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Pope Francis: If you find it hard to

pray, don’t give up. Be still; make space for God to come in; let Him look at you, and He will fill you with His peace.

Mrs Sayers’ Message: Well what a very strange week it has been! There have been

very few of us in school and I have missed seeing everyone's smiling faces. However, I have heard all about the wonderful work that is being done at home, so well done and keep it up! I would like to personally thank all of our amazing staff for their hard work and support. It has been a challenging time for us all and we are so lucky to have such a dedicated and hard working team at St. Joseph's. I would also like to thank our families for their support and patience over the last few weeks. I hope that everybody is well and keeping safe and I look forward to hearing about and seeing the work that you all do next week. Have a lovely weekend.

Wacky Hair Day: How creative you have all been with your

amazing hair styles, including some of the staff! We hope you enjoy looking at some of the photo-graphs that you have shared with us. Don’t forget next week’s challenge is to decorate an egg—we are looking forward to seeing what you come up with!

School nurse service: The school nursing

team will continue to operate whilst schools

are closed. Should you or your child need to

access the school nurse then please tele-

phone 0300 247 0040. This service is available

Monday to Friday 9am to 5pm.

Kit for schools: Many thanks to

all of you who helped collect the Aldi “Kit for Schools” stickers. We have now received a bag full of sporting

equipment.

Lenten fund-raisers: Many thanks to those

of you who supported all our Lenten events. We have raised a fantastic £586; the pyjama day raised £95; the sponsored spell an amazing £439 and the non-uniform day last Friday £52. Wow!

Mrs Roberts’ Weekly Maths Challenge

Why not try to solve this puzzle; the an-swer will be revealed in the next School Newsletter: Peter is making pizzas. Each pizza takes five minutes to cook. How many pizzas can he make in 30 minutes? The answer to the last challenge was: There were 12 more adults than children in the cinema.

“Happy birthday” to: Tom and Heidi!

Mathletics: We will be

listing the names of all the children who have

achieved bronze, silver and gold certificates over the past week. Can we get even more names on the

list for next Friday?

St Joseph’s Church: Fr Raphael says to tell you

that he is thinking of you, and the helpers at Children’s Liturgy hope you are enjoying the sunshine. This Sunday is the 5th Sunday of Lent and instead of going to church you can follow a Children’s Liturgy live at 10am with Bronagh, Eileen and Martin. If you can't join live, a re-cording will be available to watch afterwards. Just search for Cafod Children’s Liturgy and you will find it. Get your parents to register and you will be ready to go.

French update: Madame Russell

will be preparing weekly updates of topics for pupils . These will be post-ed via the Chorley SSP website on the French Home Learning Page using the following link: https://www.chorleyssp.co.uk/parents There is a tab for each year group. If you complete the tasks don’t forget to put pictures on Seesaw or send them to your class email.

Silver Certificates: Esme 1010 points

Bronze Certificates: Joseph 1350 points Niamh 1100 points Florence 1060 points Lucas 1895 points Erin G 1160 points Charlotte 2609 points Jasper 1040 points Sophia 1190 points George Ma 1276 points Benny 1024 points Elliott 2518 points Esme 1010 points Ebony 1429 points Darcy 1750 points Charlie 2380 points Darcie 1040 points

Class R/1:

Pupils have completed activities based on the life cycle of different animals including butterflies and frogs, as well as sharing pictures of them baking and dancing. Mrs Park & Mrs Knott

Class 2/3:

This week the children in Class 2/3 have been painting rainbows for their windows, baking cakes and learning about living and non-living things on Purple Mash. They've also been amazing at keeping in touch via Seesaw. Well done Class 2/3. Mrs. Wilson.

Class 4/5:

We started off the week by coming together as a com-munity, designing rainbows and displaying them in our windows. Throughout the rest of the week, we have created Harry Potter spells, written diaries and drawn volcanoes. Mr Astle

Class 6:

Pupils have completed a variety of tasks, which have included daily diary entries, writing down all they know about fractions and identifying the different layers of the rain forest. Mrs Roberts