GIFT Team | St Joseph's Catholic Primary School

GIFT team - Growing In Faith Together

2025/2026

GIFT Team members 2025/2026

As we are in the month of Mary, our GIFT team gathered together to make giant rosary beads for a new school display dedicated to Our Lady. Well done GIFT team.

2024/2025

Take a look at some of things our GIFT team got up to last year...

Walkable Rosaries

The GIFT team were busy last week creating Walkable Rosaries for children to use at break and lunch times. As May is the month of Mary, we decided we wanted something a little bit different and fun to help us to remember to pray to Mary. Thanks GIFT team!

Our Jubilee Hopes

The GIFT team were tasked with an important job today - go out into the school community and ask children from different classes to decorate a peg, thinking carefully about their hopes for the coming months as we start our Jubilee journey. The end product looks amazing!

The St. Joseph's Holy Door

Members of the GIFT team met this week to help create our St. Joseph's Holy Door. Pope Francis opened the Holy Door in St. Peter's Basilica to officially launch the Jubilee year, so we decided to create our own holy door in school to signify the pathway to new beginnings which we are embarking on.

Epiphany Chalk Blessing

The GIFT team have been busy this lunchtime preparing and leading an Epiphany Chalk Blessing to mark the Feast of the Epiphany, Monday 6th January.
The children said prayers of blessing for the school and Epiphany markers were made around the doorway to symbolise God’s blessing on the building and all who enter it. Thank you, GIFT team!
Just don’t ask us how many takes it took…

Epiphany Chalk Blessing part 2

Epiphany Chalk Blessing part 1

Christmas Card Competition

During Advent, the GIFT team set up a competition in school to raise money for CAFOD. Children were asked to bring in a £1 donation to enter a Christmas Card Competition. We had some fantastic entries and the GIFT team found it hard to select their winners. They raised a total of £32 and bought CAFOD gifts including: Weatherproof Crops, Trees for Life, Emergency Water and a Vegetable Gardens. All sustainable gifts that make a difference to communities fighting poverty. Well done, GIFT team!

GIFT Team Remembrance Day display

The GIFT Team worked together to paint and decorate two soldiers in honour of Remembrance Day. The soldiers are standing proudly at our front gates - great job GIFT Team!

GIFT Team Training

Members from Year 5 and Year 6 were invited to attend GIFT training at St Bernard's High School at Rotherham today. Children from other primary schools in our Trust gathered together to learn about their roles in the GIFT team. They began with fun team building activities so that they could get to no each other. They made rosary beads and vestures, they took part in prayer stations where they learnt how to write prayers, singing, and Father John came to bless all of their new rosary beads. Keep a look out for what our GIFT members do within our school 😊