Keep up to date with all the news happening in school at the moment.

• ST JOSEPH'S CROSS COUNTRY SUPER STARS!!

  Fri 21 Oct 2022 Mr Fisher

  Well, what a brilliant end to the Half Term! On Tuesday and Wednesday this week a team of 47 junior children from St Joseph's travelled all the way to Brymore School in Cannington to compete in the first of three cross country races held throughout the Autumn term.

  With girls and boys racing separately in a total of 8 races, St Joseph's was extremely well represented in every Year group. The participation statistics for the event are documented below, but numbers succeeded pre-pandemic participation which is testament to the commitment of the children in the Sedgemoor area.

   

  Total Athletes: 395

  Number of Girl Athletes: 183

  Number of Boy Athletes: 212

  Total Schools Entered:  17

   

  From a scoring point of view, every child that runs earns points for the school total so it's a real team effort! There are of course individual winners in each of the races and we were fortunate enough to take a silver medal in the Year 5 Boys race and a bronze medal in the Year 5 Girls race. Having said that, the real recognition must go towards all the children as a collective and in particular those that might not necessarily finish high up the field but nevertheless earn valuable points for TEAM ST JOSEPH'S who I am happy to say are currently sitting in a MARVELLOUS 2ND POSITION out of the 17 participating schools!! WHAT AN AMAZING EFFORT FROM ALL OF YOU and I can't wait until our second race of the season which will take place later in the term. KEEP UP THE GREAT WORK!!!!!!!!

   

  School	1st XC	2nd XC	3rd XC	Total
  Kingsmoor	1191
  St Joseph’s	1031
  Enmore	868
  Nether Stowey	780
  Eastover	751
  St Andrew’s	695
  Somerset Bridge	690
  North Petherton	640
  North Newton	636
  Puriton	633
  St Mary’s	571
  St Joseph’s (BW)	427
  St John St Francis	341
  Willowdown	260
  Churchfield	248
  Cannington	184
  Berrow	136

   

• A Celebration of Youth

  Wed 12 Oct 2022

  Dear Headteacher, Teachers and Parents,

  The Town Council would like to recognise young people in our towns who are showing themselves to be deserving of recognition through positive actions  .

  Attached please find a poster and a copy of the nomination form for our” Celebration of Youth” event to be held at The King Alfred School on Saturday 15th October. Please could you consider posting these prominently somewhere and sharing it with your teachers/students/parents etc.., to encourage nominations of worthy young people in the 3 different categories:

  • leadership
  • giving peer support
  • raising awareness of climate and ecological change We have 2 age groups for each category, under 11’s and also 11-18 .

   

  Any nominations sent in would benefit from an informative nomination/reason for the award explaining why that person is worthy of the award.

  We look forward to seeing lots of you at the event where there will also be stalls/opportunities to showcase activities on offer to the younger members of our society. If you would like to have an opportunity to showcase your own organisation, or any “open to all “ activities then please let me know.

   

  Please can you either confirm your attendance; send through any completed nomination forms for an award , and or, book a table please to  admin@burnham-highbridge-tc.gov.uk

  Kind Regards

   

  Clare Doyle

  Customer Service Officer

  Burnham-on-Sea & Highbridge Town Council

  The Old Courthouse, Jaycroft Road, Burnham-on-Sea, TA8 1LE

• Spirited Effort From Boys Football Team In ESFA Area Tournament

  Mon 03 Oct 2022 Mr Fisher

  A huge well done to the 9 boys who travelled all the way to Bridgwater College to represent  the school in an ESFA Area Tournament.

  Pitted against some very strong competition from a number of schools well over double the size of ours, the boys performed remarkably well and played with real passion, grit and determination!

  All of the games were extremely close and could have gone either way! There were  some very narrow loses against St Mary's (who went on to win the overall competition), North Petherton (2-1), Somerset Bridge (1-0) but the highlight of the afternoon had to be a last second goal to seal victory against Berrow (2-1)!

  Great performance boys, the school is extremely proud of your achievements and with many of the team still in Year 4 and 5, the future looks rosy!!