St Joseph's Catholic Primary School (Jarrow)

In God's love we learn and grow.

Sportivator Day

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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

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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

 

Mental health week

Winter Book Trail Virtual Library

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Our Winter Book Trail is officially over, and all QR codes have been collected in. For those who didn’t complete it, the final coded message was ‘MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYONE’

If you would still like to access our Christmas stories, they are available in our Virtual Library – link

If you would simply like to access the Winter Book Trail library page, click the link below

Winter Book Trail Virtual Library 2021

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