Keep up to date with all the latest news happening in school at the moment.

• Singing lessons with Lucy

  Wed 26 Feb 2025

  Lucy is in for her first day today, teaching singing lessons for some of our students. It's lovely to hear the sound of their lovely voices!

  

• Mary Stretch visit

  Tue 25 Feb 2025

  Mary Stretch came into school today to talk to Year 5 and 6 about her charity, Calais Light who support grassroots charities based in Calais like Care4Calais & Refugee Community Kitchen in their work with the refugee population in and around Calais.

   

  Mary is a truly inspirational person who began her career as a brand manager for Unilever before becoming one of the first black female producer/presenters on BBC radio and television. She is now trailblazing humanitarian and advocate for refugees and she lives right here in Hutton! 

   

  A short film has been made about Mary's life: 'On a Bet and a Prayer', details of which can be found at: https://www.dioceseofbrentwood.net/news/marys-story-on-a-bet-and-a-prayer/

   

  St Joseph's are proud to adopt Calais Light as one of their charities. Mary's presentation to the children can be found on our Year 5 and 6 pages on our website.

  

• Big Schools' Birdwatch

  Fri 14 Feb 2025

  We went outside and counted birds as part of the Big School Birdwatch this half term.

  

• Kurling team

  Thu 13 Feb 2025

  Well done to our Kurling team who represented the school at the finals in Basildon this week!

  

• Tea Parties

  Thu 06 Feb 2025

  It was lovely to hear the children talk so enthusiastically and knowledgably about their learning in RE  today as they tucked into some raisins and biscuits.

  They said that they enjoy RE lessons, especially when there are artefacts to touch and feel or if they include drama. 

  “Parables tell you a moral. They tell you how to treat other people. They are found in the Gospels in the Bible.”

  Last week we had a writing tea party and the week before, a maths tea party. The children are so articulate about what they are learning and why they are learning it. They enjoy all of their lessons in school and they feel supported by the teachers.

  

• Sportshall Athletics Champions!

  Wed 05 Feb 2025

  On Tuesday our athletics team took part the Sportshall Athletics district final at Shenfield High School. They took part in twelve separate track and field events, achieving fantastic results including a good number of personal bests. It was a fast paced, exciting and noisy event and we are delighted to announce that St. Joseph's were victorious and came home with two trophies: Overall District Sportshall Athletics Champions and Small School Sportshall Athletics Champions. Congratulations to the whole team! We are very proud of you. 

   

  The team will now move on to take part in the Essex Small Schools Sportshall Athletics Final on 19th March in Southend.

  

• Well done Oliver!

  Tue 04 Feb 2025

  We are extremely proud of Oliver who was selected to represent Essex at the Eastern Regional Final of the Sportshall UK Championships at University of East Anglia Sportspark.
  
  Oliver came 1st in triple jump and 1st in 'over and under'. He was particularly proud of his triple jump. Well done Ollie!