St. Joseph's Catholic Primary Messages

OFSTED REPORT

Wed, 10 Oct 2007 13:14:57 GMT

Our OFSTED Report is now available online, as a PDF and as a web page. Our own page on the DfES site has a map, and older reports.

I'm sure that you will agree that it is a very encouraging report and just reward for everybody associated with the school. Well done.

Parents Letter October 10th

Wed, 10 Oct 2007 12:58:16 GMT

BUILDING EXTENSION
We have made an application to the Birmingham Archdiocese and Education Walsall for funding to extend the school building in order to improve security, safety and accommodation. We have now received confirmation that funding is in place for this work. The work involved is substantial and will take a period of between 4 and 6 months. This, of course, will have an effect upon the running of the school and plans are in place to minimise any disruption.
In order to fully brief everybody about all the plans and issues regarding this work we will be holding two meetings on Tuesday 16th October at 9:00 a.m. and at 3:30 p.m. in the School Hall. These meetings will explain the build and all of the plans to continue running the school effectively during the work. Please try your best to attend.

COFFEE MORNING
Thank you to those who attended the coffee morning last week and I’m glad to here that there was a desire to make it a regular feature. The next one will be on Friday 16th November at 9:15 a.m., which is Children in Need day, and all are welcome to join us.

SCHOOL DINNERS
Some of the parental feedback we have received recently has regarded the school meals served in the kitchen. I think I need to clarify that the contents of school meals are very heavily prescribed and there are now strict regulations about what can be served and how often. I know that Margaret and the staff in the kitchen work hard to present a varied and healthy lunch for the children but they are working within the strict guidelines given by the School Food Trust.

BOOK WEEK
Next week we are holding our Scholastic Book Week based upon the topic of Enchantment. There will be books available to buy from Monday to Thursday after school. The school receives commission from the sale in terms of books for our libraries.
As well as the book sales children’s work on the theme of enchantment will be in the hall and each class will be putting on Enchanted Performances on the following days at 2:45 p.m.
Monday October 15th          – Years 1 and 5
Tuesday October 16th         – Years 2 and 6
Wednesday October 17th    – Years 3 and 4
Please join us for these performances if you can.

FOUNDATION WELCOME MASS
Our annual welcome mass for our children in the Foundation Stage is on Tuesday 16th October at 10:00 a.m. in the Reception classroom. Please join us to welcome our youngest children during this mass.

Our New Wall

Thu, 13 Sep 2007 16:14:22 GMT

Autumn Term Dates for Your Diaries

Thu, 13 Sep 2007 11:05:47 GMT

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.

September Sparkle

Wed, 12 Sep 2007 18:24:43 GMT

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Parents Letter 30th March

Fri, 30 Mar 2007 11:48:40 GMT

Happy Easter

As we break up today may I wish you all a happy Easter and I hope that you all have a holy and restful time during Holy Week and Easter week.

Summer Term Dates

We return to school for the Summer Term on Monday 16th April.

We break up for Half Term on Friday 25th May

We return on Monday 4th June

We break up for the Summer Holiday on Friday 20th July at 1:15 p.m.

We are also closed on the following days:

Thursday 4th May Local Election Day / Staff Training
Monday 7th May Bank Holiday.

Breakfast Club

From the Summer Term we will have to increase the cost of Breakfast Club from £1.20 per day to £1.50 to meet expenses.

Please note that there will be no breakfast club on Monday April 16th to enable us to clean and sterilise all the equipment.

Re: Comment on post 75

Tue, 20 Mar 2007 15:19:16 GMT

H Mr Mee, You nearly had it right. You should have created a thumbnail, not a picture. And pasted the shortcut into a new news item, not a new discussion group message.

(Hope I've done good in helping you :-)

EcoGirl Visits St. Joseph's

Tue, 20 Mar 2007 15:17:42 GMT

EcoGirl made a flying visit to St. Joseph's yesterday. Her environmental message helped us all to remember our responsibility to look after our planet.

eco girl

Tue, 20 Mar 2007 15:16:22 GMT

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*EcoGirl visits St. Joseph's2

Tue, 20 Mar 2007 15:15:52 GMT