St Joseph's Catholic Primary School

We're having the BEST day in school today, dressed as little rockstars, in support of NSPCC Number Day! Thank you for your support in helping our children with their amazing outfits!

Thank you, also, for engaging so enthusiastically with our drive to develop times tables knowledge for all of our children. Evidence shows the hugely positive impact times table knowledge has on so many areas of learning, and we are grateful for your support in allowing your children to practise times tables and access TTRockstars at home.

Thank you, as always, for supporting us to

Live, love and learn with the Lord.

Mrs Ronicle

Our current virtue is: Simplicity

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

As above, we're enjoying a maths/rock star day across St Joseph's today! We thank you for your kind donations on ParentPay, in support of NSPCC. If you would like to make a further donation, please use the link below:

Donate to Charity Online | Give to NSPCC today | NSPCC

We are excited to announce the new clubs beginning after half term. Booking is now live on ParentPay (as per the email sent this morning) and places are allocated on a first come, first serve basis:

Boccia! (bot-cha)

Similar to bowls, the aim of the game is to get your ball closest to the jack as possible. It requires tactics and physical accuracy, and is suitable for all abilities!

Mondays, 3:30-4:30pm.

Baking Club

From healthy granola bars to iced cookies, we invite you to create something delicious with Miss Dawson! Children take home their baked goods to eat (or share, if they are feeling generous!)

Wednesdays, 3:30-4:30pm

Art Club

Come and join our new school Art Club, for pupils who love colour, creativity, and trying new things! These fun sessions are suitable for all skill levels, and are run by Jo, one of our school Art Leadership team members!

Fridays, 7:45-8:45am

Each club costs £7.95 per session (discounted rates for Pupil premium) and is payable in a block via ParentPay.

There are 5 sessions in total for each club and will commence Monday 23rd February until we break for Easter on Friday 27th March 2026.

After the roaring success of our first Bookshare Breakfast last term, we have planned our second one for Friday 13th February, 8:15am. Come and share a story with your child, whilst enjoying a free breakfast! We will end with Miss Savelli reading a story for us, all together. Feel free to bring sibling, friends and family members. We hope you are able to come along!

This week, Miss Gill came back into school for a 'keeping in touch' day, prior to her returning from maternity leave, early March. She will be teaching alongside Mrs Harrison and Miss Pitchers in St Bernadette's Class (Reception/ Year 1/ Year 2).

Miss Pattinson is a trainee teacher in the final placement of her teaching degree with Leeds Trinity University, and will be training with us in St Bernadette's Class after the half term holiday.

Mrs Tucker has decided not to return in Easter, after her maternity leave. We are very grateful for the contributions she gave to our school over nearly 10 years, and she has asked me to pass on how sad she will be to leave us! We will keep her and her family in our prayers as she begins a new chapter in her life.

We are delighted to announce that Mr Knox will continue to teach St Patrick's Class (Year 3/4). He has made a wonderful start to the year, and we can see the great progress being made by our children in his care.

St Francis Class (Nursery) and St Therese Class (Year 5/6) staffing will also remain the same!

We were excited to run our first SATs booster club of the year this week. We are thankful to Miss Savelli and Ms Pitchers for running these.

Please see below for further dates:

Treat Friday is back! Next Friday after school!

Bring your 50ps for some Valentine’s themed treats courtesy of Friends of St Joseph’s

This week in St Francis, we have loved reading the fairytale Goldilocks and the Three Bears. Our favourite activity was making bear bread with banana slices and chocolate chips — yummy!

St Bernadette have had a very interesting week; getting stuck into our new book - A boy and a jaguar, by Alan Rabinowitz. We have been discussing the features of biography and autobiographies. In Maths we have been counting in 2s 5s and 10s and even 3s! In EYFS we have been using non-standard measurements to compare our heights!

This week we have been thinking about the Ancient Greek Olympic games and learning about their importance to their civilization. We divided ourselves into teams representing different city states and staged our own classroom games. The Might Spartans came out top and received the winners laurel wreaths.

In Maths this week, St Therese have been thinking about area and volume. We used cubes to help us work out the volume of different 3D shapes. Physical resources help us understand things in Maths at all ages!

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

Stars of the Week

• St Francis (Nursery): Remmie
• St Bernadette (Reception/ Y1/ Y2): Roman
• St Patrick (Y3 / Y4): Darcie
• St Therese (Y5 / Y6): Jack

Headteacher's Award

• Peggy, for showing our virtue of simplicity, by making cards and pictures to show her love of others!

Reading Raffle

• Favour, Roman, Gracie, Sacara, Digby

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 Luke

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

SATS Club Year 6: Wednesdays after school (until 25th March)

Year 5/6 Swimming Festival: Tuesday 10th February

Year 3 Reconciliation (in Church, after Mass): Wednesday 11th February, 10am

Bookshare Breakfast for Families: Friday 13th February, 8:15am

Forest School (Whole school including Nursery): Friday 13th February

Treat Friday (by FoSJ): Friday 13th February, after school

School closes for February half term break: Friday 13th February

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

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