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

• Sports Day 2023

  Fri 30 Jun 2023 Mr Fisher

  Despite needing to postpone the morning flat races and relay races due to rain and a greasy running track, we were fortunate enough to make it out onto the field after lunch for the afternoon activities. The children had great fun exerting themselves and burning off lots of that stored up energy from a morning spent in the classrooms!

  

• Cricketers Finish 3rd in County Finals!!

  Tue 20 Jun 2023 Mr Fisher

  A magnificent performance today from our Cricket team saw them place 3rd in the County Cricket Finals held at Wembdon Cricket Club in Bridgwater. Representing the Sedgemoor Area, this team of 8 batted, bowled and fielded their way to a County bronze medal! In total, the team played 5 games against the best representatives  from  Somerset and North Somerset! They finished the day with three wins and two very narrow loses in what turned out to be a very close competition.

  There were many highlights and some of the cricket on display was just brilliant! However, there was a magical incident that caught my eye in our penultimate game which highlights the empathetic nature and true spirit we look to endorse here at St Joseph's. An opposition player had been hit and hurt by the ball while batting and was 'out' and quite clearly distressed and in discomfort. The whole St Joseph's team were generally concerned and raced over to check that he was alright and proceeded to ask the umpire to disregard the wicket and replay the ball again.....that moment made me the proudest teacher in Somerset! The team deserved that bronze medal, but in my eyes they will always be winners, especially if they maintain such a positive approach to sport.

  

• Key Stage 1 Sports Fun!

  Fri 16 Jun 2023 Mr Fisher

  Today 70 children from Key Stage 1 had great fun at a Sports Festival at St Joseph's School in Bridgwater. The children were grouped into teams, mixing with other children from the Dunstan Catholic Educational Trust. They participated in a carousel of fun sporting activities!

  

• Wimbledon Watch Out!!!!

  Thu 15 Jun 2023 Mr Fisher

  What a glorious way to spend a Thursday afternoon! Today 20 boys and girls from Year 3 and Year 4 travelled down the road to 'The Avenue Tennis Club' to take part in a local area tennis tournament.

  The children have been attending Mr Fisher's after school club for the last 3 or 4 weeks and this was an ideal opportunity to put into practice all that they had leant as they competed against other schools in the Sedgemoor area. 

  The children had a brilliant time in extremely hot conditions and the standard of tennis being played seemed to get better and better with every game!

  Each team was made up of four children (two boys/two girls) and everyone played a series of matches against children from other schools. Points were added up and out of the two pools of schools, the top two teams contested the final. I'm pleased to say that one of the St Joseph's teams were in the final and won 3-1 against some strong opposition from neighboring St Andrew's.

  Overall this was a fantastic experience for all the children and it was a great opportunity to experience tennis in a club environment. The organisation of the event by Head Coach Tim Seymour was just great and it was very kind of him to deliver ice creams to all the children participating half way through the afternoon!

  Like I said at the start of this article, it was a glorious way to spend a Thursday afternoon!