Thank you for your support at the recent coffee morning.  It was an ideal opportunity for parents to share ideas and to listen to talk by the Cambridge Road Regeneration Team.  Further information on the proposed regeneration can be found at: www.cambridgeroadestate.com.  

 

 

We would like to make improvements to our outdoor areas and have some great plans in place which are being led by one of our parents. 

Now we need helpers for our Garden/ landscaping project. It will require a few Saturdays of working together. If you have any interest or experience in gardening, landscaping, building that would be helpful or if you are willing to just lend a hand then please get in touch and leave your name/ contact details with the front office to help out with this exciting project.

Team SJP had their 1st competition of the year this month. Well done to the boys & girls from Y5 & 6 who took part in Kingston Swim Gala and represented our school really well. A special mention to Michelle Y6, Kamil Y6 & Emily Y5 who managed to get 4th place in their individual events. Also a big well done to the girls relay team who also came 4th place in the front crawl & mixed stroke relays.

On Tuesday the 10 of September we went on a special trip to a Beginning of the Year Mass at St George's Cathedral with Mrs Keefe, Mrs Sheehan and our Governor Mrs Combe. When we arrived everything was so remarkable. The choir worked very hard to sing lots of songs; they must have been practising for a long time. Mrs Sheehan got to process with the very special Deanery candle that the priest blessed during the Mass.

After the service we met the Archbishop and them we all went to have refreshments together. All the Children  from other schools were there and they were all very smart as they wanted to represent their school in a positive way.

 

Leroy, Millie, Jayden and Ella (Childrens Chaplains)

 

After nearly 3 years of not having the prestigious Hogsmill trophy, this years Y5 & 6 football team managed to make history by lifting the trophy yesterday in emphatic style. On a fine summers afternoon Mr Ford & Mr Bawn overlooked a sensational performance from the team, a performance that showed everything we had been working on throughout the year. The passing & movement was a joy to behold and the 1st half scoreline reflected St Joseph's domination. The 2nd half was slighlty tighter with King Athelstan growing into the game and creating a few chances. St Joseph's finished winning 9-1 to the delight of the onlooking teachers and children. The boys most of who are Y6 and now leaving the school have done themselves proud and have brought the trophy home. I would like to take this opportunity to thank all the boys football team this season for their hard work and commitment. 

Congratulations to all our Merit award winners this week! They received their certificates for all their hard work in our Merit Collective Worship.

Cricket is a popular sport at St Joseph's and these competitions are eagerly anticipated with lunchtime training and warm up matches organised prior to the event. Both teams had been working hard to be fully prepared. The boys had two exciting group games which they won the 1st game was won narrowly by 6 runs and the second game a more comfortable affair winning by 20 runs. This set up a quarter final showdown with Lovelace who we had previously lost to in a friendly. The boys battled hard and couldn't quite reach the target set by Lovelace with the bat resulting in a loss by 30 runs. The boys can be proud of reaching the quarter finals as Lovelace went onto to win the competition.

 

The girls played extremely well throughout the morning, they had a baptism of fire as they met Holy Cross Prep in the 1st group game. The level of cricket was very good with Holy Cross batting 1st and scoring an impressive 280 runs, St Joseph's had 4 dropped catches that would have made a real difference to the scoreline. Nevertheless St Joseph's came out to bat knowing they needed a big total to win, runs where very hard to come by with Holy Cross bowling brilliantly. A few silly outs cost SJP valuable runs that could have made a difference in the scoreline. Eventually the last ball was bowled and St Josephs finished on 240 meaning Holy Cross won by 40 runs we where made to rue those missed catches. SJP won the 2nd game in the group comfortably by 68 runs but unfortunately didn't progress into the quarter finals. Similarly the girls can be proud as Holy Cross went onto win the competition.

 

WELL DONE BOTH TEAMS   #TEAMSJP 

Well done to our merit certificate winners this week: James, Anastasia, Oliver, Jayden, Amelia, Jason, Teo and Nicole.

There were also two very special  certificates for Times Table Rockstars. Ethan in year four and Lena in year two both became rock heroes! 

Well done to all the finalists who took part in the Times Tables Rockstars 'Battle of the Bands' competition today. Three volunteers from each class in KS2 battled against each other during an assembly in front of the whole school. It was a closely fought contest but Sarah in year 6I managed to achieve the most points to be crowned the overall champion. Well done to all involved! 

Our Y4 tennis team had great success this month finishing 2nd place in the KSSP tennis competition and bringing home the silver medal. They played a total of 6 matches on their way to the final but unfortunately lost out to Christchurch New Malden. The team should be extremely proud and this is reward for some great work during our Tennis topic in PE.

Every Friday we come together as a school to celebrate all our achievements across the curriculum from the week. Well done to those who received class merit and times table rockstars certificates this week!