First, I want to express my sincere gratitude to all our families and staff for working with me to mitigate the risk of the Norovirus outbreak in our school. Your cooperation and understanding made such a difference. By Wednesday, our attendance was back in line with national figures, which demonstrates the effectiveness of our rapid response and rigorous systems. I am so grateful to all of you for your support and for keeping children at home when necessary to protect our whole school community. We will continue with the safety measures in place for an additional week as a precaution.

We continue to pray for peace in our world. Let us remember in our prayers all those affected by war and conflict, asking God to bring comfort to those who are suffering and to guide our world leaders towards peace and reconciliation. May we be instruments of peace in our own lives and communities.

This year is the Year of Reading. Reading opens up worlds of imagination, knowledge and possibility for our pupils, and we are committed to nurturing this essential skill and lifelong passion. All classes are visiting the library termly, which helps to foster a love of reading in our children.

We have been looking at ways to develop upon our reading offering even more and I am thrilled to announce that Ms Lodge and I have secured £12,000 in funding for a school library! We hope this exciting project throughout this term, and our senior pupil leadership team will be helping us to develop this wonderful new resource. This library will provide an inspiring space for our children to explore books, develop their reading skills and discover the joy of literature. We cannot wait to share our progress with you.

I want to congratulate all the children who took part in the Mini Marathon. You represented our school with such pride and determination. We are incredibly proud of each and every one of you for your commitment and achievement. Thanks to Mr Abrahams and Ms Burgess for organising.

Wishing you all a very peaceful weekend,

Mrs Ashley and the Team

Early Years

Reception have had a second visit to West Norwood library. We returned our books and got new ones out. We are looking forward to sharing them at home with our grown ups. We had a wonderful story read to us and enjoyed our time there sharing books with our friends.

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

Year 3 pupils have had another busy week including a trip to West Norwood Library where they took part in an author quiz and selected new fiction and non fiction books to read. They also learnt some new hand eye coordination skills during their speed stacking session.

An exciting visit by an Olympic medal winning rhythmic gymnast and a fantastic swimming session ended another wonderful week of learning.

Upper Key Stage 2

Last week Year 5 performed their fantistic version of Macbeth. We are so proud of how they choreographed their lines, actions and songs! We have had a spelling focus in English, where the children have a chance to use them within a story. In Maths, we have moved onto Decimals and Percentages. In History we are finishing our learning on the Tudors, before we move onto Science.

RE Update

We have a busy term coming up, with lots of eventst that parents can join us for. Ascension Day is on Thursday 14th May, so we will be celebrating this with a special Liturgy in the afternoon. Our annual Marian Procession will take place on the school field (weather permitting) on Monday 18th May at 9.15am, please allow the children to bring flowers on this day so that we can crown Mary. Our End of Year Celebration Mass will be on Wednesday 15th July, once again on the school field. More information about these events will be sent out nearer the time.

Please also remember that May is the month of the Rosary and the children are welcome to bring their own to school.

Mrs Phillips

RE Leader

PE Update

This week, pupils took part in the TCS Mini London Marathon in Schools, showing great enthusiasm and determination. In addition, 25 lucky students had the incredible opportunity to run the final stretch of the London Marathon course the day before the main event. It was a memorable experience and a fantastic achievement for all involved.

Happy Birthday!

Everyone at St. Joseph's wishes you the happiest of birthdays

Year 5: Aaron Year 4: Rhoda and Dihein

Year 1: Eli Reception: Ilyas Nursery: Chinazo

Key Dates

19.05.26

Marian Procession

22.05.26

Year 3 Trip to the Science Museum

22.05.26- Break up for Half term

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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