Year 2 carried out a fair scientific investigation to explore the question: “Do plants need light to grow healthy?” The children planted cress seeds and placed two pots in a dark cupboard and two pots on a sunny windowsill where they could receive natural light. After one week, they observed a noticeable difference. The cress grown in the light was fresh, green, and strong, while the cress grown in the dark became tall, thin, and had yellow leaves. From their observations, th

Children in Year 2 have been learning about the religion of Islam. This week, they explored how and why Muslims pray (Salah), deepening their knowledge and understanding through discussion and new vocabulary. The key words they focused on included Salah, Allah, Wudu, and Halal. We were especially fortunate to have Muslim children within Year 2 who were enthusiastic about sharing their faith. They helped their classmates understand the beliefs and daily practices that are an i

Year 2 dressed in their party best and joined Year 1 for a fantastic end of term disco. The children enjoyed plenty of dancing and games, followed by a drink and a hot dog treat. Everyone had a wonderful time!

This week in Nursery, we started our exciting new topic, Traditional Tales  📚✨ We began with the story of Goldilocks and the Three Bears  🐻🥣. The children had lots of fun creating and designing their own bears in the creative area 🎨✂️. In our role-play area, we enjoyed retelling the story with our friends, using wonderful expression and imagination 🎭🗣️. In maths, we made patterns using the bears 🐻🔢, and we developed our fine motor skills and practiced letter formation

Working in teams, we created sequences that involved at least two mirroring movements and two matching movements. The performances demonstrated a variety of levels, formations and speed between the movements as well as at least one movement in canon and one in unison. Our final pieces were great fun to perform, showcasing teamwork, creativity and fluidity. Thank you to Year One for being a great audience!

This week in Nursery, we continued our exciting learning all about Chinese New Year  🎊. Our focus story was Goldilocks and the Three Pandas 📖🐼, which the children really enjoyed. We created lots of beautiful decorations for our classroom ✨, including lantern collages 🏮 , Chinese fans 🎐 , and dragon artwork 🐉🎨 . We also stretched our bodies and moved like dragons during dragon yoga 🧘‍♀️🐲 , which was great fun! To finish the week, we enjoyed a fantastic Spring Disco �

Year 5 have enjoyed an exciting half‑term of practical science, diving deep into the properties of materials. The children tested which objects were magnetic, explored the differences between metals and non-metals, experimented with electrical circuits to identify conductors and insulators, and investigated how heat travels through different materials. Their confidence as young scientists has grown with every experiment, and their enthusiasm has been wonderful to see. A brill

Some children in Year 5 have been taking part in a VEX IQ Robotics After School Club. Funding through the Reece Foundation has enabled the school to purchase a set of robotics building equipment which has offered children various STEM opportunities such as engineering and coding. The club has been fun and engaging and has allowed the children to design, code and build a robot from scratch. The children were able to test their engineering and programming skills both in the clu

This week in nursery, we continued our learning about birds 🐦. The children had lots of fun making bird models 🎨 and, in maths, counting the correct number of worms 🪱 to feed the birds. We also created our own bird feeders 🪹, which are now hanging in our outdoor area 🌳. In phonics, our older children learned the sound ‘t’  🔤, and our focus story for the week was The Go Away Bird  📖. We had so much fun and enjoyed a lovely week full of learning and creativity 😊🌟

This week in Nursery, we have been very excited as we prepared for Chinese New Year ! 🎉 We learned all about traditional celebrations and explored the different ways people come together to get ready for the festivities. In Maths , we played a fun game rolling the dice 🎲 and dishing out the correct number of noodles 🍜. We even practised using chopsticks , helping to develop our fine motor skills 🥢✋. We counted the correct number of pom-poms and focused on the number 5  ⭐.

This week, we had the pleasure of welcoming our lovely nursery families into school for a pre-phonics workshop 🏫💛. Together, we explored the different skills children need to support them on their phonics and early reading journey 📚🔤. We also shared and explored a range of fun activities that children can enjoy at home to help develop these important skills 🎲🎶. What a fantastic morning of learning and partnership with our families! 🌟😊

Children in Year 2 have been inspired by Picasso to colour and paint portraits. They explored his abstract paintings and developed the knowledge of primary colours in order to mix and use the colours they made. They also drew and painted various shapes using different brush strokes and markings seen in his paintings. The pupils were then inspired to draw a Picasso picture using an APP for painting. Application of skills •      Develop knowledge of the colour wheel •      Mix

Each class from St Joseph’s Primary School attends All Saints Church on a weekly rota. During these visits, pupils have the opportunity to participate in Mass and worship alongside parishioners. Father Maridas, our parish priest, leads the Mass. This week was the turn of Year 2.

Inherited traits are physical or behavioural features that are passed from parents to offspring through genes. Can you identify the inherited characteristics in Y6’s imaginary families?

In PE Year 1. have been developing movement skills by focusing on the big parts  of their bodies. Through playful exploration and guided activities, children have been learning how to move, balance and create shapes using areas such as their backs, tummies, shoulders and legs. A key part of the lesson involved listening carefully for the sound of the tambourine. Each time it was struck, children were challenged to freeze and create a still balance  using a big  body part. Thi

Today in Year 1, we had a fantastic maths lesson all about the number 10! Our challenge was: “How many different ways can we make 10?” To help us, we used tens frames and cubes. The children worked in pairs to explore number bonds like 6 + 4, 7 + 3 and so on. They recorded their ideas and shared them with the class. Once we had lots of examples, Mrs Wilson put them on the working wall – but one was missing! The children had to be detectives and spot which combination wasn’t t

This week Year 1 became history detectives ! Our big question was: “Who is George Stephenson and what does he do?” To find out, the children examined old photographs and paintings as clues. They looked carefully at details like clothing, objects and settings to make predictions about the person in the pictures. We asked questions such as: What can you see? What might this tell us about his job? Why is he important? Through our investigation, the children discovered that Georg

We explored an exciting science enquiry question this week:“Do the oldest children have the longest feet?” To investigate, the children worked in pairs and drew around their feet on large sheets of paper. Each child recorded their age and month of birth and we compared the results across the class.   The children were fantastic scientists! They noticed that while some older children had longer feet, it wasn’t always true – there were exceptions. This led to a great discussion

This week in Nursery, we have been busy learning all about birds! 🐦 Our focus story was Hooray for Birds , which helped us to recognise and talk about different colours 🌈. In Maths, we sang Five Little Ducks 🦆 to practise our counting and number recognition 🔢. In the creative area, we made bird crafts using primary colours 🎨 and explored a range of materials to create bird nests 🪹. We also used our fine motor skills ✂️👐 to make bird models. Our older children learned

In Year 6 science, pupils explored how the circulatory and respiratory systems function together to keep the body healthy. Measuring blood pressure and lung capacity are practical ways to investigate these systems. Pulse rates were also measured before and after exercise.