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• Artsmark Award

  Wed 06 Dec 2023

  We are delighted to inform you that St. Joseph's Catholic Primary School has been awarded an Artsmark Silver Award. Congratulations!

   

  Your Statement of Commitment and Statement of Impact have been assessed and we’re pleased to share this feedback from our assessors with you:

   

  'St Joseph’s first Artsmark journey has taken placed against the backdrop of the pandemic and in the face of significant changes of staffing, leadership and adjustment to joining a new Trust. Despite these challenges, you have developed your creative curriculum, weaving the arts into your provision. You have supported staff with internal CPD in Art and Dance and have engaged specialist support for training in Music, which is a strength. Your Body Percussion project, the Ten Pieces project, the composition of a school song and the choir’s involvement in the Mouth of the Tyne festival have all engaged the children strongly in their learning. You have seen tangible benefits of using the arts to support other learning and you have also seen how your arts clubs have benefited pupil wellbeing. Your YouTube channel increased your showcasing of the children’s talents and the profiling of the arts to parents. You have created an Arts Council and it would be good now to build on your involvement of children in the planning and delivery of authentic arts experiences and performances. The development of further opportunities for Dance and Drama might be modelled on your successes in Music. You can explore further links with arts organisations and creative practitioners to develop your curriculum offer, support staff progression and further enrich your children’s experiences. Perhaps you might involve your children in reviewing how their arts experiences and learning reflect and celebrate the diversity of society? The further development of the use of the arts to support the wellbeing of your more vulnerable pupils will be of real benefit. You have a strong understanding of what the arts can bring to your children’s learning and their personal development. We look forward greatly to reading of the impact that this has as your journey continues.'

  Congratulations on your Artsmark Silver Award!

   

  Your award is valid for two years and will expire on 06 October 2025

  

• School Gateway

  Fri 18 Jun 2021

  School Gateway

  Communication to parents/carers goes through the School Gateway. Payments for school trips/milk etc are now made this way. 

   

  Download the app for free. Just search School Gateway in your App store and download.

   

  Apple iPhone users, download the app here: schoolgateway.co.uk/iosdownload

  Android phone users, download the app here: schoolgateway.co.uk/androiddownload

   

  Your login details will be automatically generated using the contact information St Joseph’s already has on record, so please make sure the details we hold for you are up to date. You can check and change these details by sending an email to info@stjosephsrc-primary.co.uk

  If you do not have access to the internet we will issue you with a payment voucher which you can take to various local Paypoints and pay there. We can no longer accept cash payments.

   

  If you have any questions or would like some more information, please see the School Gateway site here: https://schoolgateway.co.uk/.

   

  You can also login to the online version of School Gateway via this site if you do not have a smart phone, although we do recommend using the app if possible as it makes it much easier to get hold of parents when we need to.