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Friday 11th December 2020

 

The Christmas Star

This December, Jupiter and Saturn will put on a show for skygazers that hasn't been seen in roughly 800 years. Astronomers are calling it the Great Conjunction of 2020. On December 21 — coincidentally the winter solstice — the two largest planets in our solar system will appear to almost merge in Earth’s night sky.

During the event, Jupiter and Saturn will sit just 0.1 degrees apart, or a mere one-fifth the width of the Moon. The sight will likely leave many casual observers wondering "What are those large, bright objects so close together in the sky?"

In fact, Jupiter and Saturn will be so close that you will be able to fit them both in the same telescopic field of view. That’s an incredibly rare occurrence. The last time Jupiter and Saturn were this close together away from the Sun was in 1226 A.D., at a time when Genghis Khan was conquering large swaths of Asia, and Europe was still generations away from the Renaissance.

Humanity won’t have to wait quite as long to see the solar system’s two largest planets repeat this month's performance, though. Another Great Conjunction will occur in 2080. Of course, many of us alive today won’t be around then, so it would be wise to soak in this show while you can.

 

ELF DAY

What a fun day ! Everyone looked amazing in their elfy outfits !

Thank you for your kind donations to the Sheffield Children Hospital Charity - we shall let you know soon, how much we have raised.

Y4 Advent Assembly

Today we watched our second Advent Assembly, this was done by Y4. This second  assembly was all about  peace, the children even wrote their own acrostic poem...

Play your part in sharing peace

Everyone has to respect one another

Altogether we can make a big difference

Catch peace and put it in your heart

Explore only good thoughts

 

A really wonderful assembly, thank you so much Y4 for helping us to reflect and journey towards Christmas.

This assembly will be available for all of our families to view on our YOUTUBE channel.

Thank you for your kind donations , we received a total of £220 for the Bethlehem hospice project.

 

Please note the last day of school is Friday the 18th of December.

On Monday the 21st and Tuesday the 22nd, the children will move to remote learning. Class teachers will email you individually with timetables and  activities for those days.

Staff will be available to deal with any COVID related concerns and carry out any necessary contact tracing   right up until 3:30pm on the  24th of December.

Please call the school office or email using office@st-josephs.sheffield.sch.uk 

Christmas Jumper Day – Wymondham C of E Primary School

On Friday the 18th of December (the last day in school,) the children can wear their Christmas jumpers  and festive outfits.

Any donations  greatly received for the Franciscan Sisters in Leeds .

This week our superstar children are :

Nursery : Ethan for trying really hard in his LEAP session and for always being a really kind friend.

Reception : Liam for showing a really positive attitude towards his maths work. He has been a superstar  this week!

Y1:. Sophie  has done fantastic independent writing, working on making her sentences longer as well as making her handwriting really neat.

Y2: Jrey!  He's joined in with our Nativity recordings and is following instructions given by adults in the classroom.  We're all so proud of him!

Y3:   Amelia  for working so hard with Mrs Rippon every morning and now has the most  beautiful handwriting .

Y4: Messiah - For trying really hard this week, especially with his art work! 

Y5:Jocelyn. She wrote and performed a fantastic and very theatrical persuasive speech from the perspective of Scrooge! 

Y6: Daisy, for being a wonderful director for the Nativity photos and generally for always being hard working, positive and determined.

Well done  to you all !

Christmas Parties 

Next week Christmas parties begin, I am sure that you have all received a letter from your child's class teacher.

Children from Y1 to Y6 need to all bring in a covered plate with a bag of crisps, a biscuit and/or cake and a carton of juice.

Nursery and Reception  have slightly different arrangements, I know that Mrs Trewick and Miss Phillips, have  contacted you all about this.

The children will be having their lunch as normal  so they shouldn't need too much. This will just be for your child, they will not be sharing the food as they normally would.

 All children should come into school in their party clothes, on their party day.

Wednesday :

Nursery,Reception,Y2,Y3 and Y4

Thursday :

Y1,Y5 and Y6

 

Postbox Robin - Charity Christmas Cards

Wednesday the 16th of December, is the last day to bring your Christmas cards into school.

Please give them to your teacher, they will then be quarantined , before being handed out to all of the children on Friday the 18th of December.

Any cards brought into school after Wednesday, will remain in school over the Christmas holidays.

 

 

 

This week everyone has been working so hard..this really shows in the house points...they are so close !

Well done to the Prophets who are this weeks winners !!!

Next week we will find out who the winners for the term are.......

 

The Raspberry Pi Foundation have launched a free Learn at Home initiative to support parents and young people with coding resources at home. You don’t need any coding experience to join in, and all of their resources and activities are free forever.

• Get involved with their space challenge, Astro Pi Mission Zero in partnership with the European Space Agency, where young people can send a message to the International Space Station!

• Every Wednesday their team of educators host a digital making live stream to inspire and teach young people about getting creative with technology.

• They provide over 200 coding projects you can follow on any computer, with themes from looking after yourself to protecting the planet. All with step-by-step instructions, accessible online at any time, for free!

Simply visit their website to get started right away!

Sheffield Themed Christmas Fun !

You may all find the links below useful during the run up to Christmas and over the festive period.

Please follow this link for some festive themed resource https://bit.ly/festivesheffresources

This takes you to: Rita and Pete colouring page sheets and a more complex Sheffield snow globe.  You may want to download, print, colour and share using #SteelSpirit. More resources will be added so please keep checking the page. 

Also from the 14th Dec, www.sheffield.gov.uk/christmas will be a good place to find out what is happening in Sheffield over the festive period

Dear Jesus,

Thank you for coming to us at the first Christmas.

Help us to celebrate you with others this Christmas.

Help us to know you a little better every day.

Amen.