After what we hope was a relaxing half term break for everybody, we’re back with a lot of updates about what we’ve done this week, and what’s coming up soon!

I’d like to thank you for your support over the last six and a half weeks.  We have always stressed the importance of teamwork and that team consisting of three members: your children as our pupils, us as a school, and you as parents.

It’s crazy to think that we’ve only got three days left of this half term and that a sixth of the school has already been completed! This week, again, saw a great variety of activities happening at school.

It’s been an eventful week with the MFL department’s International Day, an M&G Enterprise Challenge workshop, and more – and next week is gearing up to be busy too!

It’s amazing how quickly time passes during the term – we only have two and a half weeks of school until the October half term break! This week has been busy but great!

This week has been filled with trips to an Army Cyber Challenge Day and Corfe Castle, mock exams, preparation for Pupil Voice and Leadership initiatives, and more!

It’s been an absolute pleasure visiting classrooms this week and seeing the excellent teaching and learning that is happening. There is a really focused and purposeful environment in classrooms and the pupils have been superb at articulating what they are learning. 

It’s our first weekly update of the new school year! In this one we welcome all families back to the year, welcome new staff, and give some important updates about what’s coming up soon.

So, the year has drawn to a close!  It’s been a very challenging year at times with all the uncertainty that the pandemic has brought along with absences of staff and pupils, but I’m glad to say that the St Joseph’s we all know and love seems to be finally getting back to normal!

It was great to welcome you back to school this week at the celebration evenings and wonderful to celebrate all the achievements across the year!  We hope you enjoyed them, and we hope you enjoyed being welcomed back into school too!  Thank you for coming and for your support this year!