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

• Magnificent three run at County Cross Country Finals

  Thu 21 Apr 2016
  A lovely sunny evening saw three children from St Joseph's selected to represent the Sedgemoor area in the prestigious County Primary Schools Cross Country Finals held this year in Yeovil. I had the great pleasure to go along to watch Lillie, Harriet and Fletcher all compete in the Year 3/4 separate boys and girls races. All three children were fantastic, running on a hard, fast course with real grit and determination. The level of competition in this event is extremely strong, with many of the athletes already training at local clubs. All three St Joseph's children are competing a year under age, so the future looks really bright for next years competition! Great effort guys!

• Swimming Gala Success

  Thu 21 Apr 2016
  A team of 20 children travelled to our local swimming pool this afternoon to compete in the area swimming gala. A fantastic team effort saw the team finish in 2nd place out of five schools (many of which are far larger than ours). The team spirit and camaraderie was second to none, not to mention the quality of swimming! A huge well done to everyone - I look forward to seeing a few of you in future Olympics!!

• Pupil and Parent Questionnaire Results

  Fri 15 Apr 2016
  Pupil questionnaires: We recently carried out a survey of all pupils asking them different questions about their learning, the results of which are summarised below. I’m sure you will agree that they show a very positive response from the children to what is happening in class.
   

  KS1 questionnaire	Yes
  My teacher tells me the learning objective in all my lessons	97%
  Adults help me to know how to make my work better	95%
  I do lots of interesting things in my lessons	89%
  KS2 Questionnaire	Yes
  I have opportunities to assess my own work and other people’s work	99%
  Adults help me to understand how to use the internet safely	99%
  I know I can ask for help when I need it and an adult will help me	99%

  
  Parent questionnaire: This was carried out in December 2015 and 40% of parents responded. Some of the main findings were that:
  
  95% of parents agreed their child is happy in school
  93% of parents agreed their child is safe in school
  
  96% of parents agreed their child makes good progress
  95% of parents thought their child was well looked after
  
  98% of parents thought their child was well taught
  89% of parents believe that the school ensure pupils are well behaved
  
  Areas for improvement: Some parents would like to see greater visibility of senior leaders and governors and to have more information about their child’s progress.
  
  Whilst we are pleased with these results, we are working hard to ensure we make further improvements in the areas that parents have identified as priorities. Thank you to those who took part.

• Key Stage 1 and 2 Gymnasts make County Finals

  Wed 23 Mar 2016
  A huge well done to the 16 children who competed for St Joseph's in a recent area gymnastics competition. Despite exceptionally high competition from across the area, I'm pleased to report that our four teams were magnificent! We were particularly successful in the Year 3-4 competition where we were crowned area winners and in the Year 1-2 competition we finished runners up. This means that two of our teams will now represent both the school and area in the County event on the 15th April. Great effort! 

• Tag Rugby Triumph!

  Wed 23 Mar 2016
  A huge well done to our Tag Rugby Team who finished third in the recent area competition. The team, that was made up of girls and boys from Year 6 played some fantastic rugby displaying speed, agility and wonderful teamwork. Despite winning 50% of their games, the team were very unfortunate not to progress to the prestigious County finals. Well done to all of you, Mr Fisher and the school are extremely proud of you all! 

• Basketball Team make County Finals

  Wed 09 Mar 2016
  A huge well done to the Basketball team who progressed through to the School Games County Finals yesterday afternoon. The team, comprised of six Year 6 boys competed against teams from BCA, Eastover, North Petherton, Somerset Bridge and Brent Knoll (many of which are twice the size of our school). They played some fantastic basketball, eventually finishing runners up in the competition and earning a spot in the County finals! Well done boys, Mr Fisher and the school are very proud of you. 

  

• World Book Day 2016

  Tue 08 Mar 2016

  We took part in World Book day!
  
  We all dressed up as our favourite characters and had a costume competition.
  
  Our KS1 runners up were....
  Aoife, Kaja, Connor, Ellie, Kitty, Kassey, Ellie-Mai, Esme, Nikodem and Finbar.

   

  Our KS2 runners up were...
  Harriet, Jamoe, Kieran, Thomas, Isabelle, Michael, Megan, Rosetta, Millie, Eleni, Oakley, Joey and Alex.

   

  Our overall winners were...
  
  Jimmy and Kyle.

   

  During the day we all created beautiful book themed art work to decorate our library.
  
  We think it looks fantastic, but come and see for yourselves!

  

• Futsal Success for Year 4 Boys

  Thu 03 Mar 2016
  Yesterday afternoon a team of seven Year 4 boys took part in an area futsal tournament. The boys, playing a year under age competed against three other schools (Bridgwater College Academy, Somerset Bridge and Otterhampton). The boys were magnificent, playing with passion and determination and finishing the competition in a creditable third place. A huge well done to you all and I look forward to the competition next year when you will all be older and even more experienced!

  

• James Heappey Assembly

  Wed 24 Feb 2016

• Boys Football Team Make County Semi-Finals

  Mon 01 Feb 2016

  A huge well done to our boys football team who represented not only St Joseph's, but the Sedgemoor area in the County Football Finals held on Friday 29th January at Bridgwater College. Twelve talented teams from around the County were grouped into two pools of six, with the top two teams in each pool progressing to the semi-finals. For the first time in St Joseph's history I'm proud to say that our boys finished second in the group stage of the competition winning three games, drawing one and loosing just the one, enough to earn them a place in the semi-finals. The boys put up a spirited display and narrowly missed out on a place in the final with a 2-0 defeat to a talented team from Portishead. However, all concerned should all be extremely proud of themselves, having achieved a position that no St Joseph's team has managed before! Well done boys! Pictures to follow.

   

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