21st April 2023

Dear Parents and Friends

Welcome back to the summer term and I hope you had an enjoyable and restful Easter break.

It will be an incredibly busy term so please do keep up to date with information shared via my newsletter, notices, emails and on your child’s Google Classroom.

Children have returned to school fully energised, focused on their learning and have also engaged in several sporting events.

Whole school Mini Marathon

My thanks to Mrs Mangan and Mr Abrahams for organising this event held on Thursday, 20^th April.

St. Joseph’s have taken part in the TCS Mini London Marathon and the children have received pin badges for participating.

This year the mini marathon contributed towards the Guinness World Records challenge. Our pupils pledged to run, jog, walk 2.6 miles. I am delighted to say that we will receive a certificate from Guinness World Records if the challenge is successful.

Hopefully children will be inspired to take up running whether with their parents, other family members or friends. They could even join clubs outside of school and become part of the St. Joseph’s Team.. Congratulations to all our children and staff for participating.

London Marathon

This Saturday, 30 children from the school have the privilege of running the last part of the London marathon. 15 are running the last mile and the other 15 are running the last 2.6KM. It’ll be an amazing experience for all involved.

Then on Sunday, Mr Abrahams is running the actual marathon. You can track him by downloading the 2023 London Marathon app and typing in his bib number into the tracking section – 64272.

He is running for his friend who recently was involved in a life changing incident. It’s not too late to donate and any donation big or small is appreciated. Here is the link:

Go Fund Me Page

I am sure you will join with me in wishing him all the best, without a doubt he will make us proud and I look forward to sharing some photos next week.

Football triumph

Our KS2 team triumphed again winning 2-1 against Hayes school from Coulsdon. This means we are now through to the semi-finals of the CSFA League, and will play St Cyprians on home ground. The date is to be confirmed, but it would be great if you can attend to support. The match will be after school. So look out for information next week.

Thank you to Mr Abrahams for coaching the team and to our sporting heroes: Ishaan, Michael S, Javier, Marcos, Bruno, Tyler and Kai

Nursery & Reception phonic videos

Please do login to your child’s Google Classroom to access videos to support your child with phonics. This is a valuable resource and videos will be uploaded every Friday. Every parent/carer should have login details. Do please speak to your class teacher if you have any questions.

Ms Allery runs a IT clinic on Wednesday mornings in the Garden Hall from 9.00 a.m. to 10.00 a.m. Please do see her if you have any technical issues accessing Google Classrooms or our Weduc App.

Coronation Picnic – Friday, 5^th May 2023 1.30 p.m. – 3.00 p.m.

To commemorate this historical event, we will be having a picnic on Friday afternoon.

Parents and cares are warmly welcome to attend. You can bring a picnic to share with your child, weather permitting it will be on the school field. If you are unable to attend, children will picnic with their class. The PTA will be selling refreshments and a selection of memorabilia to commemorate the event. Please do contact the PTA if you are able to help.

Colour Run

Look out for information later on this term about this event. The PTA ran it last year for the first time and it was a big success. So please do add the date to your diary and again contact the PTA if you are able to help [email protected]

Parking

Please remember to park with due consideration to others and kindly do not block drives. Children should not be left alone in cars and an adult must be with them at all times. A concerned member of the public reported that a young toddler was left in a car. Should this happen and comes to our attention, we will contact the Police.

Easter HAF programme

A big thank you to Mrs Odewale and her incredible team for running yet another successful holiday camp full of fun activities. The dance was amazing and the children by all accounts had a brilliant week. It takes considerable organisation, time and effort to plan activities and the team do this so well. We had over 90 children attend over the week and so many positive comments.

Thank you HAF team for all you do for not just St Joseph’s children but so many from neighbouring schools. It is an excellent advertisement for our school.

RE Newsletter

This week’s question to discuss with your child is;

Click on the following link to download an activity sheet for your child Activity Sheet

Mass Readings for Sunday

Sunday Mass Readings for April 23rd 2023, 3rd Sunday of Easter, Year A

1st Reading Acts 2:14, 22-33

Responsorial Psalm Psalm 16:1-2, 5, 7-8, 9-10,11

2nd Reading 1 Peter 1:17-21

Allelluia Luke 24:32

Gospel Luke 24:13-35

Merit Certificates:

At St Joseph’s we aim for at least 97% attendance.

Year group	Merit Certificates	Overall Class Attendance
Nursery	Ariyah and Gaurika	89%
RH	Za’nyah and Avon	94%
RP	JJ and Katie	92%
1E	Betty and Demari	94%
1S /2O		93%/90%
2J	Ruben and Maria	95%
3S	Tyler and D’Real	96%
3T	Yohanna and Ezekiel	94%
4J	Joy and Jael	95%
4O	Neah-Rose and Ema	96%
5S	Estella and Jensina	95%
5E	Amelia and Luana	93%
6P	Kyla and Imole	95%
6H	Joshua W and Max	96%