St Joseph'sCatholic Primary & Nursery School
English
Subject Lead: Mrs Charlotte Lamb
Year 4 & 5 - Today we joined Joseph Coelho (Poet) & Lauren Layfield (BBC Radio 1) for a special workshop in conjunction with the Premier League and the FA! We thought about diversity and culture and how this can feed into our everyday lives and football. There were also special guest footballers, Michael Rosen & McGrammar!
Year 4 & Year 5 Diversity Poem
Greatness comes from everywhere!
Our glorious gifts give so much,
We are a galaxy of shining stars.
Our hearts all sing the same song.
Greatness comes from everywhere!
It comes from our pure hearts,
No matter how big or small we must show care.
All different but we should be treated the same.
Greatness comes from everywhere!
Diversity inspires us all,
We are all filled with God’s love.
Respect one another.
Greatness comes from everywhere!
SCHOLASTIC BOOK FAIR 2025
Tuesday 14th October 2025
Dear Parents/Carers,
As you know we have had the Book Fair in School over the last week. I’m delighted to report that the Book Fair
was a huge success! We sold a record breaking, grand total of £1793.26 worth of books/stationary over the
week! This means that we will be able to buy over £1075 of new books for the school!
We would like to thank all parents/grandparents/friends and children who visited the Book Fair itself. A special
thanks also goes to several members of the PTA who gave up their time to help set-up, organise and run the
Book Fair alongside many of our Teachers too! Without everyone’s support it would not have been possible to
run such a successful Fair!
Your support is greatly appreciated and we are already looking forward to running the next Book Fair next year!
World Mental Health Day- As part of World Mental Health Day Year4 & 5 have taken part in the National Literacy Trust Campaign ‘Take10ToRead’ where we went outdoors and read to read to boost our mental health!
This morning KS2 joined the Take 10 To Read Campaign where Marvel illustrator Ramzee promoted the power of right words that can spark a child's imagination, calm their mind and improve their wellbeing
National Poetry Day 2025: Some excellent entries for our National Poetry Day with the focus being an Ode poem from Year 4.
National Poetry Day 2025:Year 2 - We wrote our own versions of the poem 'I hear with my little ear..' linking it to the theme of play
National Poetry Day 2025: Reception - Throw a Ball by Michael Rosen
National Poetry Day 2025: Reception Class Fun!
National Poetry Day 2025:Year 4 - Today we wrote an Ode poem all about things we love!
National Poetry Day 2025:Year 5 - We played around with word meanings and compound nouns to create our own poems!
National Poetry Day 2025: Reception/Year 1 - We have been creating actions for and performing, Roll a ball by Michael Rosen. Yr 1’ s wrote some of their own verses.
Our KS2 Librarians! They are doing a fantastic job looking after our Key Stage 1 and Key Stage 2 Libraries!
Our Summer Reading Challenge Winners! Thank you so much to the 10 children who took part in The Summer Reading Challenge- these children have been awarded special certificates, stickers and prizes today!
September 2025- ‘A Dog Called Hero’ by Katy Birchall! Today Year 4 & Year 5 joined a virtual author workshop with Katy Birchall to find out about her new book and what happens to service dogs after their leave their jobs!
September 2025- Key Stage 1 took part in a Virtual Author event with Julia Donaldson today where they listened to the launch of her new book ‘Paper Chase’. This is an event to encourage a love of reading for pleasure!
Key Stage 2 Live Author Zoom Visit with Hannah Gold!Key Stage 2 joined Hannah Gold for the launch of her new book Turtle Moon. We also watched how illustrator Levi took inspiration for the book too!
Writing across the Curriculum
KS2 Reading Certificates
