Safer Internet Day 2019

by Rebecca Allon | February 15, 2019 | Events and Visits, Year 3, Year 4, Year 5, Year 6 | 0 Comments

As you are aware, at St Joseph’s Junior School we take all matters regarding the safeguarding of our children very seriously and so we have been promoting Safer Internet Day 2019 which is celebrated globally. This year the slogan is “Our Internet, Our Choice –...

Year 6 letter writing in the style of St.Paul

by Jennifer Cameron | February 13, 2019 | Catholic Life, Featured, News, Year 3, Year 6 | 0 Comments

In R.E., Year 6 have been learning more about St.Paul and the letters he wrote to all of the nations about being a good Christian. The children used St.Paul as an influence and wrote their own letters to Year 3, explaining how they can be good Christians by following...

Happy Birthday Father Tony…

by Christina McDermott | February 13, 2019 | Catholic Life, Featured, News | 0 Comments

It was lovely to welcome Father Tony back into school this week, especially as we wanted to help him celebrate his 80th birthday! The children had made him a special card and were very eager to present it along with the traditional 'Happy Birthday' chorus and...

Receiving the Sacrament of Reconciliation.

by Christina McDermott | February 13, 2019 | Catholic Life, Featured, News, Year 4 | 0 Comments

The children of Year 4 are in the middle of their own very special year of faith formation as they prepare to receive the Sacrament of the Eucharist when they celebrate their First Holy Communion in June. However, they had an equally special day last week, when Father...

YMT Mass at St Mary’s Cathedral.

by Christina McDermott | February 13, 2019 | Catholic Life, Featured, News, Year 5, Year 6 | 0 Comments

Two of our Mini Vinnies went along to Mass at St Mary's Cathedral on Wednesday 6th February to present our Youth Friday fundraising cheque for £230.00 to the Bishop. The monies were raised through a 'Wear Purple (the colour of the YMT) non-uniform day and a cake sale....

Cross Country Competition

by Christina McDermott | January 28, 2019 | Featured, Sports | 0 Comments

Well done to all of our runners who for the second Saturday in a row took part in the Chester-Le-Street Schools' annual Cross County competition. the first run was at Bullion Lane school in Chester-Le-Street and the second was at Ouston Primary School - a particularly...

Smart watches and ‘wearable’ technology update

by site1eg | January 25, 2019 | Letters to Parents | 0 Comments

School Council Visit to the Mayor

by Rebecca Allon | January 25, 2019 | Featured, News, Year 3, Year 4, Year 5, Year 6 | 0 Comments

On Friday 25th January 2019, St. Joseph’s Junior’s School Councillors visited Gateshead Civic Centre. As a school council, responsible for giving the children of St. Joseph’s a voice in decision making, the group wanted to get an insight into what happens within...

COME AND SEE AT HOME

by site1eg | January 15, 2019 | Letters to Parents | 0 Comments

Spring Term

by site1eg | January 15, 2019 | Letters to Parents | 0 Comments

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 (Spring Term 2019)

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

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Carols at Komatsu

Dec 20, 2018

As has become a tradition at this festive time of year, a group of singers from all of our classes entertained the staff at Komatsu as they ate their Christmas lunch, with a range of Christmas songs and Carols. "They sang beautifully," said Miss Allon, "we got so many...

Christmas Party Fun!

Dec 18, 2018

As you can see from the photographs below, the children enjoyed a mixture of dancing and traditional games like 'Musical Chairs' and 'Pass the Parcel' this week as we continue to celebrate this special time in the Church's year... [gallery columns="6"...

Christmas Jumper Triplets!!

Dec 14, 2018

As usual we had a variety of Christmas jumpers in school for our annual 'Festive Friday' today and some 'jumper twins' and even triplets... [gallery columns="6"...

Christmas Lunch and Jumper Day!

Dec 14, 2018

A huge THANK YOU to Jane and Sam our cook and assistant for producing a wonderful Christmas lunch today. The ladies of our school kitchen worked hard to prepare a traditional lunch of turkey, stuffing, sausages, carrots, roast potatoes and sprouts. And they even found...

Advent Liturgy – the Candle of Joy

Dec 14, 2018

Our Year 3 and Year 4 classes led a beautiful Advent Liturgy today to mark the third week of Advent. As they lit the Shepherds’ candle, the rose coloured candle of joy, the readers reminded us of the joy felt by those shepherds when they gazed upon the Son of God in a...

Carols at Covent House

Dec 14, 2018

A group of children from our Y5 & Y6 classes joined the residents of Covent House Care Home for a morning of carol singing and chat. The residents were keen to join in with all of the traditional Christmas songs and then enjoyed refreshments and a chat with our...