St Joseph's Pupil Profile

At St Joseph's Catholic Primary School we encourage our children and each other to reflect on the question asked by Pope Benedict XVI, ‘What kind of person would you really like to be?’

Jesus is at the centre of our mission statement: Jesus in our hearts, in our minds, in our living, in our learning. This question therefore allows us to think about what kind of person God wants us to be, as well as what virtues or qualities we need to grow in order to become that person. This is where the Pupil Profile supports everyone’s journey within the school to become that person. It is made up of eight Virtue Pairs of what makes a good person, based on Jesus’ teaching. By striving to show these St Joseph’s Pupil Profile Virtues, we are fulfilling the answer to Pope Benedict XVI’s very important and meaningful question.

Here are the virtue pairs:

At St Joseph's Catholic Primary School we are growing to be all of these virtues.

For this academic year, 2023-2024, each half term we are focusing on a different virtue pair. Here are the virtue pairs we are exploring:

Autumn 1 - Grateful and Generous

Autumn 2 - Attentive and Discerning

Spring 1 - Compassionate and Loving

Spring 2 - Faith-filled and Hopeful

Summer 1 - Eloquent and Truthful

Summer 2 - Learned and Wise

These were the virtue pairs for the academic year, 2022-2023 (the evidence of St Joseph's growing to be and living these virtue pairs can be seen below).

Autumn 1 - Compassionate and Loving

Autumn 2 - Faith-filled and Hopeful

Spring 1 - Eloquent and Truthful

Spring 2 - Learned and Wise

Summer 1 - Curious and Active

Summer 2 - Intentional and Prophetic

Each term our Foundation Phase classes each choose a way of showing what the children understand about each virtue pair. In Key Stage Two, the children demonstrate their journey of understanding by creating their own Power Point.

Each class has a Pupil Profile Tree where the children respond to the meaning of the virtue pairs and show how they live this quality in their day to day lives.

Have a look and enjoy the journey our children are on to becoming the best possible version of themselves.

What the Pupil Profile means to the children at St Joseph's Catholic Primary School.

“Helps me to be happy and a good person”  - Vienna (Reception)

“Makes me happy and a good person” - Aleia (Reception)

“Helps me to be kind and to be a kind person” - Dylan (Year 1)

“The Pupil Profile helps me to be grateful” - Tomos (Year 1)

“The Pupil Profile helps me to be big hearted” - Fletcher (Year 2)

“To love one another” - Layla (Year 2)

“To be nice to each other” - Emily and Alice (Year 2).

“It helps me to stand up to bad things and to grow up to be like God” - Alphonsa (Year 2).

“It helps us to be beacons of the light” - Elsie (Year 3).

“It helps me speak to God” - Bobby (Year 3).

“I can grow up and follow Jesus” - Esme (Year 3).

“The Pupil Profile can help me to be a good person” - Layla (Year 3).

“Helps me to make the right choices” - Markas (Year 4).

“The Pupil Profile helps me to think about more ways of how to live and how to help others as well as myself” - Finley (Year 4).

“The virtues help me to feel connected to God, to be the best version of myself and how to be” - Bethan (Year 5).

“It helps me to be healthy” - Isabelle (Year 5).

“The virtues helps us all with our learning and to be a better person” - Daniel (Year 5).

“The Pupil Profile virtues help you to be a better person. They guide me and help me to be more attentive and discerning” - Carys (Year 5).

“The Pupils Profile helps me learn about the virtues of following Jesus’ footsteps”  - Ava (Year 5).

“The Pupil Profile helps me to connect with others and to be a good friend” - Phoebe (Year 6).

“I try to live out the virtues and learn from them” - Leah (Year 6).

“The Pupil Profile helps me to look and examine my life” - Sienna (Year 6).

Autumn 1 (2023-2024) - Grateful and Generous

Pupils in St Joseph’s RC Primary School are growing to be . . .

Grateful and Generous

To be GRATEFUL is to always appreciate the gifts and blessings we have been given.

To be GENEROUS is to give something to someone else, to share with someone else, willingly and happily, without expecting anything in return.

Grateful and Generous Pupil Profile Trees

Grateful and Generous evidence of the children's journey of understanding

Autumn 2 (2023-2024) - Attentive and Discerning

Pupils in St Joseph’s RC Primary School are growing to be . . .

attentive to their experience and to their vocation;

and discerning about the choices they make and the effects of those choices.

To be ATTENTIVE means that we take the time to NOTICE the big and small things in our lives, each day. We NOTICE how others respond to what we do and say. We PAY ATTENTION and LISTEN to God and others when they are speaking to us.

To be DISCERNING means that we are able to choose better what is good for us and for others. It helps us to choose God’s will for us. It helps us to become the person God has called us to be.

Attentive and Discerning Pupil Profile Trees

Attentive and Discerning evidence of the children's journey of understanding

Autumn 1 (2022-2023 and Spring 1 2023 - 2024) - Compassionate and Loving

Pupils in St Joseph’s RC Primary School are growing to be . . .

. . . compassionate towards others, near and far, especially the less fortunate; and loving by their just actions and forgiving words.

To be COMPASSIONATE is to not only to CARE about someone else but to be moved to DO SOMETHING to help them.

To be LOVING is to be kind, not only to our friends but to those we find difficult as well.

If we are COMPASSIONATE and LOVING, we show we are concerned about others. We are sympathetic to others. We care about others. We forgive others and we try to do something to help them.

Compassionate and Loving Pupil Profile Trees

Compassionate and Loving evidence of the children's journey of understanding

Autumn 2 (2022-2023) and Spring 2 (2023 - 2024) - Faith-filled and Hopeful

Pupils in St Joseph’s RC Primary School are growing to be . . .

…..faith-filled in their beliefs and hopeful for the future.

To be FAITH-FILLED is to have FAITH in myself, in others and in God.

To have faith that God has chosen me. He has given me talents and skills to do something great for Him.

To have faith that my friends, my family and the community I live in, will support me, help me and encourage me.

To have faith that God’s way is my way. God’s way is the way I should go. When I do His will, I will be happy and the person God wants me to be.

This leads me to be HOPEFUL and courageous for the future.

God has promised to be with us always. He gave us His Son Jesus, to teach us and to show us the way. God wants us to be happy and to have life to the full!

Faith-filled and Hopeful Pupil Profile Trees

Faith-filled and Hopeful evidence of the children's journey of understanding

Spring 1 (2022-2023) - Eloquent and Truthful

Pupils in St Joseph’s RC Primary School are growing to be . . .

. . . eloquent and truthful in what they say of themselves, the relations between people, and the world.

To be eloquent in the way in which we speak to each other and truthful in our words, actions, to the Gospel and to ourselves.

Eloquence is the ability to speak or write fluently, persuasively and appropriately. We aim to give our children the language to ask questions, express emotions, speak beliefs, talk about matters of faith and hope, debate points of view, and engage in conversation. Eloquence isn’t limited to speaking and writing. We can express ourselves in other ways like music, drama, painting or dance. We should use our creative gifts to say things in a way that is interesting, truthful, memorable and faithful.

God wants us to be truthful in all we do. Jesus said, ‘I am the way, the truth and the life’, so being honest and truthful means we are following in his footsteps and living life the way God wants us to. Being truthful is being faithful to ourselves and to Jesus. We should stand up for the truth.

Eloquent and Truthful Pupil Profile Trees

Eloquent and Truthful evidence of the children's journey of understanding

Spring 2 (2022-2023) - Learned and Wise

Pupils in St Joseph’s RC Primary School are growing to be . . .

Learned, finding God in all things; and wise in the ways they use their learning for the common good.

When we are LEARNED we find God in all things. We learn about and understand the world he created. We learn about, understand and share in the different ways and cultures of people. We learn that our talents are given to us for the good of all. We learn and understand that the greatest gift of all is LOVE.

When we are WISE we listen to God, hear his Word and make decisions that share his love with all.

To be educated is to be learned – to know about God’s creation and about people who are part of it. But facts and skills are of little value unless we have wisdom also – the ability to see what is important and what is not.

Learned and Wise Pupil Profile Trees

Learned and Wise evidence of the children's journey of understanding.

2021-2022

Below are the Pupil Profile virtue pairs for 2021-2022:

Autumn 1 - Eloquent and Truthful

Autumn 2 - Learned and Wise

Spring 1 - Curious and Active

Spring 2 - Intentional and Prophetic

Summer 1 - Grateful and Generous

Summer 2 - Attentive and Discerning

Please have a look at the journey our children have been on living the virtues everyday.

Autumn 1 (2021-2022) - Eloquent and Truthful

Pupils in St Joseph’s RC Primary School are growing to be . . .

. . . eloquent and truthful in what they say of themselves, the relations between people, and the world.

To be eloquent in the way in which we speak to each other and truthful in our words, actions, to the Gospel and to ourselves.

Eloquence is the ability to speak or write fluently, persuasively and appropriately. We aim to give our children the language to ask questions, express emotions, speak beliefs, talk about matters of faith and hope, debate points of view, and engage in conversation. Eloquence isn’t limited to speaking and writing. We can express ourselves in other ways like music, drama, painting or dance. We should use our creative gifts to say things in a way that is interesting, truthful, memorable and faithful.

God wants us to be truthful in all we do. Jesus said, ‘I am the way, the truth and the life’, so being honest and truthful means we are following in his footsteps and living life the way God wants us to. Being truthful is being faithful to ourselves and to Jesus. We should stand up for the truth.

Eloquent and Truthful Pupil Profile Trees

Eloquent and Truthful evidence of the children's journey of understanding

Autumn 2 (2021-2022) - Learned and Wise

Pupils in St Joseph’s RC Primary School are growing to be . . .

Learned, finding God in all things; and wise in the ways they use their learning for the common good.

When we are LEARNED we find God in all things. We learn about and understand the world he created. We learn about, understand and share in the different ways and cultures of people. We learn that our talents are given to us for the good of all. We learn and understand that the greatest gift of all is LOVE.

When we are WISE we listen to God, hear his Word and make decisions that share his love with all.

To be educated is to be learned – to know about God’s creation and about people who are part of it. But facts and skills are of little value unless we have wisdom also – the ability to see what is important and what is not.

Learned and Wise Pupil Profile Trees

Learned and Wise evidence of the children's journey of understanding

Spring 1 (2021-2022) - Curious and Active

Pupils in St Joseph’s RC Primary School are growing to be . . .

Curious about everything; and active in their engagement with the world, changing what they can for the better.

God wants us to be curious about his universe and everything he has made. He wants us:

• To ask questions
• To listen and pay attention
• To research and find out more
• To read
• To try new things
• To explore

God also wants us to actively change what we can do for the better. He wants us to help make this a better world.

Curious and Active Pupil Profile Trees

Curious and Active evidence of the children's journey of understanding

Spring 2 (2021-2022) - Intentional and Prophetic

Pupils in St Joseph’s RC Primary School are growing to be . . .

intentional in the way they live and use the resources of the earth, guided by conscience; and prophetic in the example they set to others. 

When we are INTENTIONAL, we deliberately choose to live in a certain way. We don’t just follow the crowd. We listen to God’s voice deep inside us and choose to live by the values of Jesus.

When we are PROPHETIC, we show by our words and actions that we choose to live the Good News of Jesus.

Intentional and Prophetic Pupil Profile Trees

Intentional and Prophetic evidence of the children's journey of understanding

Summer 1 (2021-2022) - Grateful and Generous

Pupils in St Joseph’s RC Primary School are growing to be . . .

grateful for their own gifts, for the gift of other people, and for the blessings of each day; and generous with their gifts, becoming men and women for others. 

To be GRATEFUL is to always appreciate the gifts and blessings we have been given.

To be GENEROUS is to give something to someone else, to share with someone else, willingly and happily, without expecting anything.

Grateful and Generous Pupil Profile Trees

Grateful and Generous evidence of the children's journey of understanding

Summer 2 (2021-2022) - Attentive and Discerning

Pupils in St Joseph’s RC Primary School are growing to be . . .

attentive to their experience and to their vocation;

and discerning about the choices they make and the effects of those choices.

To be ATTENTIVE means that we take the time to NOTICE the big and small things in our lives, each day. We NOTICE how others respond to what we do and say. We PAY ATTENTION and LISTEN to God and others when they are speaking to us.

To be DISCERNING means that we are able to choose better what is good for us and for others. It helps us to choose God’s will for us. It helps us to become the person God has called us to be.

Attentive and Discerning Pupil Profile Trees

Attentive and Discerning evidence of the children's journey of understanding

Further information about the Jesuit Pupil Profile