Year 2 had an amazing assembly on child safety that really made us think. The NSPCC’s lovable mascot, Buddy, paid us a visit to help us recognise an unsafe situation and who we should speak to if…
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Easter Bonnet Breakfast!
Today years 1 & 2 performed their Easter breakfast. It was a beautifully colourful event where the children discussed the events of Holy Week and the symbolism behind Easter eggs and hot cross buns! We…
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This week Year Two had a fabulous time getting ready for Easter. We had a special visit from the Easter Bunny who joined us in making our scrumptious chocolate nests. The bunny also left us…
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Today Year 2 had a visit from Google Expeditions. We used the free Google Expeditions App to go on a Space expedition. The teacher’s acted as “guides” and led our Year 2 “explorers” through collections of 360° and 3D images while…
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Today Year 2 had a fabulous time celebrating St. Patrick’s Day! There was a sea of emerald green across the school, with impromptu Irish dancing and yummy shamrock cupcakes for everyone to enjoy. We found out…
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This week we also had a visit from author Chris Lam Sam and illustrator Angela Keoghan who came to talk about their new book ‘Inspector Brunswick: The Case of the Missing Eyebrow’. Chris performed an entertaining read-along of the…
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This week the children had an exciting afternoon with Sophia, our environmental leader, planting bulbs. They learnt how to plant bulbs and look after them so they will soon turn into beautiful gladioli. Year 2 were told how…
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What a fantastic World Book Day we had! Thank you parents and carers for providing the wonderful costumes the children wore on this day. At St. Joseph’s we celebrated World Book Day by focussing on…
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Today Year 2 had some special visitors to help them with their addition and subtraction worded problems! We used hundred squares to help us visualise the number sentences and used written methods to help us…
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Year 2 marked February’s Safer Internet Day by learning how to post safely online. We talked about the type of photos that were suitable to post and the importance of privacy. After we discussed what photos were safe to post we…
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