Huge thanks to all who contributed to our Harvest Food Bank Appeal and to Jack and his parents help in transporting the goods to the food bank. We have been assured that this food is urgently needed and will go back into our own community of Port Talbot.
Charity begins at home…
To celebrate Family Fast Day, children are invited to wear own clothes and bring in tinned food and toiletries for local Food Bank on Friday 6th October.
Family Fast Day is on Friday 6 October.
If you would like to send in a donation you are very welcome.
Come together as a parish, so that families like Meera’s can get help from doctors and other local experts when they need it most.
Dr Nasha’s mobile medical clinic gets life-saving help to where it’s needed most, fast – so when her team arrived in Meera’s village after it had been destroyed by flooding, she rushed to the clinic to get her children the treatment they needed.
Thank you for all your support!
Join us in praying this Harvest as we celebrate God’s gifts and seek to respond with gratitude and generosity.
Generous God, we thank you
for the gifts you have given
for all people to share.
We plant seeds of hope
and nurture them as we seek
a harvest of plenty for all.
Forgive us for the times these seeds
fail to take root in our hearts.
We grieve when homes and crops
are washed away by floods,
when lives are uprooted by disaster,
or trampled by fear and greed.
Living God, you lead us
to a new way of being.
Move us to help one another
in our times of need,
to care for the earth and
to love one another,
sharing your harvest with all.
Amen.
Catherine Gorman/CAFOD
Missio Prayer group in Year 2 coordinate our daily prayers to Mary.
In the month of June our prayers turn to the Sacred Heart.
Year 2 Missio Prayer group work together with their younger prayer partners to lead prayers to the Sacred Heart.
Missio World group have been reflecting on how we cab good global neighbours. How can we follow Pope Francis advice to look after our common world?
Year 2 Pupils living out our Mission Statement to ‘Make Christ and his values known to all and be of service to society’. Children we have reflected on Pope Francis’ call in Laudato Si to look after our God given world walking in the footsteps of Jesus to help others.
Year 2 Missio World
Date: 12th Jan 2023
Present: 22 year 2 pupils
Agenda:
We talked about how we have been reflecting on the Catholic Virtues of attentive and Discerning, through our actions in school and in our deeds through encouraging others to reflect on how we can live out, put into action being attentive to Jesus’ word and to be discerning, to make right choices.
Starting with us, children discussed how we can make a difference in school.
Action:
Monitors were selected to switch of light and switch off light switches.
| Ethically informed- Looking after our world Pope Francis’ message- Laudato Si | ||
| Reducing waste- water | Switching off lights | Recycling- Coats Uniform shoes |
| Action Monitors until Feb 23 | Action Monitors until Feb 23 | Action: Ms B to write to parents to ask for good quality, clean coats, uniform and shoes. |
We also thought about how this fits in with our right to say what we think should happen (Article 12) and with recycling coats, uniform and shoes, we would be able to grow up to be healthy (Article 6).
School Council: Rights of the Child
| Autumn: | Spring | Summer |
| Article 29: Your right to become the best that you can be. | Article 12: Your right to say what you think should happen and be listened to. | Article 15: Your right to meet with friends and join groups and clubs. |
| Article 6: You have the right to life and to grow up to be healthy. | Article 28: Your right to learn and to go to school. | Article 19: You should not be harmed and should be looked after and kept safe. |
Missio Prayer Meeting
Date: 9.1.2023
Present: Joseph, Ophelia, Sophia, Tommy, Nori, Skyler, Ms Beaumont
Agenda: Year 2 Missio Prayer Ambassadors met with Ms Beaumont to think about our mission statement.
We discussed how we could show these in action. Pupils thought about the first 2 child friendly aims:
Missio prayer pupils decided to take photographs in school to drop into Pic-collage and share with all classes. These can shared and be discussed and displayed in all classes.
Next step:
Take photos
Drop into app
Discuss next 3 Mission Statement aims:
Love another
Walk in the footsteps of Jesus to help others
Work together to make our school the best school it can be.
Date of Next Meeting:
12.01.2023
Our St Joes Missio Prayer
Give us the strength to carry out your work, helping and praying for children.
Help us to be brave, forgiving and loving.
To be the best that we can be.
Help us to look after our world, the seas, the rivers and animals.
We ask this through Jesus Christ our Lord,
Amen
Created on Tuesday 22th October by Year 2 Missio Prayer
