St Joseph’s pupil Evie Fairman will be carrying the Olympic Torch through Bodmin on Saturday 19th May 2012. Click on the link below to read her nomination story.
http://www.london2012.com/torch-relay/torchbearers/torchbearers=evelyn-fairman-946/index.html
Cornwall Today – May 2012 featuring Evie Fairman, pupil at St Joseph’s School.
A week in the life of St Joseph’s is stimulating to say the least. Take the past week for example. Tennis matches at St Just, a Senior School Choir performance at Stoke Climsland Church raising money for the local area, a visit to Porfell Wildlife Park to study Maasai Warriors, parent meetings regarding the imminent Junior school residential courses, a career information session given by a member of the police force and a talk to Year 9 from Oxford university lecturer John Stein on his research into neuroscience.
Martin Luther King said: The function of education is to teach one to think intensively and to think critically. “Intelligence plus character – that is the goal of true education.”
The variety of opportunity seen in just one week illustrates for me the depth of educational opportunity offered at St Joseph’s, in addition to the curricular lessons, which foster the qualities in our pupils, seen by Martin Luther King.
Next week it is the Viking boat building visit to Falmouth Museum , Surf Club, fixtures, taster days, the Scholarship Morning, rehearsals for the Charles Dickens Evening and a Duke of Edinburgh Presentation Evening…… we will enjoy them all and learn from each and every opportunity.
Sue Rowe
Head Teacher
headteacher@stjosephscornwall.co.uk
When we got to Morwellham Quay our first activity was the School House. We learnt all about Victorian punishments like the cane and the backboard and had a go at writing on a slate board. Our teacher was quite strict but it was great fun. Next we went on the mine train where we got to find out about the terrible conditions for the miners. Although it was very dark we got to see the water wheel working, it was awesome. Later we dressed up as Victorian children, my friend said I looked like Sherlock Holmes! I learnt that the taller the hat the richer you were. Finally we went to the Dressing Floor where we had to break up rocks to find the copper ore. I didn’t find any but I did find some Fool’s Gold! This was my favourite part of the day. We all had a great time at Morwellham Quay and learnt a lot about the lives of Victorian children.
By James Walters Year 5
On Thursday the children in Y6 had the opportunity to drive a kit car that had been built by Mr Turner and the children in years 7 & 8. The car is going to take part in a competition in June at Newquay Airport against other kit cars built and driven by students of the same age. There will be a number of challenges including a straight drag race and slalom course. The children in Year 6 will soon be having a drive off challenge against one another in order to select the final drivers for the competition. Mr Turner said how pleased he was with the effort and enthusiasm of the children and that they car had successfully completed its first trial run.