Published May 12, 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: 8th–12th May
Mrs Halls:
- Shoutout to this week’s English Learning Legends: AO, AL (8V), KS (9V), SW (9T)
Mr Bartel:
- A huge all the best to BBC (9M). We wish you all the best as you move house and schools. Thank you for many great days and some fantastic lockdown football moments. Well done on all you have overcome and achieved so far and the very best of luck for the future.
- KS (9V) for referencing her learning in RE by talking about The Holy Trinity in assembly.
- Mr Ford and Mr Rooney for sharing their very good assemblies with me.
- EF, FW (11V), CS, TD, TS(11T), OE, AR (11F), and KC (11M) for being wonderful people this year and a pleasure to spend time with. Go well into your exams team.
Mr Caruso:
- I would like to nominate AT (11T), MW (11M), HD (11M) and AF (11F) for requesting and attending to additional maths intervention on Wednesday.
Mr Garvey:
- MR (8M) for a real improvement in Spanish with lots of effort and understanding.
- JL (8F) for always having such a positive attitude to his Spanish work.
- BJ (8T) for a consistently excellent attitude to her Spanish work.
- PS (8M) for excellent participation in Spanish lessons.
- AN (7T) for her consistently outstanding work ethic in Spanish lessons.
- HA (7F) for her enthusiasm to learn Spanish and consistent hard work.
- MA (7T) for her outstanding contributions to Spanish lessons.
- RR (7T) for his excellent attention and participation in Spanish lessons.
Mr Ball:
- LH (9M) and VK (8F) for their good Javelin technique.
- TS (9V) for his good Table Tennis technique on the serve.
- TC (7F) for his great leap in the Long Jump.
Miss Clark:
- The amazing student leaders of the Inclusivity Alliance (you know who you are!) who are working hard on lots of ideas to make our Friday break time meetings a safe, inclusive space for everyone!
Mrs Reynolds:
- 8RE5 for an amazing RE lesson on Thursday and for practising the lockdown drill so efficiently. Also 10RE3 for their sensitive response to the lesson on euthanasia.
- And a huge shout out to JS (11F), AD (11F) and TCY (11V) for their perseverance in RE lessons. Good luck in your GCSEs!
Mr Valjak:
- MA (9V) – thank you for clearly explaining the idea of the Trinity.
- Mr Valjak’s 10RE2 – thank you for your focussed learning this week.
Mrs Hansford:
- CK, DC (7T) and TR (7V) for brightening my morning in Reading Intervention on Friday.
- From myself and Ms. Sheeley – MR (10T) and KR (10V) for working hard in English.
- My lovely valued English colleagues for my birthday present – I am very grateful (another year older tomorrow…)
Mrs Thorne:
- Thank you to Mrs Nobis for running a successful PSHE on the use of Drugs with us this morning – from myself and 9T.
Mrs Rose:
- HH (7T) for being a super polite person and holding a door open!
Well done everyone for another wonderful week!