by Mrs Thompson | Mar 7, 2017 | Events and Visits, School News, Year 1, Year 2, Year 3, Year 4, Year 5, Year 6
Thank you to all the parents who made such an effort to send their children to school dressed as some fantastic characters from books which your children have read and enjoyed. Here are a few photos of some of the wonderful costumes spotted in...
by Mrs Thompson | Mar 7, 2017 | School News, Year 6
Shrove Tuesday saw the return of Chef Hattam to St Joseph’s. Mr Hattam spent the entire day making pancakes with all of the children in school. We had a go at measuring out the ingredients and whisking the batter. We all got to eat the pancakes when they were...
by Mrs Thompson | Mar 7, 2017 | Events and Visits, School News, Year 5, Year 6
For the past six weeks we have been working with Katie and Will from the Sage Gateshead to learn traditional, local songs. Every Wednesday Katie and Will came into school to teach us different songs. At last on Friday 3rd March we were able to perform at the Sage...
by Mrs Thompson | Feb 27, 2017 | School News, Year 6
In our maths lesson we looked at properties of different 3D shapes. We then tried to use our knowledge to complete a series of challenges to build the different shapes. It seemed easy at first when we were asked to construct a cube. We even managed a triangular...
by Mrs Thompson | Feb 27, 2017 | School News, Year 6
In class we have all been reading a book called Space Race by Sylvia Waugh. We are really enjoying reading it and it has been helping us to develop our reading skills as well as enriching our vocabulary. We have learnt a lot of new words and are now able to use...
by Mrs Thompson | Feb 27, 2017 | School News, Year 5, Year 6
For the past few weeks, Years 5 and 6 have been working with Katie and Will from the Sage Gateshead. We have been learning traditional songs and a traditional dance. We have all really enjoyed it. We especially like singing the Blaydon Races and The Bonny Gateshead...
