2020 – 2021
Our teacher is Mr O’Keeffe.
We are the joint winners of #TheDailyMileSunderland ! This is a fantastic achievement for our children – they love running, skipping or walking their daily…
Staff training tonight with Cross-Curricular Orienteering . What fun the staff had! We can’t wait to share our learning with the children!!
We love running our Daily Mile! On Friday 30th April, we will be joining thousands of other schools around the country to run our Daily…
What a fabulous day of rule-breaking we have all had! We’ve had nail varnish, tattoos, face paint, non-uniform, blue hair, pink hair even multi-coloured hair!…
We all had a wonderful day taking part in the Easter chick hunt! Can you remember any of the chicks names?
We’re celebrating being back TOGETHER! We may be individual classes and need to stay in our bubbles but we belong TOGETHER and TOGETHER we are…
We have just received our certificate for funds raised during Sport Relief last year. What fun we had keeping the baton moving around our running…
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Fancy a trip to the Aquarium this Friday? A message from the National Marine Aquarium Every Friday for the next 7 weeks we’ll be delivering…
Due to many children needing to access remote learning using devices such as tablets or laptops, BBC Local Radio have set up a scheme to…
We all know that it is essential to be active as it helps to keep us physically and mentally healthy! The Tyne and Wear School…
Despite the rain, Year 2 enjoyed spending some time with Mrs Black this afternoon, reflecting on the real meaning of Christmas around our special crib.They…
What a lovely surprise for the children of St Joseph’s this morning! Over the weekend Santa’s elves visited our yard and left us some netball…
Mr Claus, Mrs Claus and Mr Claus warmed up on the running track this morning . They are ready for today’s Santa Dash!
A huge thank you from us! Mrs Black’s Christmas Card shop is now closed. Together we have raised £169 to donate to Centrepoint – a…
Year 2 have enjoyed a fabulously festive Christmas party. They’ve danced, played musical statues, passed the parcel and pulled crackers! Merry Christmas Year 2!
We feel humbled and blessed by the generosity of our parish community who have asked us to house the Holy Family this Christmas. Please take…
We’re super thrilled to share an email we have just received! All our classes rose to ‘The Reading Tree Challenge’ set by the National Literacy…
A huge ‘Thank You!’ to our Kitchen Staff for a fabulous Christmas Lunch. We have just finished a festive first sitting. Lots of smiles and…
We have just been invited to take part in the National School Games Santa Dash and we couldn’t be more excited! Another chance to wear…
Don’t forget to check out your child’s Seesaw or Tapestry account as each Friday we share and celebrate achievements. This week, as it is the…
Mrs Black’s Christmas Card shop is proving popular! Just donate £1 via the online payment system with your child’s name, Year group and Christmas Card…
Year 6 put their Faith into Action by preparing, leading and filming the Rosary for the rest of the school. They usually lead the Rosary…
Santa’s busy elves called into St Joseph’s tonight and sprinkled some Christmas magic.
It was a very festive start to the first day of opening for Mrs Black’s Musical Card shop! If your child would like to purchase…
The children of St Joseph’s are waiting. They are starting each day with an Advent Reflection. Please keep us in your prayers.
At St. Joseph’s we LOVE reading so when the National Literacy Trust launched “The Reading Tree Challenge” we accepted! Our challenge was to cover the…
It’s a huge congratulations to Key Stage 1! Both Year 1 and Year 2 receive the 100% attendance award this week. Well done
Wow! Year 2 have had a super morning learning to handle a violin for the first time ever!
For the third year running, we are super proud to have been awarded the Gold Active Sunderland Award. Well done and thank you to Mrs…
It looks like Year 2 have been creating some bunting to display the important messages learned in Anti-bullying week. Well done Year 2!
Year 2 read ‘Topsy and Tim Help a Friend’. They know what to do if anyone is being bullied and made super wristbands to show…
In Year 2, we’ve listened to the story of Mr Big, by Ed Vere. The children understand that you should never ignore someone because of…
We had a great start to Anti-Bullying week with our Odd Socks Day. There were all kind of odd socks wandering around school with children…
The children have had a fabulous day celebrating Children in Need today. We dressed up in our Pudsey clothes and pjs, wore head bands and…
In school the children have started a new PSHE programme called Jigsaw, we all met our new Jiggie friends last week. This week we are…
What name do you give your child?Year 2 have been absolute superstars, role playing what happens in the sacrament of Baptism!
As part of our first topic, ‘St Joseph’s Back Together Again’, each class explored one of our school virtues and created a stunning display for…
Sending huge thanks to our school community! Despite the current climate our children and families have shown one of our school virtues in abundance –…
We celebrated when one class had 100% attendance…we were amazed and celebrated when two classes had 100% attendance but…. we are absolutely thrilled to announce…
Alice stopped by our school hall to share a special “Alice in Wonderland” themed school lunch! A delicious feast was had by all!
Thank you Fr Jim for celebrating Mass with us today – we gathered as a school community to pray together at the start of this…
We warmly invite our school community to join with us at our first celebration of Mass this year on Thursday 1st October at 10am. Our…
We are super excited to announce not one class with 100% attendance – but two!!! Congratulations to Year 2 and Year 4! Mr O’Keeffe and…
Year 2 have had a brilliant time in Forest School, building shelters, making tools and using a campfire to cook up tasty stewed apples, freshly…
Last week we showed you how much St Joseph’s staff love reading.This week is National Children’s Book Week. We would love you to show us…
The Department of Education has published an initial list of online educational resources to help children to learn at home. These websites have been identified…
Year 2 have had a busy afternoon designing and making 3D models of minibeasts they found on their hunt last week. Mr O’Keeffe and Mrs…
An amazing time was had at Forest School by Year 2, making bug hotels, painting leaves, planting poppies and cooking s’mores around the fire!
We had a fantastic morning with Image Musical Theatre Company watching Robin Hood. Some of our children were lucky enough to join Robin Hood’s gang of merry…
We love reading at St. Joseph’s! Staff and students alike dressed up as their favourite book characters to share and celebrate our love of books!…
Year 2 spent a lovely afternoon in the Spring sunshine looking for minibeasts. We explored lots of microhabitats in our school grounds and enjoyed drawing…
We loved listening to the story of Spinderella, read to us by our mystery reader!
Children in Yrs 1-6 thoroughly enjoyed the water safety roadshow run by the RNLI. We’ve learned how to keep ourselves safe in and around water.
Year 2 thoroughly enjoyed listening to their mystery reader this afternoon!
Thank you to everyone who joined with us to celebrate Advent and remember the true meaning of Christmas.
We had a great day celebrating Children in Need. We wore sporty or Pudsey clothes, worked out with Joe Wicks The Body Coach and counted…
Year 2 had a fantastic trip to Newcastle Keep yesterday. The children prepared a feast from saltdough and then took turns to act as different…
Download a copy of the presentation used in the recent parents’ meeting about KS1 Assessment at the end of Year 2.