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

• Hosts for Kenyan choir

  Fri 01 May 2015

  Many thanks to all parents who have already very kindly offered to host one or two children from the Jolaurabi school choir. We are still looking for one or two more host families for one week in July during their visit to Burnham. If you are able to help out, or would like more details, please see the letters on this website, or contact Mrs Mills as soon as possible.

• Cricket team finish runners up in Area Finals

  Thu 30 Apr 2015
  A gilt edged performance today saw our cricketers finish runners up in the area Kwik Cricket finals held at North Petherton Cricket Club. Winning all of their group games and finishing top of their pool, the boys went on to play against Somerset Bridge (a school over twice the size of ours) in the final. A closely fought game saw the boys narrowly miss out on victory by just 16 runs. Bowling, fielding and batting improved with each game and considering the majority of the team have only just been introduced to competitive cricket this week, this achievement is even more extraordinary. A huge well done to William, Sam, Samuel, Leo, Isaac, Archie, Adam and James. You all played some magnificent cricket (the catch taken by Sam in the final game of the afternoon was like something you would expect to see at Lords in a 20/20 final)!!! The school (and Mr Fisher) are very proud of you all!

  

• Super seven represent Sedgemoor in the County Cross Country Finals

  Thu 30 Apr 2015
  On a cold and windy Tuesday evening, seven children from St Joseph's battled against the elements in the County Cross Country Finals held at RAF Ilton, near Langport. The children were selected as part of a 60 strong team sent from the Sedgemoor area to compete against the best runners in the County.
  Charlotte, Isabelle, Dorothy and Abbie were first to race over the challenging 1.1 mile course! They were magnificent, battling hard to the very end. Next up was James, running a year under age (he has another year in this age group). He was soon into a rhythm and finished like a train!! The final two races of the evening were the Year 5/6 Girls, followed by the Year 5/6 Boys. With this tough, 1.6 mile course, Katie-Rose and Daniel Maydew were fantastic, galloping over the knee length grass they even managed to catch breath and pose for a photo in the finishing funnel.
  This is an incredible achievement for all concerned and the children should be very proud of themselves. To be selected to represent the area is fantastic, but to then compete with such effort and determination is an even better achievement. Well done to all of you!

  

• 'The Stylist of Somerset' opera

  Thu 23 Apr 2015
  Tonight, thirty nine of our pupils were involved in a truly memorable event when they took part in an opera led by Jackdaws OperaPLUS Music Education Trust, with seven professional opera singers. See our gallery for information and photographs.

• Futsal team finish second in County Finals

  Wed 22 Apr 2015
  On Friday 17th April, the Year 5 Boys Futsal team travelled to Millfield School to compete in the Spring Games County Finals. Playing a total of four games against the best school teams in Somerset, I'm happy to say that the boys finished in a magnificent second place, winning one game, drawing two and losing just once to the eventual winners.
  
  The boys played with passion and determination, coming from behind on a couple of occasions to achieve a result. Many of the schools that we played against are over twice the size of St Joseph's which makes the overall result even more impressive. Well done boys, you can be very proud of this achievement.

  

• Celebration Assembly

  Thu 16 Apr 2015
  This week we held our Celebration Assembly. The children have all been working very hard this year in all areas of their school life.
  
  Here are the children who were awarded Good Work certificates for their individual successes this term.

  

• Skipping Success for the Green Team!!

  Tue 24 Mar 2015
  The children of St Joseph's gathered today in the School Hall for a very special Whole School Assembly. Over the course of the last half term our coloured teams have been competing against one another to see how many skips they can do in 20 seconds. Their scores have been added together (across the whole of the school) to find out which team has the highest overall average. Would it be St Matthew, St Mark, St Luke or St John?
  
  I'm happy to announce that the overall winner this Term is
  
  St John’s (The Green Team).
  
  Congratulations goes out to all its members. The results have been engraved on 'The Walton Cup' which currently sits in the entrance to the school.
  
  Final standings were as follows:
  
  1St St John (Green) 24.37 skips
  2nd St Matthew (Yellow) 22.07 skips
  3rd St Mark (Blue) 21.94 skips
  4th St Luke (Red) 19.91 skips
  
  Class results were as follow:
  
  Reception – St Matthew (Yellow) 8.66 skips
  Reception/Year 1 – St John (Green) 9.71 skips
  Year 1/2 – St Mark (Blue) 21.33 skips
  Year 2 – St Mark (Blue) 31.38 skips
  Year 3 – St John (Green) 31.25 skips
  Year 4 – St John (Green) 34.88 skips
  Year 5 – St Matthew (Yellow) 36.70 skips
  Year 6 – St Matthew (Yellow) 38.30 skips
  
  Top skippers in each class were:
  
  Reception - Phoebe 16 skips / Esme 13 skips / Reece 12 skips
  Reception/Year 1 - Kobe 19 skips / Esmae 15 skips / William 12 skips
  Year 1/2 - Hannah 50 skips / Adam 34 skips / Jasmine 33 skips
  Year 2 – William 50 skips / George 46 skips / Millie 42 skips
  Year 3 - Rudi 46 skips / Lilly 44 skips / Dior 43 skips
  Year 4 - Dorothy 56 skips / Halle 48 skips / Daisy-May 45 skips
  Year 5 - Kamil 56 skips / James 52 skips / Holly 52 skips
  Year 6 - Caitlin 59 skips / Connor 57 skips / Isobel 54 skips

• PTA EASTER EGG HUNT - Thursday 26th March 2015

  Mon 23 Mar 2015
  The Easter Egg hunt will take place from 3.15pm in the school playground. Please note that there will be NO refreshments or cake stall at this event.

• St Joseph's goes Skipping Crazy!!

  Thu 19 Mar 2015
  On Thursday last week, ‘Skipping Workshops’ joined St Joseph's and delivered a 25 minute skipping lesson to all of our eight classes! The children were engaged in learning new ways to skip as well as consolidating existing skills. The day provided a nice ending to this terms intra-school skipping competition and as a result of the sessions, the playground has suddenly been filled with energetic skippers! Long may it continue!!

  

• Nursery Places available for September 2015

  Thu 19 Mar 2015
  The Nursery has places available for start in September 2015 for children turning 3 before 31st August 2015.
  
  If you would like further information please contact Hannah Lovibond-Stephens or the school office on 01278 784641