St Joseph's Catholic Primary School

What a fabulous week we've had in school! We already know how amazing our children are, but it was great to see so many super families supporting our wine and nibbles event on Thursday evening too. Please see below for further details on how you can help to shape our PTA, moving forward.

Most of you have booked a slot in our learning reviews across school and nursery next week, and we look forward to sharing news with you about your child is settling in. If you are yet to book a slot, we would encourage you to do this, as it helps to work together in supporting our children's learning.

Thank you, as always, for supporting us to

Live, love and learn with the Lord.

Mrs Ronicle

Our current virtue is: Thankfulness

We thought about the wonderful gifts and talents God has given us, and how we can use these to bring happiness in the world. When we use the gifts God gave us, we are saying thank you to him!

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

We had a lovely evening on Thursday, enjoying wine and nibbles together! We discussed forming a new PTA team, and how we can build on the work our fabulous Friends of St Joseph's have done over the past couple of years. Thank you so much to those who came along! We have a list of people willing to contribute some time (this doesn't have to be a huge commitment!). Please get in touch if you would like us to add your name to this - if everyone does a little, nobody does a lot!

We do need 3 roles, which are required before we can operate as a PTA. These are:

Chair (this can be shared)

Secretary

Treasurer

If you'd be willing to put your name forward for any of these, please do let our office know. Again, we can make as much or as little of these roles as we'd like and won't expect this to be huge commitment for you. We'd rather have a PTA doing a few simple events, than none at all!

Thank you for supporting our MacMillan coffee morning, hosted by our fabulous Y5/6 children last Friday. We've counted the money, and are delighted to have raised £68.81 for such a super charity!

Well done, St Joseph's!

Today was the first day of forest school this year! We are delighted to be able to fund this fantastic experience for our children, and even more delighted that, this year, we are rolling this out to our nursery-aged children too! There are so many proven benefits of outdoor learning, and we see, firsthand, the increased resilience, self-esteem, communication and teamwork skills our children gain from this type of learning!

In Nursery, we explored light and dark with a fun science activity! Using cardboard tubes, clingfilm, rubber bands, and foam shapes, we created our very own DIY projectors. By shining a torch down the tube, the children were able to project their shapes onto a surface!

St Bernadette have been exploring the mystery of prayer. We discussed how the beauty of creation can bring us close to our creator God. We went on a prayer walk and collected leaves for a collaborative collage and came together in prayer at the prayer garden - using pebbles as a symbols to lay our prayers at Mary's feet.

This week, our children had the opportunity to try playing the Ancient Maya ball game of Pok-a-Tok. Though trying to get the ball through the hoop without using your hands and feet proved to be quite tricky, the children had lots of fun experiencing a game played by children almost 3,000 years ago. The children have been learning about the role Pok-a-Tok played in Maya society and as an important part of how the Maya conducted religious worship.

In RE, we thought about what Jesus' miracles tell us about the Kingdom of God. We made newspaper headlines for some of the miracles. We also celebrated St Therese's feast day, so we munched on biscuits as we worked as a treat!

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

Stars of the Week

• St Francis (Nursery): Charlotte
• St Bernadette (Reception/ Y1/ Y2): Gracie
• St Patrick (Y3 / Y4): Dylan
• St Therese (Y5 / Y6): Ella Y

Headteacher's Award

• Zaiya - we are showing the virtue of thankfulness, as we are grateful to you for joining our school family and making such a positive contribution in your first week with us!

Reading Raffle

• Darcie, Favour, Hannah, Maddie, Ava

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!

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

Individual pupil photos: Tuesday 7th October

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

Mini Vinnies Kindness Foodbank Walk: Thursday 9th October

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

School opens after the half term holiday: Monday 3rd November

All Saints Day Whole School Mass (in Church): Wednesday 5th November, 10am

KS2 Cross Country Event (Read School): Friday 7th November

Flu Immunisations: Thursday 13th November

KS1 Dodgeball Festival (Read School): Friday 28th November

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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