Published March 24, 2023
Every week, our staff send in their submissions for the Happiest Minute of the Week. These can be anything from a whole class behaving well, to the small and kind gestures that make someone’s day!
All of these Happiest Minutes are then presented to the whole school every Friday by Mr Bartel and Mr Ford (or pupils who volunteer to host!) in the weekly rewards raffle.
As part of our ethos here at St Joseph’s, we love to share kindness, gratitude and positivity. So without further ado, here are this week’s nominations for Happiest Minute of the Week!
Happiest Minutes of the Week
Mr Corson:
- The absolutely brilliant character acting shown by LAS (7M) during her Drama Assessment blew me away. Clear evidence of hard work and talent! Well done!
Mr Bartel:
- AG (7T), ZF (7M), DH (7F) & MW (7F) for their amazing routines in gymnastics which they delivered to the whole group sensationally.
- FH’s (10M) shoes, JB’s (10V) uniform, CF’s (10F) lack of grey jumper, DM (10V) improving manners.
- AR (11F) for completing his trampoline routine, very impressive it is too.
- TD (11T) for getting three quarters through his routine, also has impressive elements.
- TS (11T) for smiling a lot in trampolining and not suing me.
- MR (9T) for following advice and cunning game management to cut in from the right and shot with his left. The SJCS Saka.
Miss Brignall:
- KB (9V) for being such a supportive and kind friend.
Miss Rose:
- AV, EMW, AS, OL (9V), AH, CR (9F), HP, LR (9T), BBC, CK, JL, KR (9M) for being amazing representatives of SJCS and all making the first session of Project Rejuvenate really enjoyable. Really looking forward to the rest of the project with this amazing bunch. Thank you, Miss Clark and Miss Moss, too!
Ms Shuttleworth:
- AP (11M) for the delicious homemade chocolate and orange brownie she gave me.
- PS (8F) for offering to tidy up for me after the display board massacre. Great dustpan and brush skills – thank you!
- Mrs Evans for her super-fast help with the display board title.
Miss Moss:
- Year 10/11 Rugby team were brilliant on Wednesday!!
Mr Inglis:
- Thank you to all of the students who have created artwork for the Stations of the Cross next week.
Mr Valjak:
- JT (11V) for his knowledgeable contributions to discussions in RE.
- A BIG thank you to the English department and other fashionistas here at school for their style tips for men in their 40s.
Mrs Inglis:
- LB, EM (9M), MK (9T) and EMW (9V) for working well together in Science this week.
- KS (7V) for excellent practical work in Science yesterday.
Geography Learning Legends:
- ER(8F) for her fantastic Russia knowledge and wider reading on the subject.
- JH(7M) for taking so much care in his presentation of his clouds poster.
- General shout out to 9D Geographyfor being an awesome group and playing along and ‘being’ the longshore drift process!
Mr Bazen:
- Well done to all the Y9 footballers – a terrific 2nd half performance. Outstanding character, teamwork and play. You made Mr Brown so proud. Thank you to Mr Bartel, Mr Ford, Mr Rooney, Mr Ollivierre, and Mr Caruso for your support on the line, and Mr Ball and Miss Moss for organising things behind the scenes to help me. Looking forward to the rematch vs Bishop’s.
MFL Learning Legends:
- RK, ER (8F), NO (8M), KG (8V) for excellence in applying the 3rd person plural to ‘er’ verbs.
- DC (7T) for continued excellence in vocabulary recall.
Mr Rooney:
- FW (11V) for a fabulous and exemplary concluding paragraph in RE on Thursday!
- MJ (11T) & MW (11M) for their continued dedication in RE intervention.
- AG (7T), DR (7M) and MW (7F) for their excellent demonstrations in PE earlier today!
Mrs O’Grady:
- LF (8V) for making the entire form laugh during PM registration, but more importantly for having the grace and good humour to laugh at herself (and clean up the mess!). What could have been a bad moment was instead turned into a little pocket of joy, and it was a privilege to have shared in it.
- ZM (8V) for outstanding focus during Science, completing all work set to a high standard and without disrupting the lesson once.
Well done everyone – see you next week!