In our final Gospel Worship of 2020, we look ahead to the Fourth Sunday of Advent and Mary's remarkable commitment to serve the Lord. Rather than saying, "No thanks, I've got other plans" she willing offers her life in the service of God.
We're asking the children this week to consider the times in their lives when they willingly serve others - not for reward or praise - but simply and humbly because it's the best way to live their life.
This Advent, we will be sharing with children the stories of the Old Testament as we prepare for Christ's arrival this Christmas. We will follow God's plan for salvation and hear how each moment from the Old Testament offers us a sign of hope for the coming of the Messiah.
Because our weekly worships are Gospel focused, we don't often get the chance to examine the Old Testament in chronological order, so this Advent gives us a rare opportunity to really understand what the bigger story of the Bible is all about.
In Witness Worship this week, Miss Green introduces us to a remarkable young man - Jack - who transformed his secondary school by serving as an Anti-Bullying Ambassador.
Jack's service to his community has changed not only his life but the lives of hundreds of children at his school who now have a safe haven and a listening ear to turn to when things go wrong.
We're asking the children this week to think about times in their lives when they say, "Yes!" to an opportunity to serve, putting others' needs before their own.
4. Iced Biscuits.MOVFor this week's Virtual Cooking Club, Miss Young and Mrs Johnson bake some delicious iced biscuits!
Why not have a go at home and send us some pictures?
Mrs Eadie and Henry lead us in our next instalment of Virtual Creative Club, demonstrating how to create a beautiful stable scene for decoration this Christmas.
Please do send us pictures of your stable scenes at home:
4. Stable scene.mp4In Reception we aim to fit learning around the children’s interests and this can often lead to spontaneous activities full of opportunity. This morning the children were excited to find Twinkle the elf climbing up the wall using present bows but unfortunately he slipped and fell off!
We quickly cordoned off the area and had a class discussion about how we think Twinkle was feeling. Lots of children thought he may be hurt and upset. We then put our heads together to try and make a plan of action to help Twinkle.
Let's hope he gets back on his feet for another day's adventures tomorrow!
Here it is! The talented children of Years 3, 4, 5 & 6 star in this year's Junior Christmas Concert with their take on The Christmas Story. Settle down and enjoy the acting, singing and festive spirit of the Junior children.
A very big thank you to the staff for the time dedicated to providing a virtual offer this year and to the parents for their support.
Keep an eye out towards the end for the latest staff addition too...
Take the stage, Juniors!
Junior Christmas Concert.movLast Friday we enjoyed getting into the festive spirit with our Christmas Mufti.
We had reindeers, elves and a whole lot of sparkle but, most importantly, we raised a remarkable £650.40 for Save the Children!
Thank you all so much for your contributions.
During these difficult times, our friends at Ahmadiyya Muslim Community, (Guildford branch) are fighting against food poverty by supporting families to cook cheap and easy Indian meals following their YouTube tutorials.
The aim of the campaign is to raise awareness among people to save money by cooking budget friendly dishes at home rather than eating costly meals from outside. The campaign consists of distributing a recipe booklet containing easy to follow instructions to make these delicious Indian curries along with online videos that show how these can be cooked.
The videos and recipe book can be found at: https://www.LoveForAllHatredForNone.org/cheap-easy-cooking/
Enjoy!
From January, our external club providers will start to resume offering a selection of extra-curricular clubs at St Joseph's.
Details of all clubs have been shared via ParentMail; please also take a look at some of the electronic flyers.
If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to email Miss Green: deputy@stjosephsguildford.com
St Joseph's Tech Club Spring 21.pdfSt Josephs School - After School DancE FV1.pdf
A number of families in our local community will be performing in a Festive Family Concert this Christmas holiday, in a celebration of Hungarian culture. Do come along and see what it's all about!
Ladybird Nativity.mp4Butterfly Nativity.mp4Ladybird Class Butterfly Class
'Twas the night after Christmas and Mr Cunningham told us the lesser known tale of the elves' annual party! What better way to end the year?
015 Friday 18th December.MOV