St Joseph's Catholic Primary School

We've had quite a few visitors having a look around school this week and every single one of them commented on how delightful, polite and happy our children are!

We are incredibly proud of our lovely little school, filled with amazing children.

It fills us with joy when the children are living out our mission and very clearly demonstrating how we...

Live, love and learn with the Lord.

Mrs Ronicle

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This week, it was St Francis' Class that enjoyed the privilege of celebrating Weekly Class Mass at our parish Church. Well done to our Reception and Year 1 children, who represented our school beautifully!

Our current virtue is thankfulness.

During our Virtues Worship on Monday, we listened to the Parable of the Talents and considered how God would like us to share our talents with the world.

We thanked God for the many talents He has given each of us and prayed for the support and courage to share these with others.

If you would like to thank a member of our staff for their talents, please give them a shout out below!

At the weekend, we received this lovely message from Wetherby Foodbank...

We're delighted to be offering a fantastic new after school club next half term... Little Rescuers!

Little rescuers is a course designed to teach first aid and life saving skills to primary-aged children through fun, play, music and teamwork.

This will begin on Mondays, 3:30-4:30pm, after half term. Places are limited so please contact the school office if you would like to book a space for your child!

For further information, have a look at their video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SWWFpSKcRis

Next Tuesday (24th Oct), 3:00-4:00pm, we are opening our St Bernadette's classroom to families so that our lovely Year 2 children can show you all the fabulous learning that's been taking place and you can meet the much-adored Miss Savelli!

We look forward to seeing you there!

If your child is in Years 4, 5 or 6 and would like to receive their First Holy Communion this school year, we are beginning preparation classes in school.

Our parish priest, Father Sean, will begin the sessions with the children within school time on Wednesday 8th November.

We have had a number of parents who are not Catholic asking if their children can join the sessions and receive Holy Communion - fantastic news! Your child will need to be baptised in the Catholic Church before they can receive Communion but they are warmly invited to join the preparation sessions in the meantime! I am happy to have conversations with anyone who has any questions - you know where I am!

If you would like your child to be included, please make sure you complete the form below:

We have been enjoying building very imaginative creations with our new magnetic construction blocks! These were very kindly donated by one of our fantastic families and we are thoroughly loving making the most of them!

This week in RE we heard the story of Noah and the Flood. We thought about how the story showed hope, created doves as a sign of hope and made hope rainbows with hopes for ourselves, our friends and families.

This week, we've been coming closer to the end of some of our topics. In History, we brought together all our knowledge of local history to independently write a diary entry from the perspective of someone living in Tadcaster in the past

In science this week, we have been predicting which objects are magnetic or non-magnetic and testing our predictions.

In St Therese Class this half term, we have been learning about forces, and this week, we learned how a simple mechanism (the lever) can increase the effect of a force without increasing the force itself. We experimented with balancing a heavy weight with a lighter one just by placing it further away from the fulcrum of the lever. Levers are very useful in everyday life, like a simple door handle.

St Nicholas Star of the Week: Ava-Rose

St Francis Star of the Week: Frankie P

St Bernadette Star of the Week: Charlotte

St Patrick Star of the Week: Eddie

St Therese Star of the Week: Sam

Headteacher's Award: Spencer

Congratulations to all of our award winners, who were invited to sit on the GOLDEN TABLE at lunchtime (and enjoy juice!)

Our TEAM POINT winners were: St John

They will be given treats at breaktime on Monday!

The Christmas Fair plans are well underway. We have been excited by the festive and fun ideas of the families involved so far! It’s shaping up be be a brilliant event with new games and treats!

This is an early shout out for the kinds of donations we will be asking for:

-Chocolate, chocolate and more chocolate for our chocolate tombola 🍫

-Any kind of drink in a bottle for our new game of bottle hoopla 🍾

- Raffle prizes for the end of term raffle. If you have any contacts with local businesses who could donate a prize/ any thing to add to a hamper please let us know 🎟🎁

Our first ‘official meeting’ as Friends of St Joseph’s will take place on:

Monday 6th November at 6:30pm

in the upstairs function room at Number 21 the High Street!

All very welcome.

Look out for more updates on our Facebook page www.facebook.com/friends.of.st.josephs&w=w-4841578328&i=&l=l-7948848718

or e mail us at friendsofstjotad@gmail.com

Year 2 Open Classroom: Tuesday 24th Oct (3-4pm)

Break up for half term holiday: Thursday 26th Oct

Friends of St Joseph's Meeting: Mon 6th November, 6:30pm, 21 The High Street

First Holy Communion Preparation Programme Begins: Wednesday 8th Dec (during school hours)

Settling In Review Evening: Thursday 9th November (3:30-6:30pm)

Team Building Outdoor Day (St Therese's Class): Tuesday 14th November

Team Building Outdoor Day (St Patrick's Class): Tuesday 21st November

Christmas Fair: Sunday 3rd December

Advent Liturgy in School for Families: Wednesday 6th December (9:10)

We love hearing from you!

If you have a query or concern, please feel free to speak to me (Mrs Ronicle) at the gates in the morning or via email (headteacher@st-josephs-tadcaster.n-yorks.sch.uk); your child's class teacher at the end of the day; or our school admin team at the front entrance.

If this is not possible, feel free to phone or email the office who can forward any messages to staff. Please note, our class teachers do not use their email addresses or Class Dojo to contact parents/carers/families.

We are a proud member school of the Bishop Wheeler Catholic Academy Trust:

https://www.bishopwheelercatholicacademytrust.org/

Email: admin@st-josephs-tadcaster.n-yorks.sch.uk
Website: https://www.st-josephs-tadcaster.n-yorks.sch.uk/
Location: Station Road, Tadcaster, UK
Phone: 01937 832344
Twitter: @StJosephsTad

Families (and children of all ages) are warmly welcomed to celebrate Mass at our parish Church:

St. Joseph's Catholic Church, Tadcaster.

Mass times are as follows:

SUNDAY Mass 9am

WEDNESDAY Mass 10am

FRIDAY Mass 10am

Please visit the Church website for further details:

https://www.stjosephstadcaster.org.uk/