During Advent St Joseph’s collected ‘Jingle Bag’ food parcels for the Alexandra Wylie Tower Foundation (AWTF). The charity sent a message, “Everyone at AWTF charity was thrilled to see the car full of so many…
Read MoreCatholic Social Teaching
At St. Joseph's, we are deeply committed to living out the values of Catholic Social Teaching (CST) in all aspects of our school life. We use the Caritas Westminster: Rooted in Love framework as the foundation for our approach to CST. This framework helps us inspire and guide our pupils and staff in building a just, compassionate and inclusive community.
The six core principles of Rooted in Love are:
- Human Dignity – Every person is made in God’s image and should be treated with love and respect.
- Solidarity and Peace – We should all work together to bring peace and harmony to our communities.
- Dignity of Workers – Every worker has the right to be treated with fairness and respect.
- Preferential Option for the Poor – Jesus calls us to care for the poor and vulnerable, giving them special attention.
- Community and Participation – God calls each of us to contribute to the good of others.
- Care for Creation – We honour God by protecting and caring for His creation.
These principles guide our mission to educate not only the mind but also the heart, encouraging our children to live out the Gospel message of love, service and justice in the world.
Nursery Celebrates Christmas
Nursery have had a busy week preparing for Christmas. On Wednesday we did our first ever performance on the stage in the hall. Our Christmas sing-a-long was a huge success and we did an amazing…
Read MoreYear 2: Born In A Barn – Christmas Nativity Performance
Earlier this week, our Year 2 pupils put on a magnificent performance of the Christmas story! The children worked incredibly hard over the last few weeks and all of the rehearsals have certainly paid off!…
Read MoreYear 3: Hymns to Celebrate!
In Religion this week, the Year 3’s performed an Advent hymn to help them to remember the story of Christmas. Hymns are also a sung prayer, so we learned that this is also a way…
Read MoreYear One: Advent Retreat
This week in Year One, we were fortunate to have a special visit from Sister Anne who came to lead our Advent Retreat. Year One discussed why Christmas is a very important time of year…
Read MoreYear One: Festive Fun in Year One!
This week in Year One we have been getting prepared for the start of Advent. We attended the beautiful Advent assembly where we learned about how and why we decorate our Christmas trees to remember…
Read MoreReception: Christmas is coming!
This week Reception visited the chapel to see the crib. We talked about the different people and symbols we saw and the children listened to the story of the Nativity. …
Read MoreNursery: Weddings and Visitors
Nursery have been learning about weddings this week. We have enjoyed sharing our experiences of participating in wedding celebrations, and we discussed traditions from around the world. We made wedding cards and confetti….
Read MoreYear One: Three Discovery Workshop
We have been busy in Year One this week. We were fortunate that we have had two visitors in to talk to us. We learned all about being safe when we are on the internet….
Read MoreNursery Makes a Cake
The children have continued their learning about birthdays this week. We have been making birthday cakes, cards and hats. We learnt about birthdays in different countries and had a go at singing ‘Happy Birthday’ in…
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