Egg-celent contributions from our school community today! The Easter eggs were all cracking! Well done to our winners, but thank you to everyone who entered. There may be a special surprise for all on Friday!
Mental Health Peer Support Group
Non Fiction Books
Thank you so much to these wonderful children and families for their non fiction book donations for our library.
Remember, if you would like to donate a book, head to our Amazon wishlist at
https://www.amazon.co.uk/hz/wishlist/ls/2U4EE8FK1Z2FT?ref_=wl_share
World Book Day
World Book Day takes place this Thursday. We have attached the letter that was shared before half term as a reminder.
Thank you so much to Elijah and his family for donating so many non-fiction books for our library. They have been donated in memory of his Grandma Bass. Thank you so much again.
If you would like to donate a book for World Book Day, our wish list is available on https://www.amazon.co.uk/hz/wishlist/ls/2U4EE8FK1Z2FT?ref_=wl_share
Times Table Bee
Well done to Luke & Melissa who (after a Steward’s enquiry) were joint winners of the first St Joseph’s Times Table Bee. If you would like to watch the competition, it is available on our Youtube channel.
Sportivator
Our full ‘Sportivator’ video is now available.
A marvellous £2823.50 has been raised by our wonderful community. Thank you so much!
Sportivator Day
Our ‘Sportivator’ Day started with our Nursery joining in with lots of exercise and activities this morning. Lucy & Chris then joined us and led extremely tiring activities for all the pupils from Year 6 down to our afternoon Nursery. The day ended with Lucy sharing her achievements with the pupils, showing how hard work and commitment can get you anywhere!
Here are some photos from the day. A video of the day will be made once all photos and clips have been shared with our Film Director! However, a quick clip of some of the videos is available on https://youtu.be/J9pgHdQvjaE
As well as being a promotion for healthy exercise, the ‘Sportivator’ day was a significant fundraising event for school. 60% of the raised money comes directly to school to spend on PE equipment, with the other 40% supporting athletes like Lucy in achieving their Olympic dream. So far, an amazing £2,395 has been raised! Sponsor money can still be donated via the link shared previously.
All the wristbands/photos that pupils have earned through the sponsorship will be sent to school soon, and will be given out as soon as we receive them.
Thank you so much for your generosity and we hope that the children had a great time. Thank you also to Lucy & Chris for their support and time today. They really were fantastic!
Children’s Mental Health Week
The theme of this year’s Children’s Mental Health Week is Growing Together.
Growing Together is about growing emotionally and finding ways to help each other grow. Challenges and setbacks can help us to grow and adapt and trying new things and help us to move beyond our comfort zone into a new realm of possibility and potential. However, emotional growth is often a gradual process that happens over time, and sometimes we might feel a bit ‘stuck’.
This week we will be helping children to explore what it means to Grow Together. We will be encouraging them to consider how they have grown, and how they can help others to grow.
Share Kindness
We can grow together by being kind. As we grow, there will be times when we struggle or feel uncomfortable emotions. Being kind to ourselves can help us feel good inside and keep trying when things get tricky. Being kind to others can help them to feel happy and positive. Who will you share kindness with today.
Have a Go to Grow
Every day, we try new, exciting things that we might not have done before. It’s OK to find things tricky. We all learn by making mistakes. Being brave and having a go helps us to grow. What are you going to try that’s new today?
Take Time to Grow
When we water a plant, we don’t see it grow straight away. But taking time to give it special care helps it to blossom later. We are the same! Think about what you can do now that you couldn’t when you were smaller. Giving ourselves time when we start doing something new helps us to build confidence and grow step by step. Think today about what you can do now that you couldn’t before.
Growing and Changing
As we grow, we change. Our bodies change as we grow older and our minds and feelings can change too. Sometimes, this happens over a long time and sometimes, things change from day to day. This is OK. Remember, if you’re ever worries about something that’s has changed, speak to an adult you trust in school or at home.
Mrs S Arthur
Parent Mental Health Day
stem4’s Parent Mental Health Day (PMHD) encourages understanding and awareness of the importance of parents’ mental health and its impact on the whole family system. With this year’s theme being ‘balance’, the day aims to get parents and carers to take a moment to reflect on the balance they have in their lives and to take positive steps to make change.
Please follow the link for more information –
https://stem4.org.uk/parentmentalhealthday/
Vaccination Bus in South Tyneside
We have been asked to share the following information regarding a vaccination bus in South Tyneside.
Dates , times and locations of the vaccination bus sessions are below.
Thursday 13th January 10am-4pm Lidl Car Park on Boldon Lane
Friday 14th January 10am-4pm South Shields Town Centre
Saturday 15th January 10am-3pm South Shields Football Club
Sunday 16th January 10am-3pm Boldon Community School
Monday 17th January 10am-3pm South Tyneside College (South Shields Campus)
Thursday 20th January 10am-4pm Hebburn Central
Friday 21st January 10am-4pm South Shields Town Centre
Saturday 22nd January 10am4pm Morrisons Car Park, Jarrow
The sessions highlighted in yellow are the Melissa Bus again and the rest are a smaller NHS bus that is operated by the Nightingale Hospital team.
The Melissa Bus can offer 1st, 2nd and booster jabs to anyone eligible over the age of 16. The Nightingale Bus will be using the Pfizer vaccine so can offer 1st, 2nd and booster doses to anyone over the age of 12 who is eligible
