C - 25th Ordinary

Integrity in Christ

In Celebration of the Word this week, we focused on the Gospel Value of integrity. We heard the parable of the dishonest manager, who abused the freedom he was given and, after showing dishonesty in small matters, went on to make even bigger mistakes! Jesus helps us to understand that being honest and truthful in small matters is important because it builds us up to be honest and truthful in more important matters.

Children this week have been reflecting on the value of integrity and describing to us the different ways they are trusted in school: to use stationery wisely and sparingly, to walk quietly up and down corridors and stairwells, to be safe and sensible when visiting the toilets. All of these small freedoms must be treated with integrity in order to trust each other with bigger responsibilities.

Our Mission

Our thanks to all those parents who joined us for the Welcome Back meeting this week, to hear about some of our priorities for the year ahead:

The Way - Capturing Hearts

A focus on supporting children to know and live out the the values and virtues of the Catholic Church through our weekly Gospel themes.

The Truth - Inspiring Mind

A new phonics scheme (Read Write Inc) to support all children to be reading at their challenge point to achieve fluency and confidence as quickly as possible.

The Life - Awakening Souls

Enriching school provisions to make new opportunities available to our families during Active Play and Wraparound Care, including support from our new School Chaplain - Ellie Brown.

Copy of 2025 Vision - Parents

What a harvest!

A valiant group of Junior harvesters spent Tuesday afternoon at the school allotment, gathering in the produce from this year's crop. Apples, pears, rhubarb, potatoes, onions, runner beans and even a monster courgette were delivered back to the school to share with our families. Do let us know what you made with your St Joseph's produce!

Making Good Choices

This week in RE, Year 2 continued looking at the story of Noah's Ark. We know that Noah was chosen to be saved by God as he was a good man and took the right path to God. We talked about how sin separates us from God and, in order to restore the path, we need to rebuild our relationship with God through making good choices. The children acted out different situations involving turning a poor choice into a good choice. Important themes that came up were sharing, helping, kindness and forgiveness.

F-a-b Fab!

That’s how Fred the frog would describe our Reception learners this week. Alongside learning all the new routines, the children have also been learning some new sounds and how to orally blend. Our helpful friend, Fred the frog, tells us the sounds and we have to make the word.

Have a look at some of the letter formation we have started too...

Year 5 Trip to Henley Fort

We had a fabulous time last week, sleeping under canvas and spending our days completing a huge variety of outdoor adventures! It was a great team building opportunity and has set us all up for a fabulous year ahead.

Getting to know you!

This week in the Nursery, we have been continuing with our theme of ‘All about Me!’ We’ve been getting to know each other through play, sharing stories, and asking fun questions like “What is your favourite colour?” and “What do you like to play?”

These simple activities have been a wonderful way for the children to learn about one another while also helping to build the strong, trusting relationships that are so important at the beginning of their Nursery journey.

It’s been a great week full of curiosity, laughter and connection!

Launching into Learning!

Year 4 have had a blast in Science this week as they put their engineering skills to the test by building their very own catapults! Using wooden skewers, elastic bands, wooden spoons and marshmallows (strictly for construction, not consumption!), the class worked hard to design and build their creations. While there was some initial disappointment about not being allowed to eat the marshmallows, the excitement of testing their catapults soon made up for it!

As part of their scientific learning, the children focused on the skill of predicting. They experimented with launching different objects, guessing how far each would fly, then testing to see if they were right. There were squeals of delight and lots of curious questions as they explored the effects of weight, shape, and force. It’s safe to say that Year 4 had a fantastic time bringing science to life!

5 Senses

In our Science lessons, Year 1 are currently learning all about our five senses. To support this understanding, we explored each sense in turn by listening to different sounds, looking at different things, smelling interesting smells, feeling unusual objects, and, of course, tasting different foods! We found out that everyone likes different smells, tastes, sounds and feelings, and it was interesting to see that the bran flakes were a popular favourite! Some children even preferred this taste to chocolate!

Reading

Congratulations to Orla, Christopher and Benjamin who all attended the recent awards ceremony in Guildford for completing the Surrey Libraries Summer Reading Challenge. The children were treated to a dramatic storytelling experience from an author dressed as a pigeon! Christopher received special recognition for his commitment to non-fiction reading, alongside all the storybooks. An incredible outcome and an impressive effort from this fantastic young readers - well done!

Creatures and Creation

Over the last two weeks, Year 3 have been looking at the story of creation. We have studied the words and picked out those which create pictures in our heads as well as looking at artistic depictions based on creation. Finally, we created our own pictures based on the creation story.

Unlocking Nature’s Secrets:

Year 6 Cracks the Classification Code!

This week in Year 6 science, the students built on their learning from last week when they organised animals by class. They took this a step further by using classification keys to identify and group a range of living things more precisely. It was fantastic to see their critical thinking skills in action as they carefully considered each question to narrow down their choices. This hands-on approach really helped them understand how scientists classify the incredible diversity of life around us.

Integrity with 6I

It turns out the "I" in 6I is for integrity! The children did a beautiful job of sharing with us more about this Gospel Value that encourages us to live honestly and truthfully. Through real life examples, drama and spiritual journaling, 6I described why it is important to show integrity in the little decisions we make each day. Learning to live honestly gives us the courage of our convictions when we need to make much bigger, harder decisions about the right life choices. A beautiful worship - thank you St Ignatius Class!

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