Goodbye Year 6.

Today we say goodbye to our wonderful Year 6 class. On behalf or all teachers and governors, I would like to say how proud we are of your many achievements here at St Joseph’s, from school plays to the sports field to SATs results you have always given your...

End of Year Message

As we come to the end of the 2016-2017 Academic Year, I’d just like to say thank you on behalf of the staff and governors of St. Joseph’s Juniors to all parents/carers for their continued support… read more in the full...

Sainsbury’s Summer School Games Competition

What a lot of sporting talent we have at St Joseph’s Juniors! This morning, the children all took part in a variety of sporting activities (see photographs below) as part of our Sainsbury’s School Games Gold Award. The inter-house competition between our...

The Tempest – a farewell performance by Year 6.

Well done to all of our Year 6 who performed a very memorable musical production of The Tempest by William Shakespeare on Monday evening. The wonderful singing, together with an abundance of acting talent, served to entertain the audience from start to finish!...

Our School Summer Fayre.

A HUGE thank you to staff (especially Miss Allon, our event planner!), our pupils, particularly our School Council, local businesses and our wonderful parents for helping to make our Summer Fayre a very enjoyable afternoon and a great success! Altogether we raised a...

Sensational Summer Singing Concerts!

A HUGE well done to all of our classes for their amazing, awesome and outstanding singing performances in our annual summer concerts this week. I am sure it will help us to secure our Gold Sing Up award this year. A great BIG thank you too, to the teachers,...

Y3 & Y4 Visit to Beamish Museum

Years 3 and 4 enjoyed a fantastic day out at Beamish Museum, where they became frontline soldiers, during WW1. Following an outreach day earlier in the week with historian Bill Elliot, each class took part in a special WW1 workshop, which was very ‘hands on’. First of...

My Neighbour and Me Project

This term, Year 4 have been involved with a project called ‘My Neighbour and Me’. Lots of year 4 classes in Gateshead were partnered with a school from the neighbouring Local Authority, County Durham. The aim of the project was to recognise the cultural...

Athletics Competition at Chester-Le-Street Riverside

Well done to all of our children from Y5 & Y6 who took part in the annual District Sports at the Riverside in Chester-Le-Street recently. There were 19 schools taking part and both of our teams had lots of competitors who made it through the heats and into the...

Our Memorial Art!

On Tuesday 27th June we worked with artists Claire and Mark from Flow(NE)CIC. They like to use recycled materials in their projects. We had a busy day, working hard on five different ideas. We all made our own A3 canvas. We painted a background watercolour pigment...

WELCOME

Welcome to St Joseph’s Catholic Junior School.

St. Joseph’s Catholic Junior School is a friendly, successful and high-achieving school for pupils aged 7-11, founded in 1898. We are very proud of our many achievements and by following Christ’s teaching we intend to make all that happens within the school speak of God’s loving care for all of us.

By working together our whole school community strives to live out the aims of our mission statement:

‘Christ is our light and our life’

in order to ensure that we fulfil our shared school vision of providing a 21st century curriculum for 21st century learners, with the aim of inspiring our children with a love of God, a love of learning and a love of life.

Our website contains lots of information about our school, including up to date news and events listings, as well as recent examples of our work and play.

I hope you enjoy your visit to our website and find it useful.

Christina McDermott – Head Teacher

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Attendance Points (Summer Term 2017)

Key: 2pts – class attendance over 96%, 4pts – highest weekly class attendance, 6pts – 100% class attendance

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SCHOOL NEWS

Bashing The Square!

Jun 21, 2017

On Wednesday 21st of June Ms Cameron and Y5 were visited by Sergeant Chapman of the DLI. As the army prepares for a new Big Push in Belgium our children are keen to join up and do their bit. Sgt Chapman didn’t pull his punches with some graphic slides on his magic...

Heugh Battery Museum

Jun 21, 2017

On Tuesday 20th June we went to Heugh Battery Museum, Hartlepool. We had a brilliant day and took part in four activities: We had weapons and kit handling, including a British Lee Enfield (the best) the German Mauser and Russian Mosin-Nagant rifles used in the First...

Elisabethville Visit

Jun 21, 2017

On Monday 19th June Miss Cameron and Year 5 visited the site of Elisabethville with Barry and Joan from Birtley Heritage group to guide them. Here are some highlights of the morning. And phew – was it hot! At the cenotaph we all searched for the names of Birtley...

German Spies? 26 Arrested!

Jun 20, 2017

Today a vigilant Belgian guard, Soldat Cools, arrested 26 suspected German spies attempting to sneak into Elisabethville. The gallery of rogues is shown via the link below. Members of the public who can identify these dreadful fellows are asked to contact the nearest...

St Joseph’s Juniors Election Special

Jun 8, 2017

At St Joseph’s Juniors we are always looking for opportunities to promote British Values and learning all about today’s General Election gives us an opportunity to explore the idea of democracy. Following a whole school assembly led by Mrs McDermott, the...

Pilgrimage to Mary’s Grotto

Jun 6, 2017

To mark May as a special month of prayer dedicated to the honour of Our Lady, Mary, mother of our Lord Jesus Christ, the children from Years 3 and 4 planned and led a pilgrimage and special liturgy. The children and staff processed to our parish church of St...