St Joseph'sCatholic Primary & Nursery School
Latest News
Keep up to date with all the news happening in school at the moment.
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Intra School Competition for Year 5 and 6 Gymnasts
Fri 24 Mar 2023Over the past few weeks, 36 children from Year 5 and 6 children have been attending a school Gymnastics club run by Mrs Bax (Gymnastics specialist). The children have been competing against each other in groups of 12 in an effort to make a small squad of 8 that will represent the school in the Area Championships. The children have been vaulting and learning a Key Steps routine where they were judged on their performance. The gymnastics on display was excellent but most importantly, the children had great fun! WELL DONE ALL OF YOU!
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Gymnasts Medal in Area Finals!
Wed 22 Mar 2023It was an absolute pleasure to spend the day with our Year 2 and Year 3-4 teams of gymnasts who competed today in the Sedgemoor Area Finals held at St Joseph's School in Bridgwater.The team had been selected after an intra school competition a few weeks ago.
The event always attracts a large number of schools and this year was no different. There were in excess of 60 children from around the area competing in each competition and once again the children of St Joseph's did not disappoint.
The Year 3-4 team finished in a magnificent 2nd position with Issabella adding to her team medal with an individual bronze!
The Year 2 team were also amazing capturing a team bronze medal which is incredible considering this is their first inter school opportunity!!
I was amazed by the quality of gymnastics on display and also at how well the children coped with the pressure of performing in front of a large audience.
A TRULEY BRILLIANT EFFORT FROM ALL OF YOU AND I CAN'T WAIT UNTIL NEXT YEAR'S AFTER SCHOOL CLUB AND COMPETITION.
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Year 5 Children Blossom In Tag Rugby Tournament
Fri 17 Mar 2023Braving the wind and rain , a group of ten Year 5 children travelled all the way to North Petherton Rugby Club to compete in a local Tag Rugby Festival. With very little experience of the sport and playing against some teams who live and breathe rugby the children performed brilliantly and undoubtedly grew in confidence and expertise as the competition progressed. It was great to hear about such passion, determination and resilience on display throughout the afternoon. Well done all of you, you should be very proud of yourselves.
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Year 3/4 After School Gymnasts Compete In School Competition
Fri 03 Mar 2023Since returning from the Christmas break, a group of 20 Year 3 and 4 children have been attending an after school Gymnastics club run by Mr Fisher. To mark the end of the club, Mel Bax, a Gymnastic specialist has run a competition based around the Key Steps routine and spring board vault that the children have been learning. Pictured below are the children who have been attending the Club and competed brilliantly in the competition. WELL DONE ALL OF YOU!
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DCET Public Speaking Competition winners 2023
Sun 26 Feb 2023A team of our year 6 pupils took part in the DCET Catenian public speaking competition today against the other schools in the trust.
They were an absolute credit to our school and were the overall competition winners with their speech on Catholic social teaching: the common good!
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Year 2 After School Gymnasts Compete in School Competition
Fri 24 Feb 2023Since returning from the Christmas break, a group of 21 Year 2 children have been attending an after school Gymnastics club run by Mr Fisher. To mark the end of the club, Mel Bax, a Gymnastic specialist has run a competition based around the Key Steps routine and vault that the children have been learning. Pictured below are the children who have been attending the Club and competed brilliantly in the competition. WELL DONE EVERYONE!
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YEAR 4 BOYS TRIUMPH IN AREA FOOTBALL TOURNAMENT!!
Fri 10 Feb 2023An enormous well done to the Year 4 boys football team who were just truly magnificent in today's tournament held at Haygrove school in Bridgwater. Playing against 9 other school teams from around the area (Eastover, Somerset Bridge, Churchfield, Kingmoor, St Mary's, St John and St Francis, Enmore and St Joseph's in Bridgwater) the boys ran out overall winners scoring 23 goals and not conceding any!!!! A 3-0 victory against local rivals Churchfield in the final ensured they were crowned champions. A FANTASIC FOOTBALLING DISPLAY THAT YOU SHOULD ALL BE VERY PROUD OF!
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ST JOSEPHS YEAR 3/4 SPORTSHALL ATHLETICS TEAM CONQUER ALL!!!
Tue 07 Feb 2023Well, I don't really know what to say! This was an absolutely outstanding performance from the 12 girls and 11 boys from Years 3 and 4 who represented the school today in the Year 3/4 Sports Hall Athletics Area Finals. Pitted against a large number schools from the surrounding area (Enmore, Kingsmoor, St John and St Francis, Somerset Bridge, St Joseph's Bridgwater, Nether Stowey, Eastover, Otterhampton and Hamp) the St Joseph's children ran, jumped and threw their way to an amazing victory! WHAT A BRILLIANT TEAM EFFORT FROM EVERYONE CONCERNED .........You all worked so hard and should be very proud of yourselves. CONGRATULATIONS ON A WELL DESERVED VICTORY!!!!!!!
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Cross Country Runners Shine.....Again!
Thu 02 Feb 2023A huge well done to the 20+ girls and boys who represented St Joseph's in the latest cross country held at King Alfred's. We had some amazing performances from all of our Year 3 and Year 5 representatives in once again rather cold and testing conditions! The overall competition is very close and the St Joseph's children have undoubtedly bridged the gap between themselves and the first place team! With one more set of races to go for our Year 4 and Year 6 children, it's all to play for! School results are below:
3rd Cross Country January 2023
King Alfred’s
The Stats
Total Athletes: 178
Number of Girl Athletes: 84
Number of Boy Athletes: 94
Total Schools Entered: 16
School
1st XC
2nd XC
3rd XC
Total
Kingsmoor
1191
532
368
2091
Somerset Bridge
728
639
547
1914
St Joseph’s (B-O-S)
1031
326
530
1887
St Andrew’s
695
355
495
1545
St Mary’s
571
596
327
1494
Nether Stowey
780
369
184
1333
Enmore
868
113
247
1228
Eastover
751
239
151
1141
Puriton
633
227
160
1020
North Newton
636
123
245
1004
North Petherton
640
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144
784
St Joseph’s (BW)
427
111
108
646
Churchfield
248
109
211
568
St John St Francis
341
83
38
462
Hamp Academy
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285
285
Willowdown
260
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260
BCA
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240
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240
Berrow
136
12
87
235
Cannington
184
26
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210
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Futsal Wizards!!
Fri 27 Jan 2023Two teams of Year 4 and 5 boys represented the school this afternoon in a huge Futsal tournament held at Haygrove School in Bridgwater.
The tournament itself attracted 16 teams from all over the area, so as you can imagine, competition was extremely fierce!
There were four pools which meant that each team got to play three group stage matches and a final, dependent on their finishing position in the pool.
Both teams of boys played incredibly well with passion and determination and I was fortunate enough to observe some of the best football I have seen in a very long time!
Our school is considerably smaller than most of the opposition on show which highlights the strength in depth that we have here at St Joseph's.
One of the teams finished with two wins and two loses (amazing), with the other team finishing the competition with two draws and two wins! They didn't concede a goal and even beat the winners of the overall competition in the process!
Well done boys, this was an unbelievable effort and you should be very proud of yourselves!!
