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08.05.26 and 15.05.2026
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Attendance
Attendance
National: 94.8% Our Target: 95%
Our whole school attendance this week: 95%
Our whole school attendance this week: 95%
Infant School: 95%
Infant School: 95%
Junior School: 95%
Junior School: 95%
Our School Winners are: RP - 96% & 4J - 97%
Our School Winners are: RP - 96% & 4J - 97%
Well done to the children and parents in these classes!
Dear Parents/Carers,
What a wonderful week it has been at St Joseph's! A huge well done to our Year 6 pupils who completed their SATs this week in such a calm and positive manner. We are incredibly proud of how stress-free and focused they remained throughout the tests.
A special thank you to our dedicated staff who supported the children brilliantly, from providing breakfast each morning to ensuring smooth test administration, and to our wonderful parents and carers who ensured children remained settled at home and arrived punctually each day. Your partnership made all the difference in helping our Year 6s approach these assessments with confidence and composure.
We were delighted to welcome Mrs Doran-Hannon, the new Director of Education for our Diocease and Ms Epale, Head of Governance, to our school this week. The children thoroughly enjoyed talking to them about their learning and sharing what makes St Joseph's such a special place. It was wonderful to see our pupils articulate their love for our school community with such pride and enthusiasm.
Thursday marked the Feast of the Ascension, an important celebration in our Catholic faith. The Ascension commemorates Jesus Christ's ascension into heaven 40 days after his resurrection on Easter Sunday. This feast reminds us of Jesus's promise to be with us always and prepares us for the coming of the Holy Spirit at Pentecost. We reflected on this significant event in our collective worship, thinking about what it means for our faith journey and how we can continue to follow Jesus's teachings in our daily lives.
We're sending our very best wishes to the children representing St Joseph's at the Catholic Umbrella Trust Football and Netball Competition on Saturday. We know you'll demonstrate excellent teamwork, sportsmanship, and resilience. Enjoy the experience and make us proud!
We look forward to welcoming everyone to our Marian Procession on Monday. This is a beautiful opportunity for our school community to come together in prayer and celebration of Our Lady. Further details about timings will be shared separately.
We hope you and your family have a wonderful weekend!
Mrs Ashley and the Team
"I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me." - Philippians 4:13
Early Years
Early Years
Nursery have been bubble painting in the sunshine! After blowing some colourful bubbles we caught them on paper, creating some beautiful artwork. It was lots of fun!
Key Stage 1
Key Stage 1
🎉 Year 2's library adventure came to an epic finale this week! We've absolutely loved exploring West Norwood Library and diving into incredible stories together. This time, we played an awesome game of headbands – guessing tricky words all about libraries and the magical tales hiding on the shelves. We can't wait to get stuck into these stories and let our imaginations run wild with even more amazing ideas! 📚✨
Lower Key Stage 2
Lower Key Stage 2
This week, Year 3 pupils have been exploring Portuguese vocabulary linked to leisure activities. They learnt and practised phrases such as “play on a computer,” “play an instrument,” “ride a bicycle,” and “learning.” Through a range of fun and interactive activities, the children built confidence in both recognising and pronouncing their new vocabulary.
In music, pupils focused on rhythm, using clapping activities to identify and accompany different rhythmic patterns. It was wonderful to see their enthusiasm and teamwork during the sessions!
Year 4 have had a short but busy week. In English we have worked hard to complete our fabulous dragon stories, full of excitement, wonderful descriptions and imagination and continued to read 'How to Train Your Dragon'.
In maths we are learning about equivalent fractions and have found that knowing our times tables helps with this. Please remember that we have the upcoming Multiplication Check at the beginning of June, so the children need to continue practising their times tables in order to do well.
Upper Key Stage 2
Upper Key Stage 2
We are so proud of Year 6! This week, Year 6 took their SATs exams and we cannot be any more proud of them. They approached the week with such maturity and grace that we know they will do us all proud. On Friday, we celebrated Ascension, which was a wonderful way to end such a challenging, but special week.
Happy Birthday!
Happy Birthday!
Everyone at St. Joseph's wishes you the happiest of birthdays
Everyone at St. Joseph's wishes you the happiest of birthdays
Year 6: Sebastian and Sulyana Year 5: Micaela Year 4: Klaus Year 2: Kimya
Year 1: Silvia Maria and Jordan Reception: Haris Nursery: Zion
Staff: Mrs Sclafani
Key Dates
Key Dates
01.06.25 - 05.06.25
Year 4 Multiplication Check
20.06.26
Catholic Schools Swimming Gala
10.06 - 12.06.26
Yr6 PGL
.6.26
Reception trip to Virgo Fidelis church for talk and tour.
22.06.25 - 25.06.26
Science Week
26.06.2026
Year 3 trip to Battersea Park School
TBC.06.26
Yr5 BTG Netball Tournament
TBC.06.26
Yr5 BTG Football Tournament
TBC.06.26
Croydon Schools Athletics - Girls
TBC.06.26
Croydon Schools Athletics - Boys
TBC.06.26
Croydon Schools Athletics - FINALS
TBC.06.26
Catholic Athletics @ St James the Great
TBC.06.26
Dulwich College Boys Visit
TBC.06.26
Partnership Visit to Dulwich College
30.06.25 - 02.07.26
Year 6 PGL Residential
TBC.06.26
Infants Catholic Sports Day @ St Thomas Becket
10.07.26
Year 6 Production (tbc)
9.07.26
Reception Trip to Norwood Park
17.07.26
End of Year Mass-parents/carers welcome
Yr 6 End of Year Celebration Party
18.07.26
Last Day of the Year
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We hope you have a wonderful weekend!
From all the team at St. Joseph's!
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