St Joseph's Catholic Primary School

We have had another fun-filled week in school!

I've really enjoyed seeing our St Francis children (preschool and reception) outdoors, exploring, playing, and getting mucky, regardless of the British weather!

Beyond the classroom, our St Therese children (Year 5/6) have now taken on roles of playleaders at break times. This encourages play to take a more structured form and gives our eldest children positions of responsibility. They are rising to the challenge! Head over to Twitter/Facebook (links below) to see some of the parachute games from today!

Thank you, as always, for supporting us to

Live, love and learn with the Lord.

Mrs Ronicle

Our children are thoroughly enjoying the Street Dance club on Monday evenings!

The great news is that this club will continue until Easter, and we do have a couple of free spaces now. If you would like to book a place for your child, please let the office know ASAP.

This week in Celebration Assembly, we were able to use our brand new microphone to share our learning! Several of our families and friends mentioned how brilliant it was to hear every word being shared by our children.

A HUGE thank you to Friends of St Joseph's, who have worked so hard to raise money to contribute to our super new sound system!

Thank you for joining us for the Year 4 Multiplication Check information session on Thursday evening! A big thank you to Mrs Pitchers and Mrs Hough for giving up their time to organise and deliver this. If you were unable to make the session but would like the slides, please let us know and we can arrange for them to be sent out to you.

We've had a flurry of Gold Cards and Diamond Awards this week! Our latest Diamond Award winner was celebrated for being an absolutely fantastic role model for our other children. Demonstrating the virtues of confidence and resilience, this superstar is a shining example of how amazing our St Joseph's children are!

Due to the changes in our class structure, the children may need PE kits on a different day. KS2 (St Therese and St Patrick) remain the same.

St Bernadette (Year One and Year Two) need to bring PE kit on Friday

Reception need to bring PE kit on Thursday

Preschool need to come into school wearing suitable clothing (jogging bottoms and a hoody) on Thursday

Thank you for your support in this!

Hurray - our whole school attendance has improved this week! We LOVE having our amazing children in school and are grateful for the effort you make in getting them here and on time! Thank you.

Whole School Attendance this week: 92.58%

Whole School Attendance this year: 92.8%

We are currently below National Average 94.3(%)

Congratulations to St Francis for having the best attendance this week!

A reminder to parents and carers: School attendance directly affects your child’s academic success and relationships with their classmates

This week in St Nicholas, our super hero is Supertato. To link in with Tommy Two (our number of the fortnight!), the children made 2 Supertatoes and put 2 eyes, 2 legs, and 2 arms and then we counted them: 1, 2!

This week in St Francis, Captain Compass came to visit. He showed us places he had visited and we discussed them. He then left us a map of our classroom. We were able to read maps, make maps and give directions.

In History, we have been thinking about the different problems kings and queens have had to face. We thought about William the Conqueror and how he built Motte and Bailey castles with a hill and drawbridge for defence against people who didn't agree with him!

This week in St Patrick's class we have been learning more about climate change. We thought about our carbon footprint and ways in which we can reduce our impact on the environment.

In RE this week, we learned about the parable of the house built on rock and the house built on sand. We explored some key teachings of Jesus and how they were different to the way we would normally be expected to act or react, writing them down on post-it notes. The former we put on a house with solid rock foundations, and the latter onto one with sand. We learned that building our lives on Jesus' teachings means we have a secure foundation when troubles come.

St Nicholas (Nursery): Elsie

St Francis: (Preschool/Reception): Frankie H and Zara

St Bernadette (Year 1/2): Oscar

St Patrick (Year 3/4): Benjamin

St Therese (Year 5/6): Saved until next week... !

Headteacher's Award: Caitlin

Team point winners: St John (Joint with St Matthew from last week)

FoJS Treat Friday: Friday 23rd February, 3:30pm

First Holy Communion (At St Joseph's Church): Sunday 25th Feb, 10am

FoJS Treat Friday: Friday 29th March, 3:30pm

First Reconciliation (At St Joseph's Church): Wed 17th April, 10am

FoJS Treat Friday: Friday 26th April, 3:30pm

Ascension Mass (At St Joseph's Church): Thurs 9th May, 11am

Year 6 SATs Week (and SATs breakfasts!): Mon 13th - Thurs 16th May

St Therese Residential Trip (Robinwood): Mon 3rd- Wed 5th June

Our first treat Friday of 2024 last week was a great success! Thanks to all that supported this and we hope the children enjoyed their hot chocolate and popcorn treats! This month's will be Friday 23rd February with different treats on offer!

As mentioned in last weeks newsletter, there is a range of pre-loved school uniforms available. Please do let school know if you require any items and Friends of St Joseph's will try source these for you! This is also then a shout-out reminder that any outgrown uniforms can be donated to the school office! Any outgrown coats, shoes, bags and trainers will also be welcomed.

With the money raised from the Christmas Fayre we are delighted to be in a position to part fund the new sound system that has been fitted in the school hall. What a great effort and so good that the money can be used on something that will benefit the whole school. 👏👏

Friends of St Joseph's is always welcome of parents/ family member to get involved! Please do message us via e-mail friendsofstjotad@gmail.com or via our Facebook page.

Use the button below if you'd like to give our staff a shout out!

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@stjosephstadcaster.org); 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.

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

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

https://www.bishopwheelercatholicacademytrust.org/

Email: admin@stjosephstadcaster.org