It may  be Valentine's Day today, but it is also Ash Wednesday, the beginning of Lent, a 40 day season of prayer, fasting, and almsgiving that ends at sundown on Holy Thursday. It's a period of preparation to celebrate the Lord's Resurrection at Easter. Mass was celebrated a...

St Joseph's choir were lucky enough to be sponsored by the O2 to take part in the Young Voices Concert at the O2.  The children have been practising since October last year, giving up two lunchtimes a week and one afternoon a week after school.  In January, we had Lydia White, who p...

We invited our grandparents to lunch today for Grandparent's Day, The dining hall was transformed with tablecloths and flowers to show appreciation for them and everything they do for us. They had a choice of Margharita pizza, tomato pasta or jacket potato. What a wonderful atmosphere. Not su...

Today, Year 5 went to Cool Aeronautics 2023 - The Royal Aeronautical Society President's Summit: Future of Flight.  The children were so excited and were all at school for 7:45am, ready to leave by coach at 8am. We had a welcome from Kerissa Khan, the President of the Royal Aeronautical...

We celebrate diversity at St Joseph's and look to break the barriers our children may face. World Afro Day is a perfect example of both of these, so we decided to celebrate as a whole school. In Early Years and KS1, the children read books about characters who had Afro hair and KS2 children comp...

Today, the whole school visited St Joseph's Catholic Church to celebrate the beginning of the year, and met Fr Patrice and Fr Teju, our Parish Priests.  We are looking forward to what this year has to bring and creating stronger links with our parish and wider community.