Our school has become a center of excellence for Fable Robots. As part of this project, we are now teaching other schools how to use, design, and code robots. Our first workshop took place at…
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African Surprises in Nursery
The children arrived on Monday to find a basket of very exotic-looking fruit. They discovered that the fruit came from Africa, and belonged to Handa from our story, ‘Handa’s Surprise’. We investigated the fruit by…
Read MoreYear One: Super Storytelllers!
This week in Year One, Amber class took part in a fantastic workshop led by the wonderful staff from Yarn. This workshop focused on constructing children’s imagination through interactive storytelling. The children got to create…
Read MoreLittle Gems-Pigs, pigs and more pigs!
This week in Little Gems we have been learning all about pigs on the farm. The children enjoyed exploring pigs in mud. We learnt that mud helps keep pigs cool in the hot weather. The…
Read MoreYear 5: St Aloysius and LSU!
What an exciting and busy week Year 5 have had! This week, Year 5 have had not one, but two trips to two of our local secondary schools. They have visited both St Aloysius College…
Read MoreScratch User Agreement
We have now updated our Scratch accounts and asked children to sign the agreement. They agreed to follow these guidelines at all times when using Scratch. Scratch User Agreement These are Scratch Community Guidelines We…
Read MoreNursery: Asian Adventures and a Superhero Celebration
Pearl Class continued their exploration of our wonderful world by learning about some of the countries that make up Asia. We were excited to discover that in our class we have children who have cultural…
Read MoreReception: Superhero Picnic
This week, Reception celebrated the superheroes in our lives. The children started the week by creating cards for their special superhero dads, granddads, uncles, brothers or anyone important to them in their lives. Ruby Class…
Read MoreYear One: Stories and Authors!
What a busy week in Year One! This week we have started our new Literacy book for this term, “The Last Wolf” by Mini Grey. The children enjoyed immersing themselves into the new unit of…
Read MoreYear 3: An Inspiring Writer
Helen Peters, an inspiring author, came in to visit the children in St Joseph’s this week. They were thrilled to learn all about how her childhood growing up on a farm inspired her writing. Some…
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