LETTERS & UPDATES
Please find below details and downloadable copies of our latest school letters. If you can’t find the letter you are looking for, please contact Mrs Hodge at jho@sjcs.org.uk. You can also keep up to date with other news on our school blog.
WEEKLY UPDATES – 2024/25
LETTERS HOME – 2024/25
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letters:
Letters (latest first):
- End of Year Letter from Mr McParland (July 2024)
- Race for Life 2024 (July 2024)
- Changes to School Day from September (July 2024)
- Appointment of a New Headteacher (July 2024)
- Letter from the Chair of Governors (June 2024)
- Updates to School Toilets (February 2024)
- PGL Marchant Hill Trip Letter (November 2023)
- World Mental Health Day 2023 (October 2023)
- Attendance Information for Parents (September 2023)
- Attendance & Achievement Leaflet (September 2023)
- Attendance FAQ (September 2023)
Mr Rooney's Weekly Updates:
Letters (latest first):
- Results Day Information (July 2023)
- Strike Information Letter – 5th & 7th July (July 2023)
- Section 48 Diocese Inspection Final Report (July 2023)
- T Levels: Information for Parents/Carers (July 2023)
- Year 9 Art Kit Box (June 2023)
- Anti-Bullying Campaign with Salisbury Reds (April 2023)
- Strike Information Letter – 15th & 16th March (March 2023)
- BTEC Creative Media Production – Key Notes & Exam Guidance (March 2023)
- BTEC Creative Media Production – Easter Session (March 2023)
- Lockdown Procedures Information Letter (March 2023)
- French Language Trip to St Omer/Lille’s Christmas Market 3rd–4th December 2023 (March 2023)
- Year 11 Arrangements for Thursday 2nd March (March 2023)
- Strike Information Letter – 2nd March (March 2023)
- Rewards Trip Information 2023 (February 2023)
- Strike Information Letter – 1st February (January 2023)
- Apprenticeship and Careers Fair - Tuesday 24th January 2023 (January 2023)
- Scarlet Fever & Strep A Information for Parents (December 2022)
- Science Intervention Sessions (November 2022)
- Confirmation of JCQ contingency dates for summer GCSE exams (November 2022)
- Abernant Lake, Powys – PE Trip – June 2023 (November 2022)
- Swanage – Geography Field Trip – November 2022 (November 2022)
- Changing GCSE Product Design to OCR Cambridge National in Engineering Design (November 2022)
- Presentation Evening, Year 11 Cohort 2022 – Invitation for Parents/Guardians and Ex-Pupils (November 2022)
- An Inspector Calls at Theatre Royal, Bath – 18th May 2023 (October 2022)
- Letter Regarding Her Majesty the Queen (September 2022)
Mr Rooney's Weekly Updates:
- 9th September 2022
- 16th September 2022
- 23rd September 2022
- 30th September 2022
- 7th October 2022
- 14th October 2022
- 19th October 2022
- 4th November 2022
- 16th December 2022
- 20th January 2023
- 27th January 2023
- 3rd February 2023
- 10th February 2023
- 10th March 2023
- 24th March 2023
- 5th May 2023
- 19th May 2023
- 9th June 2023
Letters (latest first):
- Reopening on 19th July 2022 (Sent July 2022)
- Non-Uniform Day for Defibrillator Fundraising (Sent July 2022)
- Results Day Information (Sent June 2022)
- Household Support Fund for Low Income Families Who Don't Quality for FSM (Sent June 2022)
- Race for Life on 20th July (Sent June 2022)
- Corfe Castle Trip (Sent June 2022)
- Thorpe Park Reward Trip (Sent June 2022)
- Year 11 Study Leave 2022 (Sent June 2022)
- Chaplaincy Team Visit to Trussell Trust (Sent May 2022)
- Creative Arts and Technology Department - KS3 Curriculum for Year 9, September–December (Sent May 2022)
- School Attendance During Exams and TD Day on 23rd May (Sent May 2022)
- TLC English Intervention Sessions (Sent March 2022)
- Lent Charity Campaign (Sent March 2022)
- Current Year 8, 9 & 10 Pupils: Trip to Ypres, Belgium - February 2023 (Sent Feb 2022)
- Weymouth Sea Life Centre and Beach Trip (Sent Feb 2022)
- Year 11 Food Tech - Time Plan Support & Details of Final Cook (8th or 10th March 2022) (Sent Feb 2022)
- Year 11 Computer Science - Revision Books for Pupils (Sent Feb 2022)
- GCSE Exams 2022 (Sent Nov 2021)
- COVID Testing Procedures and Guidance (Sent Oct 2021)
- COVID-19 Vaccinations for Children Aged 12–15 Years (Sent Sept 2021)
- Guidance for Covid-19 (Sent Sept 2021)
- Y11 Maths Revision Sessions and Online Resources (Sent Sept 2021)
- Year 11 - Options Post-16 & College Open Days 2021/22 (Sent Sept 2021)
- Important Covid-19 Update (Sent Sept 2021)
- Attendance and Covid-related Absences (Sent Sept 2021)
Mr Rooney's Weekly Updates:
- 1st July 2022
- 8th July 2022
- 15th July 2022
- 22nd July 2022
- 10th June 2022
- 17th June 2022
- 24th June 2022
- 6th May 2022
- 13th May 2022
- 20th May 2022
- 27th May 2022
- 1st April 2022
- 29th April 2022
- 4th March 2022
- 11th March 2022
- 18th March 2022
- 25th March 2022
- 4th February 2022
- 11th February 2022
- 18th February 2022
- 28th January 2022
- 21st January 2022
- 14th January 2022
- 7th January 2022
- 17th December 2021
- 10th December 2021
- 3rd December 2021
- 25th November 2021
- 19th November 2021
- 12th November 2021
- 5th November 2021
- 15th October 2021
- 8th October 2021
- 1st October 2021
- 24th September 2021
- 17th September 2021
- 10th September 2021
- 3rd September 2021
Letters (latest first):
- Letter from the Governors - 23rd July 2021
- Year 6-7 Transition Summer School - 19th July 2021
- Covid-19 School Transport - Wiltshire Council
- Public Health Advice for Education Settings - Wiltshire Council
- Attendance Letter - 2nd July 2021
- Wiltshire Council - Latest COVID-19 Guidance
- Weekly Update: Getting back to normal cautiously - 14th May 2021
- RSHE Letter - May 2021
- KS3 Curriculum Year 9 September–December
- Reopening 8th March
MR. Rooney's Weekly Updates:
- Weekly Update - 23rd July 2021
- Weekly Update - 16th July 2021
- Weekly Update - 9th July 2021
- Weekly Update - 2nd July 2021
- Weekly Update - 25th June 2021
- Weekly Update - 18th June 2021
- Weekly Update - 11th June 2021
- Weekly Update - 28th May 2021
- Weekly Update - 7th May 2021
Parents' Evenings:
- GCSE Grade/ Pupil Destination (Pupil) - April 2020
- GCSE Grade Information (Parent)- April 2020
- Social Media Advice for Parents/Carers - April 2020
- Snapchat and Social Media Advice - April 2020
- Seeking Medical Assistance - April 2020
- The Big Sleep - Alabare
- Work Experience Launch - Year 10
- Trip to London - April 2020
- Diocesan Emmaus Project of tree planting - December 2019
- Institution of Mechanical Engineers (IMechE)
- International Day - 18th October 2019
- Kintbury Retreat October 2019
- School Attendance Letter September 2019
- GCSE Swanage Trip October 2019
- Year 9 Kitbox
- Mayflower Trip - Some Like it Hip Hop
- Year 8 Parents Options Evening
- Beauty & the Beast Pantomime
- SENCo Introduction, Mr Bazen
- Staffing Changes 2019
- Year 11 Examination Information 2019
- Year 9 Parents Evening May 2019
- Pencelli Trip Parent Information 2019 / Pencelli Consent Form
- RE GCSE trip to Bevis Marks synagogue and Westminster Cathedral
- Alabare D-Day commemorative Skydive
- Vocations Roadshow May 2019
- Sparsholt College STEM Taster Day 2019
- Spire FM Tonnes of Tins
THE CLOSURE - SJCS NEWSPAPER:
When St Joseph's closed in 2020 due to COVID restrictions, our staff and students worked together to create our own school newspaper containing news, views and entertainment from our community. #DoYourBestAndMindYourManners
- The Closure - Edition 1
- The Closure - Edition 2
- The Closure - Edition 3
- The Closure - Edition 4
- The Closure - Edition 5
- The Closure - Edition 6
- The Closure - Edition 7
We were also featured in the Salisbury Journal for the school's efforts to provide PPE for key workers during the height of the pandemic in 2020. You can read the article here.
