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St Joseph's Day Coffee Morning
Happy St Joseph's Day!
Over the last 2 days, our community have shown so much support for our Giving Day and we are excited to reveal how much we have raised at our Coffee Morning today. Please join us from 8.45 am in the front garden and hall to celebrate our community and our successful Giving Day event.
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Highlights
What an amazing Giving Day we had! Here are some highlights from the exciting challenges we have all enjoyed over the last 36-hours.
Thank you to the staff at St Joseph’s who have made this such a special event for our pupils and thank you to our community who have shown so much support and made it possible.
We’re over 2/3 of the way to our target! There is still time to make a donation to Giving Day, so if you haven’t already, please consider making a contribution. If we come together as a community, we can make it happen!
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Jubilee Pilgrimage Walk: Complete!
All the pilgrims made it back to school, only 13 minutes late thanks to Mr Stacey's amazing navigation.
Thank you to those who have supported us along the way. There is still time to donate here if you haven't already.
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Thank you!
Giving Day has almost come to an end, and what a wonderful 36-hours of challenges we have had. The pupils and staff at St Joseph’s have had so much fun and we would like to thank you all for supporting this event.
We would like to thank those of you who donated via the It Takes A Village Fund. The funds will go a long way to bridge the gap between government funding and our enriched curriculum provision, essentially, we are raising capital to invest in our learning environment.
We will update you further at school tomorrow during our coffee morning and reveal how much our community have raised for St Joseph’s Catholic Primary School. There is still time to donate here, if you haven’t already! Also, please remember to hand in your sponsorship forms at Reception.
We look forward to seeing as many of you as possible at the coffee morning tomorrow. And once again, thank you!
Jubilee Pilgrimage Walk: Westminster Cathedral
Our pilgrims gathered in Westminster Cathedral with Fr Mark, former chaplain at St Joseph's.
Fr Mark explained the meaning behind the mosaics in the St Joseph's Chapel within Westminster Cathedral and how this relates to Catholic education.
There is still time to sponsor the Jubilee Pilgrimage Walk using our JustGiving page. Thank you for all your support.
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Year 5 Tag Rugby
What a way to end the day. Well done to Year 5 who have completed our last in-school challenge!
In a Giving Day first, they took part in Tag Rugby which everyone really enjoyed. Thank you to Ms Vrina and Ms Leonard for assisting on this fun new activity.
Whilst we've completed our challenges, we challenge you at home to keep donating and help us reach our target! Please donate via the link in our bio or on ParentPay.
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A Message from Mr Stacey
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EYFS Sing-a-thon
We've completed another Giving Day Challenge! Our EYFS did so well in the Sing-a-thon. Well done all!
Please keep sponsoring us here.
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Year 2 House Football Tournament
In their second football-themed challenge, Year 2 played a series of mini-matches in a House football tournament.
Congratulations to St Francis who won the Year 2 tournament thanks to some excellent defending and brilliant goalkeeping. Thank you to our referees Mr Mclean and Quin from the University of Notre Dame.
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Jubilee Pilgrimage Walk: Corpus Christi Catholic Church
The sixth stop on the Jubilee Pilgrimage Walk is Corpus Christi Catholic Church, Maiden Lane, a nominated Jubilee Church.
Thank you to everyone who has sponsored our pilgrims on the JustGiving page (linked in bio). Please keep showing your support to encourage them on their final few miles!
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Year 4 Gardening Challenge
Year 4 have had an incredibly busy day from the Penalty Shoot Out this morning to Karaoke in the afternoon. Now they're tidying the front garden!
Our staff and pupils are going above and beyond at St Joseph's to help us reach our goals. Please sponsor them by making a donation or via ParentPay.
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Year 6 Read-a-thon
This afternoon, we had a more relaxing challenge with the Year 6 Read-a-thon.
We challenged them to read a combined total of 100 pages in half an hour and they by far exceeded this!
Thank you to Year 6 who have worked so hard to complete their challenges across the two days of Giving Day.
Please show your support for our pupils and consider making a donation to our Giving Day.
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Jubilee Pilgrimage Walk: Farm Street Church
Our pilgrims are halfway through their Jubilee Pilgrimage Walk and have been joined by four more.
Here they are at Farm Street Church.
Please keep sponsoring via the JustGiving page linked in our bio.
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Year 6 Penalty Shoot Out
Year 6 completed the last Penalty Shoot Out challenge today. They were so good that they beat the goalkeeper, Ms Norton, and took turns in the goal themselves!
Well done Year 6 and thank you to MS Norton.
It's not too late to sponsor our pupils. Please show your support here.
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Year 4 Karaoke
We're not sure who enjoyed Karaoke more, Year 4 or Ms Eccles and Ms Wood!
Everyone got involved in singing tunes from Rick Astley to ROSÉ & Bruno Mars to Sangiovanni. Well done all!
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Not Donated Yet? We Need Your Help!
We're just over halfway to reaching our 'New Donor' target. We need 12 more families who have never donated before to donate to our Giving Day to unlock £250!
All donations are greatly appreciated. Together we can make a real difference.
You can donate here. Thank you!
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Jubilee Pilgrimage Walk: Tyburn Convent
This is the shrine to those executed at Tyburn, including Saint John Southworth. The execution site was at Marble Arch.
Please support our pilgrims on their Jubilee Pilgrimage Walk here.
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Year 5 Penalty Shoot Out
Well done to Year 5 who have completed their Penalty Shoot Out.
With such strong footballers in this class, it was no surprise that our pupils smashed their target!
Thank you to our goalkeepers Ms Vrina and Mr Patel.
Please sponsor our class challenges here or via the ParentPay app.
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Jubilee Pilgrimage Walk: The Cardinal Vaughan Memorial School
Our pilgrims have arrived at The Cardinal Vaughan Memorial School where the Headmaster, Mr Stubbings, led a prayer.
To sponsor our Jubilee Pilgrimage Walk, please visit our JustGiving page.
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Our Loudest Challenge So Far
Year 3's Dance-a-thon was certainly the loudest challenge so far! Well done to everyone who danced (and sang) for half an hour, completing their challenge!
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Jubilee Pilgrimage Walk: Our Lady of Victories
Our pilgrims have arrived at Our Lady of Victories to meet Bishop Curry.
In this year of Hope he suggested we may wish to pray for us on our journeys, all pilgrims everywhere, for him and the Trust.
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Year 1 Dance-a-thon
Year 1 had a great start to the day with their Dance-a-thon this morning. Not only did they reach their target of dancing for 30 minutes, but they didn't want to stop!
Well done everyone - you are all winners.
Show your support for Year 1 by making a donation to Giving Day here or on the ParentPay app.
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Year 4 Penalty Shoot Out
Score!
Year 4 had so much fun in their Penalty Shoot Out and performed admirably. We were particularly impressed with how well Year 4 supported and encouraged one another, too.
Thank you to our excellent goalkeepers Ms Eccles, Ms Wood, and Mr Mullens.
Let's 'kick off' Day 2 of Giving Day by sponsoring these pupils here!
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Mr Stacey's Jubilee Pilgrimage Walk
To mark the Jubilee Year of Hope, where we have been called by Pope Francis to become 'Pilgrims of Hope', Mr Stacey is leading a St Joseph's Pilgrimage Walk, taking in various places to stop and pray.
This morning, members of our community gathered in St Thomas More Chapel to receive a Blessing from Fr Antony before they set off and began their walk to Our Lady Of Victories.
If families would like to kindly sponsor this event, please click here.
Many thanks in advance for your support.
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Giving Day - Day 2
It’s Day 2 of Giving Day, and we are so excited about the fun day of class challenges ahead.
On Day 1, our staff and pupils worked incredibly hard to complete their challenges, and we’re not done yet! From Year 1’s Dance-a-thon to Year 6’s Reading Challenge, the whole of St Joseph’s will be busy taking part in challenges at school today. Plus, in our biggest challenge yet, Mr Stacey will be leading families in a Jubilee Pilgrimage Walk around Central London. You can find out more here.
Thank you to our generous parents, governors and friends of the school who have supported us by sponsoring our challenges. If you haven't already, please consider making a donation today and helping us reach our target of £15,000.
Thank you to those who have already donated.
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A Message from Mr Stacey
Please support me by joining me for some, or all of the walk or donating to the St Joseph’s Catholic Primary School Giving Day. Click here to visit my JustGiving page.#GivingDay2025 #ItTakesAVillage
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Pupils Win Giving Day Quiz
As you can probably guess from the reaction, our pupils won against their teachers in the Giving Day quiz!
Well done to all of the pupils who took part and to our teachers who put up strong competition.
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EYFS Dance-a-thon
The Dance-a-thon was definitely a highlight of the day for EYFS. Everyone had so much fun!
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Teacher vs. Pupil Quiz
In true Giving Day tradition, we challenged our pupils to go head-to-head with their teachers in a quiz.
Last year, our pupils won the Giving Day quiz in a tiebreaker question. Have they kept their title of quiz champions? We'll share the final results later!
Please consider donating to Giving Day here.
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New Donor Challenge
If we can attract 25 new donors, this will unlock £250 from a Giving Day sponsor.
Can you help us? Donate here to help us unlock this!
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Year 3 Penalty Shoot Out
In the last of our Penalty Shoot Out challenges of the day, Year 3 took on Ms Kowalik and Ms Nadotti in goal.
Year 3 scored the most goals of all the Penalty Shoot Out challenges!
Let's support them by making a donation to Giving Day!
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Chess Challenge
No St Joseph’s Giving Day would be complete without a chess challenge.
Pupils from across the school had great fun taking on their peers in speed chess at lunch.
78 games were played with 25 won by Checkmates. Well done to everyone! What an amazing effort!
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Lunchtime Update
We are excited to announce that together as a community we have raised over £3000 halfway through Day 1 of St Joseph’s Giving Day! We were delighted to have completed the Lightning Challenge when we received 25 donations in the first hour of Giving Day which unlocked a donation of £250 from a parent. Thank you to all those who have already donated and sponsored challenges.
In the spirit of Giving Day, we challenge you, our community, to continue donating to help us get to our target of £15,000 by the feast day of St Joseph on Wednesday 19 March. We are raising money to bridge the gap between government funding and our enriched curriculum provision, essentially, we are raising capital to invest in our learning environment.
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Year 6 Spelling Bee
The Year 6 Spelling Bee was so much fun! For the first time today, we ended with a four-way tie.
Despite some increasingly difficult tiebreakers, Sean, Davienne, Nikolas, and Kate C were Year 6's deserved champions.
Thank you to our Year 5 helpers Bella, Cecilia, and Eric and to Mr Stacey, our head judge.
Make a donation to Giving Day to show your support.
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Year 5 Spelling Bee
Another successful challenge is complete. Well done to our Year 5 class who did amazingly well in the Spelling Bee. So well, in fact, that everyone in the class made it through to round 2, spelling all five words from the first round correctly!
Congratulations to Eric, our Year 5 Spelling Bee champion, and thank you to our Year 4 helpers, Cameron, Della, and Sessina.
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Year 2 Penalty Shoot Out
We've 'kicked off' Giving Day to an excellent start. Well done to Year 1 who have completed their Penalty Shoot Out.
Despite our goalkeepers putting up tough competition, our Year 1 pupils succeeded in scoring 25 goals!
Thank you to our goalkeepers, Mr Mclean and Quinn from the University of Notre Dame.
Please sponsor our class challenges here or via the ParentPay app.
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Year 4 Spelling Bee
Our second Giving Day today challenge is the Year 4 Spelling Bee.
Well done to all of Year 4 and congratulations to Della, who spelt the most words right, and Cameron who came in second.
Thank you to our head judge, Mr Stacey, and our Year 6 helpers, Kaelyn, Giulia, and Elisa.
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First Challenge Complete
Year 6 did it! We have completed our first Giving Day challenge and pupils have reigned victorious in the Tug of War challenge.
Show your support by making a donation here.
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Tug of War
Well done Year 5 for winning the Tug of War challenge against teachers! How will Year 6 do?
Please consider making a donation here and help us reach our Giving Day target.
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Giving Day Assembly
This morning in assembly Ms Wyatt and Mr Stacey spoke to the school about our Giving Day activities. Click here to find out what challenges our pupils will be taking part in today and sponsor them on our school website or via the ParentPay app.
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Lightning Challenge
Our first Giving Day challenge is one for our community at home!
If 25 donations are made in the first hour of Giving Day, this will unlock £250 from a generous Giving Day sponsor.
Help us reach our target by making a donation on our website here or via the ParentPay app.
The hour starts NOW!
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It's Giving Day!
The 36-hour Giving Day fundraiser for St Joseph’s starts today! 🎉
We’re kicking off with an Own Clothes Day! £2 per child to take part, which can be paid via the ParentPay app or via our school website.
This morning, get ready for exciting challenges:
🪢 Tug of war
🐝 Spelling Bee
⚽ Penalty Shoot Out
♟️Chess Competition
Want to sponsor our pupils? Click here!
Follow us on Instagram @stjosephssw3 to get updates on our progress and be sure to like, share, and tag your friends & family to get involved!
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