us to

Live, love and learn with the Lord.

Mrs Ronicle

Our virtue continues to be: Respect

During our celebration of the word on Monday, we learned about when God told Moses about His special rules to keep us safe and happy. We discussed how showing respect for rules helps us all to live happier lives.

When your child shows respect at home, please let us know so we can celebrate it in school too!

Thank you for coming along to support our Open Classrooms event on Monday afternoon. Our school was packed and it was lovely to see the children share their learning so proudly with you!

Thank you for supporting our MacMillan coffee morning, hosted by our fabulous Y5/6 children! Cake and biscuits will be sold after school also!

This week, we've had a local history focus across school!

St Therese went on a learning walk through Tadcaster, comparing Victorian architecture and town planning with today! The children loved learning about the heritage of St Joseph's too!

St Bernadette's were fortunate enough to have a visitor from the Tadcaster Historical Society, who came in and shared interesting information and photos about how the town used to look, including a cinema which existed near the swimming pool!

Next Friday, we will have our first Forest School day of the year! This will include all year groups (including Nursery).

We know how much value our children get from outdoor learning and are delighted to be able to offer forest school again this year!

Please make sure your child has warm, outdoor clothes and footwear with them!

In a dark, dark cellar… some skeletons lived! This week in St. Francis, we began exploring our new book, Funny Bones. We named different body parts and dug for buried bones in the sand tray! Throughout the week, we enjoyed experimenting with light and dark, using torches and natural light to observe how shadows form and and how the light changes.

In RE we have been learning about God's wonderful creation and how, throughout the Bible, God asks us to care for it. It's been wonderful to see the children really living out that message. Here we are at playtime discovering interesting creatures (centipede) and sharing the joy with our friends!

This week, St Patrick's class have been busy creating their final versions of a non-chronological report based on our current class topic about the Ancient Maya civilization. The children have researched different aspects of the Maya's lives and society and used this to produce some top quality written work.

In English, we finished Oliver Twist and started reflecting on the book and the characters as a whole. We debated which ones we thought were evil/ good, rich/ poor and clever. We made top trumps cards of each of them.

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

Stars of the Week

• St Francis (Nursery): Theo
• St Bernadette (Reception/ Y1/ Y2): Frankie H
• St Patrick (Y3 / Y4): Ella L
• St Therese (Y5 / Y6): Ronnie

Headteacher's Award

• Tegan, for showing our virtue of 'respect' to everyone she meets, children and adults alike, at all times, ALWAYS!

Reading Raffle

• Harry, Emily, Jack, Dominique, Roman

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

Our team winners this week are: St Matthew!

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

Wine and Nibbles Evening (in school): Thursday 2nd October, 7pm

Forest School (all classes and nursery): Friday 3rd October

Year 5/6 Orienteering Festival (Barkston Ash School): Friday 3rd October, pm

Individual pupil photos: Tuesday 7th October

Settling In Review Evenings (whole school and nursery): Mon 6th and Tues 7th October

World Faiths Week - Buddhism: 6th-10th October

School closes for the half term summer holiday: Thursday 23rd October

Use the button below if you'd like to give our staff a shout out!

We love hearing from you!

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

The Grand, in partnership with York City Football Club are excited to our children to take part in a magical drawing competition!

We're asking children to imagine and draw The Grand Wizard, a mysterious and elusive character from the world of magic. There's no need to be a budding artist, it's all about creativity and imagination!

One lucky winner will enjoy a truly enchanting experience:

A Wizarding Afternoon Tea afternoon with their whole class at our five-star hotel, The Grand, filled with magical surprises, delicious treats, and a day to remember.

And, even if you don't win, there's still a little magic in store. Every participant will receive 50% off our Wizarding Children's Afternoon Tea, so no one misses out on the fun.

Terms & conditions: 50% discount on Children's Afternoon Tea only. Discount applicable to a maximum of two children per booking. Children must be accompanied by at least one adult. Subject to availability.

We have attached a poster which can be displayed at school, shared with parents and used however else you deem fit. Entries should be sent to: Marketing@thegrandyork.co.uk by the 29th of September 2025.

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