News & Events - St Josephs Catholic Primary School

School Games Award 2019

Parents and Carers Questionnaire April 2019

Responses to the parents and carers questionnaire completed in April 2019 were extremely positive. To view the results, please follow the link below:

Parents’ Questionnaire April 2019

Mental Health Awareness Week

Hosted by the Mental Health Foundation, Mental Health Awareness Week takes place from 13-19 May 2019. The theme this year is Body Image – how we think and feel about our bodies.

To find out more, please follow the link below:

https://www.mentalhealth.org.uk/campaigns/mental-health-awareness-week

Year 2 and Year 6 Assessments

Information for parents about the Year 2 and Year 6 Assessments can be accessed by following the link below:

https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/792059/Information_for_parents_-_2019_national_curriculum_tests_at_the_end_of_key_stages_1_and_2.pdf

If parents would like any information, please ask Mr Brooks (Year 2 Teacher) or Ms McIlroy (Year 6 Teacher)

Anti-bullying Play

The children in school were lucky to watch and anti-bullying play on Tuesday 26th March. The play was based on the novel “A Little Princess” by Frances Hodgson Burnett.

Congratulations to our Year 3 and 4 gymnastics team

Congratulations to our Year 3 and 4 gymnastics team who took part in the Knowsley school gymnastics competition and came 2nd overall, with three of our team winning individual gold medals.

The team will go on to represent St Joseph’s in the Merseyside Gymnastics Finals.

Phil the Pheasant

Phil the pheasant has been a visitor to our school since November 2017. He seems to enjoy looking and pecking at his reflection in the windows on the school roof and has been spotted while the children are working in class and also when eating in the hall, even pecking on the windows during morning assemblies.

He has also been seen on the field and playgrounds and is quite happy to be strutting around while the children are at play.

Fun Facts about Pheasants

Phil is a male pheasant.
Male pheasants have a green head and colourful feathers, female pheasants have brown feathers all over.
Male pheasants are known as “cocks” and females are called “hens”.
The average length of the cock pheasant is about 91cm. The average hen length is 51cm.
The main predators to pheasants are foxes, cats and dogs
Pheasants like to eat a mixture of berries, seeds, young shoots and insects.
The average clutch size of a pheasant is 12 eggs.
Pheasants do not migrate, and stay locally the whole year round.
Pheasants can fly for short distances at a speed of up to 48 mph. Most of the time, they hide in grasslands and stay on the ground.
Pheasants build their nests on the ground.
Pheasants are often a symbol of good luck. Legend has it that a Burmese hunter once found an emerald in a pheasant. When he went back to the pheasant’s home, he found an emerald mine.