On Wednesday 12th February, Reception had a special visit to learn all about dental hygiene.

 

A special thanks to Claire from Westbury Dental for teaching us how to look after our teeth!

It was business as usual with Team SJP as the Year 5 boys took part in the year 5 football qualifier. The first event of this term the boys battled well and never gave up during a tough round of fixtures. Ultimately it was great for the boys to represent the school and they eventually finished joint 6th place. 

This morning, Year 6 visited Chessington World of Adventures to participate in a citizenship workshop led by the Metropolitan Police, the London Fire Brigade and Transport for London. There were several different scenarios which the children were exposed to including staying safe on the buses and tubes, being aware of stolen goods and stranger danger. They even learnt about protecting wildlife and what to do in emergencies!

“We participated in many different activities that helped us know how to deal with situations that involve animals, strangers and what is considered safe situations. I learnt many new interesting facts like that a train weighs 200 tonnes!” Alexandra Janda

Just before Christmas we had a very exciting visitor come in to our school. He was a mad scientist! He demonstrated all sorts of incredibly interesting and fascinating experiments about air and the gasses that air is made up from. One of the experiments involved trying to keep a balloon in the air using a garden leaf blower - it was all very exciting!

 

If you want to find out more about science or take part in more exciting experiments, join the after school science club today!

The Key Stage 2 Carol Service was a wonderful opportunity for the children, parents, staff and Church to come together as a Catholic community to celebrate the special events of Christmas. We are grateful to Fr Michael for hosting this special service, to Mr Bawn and the KS2 team for arranging the service and most importantly to the children who sang so beautifully and read the important readings and prayers.  

On Tuesday 17th December, the choir of St Joseph’s Roman Catholic Primary School were invited to sing at the Kingston Guildhall.
After enjoying refreshments with their parents, the children performed two carols in the Charter Gallery.  This provided a welcome to Mayor Margaret Thomson and councillors as they arrived for a meeting. The children then performed two additional carols in the Councillors Chamber, to a huge round of applause.
Alexandra, a Year 6 pupil, said of the experience: "It was quite scary but I really enjoyed it because it was a once in a lifetime opportunity. I really couldn't wait because seeing the mayor was such a great honour... She was really sweet and made me feel that I didn't need to worry and that I could perform well."

Well done to all the competitors who took part in the Times Tables Rockstars 'Battle of The Bands' competition today. Two brave volunteers from Year 2-5 battled against one another and completed times tables challenges in front of the school. Congratulations to Sabhan in Year 6 who won the overall competition in the end beating Elizabeth (Year 5) narrowly in the final.

On Tuesday morning, the children were treated to a very special visit from singer/songwriter, Tom Speight. Tom is very well known around Kingston for his musical talent, most recently returning from a USA/Canada tour! This year, Tom released his debut album, 'Collide'. Tom treated us to a few of his own songs, Little Love and his new Christmas song, Christmas Morning. Tom has performed, and supported, some of musics biggest names, including Ed Sheeran, Paul McCartney, Snow Patrol and Lewis Capaldi. Everyone absolutely loved the morning and we would like to thank Tom for spending some time with us to answer the children's questions and treat us to some of his songs. 

Congratulations to Israel in Year 6, who is the regional finalist for the southeast of England in Hays Recruitment Christmas card competition. His wonderful card, which you can see below, is now in competition with six other regional winners, for the national prize. If you visit the Hays Recruitment website you can vote for your favourite card. His card is C. This vote is open from today until 2nd December, and if his card wins as well as receiving a prize of art materials, the card will be the Hays Christmas card for this year.

 

https://www.hays.co.uk/job/education-jobs/christmas-card-competition