St Joseph's
Catholic Primary School
'Go shine in the world.'
Inspiration
Excellence
Community
Integrity
Compassion
Determination
Respect
Friendship
This means the process of of being given passion and/or ideas for a task.
This means being outstanding or extremely good.
This connects us with each other.
This means having strong moral principles e.g. honesty, fairness, equality; having pure and balanced moral character.
This means having a deep awareness and sympathy for another's suffering.
This means resolution, resolve, willpower.
This means regard highly, value, honour.
This means mutual trust and support.
Staff voice
- St Joseph's is a warm and inviting community where pupils are taught to succeed academically and socially and are well prepared for the next stage of their lives.
- St. Joseph's is an amazing to school to work in with a wonderful community of staff. There is a strong focus on respect and students are encouraged to strive for excellence in all areas.
- As a teacher, I appreciate the consideration of workload at St Joseph's. The well behaved children make teaching a joy and the supportive leadership fosters a caring and nurturing environment.
- Working at St Joseph's means working within a positive team that support one another and celebrate each other's successes.
- The systems in place at St Joseph's means that everyone is clear and on the same page about what is expected. We are well-prepared and organised, ready to deliver high quality lessons and achieve high quality outcomes.
- We are constantly improving our practice. The weekly professional development meetings are well organised and clear which allows me to be an effective and ambitious teacher.
- The progress that the children make in phonics is a direct result of the way we structure our lessons to provide rigorous, high quality teaching of reading and writing.
I personally have become a more explicit and clear teacher. The PDMs and having to teach online called for a direct, clear and explicit way of teaching. I have carried these tips over into my classroom practice.