Dates for your Diaries
Now we’ve settled into the Autumn Term here are some dates for meetings and events for this term.

Sports Days
You may remember that we had to cancel the sports days last term due to the weather. We will try again next week to give the children a chance to show their athletic prowess.

We will hold a Sports Day for Years 1, 2 and 3 on Wednesday 19th September at 9:30 a.m.
On Thursday 20th September we will hold it for the children in Years 4, 5 and 6 at 9:30 a.m.
If you are available to come and support please join us and of course they are both arranged weather permitting.

Curriculum Meetings
We have a series of meetings to give guidance and help you to help us develop the children’s skills.

Meeting for Parents on Raising Boys Achievement
Tuesday September 25th at 3:30 p.m.
One of the issues we are currently looking at is how boys learn. Research shows that boys and girls learn in different ways and that there are ways we can work together to improve the way we work with boys to raise their attainment.
We would like to share these ideas with you so we have arranged this meeting for any parents who are interested, but principally those of you who have boys here. We will be able to look after any children who attend St. Joseph’s during the meeting in order to help with childcare issues.

Year 6 SATS Meeting
Tuesday October 2nd at 3:30 p.m.
This meeting is for the parents of children in Year 6 and will give details on how we work to help the children to achieve their best during the Year 6 tests. It is an important meeting so please try your best to attend as we need to work closely together to achieve the best results for the children.

Year 2 Assessment Meeting
Tuesday October 9th at 3:30 p.m.
This meeting is for the parents of children in Year 2 and will give details on how we work to help the children to achieve their best during the Year 2 Assessments. It is an important meeting so please try your best to attend as we need to work closely together to achieve the best results for the children.

Harvest Masses
These will be held on Friday 28th and Saturday 29th September.

School Photographs
The photographer will be in school on Thursday October 18th in the morning.

Parents Evening
This will be held on Thursday 1st November from 4.00 to 6.30 p.m.