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Friday 26th May

 Pentecost

The Christian feast of Pentecost occurs on the seventh Sunday after Christ’s resurrection and concludes the great season of Easter. At Pentecost, God’s Holy Spirit descended upon the Apostles, enabling them to go out and spread the Good News of Christ with the world. In scripture (Acts 2:1-4) we hear how the Holy Spirit appeared to the Apostles as flames of fire and in the sound of a powerful wind - both symbols of God's Spirit in the Old Testament.

Pentecost is sometimes called the birthday of the Church because it was then that our Church began to grow from a small group of Apostles into a huge, world-wide family! 

St Joseph's Learning Behaviours

Congratulations to the children who have been awarded their Team Worker certificate for their learning behaviour this week.

REC - Aubrey for constantly thinking of others whether it be sharing, tidying up the class, problem-solving or being a fantastic talk partner by listening to others views and generally bring a really kind friend

Y! - Niamh because she always works well with all her peers. At every opportunity she helps others, listens to what her peers have to say and is always a kind, considerate friend

Y2 - Benjy because he has shown that he can be supportive with others to enable them to succeed.  He has particularly shown this during PE, when he has challenged his partner and taken on a coaching role.  

Y3 - Eliza always works well with others, she listens to others and takes account of their views.

Y4 - Isaac always listens very carefully to others, he works well with anybody and offers kind advice

Y5 - Ollie works consistently hard across the board and is such a good team player.  He can work well with anyone; always offering his ideas and listening to the views of others.  He is happy to take the lead if needed and is always aware of the feelings of the others in the group. 

Y6 - Sammy is a wonderful role model in Y6. He brings out the best in everyone in learning, sports and friendship. A real team-worker.

The disciples house captains Rosie and Anna introduced this week's learning behaviour

This week our focus learning behaviour is Resourceful Thinker

A Resourceful Thinker thinks creatively

They explore ideas and make connections

Resourceful people are full of resources or tools for coming up with solutions. Resourceful people adapt to novel or challenging situations, and they are often able to think creatively.

Bring and Buy BOOK SALE 

We had so may lovely books for our Bring and Buy book sale it was hard to choose. The Bring & Buy sale provided families with the opportunity to recycle old books that they no longer wanted meaning that others could benefit from them.  At the same time everyone then had the opportunity to buy some excellent second-hand books at a bargain price. The school council raised a fantastic £128 - many thanks for your support  

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Upcoming Events and Important Dates

29th May – 2nd June – Spring Bank Holiday

Sun 4th June - Trinity Sunday

Mon 5th June – Pupils return to school

Mon 12th June - Bikeability

Fri 16th June - Reception visit to the Butterfly House

Wed 28th June - KS2 Francophone Day 

Thurs 29th June - Parent coffee morning 9 - 10am

Thurs 29th June - Feast of St Peter and St Paul

Wed 5th July - Sports Day

Tues 11th July - Padley Schools Pilgrimage  

Wed 12th July - Y6 Crucial Crew

Wed 12th July - Y1 rescheduled visit to Weston Park Museum

Thurs 13th July - Art Show

Mon 17th July - The Tempest

Tues 18th July - Y6 Prom

Thurs 20th July - Last day of term

Year 5 Residential

Year 5 are having a wonderful time in Castleton. They visited Treak Cliff Cavern which is famous for its unique and large deposits of Blue John stone and houses some of the most beautiful cave formations found in the UK. After a walk back to Losehill they practised fire lighting before having fun den building. On Friday the children launched their egg rockets before returning to school

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Year 1 Castle Workshop

The Year 1 children had a fantastic afternoon taking part in a castle workshop. They used willow to make cubes to use to build their own castle. They made flags from crushing plants onto material

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We have received £447 towards the CAFOD Big Lent Walk which will be added to the online donations. Thankyou  

Virtues to Live By

Our Virtue to Live By this week is Kindness 

I know that every act of kindness helps build God’s kingdom

What simple act of kindness can you do this week?

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