Nursery have enjoyed continuing their discoveries about dinosaurs. Our key text this week was ‘Dinosaurs love underpants’ . The dinosaurs in the story were not so good at sharing, so we talked about…
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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.
Year 6: Celebration of the Word & Assembly
This week, Year 6 pupils planned their Celebration of the Word to present to their classes. The planning process consisted of finding a theme to base the prayer around, finding the relevant scripture and creating…
Read MorePre-Nursery-Wow what the owl!
This week in Pre-Nursery we have been reading the story ‘Wow said the Owl.’ The children made their own owls using paint and forks. In Little Gems they made owls using playdough, adding feathers, sticks…
Read MoreYear 4: Remembrance Celebration of the word
Today, our Year 4 pupils led their very own Celebration of the Word, a special moment they planned entirely themselves on the theme of Remembrance. They invited their classmates to reflect deeply and prayerfully, asking…
Read MorePre-Nursery-A Busy Week!
This week in Pre-Nursery the children have been super busy with all their learning. They made poppies at the beginning of the week for Remembrance Day We have been learning all about the day and…
Read MoreReception: Fireworks and the Festival of Light
This week we have been learning all about Diwali, we learnt the story of Rama and Sita and acted this out using props. Some children in our class celebrated Diwali and their Grandparents came to…
Read MoreYear 1: Rapunzel & Rosary beads
Our first week back after the half-term has been an exciting one! We have dived into our new book for English, this term we are looking at the story: Rapunzel. We started the week off…
Read MoreYear 4: Human Dignity Poetry
This week, we have been exploring the theme of Dignity of the Human Person and how treating someone with dignity is to treat them with love, kindness and fairness. Through class and partner discussions, they…
Read MorePre-Nursery-Caritas-God Loves Everyone
This week in Pre-Nursery we have been learning all about how Jesus and God love us. We learnt that it is important to be kind and caring just like Jesus. We have also been enjoying…
Read MorePre-Nursery- We have been busy little bees!
This week in Pre-Nursery we have been busy exploring and learning. We had lots of fun playing in the leaves, looking at signs of Autumn and learning about God’s creation for Religion. The children learnt…
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