Our new Little Jo’s Nursery is now open. We have children who are currently attending and we have spaces available for January. Please contact the school office for further information.

The children enjoyed dancing and playing games at the school disco. They all had a hot dog and enjoyed having some sweet treats. There was lots of fabulous costumes and outfits.

Children and staff wore odd socks or brightly coloured tights to celebrate Anti-Bullying Week and to show that we are all unique. The children loved seeing each others odd and brightly coloured socks.

Year 3 children for the second term in a row have won the best class attendance for last term. Their reward was an exciting day out at Saltwell Park where they played rounders, football, played on the park, visited pets corner and also had fun in the maze. They took a packed lunch and spent […]

Tuesday 7th May – Year 3 Saltwell Park Visit Wednesday 8th – Friday 10th May – Year 5 Weardale Adventure Centre Residential Monday 13th May – Thursday 16th May – Year 6 SATs Week Monday 17th – Wednesday 19th June – Year 6 Youth Ministry Trust Residential Friday 28th June – Staff training day – […]

This year at St Joseph’s, we had a sponsored Olympic Challenge Day to help support the Bauleni Street Special Needs School in Lusaka, Zambia. They offer inclusive and quality education to children with disabilities, and other very vulnerable children and orphans. The Bauleni Street Special Needs School helps specifically children who are in most need […]

On Monday 11th March, 10 children and 6 staff boarded an early morning train to London to visit Parliament. Our elected School Council took part in a workshop on ‘making laws’ and met our local MP Liz Twist. The children were able to sit and view live debates in both the House of Lords and […]

Year 1 had a special visit from 2 policemen from Northumbria Police who kindly came to give them a talk and also let the children have a sit in their police car. The children had a great time and were so excited.

Tuesday 7th May – Year 3 Saltwell Park Visit Wednesday 8th – Friday 10th May – Year 5 Weardale Adventure Centre Residential Monday 13th May – Thursday 16th May – Year 6 SATs Week Monday 17th – Wednesday 19th June – Year 6 Youth Ministry Trust Residential Friday 28th June – Staff training day – […]

Year 3 had the best attendance as a class for the Autumn Term 2023. As a reward they got to go to McDonald’s for their lunch and visit the Discovery Museum where they did a workshop on Light and Shadow.

The closing date for applications for our September 2024 Reception Class is 15 January 2024. Applications must be made on the Gateshead Council’s common application form (CAF)

The children raised money for Children in Need by having a non uniform day and Beat the Tiger, children enjoyed taking shots against the tiger in goal (Mr Naughton). Thank you to everyone for their donations.

Up coming events at St Joseph’s. Here are a list of some important dates: Wednesday 24th January – Year 6 Liturgy, Year 6 families welcome from 9:00am in the school hall Wednesday 24th – Friday 26th April – Year 4 Holy Island Residential Wednesday 8th – Friday 10th May – Year 5 Weardale Adventure Centre […]

This week in breakfast club the children have been busy exploring a variety of activities that breakfast club offers. Activities including board games, table tennis, skittles, colouring, and so much more. The children have come up with more ideas what they would like in their club and have made a timetable of activities that will […]

A huge effort was made by everyone to take part in the activities for Travelwise Week. So many people took part and travelled by foot, bike or scooter. The blinging up your bikes and scooters was fabulous, the travel breakfast went really well and the street name search showed how observant you are on your […]

What a fantastic start Reception have had to St Joseph’s. The boys and girls have settled in seamlessly and have enjoyed exploring their new classroom and making lots of new friends. We are busy learning each other’s names and finding out about each other and we were especially excited to meet our Year 6 special […]

On Saturday 10th June we had the pleasure of supporting twenty Year four children at St Joseph’s Church as they made their First Holy Communion. The service was magnificent, and I can’t thank Fr Adrian, Deacon Martin, our church catechist, Mrs Douglas and staff for preparing the children so well throughout the year. It was […]

It was wonderful to see Freddie finally take delivery of his new multi-terrain wheelchair. Freddie has worked hard practising over half term and now is a competent driver. Freddie has reached all areas of the school grounds and is excited for his forthcoming beach trip with his class and friends in July. Many thanks to […]

Reception have enjoyed learning about growth and new life through our focus text, ‘The Extraordinary Gardener’.  We have planted seeds, choosing which type of plant or flower we want to grow, hunted for caterpillars which are now growing rapidly in Reception and created an extraordinary world on a home-made skyscraper like those in our focus […]

On 2nd March was World Book Day. Children dressed as their favourite book character, pyjamas or their comfy reading clothes and enjoyed some world book day fun. Lots of fun, exciting stories and activities.

On 7th March we had an early start as our School Council boarded an early morning train to London. Ten children and six staff journeyed to London to visit Parliament. Our elected council joined Liz Twist for a private workshop on ‘making laws’ and really made an impact. The children were able to sit and […]