Tuesday 30 October 2018

BOOK FAIR

Our Book Fair has arrived.





When: Thursday 1st - Wednesday 7th November
Where: New Conference Room (next to office)
Times: 8:30 - 8:40am & 3:00 - 3:40pm

Come along before and after school and help us raise money to get FREE BOOKS for our school.


See you there!


The BOOK FAIR is arriving this week on
Thursday 1st November 





Wednesday 17 October 2018

Competition

Book Review

COMPETITION



This Book Review Competition will be part of Half-term homework 
for children in Years 3 -6.

Friday 12 October 2018

Pupil Librarians

Meet 

our 

Pupil Librarians












Our pupil librarians will be helping to monitor the library during lunch times. Their duties will include making sure that the children adhere to the rules of the library -
1. Quiet
2. Remove shoes
3. Care of books
and help and advise children on choosing books.

Junior Librarian Rota

Monday - Jude and Grace
Tuesday - Giselle and Aaliyah
Wednesday - Tamara and Mollie
Thursday - Lekan and Laura
Friday - Mikolaj and Matteo

Enjoy!

Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday

Thursday 11 October 2018

Poet

Kate Wakeling

Visiting Poet to celebrate National Poetry Day.



Thank you Kate for a wonderful day of poetry!

Wednesday 10 October 2018

National Poetry Day



NATIONAL POETRY DAY


POET VISIT

KATE WAKELING

Kate Wakeling is a poet and she studied music at Cambridge University.


‘Moon Juice’ is her first poetry collection for children and won the 2017 CLiPPA (The Award for the Best Children’s Poetry Book). It is a delightful book. Borrow it from the library today!



Award-winning poet, Kate Wakeling, visited St Joseph’s on Thursday 4th October to help us celebrate National Poetry Day. Kate spent the day touring the school sharing her poems along with tips on writing poetry with all our children. Her engaging and interactive recitals made it a very happy and memorable day for our school.




NATIONAL POETRY DAY COMPETITION

We had our own poetry competition to celebrate. Children in Years 3 to 6 wrote poetry on the National Poetry Day theme of ‘Change’. The best poem from each class was selected and we held a poetry recital assembly at the end of the day inviting Kate Wakeling to be the judge. She awarded a signed copy of ‘Moon Juice’ to the poems that came in first, second and third place.
Well done to the winners!

Take a moment to read these fabulous poems!



First place – Nina – Amethyst Class


Recycling

Mum says there is climate change
The polar caps are melting
It should be getting cooler now
But it’s absolutely sweltering

Mum says we have to recycle now
To try to make a change
To try and get back to when
The weather wasn’t so strange

If only my Mum remembered
To separate all the plastic
There would be less climate change
And the World would be fantastic!

Second place – Ella-Grace – Emerald Class




Third place – Tilly – Blue Class





Congratulations to our winners!

and


Thank you to Kate Wakeling for such a fabulous poetry-filled day!