Year 5/6 Girls indoor 5-aside Football

The Y5/6 girls continued their excellent

start to the season after registering 3 more wins against local teams at a Trinity tour-

nament.

It was all guns blazing in our opening

games, with Kirsten chasing down every loose ball and seriously pressuring the op-

ponents. She scored twice against Hunger-ford, while Olivia and Lily B ensured a clean

sheet with some more excellent defending.

Bella kept 3 clean sheets at the tournament

and continues to grow as a goalkeeper with every game, impressing spectators from

other schools and referees alike. Ellie’s bril-liant goal against St Finnians was cancelled

out as their star player turned up the gas

to score twice. Ellie scored again to take a 1-0 victory against Bright Walton, which

could, should and would have been 2-0 had Imogen’s powerful strike not hit the post.

Olivia was sidelined with a pesky back inju-

ry so Lily A stepped in and held her own in

a tournament dominated by big, Year 6 girls. Mia also played in all 3 outfield posi-

tions, and her willingness to adapt and add to her game was rewarded with the win-

ning goal to overthrow otherwise undefeat-

ed Calcot, who were on track to top the table.

A tricksy technicality meant that the

top 3 teams from the afternoon pro-

gressed to the Finals - and the referee (albeit later than we would have liked)

has confirmed with us that our out-standing 9 points was indeed enough.

Well done girls!

Mu�i Days & Fit Fridays

Since the launch of our Fit Fridays

there has been some confusion on

Mu�i Days so with effect from January

2018 Mu�i Days will be held on

Thursdays as so not to clash with Fit

Fridays.

Up un#l Christmas we have a few more

Mu�i Days which will be held on the

adver#sed Fridays and we ask that chil-

dren ensure they either wear or bring a

tracksuit with them to ensure they can

fully engage with the Fit Friday ac#vi-

#es.

A reminder regarding the rules for

Mu�i Days

Whilst we encourage children to wear

non-uniform on specific days no#fied in

advance we ask that children do not

wear Jewellery, make-up or nail

varnish, no shoes with heels or flip-

flops should be worn and long hair

should con#nue to be #ed back using

use discreet accessories in maroon,

golden yellow, black or white. On most

Mu�i days normal #metables are

generally adhered to and therefore

children should wear clothes that allow

them to take part fully in the lessons.

We thank you for your co-opera#on.

Bags for schools

A huge thank you to

everyone that

brought in recycling

for our Bags for

Schools collec#on

on Tuesday morn-

ing. We have raised

£142.50 for play-

ground enrichment.

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TERM DATES

Term Dates

2017/2018

Autumn Term (2) 2016

Mon 30 Oct 17 – Wed 20 Dec

17

Spring Term (3) 2017

Thu 04 Jan 18 - Fri 9 Feb 18

Spring Term (4) 2017

Mon 19 Feb 18 – Thu 29 Mar

18

Summer Term (5) 2017

Tue 17 Apr 18 – Fri 25 May 18

Summer Term (6) 2017

Mon 4 Jun 18 - Fri 20 Jul 18

THE GOSPEL

Sunday 19th

Nov

Matthew 25:14-30

Key Verse:

For everyone who has

will be given more,

and he will have an

abundance. Whoever

does not have, even

what he has will be

taken from him.

Matthew 25:29

P A G E 2

S T J O S E P H ’ S S C H O O L N E W S

Schools of the Great Reading Catholic

Cluster of Schools

Coordinator of Social Jus�ce and Evangelisa�on

Maternity temporary cover

Required for January 2018

The Governors of three schools within the greater Reading

area are seeking to employ a suitably qualified person for

the above post. The posi#on is for 15 hours per week and

is term #me only.

The role will involve working with a group of primary

schools to develop strategies which promote social jus#ce

in each of them and will lead the schools to achieve the

‘Romero Award’. The role also requires the coordinator to

develop and implement a strategy to promote Catholic

evangelisa#on for pupils and their families.

The successful candidate will be:

highly suppor#ve of a Catholic vision of educa#on

have an understanding of Catholic Social Jus#ce and of

Catholic Evangelisa#on demonstrate the skills and experi-

ence to successfully work with children be able to lead a

team to plan and deliver a strategy.

The schools are commi�ed to safeguarding and

promo�ng the welfare and safety of children and young

people and expect all staff to share this commitment.

This post is subject to a sa�sfactory DBS check.

Applica#on packs can be obtained from Christ the King

School in Reading or downloaded from the school website

at: www.chrisDhekingreading.co.uk/staff-vacancies

Interviews will also be held at Christ the King.

Closing Date: Friday 24th

November 2017

Interviews: Wednesday 6th

December 2017

Contract Type: 15 hours per week

Contract Term: Ini&ally 1 year with the possibility of

extending to a permanent post

Start Date: January 2018

New Intake Visitor Sessions

Is your child due to start school in September 2018?

Then come along to one of open sessions

Thursday 30th

November 9.45am

Introduc#on, children’s presenta#on and a tour of the school with the

children followed by an opportunity to ask ques#ons.

We look forward to showing you our school

Please call to book an appointment

We also have spaces in other year groups should you or any one you

know wish to visit to see what we have to offer please contact the

office to book a session.

Tex7ng

We just wanted to let you know about our texts. Some#mes

they may appear to be abrupt or short and sweet, that is

because we only have 160 characters we can use per text. So

we do not mean for them to come across as rude or abbreviat-

ed, but we have to get our messages over in very few words.

We thank U for your understanding.

P A G E 3

2017/18 Upcoming Events

23th Nov– Year 1 Collective Worship—Parents invited

24th Nov—Christmas Mufti—Bottles for Christmas Fayre

25th Nov—Christmas Fayre 11am-2pm

27th Nov—Y5/Y6 Boys Football Park House

30th Nov– Year 4 Collective Worship—parents invited

30th Nov & 1st Dec —Life Education Bus

30th Nov— Last New intake Visitor Morning 9.45am

1st Dec—Y6 A Christmas Gift at St Mary’s Church

1st Dec—Y5/6 Girls & boys Football friendly ‘v’ Thatcham Park

5th Dec— Save the Children Concert at St Nicolas Church

7th Dec—Beauty and the Beast Panto at The Corn Exchange

8th Dec—Disco EYFS/KS1 3.15pm-4.15pm KS2 4.30pm-5.45pm

12th Dec—EYFS/KS1 Nativity 2pm

13th Dec—EYFS/KS1 Nativity 2pm

13th Dec—KS2 Carol Concert at St Josephs Church

14th Dec—1000 Voices in Newbury Town Centre

15th Dec—Christmas Jumper Day

15th Dec—Christmas Lunch

18th Dec—Link Club Christmas Party

19th Dec—End of Term Advent Mass

20th Dec—End of Term 1.30pm

3rd Jan—INSET DAY—NO CHILDREN IN SCHOOL

4th Jan—Children back to school

All dates are subject to change

S T J O S E P H ’ S S C H O O L N E W S

Diamond Awards

Year R― Mikolaj

Year 1― Harlow

Year 2―Akash

Year 3– Asher

Year 4―Alex

Year 5―Lily B

Year 6―Kydan

Star of the Week

Year R―Samaira

Year 1―Oscar

Year 2―Oliver

Year 3―Jack

Year 4―Isabelle

Year 5―Bobby

Year 6―Aisling

GEMSGEMSGEMSGEMS

Year 3Year 3Year 3Year 3

House Points House Points House Points House Points

St AntonySt AntonySt AntonySt Antony

Golden BroomGolden BroomGolden BroomGolden Broom

Year 2Year 2Year 2Year 2

Street Dance Workshops

Yesterday Years 2– 5 took part in a Street

Dance Workshop. They children really enjoyed

learning new steps and rou#nes. We will soon

be offering a street dance morning club. More

informa#on will follow soon.