C - Corpus Christi

Christ Feeds Us

We looked ahead this week to Sunday's celebration of Corpus Christi - the Most Holy Body & Blood of Christ. We heard the Gospel reading of the feeding of the 5,000 and reflected with the children on the different ways that we need to be fed: physical meals and spiritual nourishment.

We explored together the importance of being grateful for the food we receive - both to the 'cooks' and the Lord of Creation, who provides the gifts of the earth. We also referenced the importance of Holy Communion in our weekly routine of topping up on spiritual food too. We will be celebrating all those who have made their First Holy Communion next week!

Our prayer focus this week has been the traditional prayer, The Our Father which makes reference to the need for "daily bread". Please encourage your child to lead this prayer at home before a mealtime together.

Bon Appétit! Year 6 Bring French to Life

This week, Year 6 transported us all to the heart of France with a brilliant, immersive French lesson - the grand opening of Café Saint Joseph! Our classroom was transformed into a buzzing French café, where pupils took turns as both customers and waiters, using their speaking and listening skills in a truly authentic setting. With French menus in hand, customers ordered a drink of their choice followed by a sweet treat (either a scoop of ice cream or a slice of cake) all en français, of course! Once they had enjoyed their snacks, customers had to ask for the bill, handle money, and check their change. Our servers did a fantastic job taking orders, delivering items with politeness and care, and managing payments, all while speaking in French. The café atmosphere was filled with laughter, concentration, and plenty of très bien French accents. The children threw themselves into the experience and thoroughly enjoyed bringing their language learning to life. Bravo to our wonderful Year 6 pupils for their enthusiasm and teamwork, and a huge thank you to Mrs Baston for such a creative and engaging lesson. Café Saint Joseph was a resounding success- c’était délicieux et fantastique!

Infant Sports

Infant Sports Day was a huge success! The children were involved in various activities on the Astro turf, as well as a running race and obstacle race. It was a great opportunity to use some of the skills we have been working hard on. The weather made it a lovely day, with plenty of shade for the children (and a lovely ice pop afterwards)! Special thanks to the parents who got involved in the parents race!

Christian Witness

In RE, Year 2 have been learning about how Christians in our community can help others. We were lucky enough to have a talk from Guildford Food Bank about how they take collections, deliver food and where it goes. The children had a go at ‘donating’ food to others to get a feel of what is involved. We thought about how we could help the food banks and are keen to bring in donations for them!

Persuasive Pets

Year 3 have been all involved in an important debate this week - whether or not classes should be allowed a class pet! After receiving a letter from Mr Collins, asking their opinion on the matter, they first debated as class, thinking of reasons both for and against having a class pet. They then wrote up these splendid debates in the form of a letter to Mr Collins, explaining each point in detail and of course, persuasively! Mr Collins read each letter with care, and after much deliberation, sadly came to the conclusion that we won’t be having class pets in the near future.

Family Time at the Farm

Last Friday the Nursery had a fantastic trip to Bocketts Farm. Although it was a very hot day, the children had an amazing time, stroking the baby rabbits, chickens and horses. They also had the opportunity to feed the goats and lambs. Other highlights of the day were collecting stamps in their animal passports, the pig races and enjoying a tractor ride around the farm, seeing the sheep and cows in the field. This trip was a beautiful way of bringing our St. Joseph's Nursery community together and spending time with happy smiling faces. In addition to encapsulating the school motto; inspiring minds and awakening souls. Some of the parents have told us the children, "had the best day", the staff's "warm interactions with the children was noticeable and how much they knew all of the children individually", "it was a great day out"!

Money, money, money...

In Maths, Year 1 have been learning about money and the value of different coins and notes. This is becoming more of an unusual concept in our ever changing society, so we took some time to explore the different notes and coins and the similarities and differences between them. The children spotted some very interesting things such as the queen appearing on all of the notes and coins, the different colours of the notes and the fact that they all say ‘Bank of England’ on them. We then explored the value and the children were amazed to learn that £5 is equivalent to 500 pennies and £10 is equivalent to 1,000 pennies!

Topspin, Teamwork and Tennis Triumphs!

In Year 5's PE lessons this week we braved the heat and turned our hands to tennis! We've been practising our ball control as we have drilled our backhand, forehand and rallying shots. Some of our most eager sportsmen and women even tried their hand at volleying. We teamed up and played doubles ensuring we worked on our communication skills as well as our sporting prowess!

Express Yourself!

It appears we have some budding artists in Reception!

Children enjoyed using pipettes, paintbrushes and syringes to mix colours and create masterpieces. Perhaps we should have an Art sale?

Football Focus

KS1 were invited to attend a football festival hosted by Guildford Saints to promote football for the younger children. We took a Year 2 boys team and they all played some fantastic football and some great goals were scored! They showed super sportsmanship, always being the first to initiate hand shakes at the end of each match. Well done year 2, I look forward to you joining with year 3 football next year.

Extraordinary Explorers

Year 4 had the most incredible day this week learning about a variety of Geography skills (and showing off some of the skills they had learnt during the year!) We began the session looking at Ordnance Survey maps. It was a lot of fun trying to guess what all of the symbols meant! We then went on to look at compasses and we figured out how to find North on a compass, before finding East, and then West. We were very relieved when we all ended up facing the same way each time! It was amazing to learn that we could even find North in the dark by finding the North star. The final skill we learnt was figuring out how to measure a distance of 10 metres just using our pacing, a skill that Mr Hall said he used regularly during his expeditions.

Once we had all of this knowledge secure in our minds, we were able to use our new Mapping skills using a map which had been hand-drawn by Mr Hall this morning to locate flags which had been placed around the school. This orienteering session was a lot of fun and we are all determined to continue to find the flags during Active Play and lunch.

We ended the day listening to the amazing adventures that Mr Hall has been on in the Arctic, including hearing about Svalbard, which we first encountered in our Guided Reading lessons, when we were reading our book, The Last Bear. We enjoyed seeing his tiny tent and he was even brave enough to dress up in all of his cold weather gear in this boiling heat! Needless to say, he took off his coat, hat and gloves very quickly afterwards! We learnt how to defend ourselves against a polar bear and all about why we would have to bring our own food rations to the Arctic (even if they do all taste the same!) We couldn’t believe all of the wild animals that Mr Hall had encountered and we loved hearing about his canine companions who have their own backpacks!

All in all, it was a very informative and active day and we are so grateful to Mr Hall for taking time out of his very busy exploring schedule to pay us a visit!

Bread of Life

RK led a beautiful whole school worship today, reminding us of the importance of food. The children shared a number of famous stories that involve food - my favourite being "The Tiger Who Came to Tea". They explained how important it is to enjoy food and to be grateful for it. They retold the story of the feeding of the 5,000 and explained how God provides for everything we need, when we trust in Him. There was also a fascinating explanation of how we can make bread by hand and use the arduous kneading process to talk to God about the challenges and sturggles in our lives. It was a beautiful way to reflect on the theme of the week. Well done St Kolbe's Class.

Witness Winners

Congratulations to this week's army of Witness Award winners. Just like Christ took, blessed, broke and shared the bread for the needs of the community, these children have blessed our school this week by sharing their particular strengths and talents with their class groups. Thank you for making St Joseph's an even better place. God bless you all!

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