7 lucky year 3 girls got to represent the school at a wonderful year 3 girls football festival hosted by Surbiton High School. The festival was a brilliant success hosted at amazing facilities in Hinchley Wood. The girls played amazing throughout the day and got better and better as the day went on. They played 6 games in total and managed to score lots of goals and work well as a team.

 

 

On a blazing hot summers afternoon, St Joseph's year 6 rounders team took part in the Kingston Borough rounders competition. Having previously won this event last year there was lots of excitement building. The competition involved 12 teams in 4 groups of 3. St Joseph's had a brilliant group stage winning both group games quite comfortably scoring an impressive 11 rounders in both games. The team made up of year 6's where determined to give it their all as this was likely to be their last competition representing the school. The progressed to the Semi finals where we met a very good Tolworth team who eventually won by 2 1/2 rounders to make it to the final. St Joseph's then played a 3rd & 4th place playoff against Christchurch New Malden, a game which was very entertaining with lots of rounders being scored. Eventually team SJP managed to claim victory and get a very impressive 3rd place finish. The children can be so proud of all their achievements this year and what a great way to finish their primary school journey.

What a fabulous day on Friday 6th July for the whole school. We managed to survive the heat to take part in another wonderful sports day for the children of St Josephs. 

The day started with our fantastic gymnastics team who choreographed their own routine to perform in front of the whole school and the parents/guardians who came to support - they were amazing. 

All the children turned up on the day wearing the new P.E T-shirts which represented the colour of the house they belong to. Fisher House were hoping to defend their title from 2017 however, this year, Campion House snatched the title away by only 7 points and were declared the Sports Day Winners for 2018.

Sports Day allowed children to showcase some of the skills they have learnt in P.E with Mr Ford such as Javelin, Standing Long Jump, Hurdles and Sprinting. 

This day was made extra special by the fantastic turn out from the parents and the effort and enthusiasm shown by the children, despite the heat.

Thank you to all those who took part in the parent's race - competitive as always but such fun for the children. Thankfully, all stretches were completed before hand resulting in zero injuries.

The last race of the day was the much anticipated Teachers V House Captains - the Teachers were especially anxious about this as they needed to regain the title after losing for the last 3 years in a row. It was a closely contested race but it was clear the Teachers had been practising (especially the baton handover) and they came away the winners - this win was celebrated with great delight and relief. 

Everyone had such a fantastic day and showed the wonderful St Joseph's spirit we are known for, roll on next year!

 

Congratulations to all the winners of the fantastic prizes on offer at this years Summer Fair. Thank you for your support and enjoy your prizes.

Hat-Trick for St Joseph's in Schools Games awards

We are delighted to announce that we, St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, have achieved the School Games Mark Gold Award for the 2017/18 academic year. The School Games Mark is a Government led award scheme launched in 2012, facilitated by the Youth Sport Trust to reward schools for their commitment to the development of competition across their school and into the community, and we are delighted to have been recognised for our success. 

 

Our sporting achievements this year include: Kingston Active School of the year for 2017/2018, High 5 Netball Plate Winners,  Y5 & 6 Sports Hall Atheltics Qualifier Winners, Key Steps 3 Gymnastics 5th Place, Year 5 & 6 Girls Tag Rugby Plate Winners, Y5 Kew Football Competition Plate Runners Up, Y5 & 6 Basketball Bronze Medalists, Y5 & 6 Girls Kwik Cricket 5th Place, Y5 & 6 Rounders Bronze Medalists. With a total of 232 young people competing in local inter-school competitions this year, we are extremely proud of our pupils for their dedication to all aspects of school sport, including those young volunteers, leaders and officials who made our competitions possible. As part of our application, we were asked to fulfill criteria in the areas of participation, competition, workforce and clubs, and we are pleased that the hard work of everyone at our school has been rewarded this year. A special thanks to all parents for allowing and supporting your children's sporting achievements. We look forward to applying once again in 2019!​