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• Swimming Gala

  Mon 13 Mar 2017

  On Monday 13th March SJPS dived in to their first ever Swimming Gala. The team did fantastic finishing 3rd in their group. Takija Harrison and Ruby Ellithorn were outstanding qualifying for their individual finals. A great team effort in the medley saw them finishing second  

  

• Bikeability

  Mon 13 Mar 2017

  Last week, some of the children in Year 5 and Year 6 completed their Level 2 Bikeability training. This involved training and testing on various aspects of riding their bike safely on the road. Over two full days the children not only learnt to improve their bike safety and awareness of potential road hazards, but also the Highway Code rules for cyclists and how to apply these when riding around. The course split the training into two parts; part one on the school playground, followed by part two - using their new skills on the real roads around the school area. The children had great fun whilst taking part in a great learning opportunity which improves their personal safety on the busy roads of Preston.

  Each child who completed the course successfully received a certificate and Level 2 badge. On the back of their certificate is any advice from the course leaders for what the children need to do next to improve their skills further.

  Many thanks to Matthew and Matt from Bikeability for teaching, training and assessing the children.

  

• World Book Day 2017

  Thu 02 Mar 2017

  Today, for World Book Day, the children took part in a book 'scavenger hunt'. They had to find books which contained certain characters, animals or themes. This allowed the children to discover books they may have previously overlooked. The children took part in a book discussion, talking about their favourite books and authors. We also created our own 'Where's Wally' puzzle.

  

• Ash Wednesday

  Wed 01 Mar 2017

  We visited our Church for Ash Wednesday for the first day of Lent. Father Millar came over to our school for key stage 1 and explained lots of interesting things about Lent and how we can take part in Lent. 

   

  Have a look at the pictures below to see the events for Ash Wednesday 

  

• SJPS Netball Team

  Mon 27 Feb 2017

  We had our second netball match for SJPS and we won 26 - 0 against Sacred Heart which means that we are top of the league. Our team played fantastic scoring more than a goal per minute. Our Star player was Abby Elwell - Year 6.Miss bell is hoping they will continue with the great success and gain promotion along with the Football team at the end of the season

  

• SJPS Football Team

  Thu 23 Feb 2017

  SJPS 9 - 1 SCARED HEART

   

  Last League game of the season S.J.P.S played fantastic to bring home a 9-1 away win , which will grab the a place in division 2 next season.Miss Bell is so proud of the team gaining promotion in there first season. 

  

• Poetry Challenge

  Wed 08 Feb 2017

  At St. Joseph's we have had an amazing Poetry challenge , we had lots of great fun with everyone taking part. Mrs Monaghan and Mrs Scanlon went round the whole school to see which classes are ready to go into the final. On Wednesday 08th February we had the finals with our parents coming to watch.

  The winners were Year 2!!

   

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• Internet Safety Day

  Tue 07 Feb 2017
  Safer Internet Day is a great opportunity to talk to your family and friends about the safe, responsible and positive use of technology, and to ‘give a smile’ to help create a kinder online community.  Below is our school internet safety assembly.

  

• Key Stage 1 trip to Lancaster Judges Lodgings

  Wed 01 Feb 2017

  In our topic learning we have been looking at the family tree of the Royal Family and the timeline of the monarchy and learning about the lives in the past and comparing them to our lives today. We have also been looking at different kinds of toys, wash days, traditional stories and homes. To celebrate the end of the topic we took all of KS1 on a school trip to the Judges Lodgings in Lancaster.

  On the trip we explored different workshops. These included Parlour Games – Pupils looked at and considered the difference between Victorian rich and poor children's toys; Traditional Story Time – The children sat around a cosy fireside listening to traditional stories, learning rhymes and playing with toys; Toy Gallery – the children investigated how toys had changed through the ages and handle a range of toys from different time periods.

  The children were all very respectful on our school trip. The staff from the Judges Lodgings even commented on how well behaved the children were. Well done children!

  

• Chinese New Year at St Joseph's

  Tue 31 Jan 2017
  at St Joseph's this week we enjoyed a Chinese New year theme dinner. Have a look at the pictures below to see what an lovely time had.