NEWS FROM ST. JOSEPH’S
Email: smithj24@leedslearning.net
Telephone: 01943 463840
Website: www.stjosephsotley.org.uk
12th March 2010
RE COMMITTEE
We would like to form a RE Committee which will be comprised of Fr. Tom, Mrs Smith, a Teacher,
one or two Governors, one or two parents and one or two parishioners. The purpose of this
committee would be;
1. In the short term – to provide a working party to discuss a new Diocesan recommended RE
scheme, “The Way, The Truth and The Life”.
2. To continue to promote home, school, Parish links.
It is anticipated that two or three meetings would be required initially for both 1 and 2. Following
this, meetings could possibly take place once or twice a year. If anyone would like to join this
committee, please contact Mrs Smith.
THOUGHT OF THE WEEK - To ease another’s burden, help carry it.
And a note on the above – after 8 years of providing the Thought of the Week it’s increasingly difficult to find a
“positive” pearl of wisdom! If you have any you wish to share do let us know
Mrs C. Pratt
Saturday 13th March
2-4pm at Otley Ashfield Primary
School, come along and join in
the fun games, art, craft and story
telling
INTERNATIONAL CONTACTS
We are always keen to
celebrate the links our school
community has with other
countries. If your family has
a link with someone in
another country, could you
please ask that they send us
a postcard depicting the area
in which they live. We aim to
create a display to celebrate
the multitude of cultures
represented
within
our
school.
Thankyou
Miss Barghout and Mrs Pratt
The Spanish Club
-
This half term we are learning
phrases about the weather and the
names of some common articles
of clothing which we then relate
to the weather. We are playing
numerous games to practise the
new vocabulary and the children
will create their own weather
chart, which they will be able to
take home. Mrs McGrath
CAR PARKING – Please would you give
the attached letter about car parking to
whoever brings your child to school or
collects them at the end of the school day.
Thank you
CONGRATULATIONS !!
to Miss Tymoshyshyn on her
engagement.
Year
6 have been working
really hard again this week finding
out the truth behind the legend of
Robin Hood and presenting their
information to the class in their
own preferred style, linking to our
smarts we discovered back in
September. We have been
furiously complaining in Literacy,
writing letters about some very
dodgy holidays! Maths has seen
us
looking
at
coordinates,
translation and rotation - very
tricky. Maybe we could work on
these in our revision books? Just
to let you know that Y6 are leading
the St. Joseph's Mass on Friday
19th March at 9.30 rather than
leading the assembly.
Mr. Gallacher, Mrs. Condliffe
you paid your Building
Fund Contribution?
Please
support us whilst we try to keep
our building in good state of
repair. £5 per child per term.
Have
Year 5 have had a very
exciting week in Literacy.
Looking at the Legend of
Robin Hood, we have been the
Sheriff's Guards, investigating
a suspicious incident. We
interviewed witnesses and
suspects to come up with our
official report and conclusion...
Will Robin be found guilty?
In Numeracy, we have been
working with proportions and
representing them as fractions.
Tricky stuff, but we soon got
the hang of it!
Miss Tymoshyshyn
CROSS COUNTRY
Years 3,4,5 and 6 participated in
the annual inter school cross
country event last Saturday. All
completed the challenging course
and showed great enthusiasm,
strength
of
character
and
teamwork. Congratulations to:
Rebecca
Richard,
Sophie
Gilberthorpe, Emily Clapham,
Saleena Ahktar, Erica Bowers,
Declan
Boswell,
Ruari
Waterworth, Edward Shepherd,
Ripudaman Singh, Harsimran
Singh, Kieran McGrath, Stephen
Ginty, Christopher Ginty, Sam
Holmes, Dane Casserley, Sam
Ostrowski, Ray Ostrowski, Joey
Williamson, Dylan Lyons.
Year 2: We had a wonderful
afternoon
making
“healthy
choice” wheels as part of our IPC
topic this week, making sure we
Baseball caps on sale from the school office £3 each – get ready for summer!!!
understand the major food groups.
We are still looking at
information texts in our literacy
topic and we have been thinking
about how we find information
online – which led us to designing
our own webpage on Florence
Nightingale (we even put
hyperlinks in some of them).
Maths lessons have been very
exciting this week – forget
whiteboard pens, we went back to
chalk and wrote all our number
bonds to 20 on the key stage 1
playground, luckily Mrs Smith
didn’t see us! Mr Garden &
Mrs Skeoch
Wednesday 16th June and 17th
June wrapping for Fathers day
stall 2pm – 3:15pm see
Mrs J. McGrath
YEARS 3/4 PRODUCTION
1:30pm and 7pm on 31st March.
Do come along and see your
children perform.
HORSE RIDING LESSONS
£10 per half hour money
made goes toward fund for
the Bambisanani partnership.
Phone Isabelle Scott
07540552524
FAITH LUNCH REMINDER!
1st April 2010. Hot Dinners & Packed
Lunch children are asked to forego
their usual lunch and be provided with
a simple lunch of a sandwich, fruit and
water. Their usual lunch money or the
equivalent for packed lunch children
(£1.80 / £1.85) will be donated to
CAFOD’s Haiti Fund. Any additional
donations are gratefully received so no
change will be returned. Thank you for
your support.
This week in Reception we
looked at houses in hot and
cold countries and compared
them with our own. We
designed
patterns
for the
outside of African mud huts
and
painted
pictures
of
houses we would like to live
in. We continued to talk about
3d shapes and used the
digital
camera
to
take
photographs of 3d shapes
around school.
Mrs. Dykes, Miss Procter &
Mrs McGrath.
Thank you to all our parents and the
other members of our St Joseph's family
who came to the Year 3 class Mass on
Thursday. The children worked hard to
make it such a moving spiritual
experience. It is always appreciated when
parents, family and friends come to our
Masses as this is at the heart of our
Catholic values, and the best way of
transmitting these values to the next
generation of Catholics, is to show them
that our faith is an important part of our
life. It has been handed down to us over
two
thousand
years
by
committed members of their faith which
now includes them.
Our Easter play is progressing well and we
are very nearly at the stage
of contemplating costumes. We have
some at school and next week hope to
rope ourselves together, bring torches
and breathing apparatus and have an
expedition into the depths of Mrs Bates’
stock cupboard to see exactly what we
have. Do run an eye over your wardrobe
and if you have any outfits that look as if
they would have fitted into village life
circa AD 30 then perhaps it is time to
update your wardrobe or loan the outfit
to us! We shall be in touch.
Mrs
Heatley
Year One
The children have been really
enjoying our Circus topic. We
have made some juggling balls
which are now in our circus skills
area of the classroom and used
big construction materials to
invent our own circus clown cars
with impressive results. Thank you
for helping your child learn their
assembly parts
Year 4 - Calendars
This week in Year 4 we have been
talking about the different months
of the year and looking at how the
days are organised and set out in
calendars. We discussed special
dates and marked them on a 2010
calendar. Next week the children
will have the opportunity to design
and paint a picture for a calendar
competition.
Mrs Bates
FOOTBALL IS ON
SATURDAY @ 10AM AS
USUAL
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Friends of St Joseph are having a very successful year so far. We have a very healthy bank balance and are well on the way to raising the funds
required to purchase the fold away staging for the school performances. Forthcoming events for your diary include:

Quiz Night - Friday 26th March 8pm in school Tickets £3 per person to include a chilli supper. Please come along for what will be a great
fun evening. Teams up to maximum of 8. A bar will be available.

Bags 2 School. Please fill and return to school on Monday 22 nd or Tuesday 23rd March

Sponsored Walk - Sunday 23rd May 2pm start with cream tea in school afterwards

Spring Disco for Children - Friday 21st May

Otley Carnival is Saturday June 19th this year. We have had a school competition to decide on the theme which this year will be Under
the Sea! Next carnival meeting Tuesday 23rd March 2.30pm in school.
Further details of these events will be available soon. If you can offer any help however small it will be greatly appreciated. Keep an eye on
newsletter for help required. Thank you for your continued support.
SUNSHINE AWARDS THIS WEEK: Rec – Jack Lay, Y1 - Clement Faure, Y2 - Benjamin McCormick,
Y3 - Jamie Cottle, Y4 - Maya Lao, Y5 - Ripudaman Singh, Y6 - Jacob Hargreaves
GOLDEN TABLE THIS WEEK:
Declan Boswell (Y3), Ethan Horwood (Rec), Jonjoe Boswell (Rec) and Maya Lao (Y4)
Fruit is on sale in the school daily 25p per item
DATES FOR YOUR DIARY – DATES FOR YOUR DIARY – DATES FOR YOUR DIARY
Tuesday 16th March
Wednesday 17th March
Friday 26th March
Thursday 1st April
Monday 19th April
Tuesday 27th April
Monday 3rd May
Saturday 8th May
Monday 10th May
Wednesday 19th May
Friday 28th May
Monday 7th June
Wednesday 9th June
Thursday 10th June
Monday 5th July
Tuesday 6th July
Wednesday 7th July
Thursday July 8th
Friday 9th July
Wednesday 14th July
Thursday 15th July
Friday 16th July
Wednesday 21st July
Thursday 22nd July
Wednesday 1st September
2010
Tuesday 4th January 2011
Monday 25th July 2011
4pm-5:30pm
9:30am
All Day
3:15pm
8.55am
6pm
1:30pm
3:15pm
9am
Pm
Pm
All day
During the day
All day
All day
Return time TBA
1:30pm
7pm
All day
7pm
6:30pm - 8pm
School closed
High 5 Netball at St. Marys Yr. 6
Year 4 visit Sainsburys
Pyjama Day - £1 donation
Faith lunch and School closes for Easter
School re-opens
E-Safety Training for Parents
Public Holiday
First Holy Communion
SATS WEEK IN SCHOOL
New parents meeting in school
School closes
School reopens
Sports day
Reserve Sports day
Year 6 Deanery day at TASC
Year 6 to St. Mary’s Menston
Year 6 residential
Year 6 residential
Year 6 residential
Years 5 & 6 performance
Years 5 & 6 performance
No school for children Staff Training Day
Leavers Mass
Year 6 Leavers’ Party
Staff Training Day
School closed
School closed
Staff Training Day
Staff Training Day
10am
Baseball caps on sale from the school office £3 each – get ready for summer!!!