This week the children have been creating posters to demonstrate their knowledge on the Neolithic settlement of Skara Brae. They have identified what a secondary source is and have used them in order to create…
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Emerald Mass
On Thursday Father Pat visited Emerald Class for their Liturgy of the Word celebrating St Francis. Everyone who attended was very impressed by the beautiful singing, confident reading and the children’s knowledge when answering Father…
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In Science we’re studying rocks. On Thursday we took part in an observing over time experiment about the formation of Sedimentary and Metamorphic rocks…USING CHOCOLATE! Firstly the children applied different types of chocolate into the…
Read MoreDr Andrews Visit!
Tuesday 26th September 2017. Today we were lucky enough to have a visit from Dr Andrews! A chemistry teacher from Highgate school: https://twitter.com/highgate1565. Dr Andrews showed children from Years 3-6 different chemical reactions. He taught…
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This year St Joseph’s is encouraging our children to learn as much as they can from the environment around us. OUTSIDE of the classroom. This week we have taken some of our Maths and English…
Read MoreMeet the Teacher Session.
Thanks to all parents/carers who made it in on Wednesday for the meet the teacher session! Questions that came up were if we could give out a copy of an example timetable for parents. Below…
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Wednesday 13th September 2017: Today was Roald Dahl day! We were so impressed with the tremendous amount of effort parents/carers went to at home to complete the masterpieces that were the outfits of the Year…
Read MoreFirst Week Back
What a successful first week back we have had! Here is a sample of our science lesson that we had earlier in the week. Our science topic is ‘rocks’ children went on a learning walk…
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Blitz or no blitz, the post office delivers the goods! Year 3 were transported back to World War II today in an amazing workshop delivered by the Postal Museum. The children learnt about the destruction…
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Over the last month, Year 3 have been making their First Holy Communion at various churches, including St Joseph’s. This morning, in the KS1 Hall, we participated in a Mass to celebrate this important step…
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