St Joseph's School Gala

The School Gala date has been set for Sunday, 9th November and the parents on the PTA are already busy getting things ready.  On Friday Room 1 had a visitor in the Octopus' Garden.  Rachel came to speak to us about what we love about being at St Joseph's School and what the School Values mean to us.

We decorated prayer flags by drawing pictures of what we love about our school.  These will be displayed, along with the other students' flags, on Gala Day.  Mr Snuggles and Rachel were very pleased with how we did.

Puppet Shows

Our Learner Quality this term is to become Confident Speakers.  We showed how well we can do this when we performed our puppet shows to the class.


Dragon & the Police Dog from Kathryn Robertson on Vimeo.



The Singing puppets from Kathryn Robertson on Vimeo.


The Three Musketeers from Kathryn Robertson on Vimeo.


 Giggles from Kathryn Robertson on Vimeo.


The Butterflies from Kathryn Robertson on Vimeo.

Stepping Out - Road Safety

Our Topic for the first part of the term is all about Road Safety.  Leading up to our 'walk' with Constable John in a few weeks we have been learning how we can keep ourselves safe on and near the road.  Watch us as we recite the poem "Stop, Look and Listen" and perform the actions we made up to it.  We also put them into practice on our 'chalk' road!!


Road Safety from Kathryn Robertson on Vimeo.

Reanimation at the Suter Art Gallery

The children were amazing when we went to the Suter Art Gallery yesterday.  I was very proud of how they used their road safety skills when we walked there.

They interpreted the artwork in such a mature way.  The paintings were explained through movements, like statues, moving in lines, and canon when we take it in turns to do an action.  One comment a child made was that the birds in one painting reminded her of scary teenagers!!

Please watch and enjoy our movie of this trip.

The Suter Trip from Kathryn Robertson on Vimeo.

Puppet time in the Octopus' Garden

Fun was definitely had on Fun Day Friday when Room 1 had their first Discovery Time.  Following the wonderful performance last Friday by Strings Attached, our theme was making and performing with puppets of our own.

Futsal skills shown by the students in Room 1!

Check out how well the students in the Octopus' Garden did when we had our first session of Futsal this week.   We were shown how to dribble the ball, kick it to ourselves, try and steal our classmate's ball while protecting our own.  All this in drizzle with smiles on our dials.  The best bit of all was when we finished with a game.  We can't wait for Ben to return next Tuesday.


Skills shown at Futsal on PhotoPeach

Maths - Measurement

We are learning about measurement.  What a lot the children already know about comparing the sizes of our teddies.  We made three groups - the smallest teddies, bigger ones and the biggest of all.

Small teddies

Bigger teddies

Biggest teddies

In Room 1 we are all different heights.  We lined up from the shortest to the tallest.

Next week we will use different tools to measure our teddies, and even ourselves.

Autumn Leaves

In the Octopus' Garden we have noticed the changing of the seasons since we came back to school.   In between the showers this week, we had fun playing in the leaves and seeing all the autumn colours around us in the playground.

Library Day in the Octopus' Garden

The children in the Octopus' Garden will be going to the School Library every Monday afternoon.  If you have any library books at home, please ensure your child brings them to school on Mondays so they are allowed to check out a new book.