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Month: September 2021

New Admissions- Become part of the St Joseph’s Family of Schools

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Admissions for Saint Joseph’s Infant School

 

St Joseph’s Catholic Infant School is a Christ centred caring and effective learning community, where pupils aged 3-7 years celebrate through prayer and worship their love of God. Walking in the footsteps of Christ we work together to prepare our children to be resilient, resourceful  learners, to love one another and help others. Our aim is to provide the very best learning experience for each and every child.

 

Saint Joseph’s Infant school has excellent transition with St Joseph’s Junior School and St Joseph’s Catholic Sixth Form Centre, providing a Catholic education from 3-18 years. If you would like to become part of our family of Catholic schools and you would like us to be partners with you, as your child take the first steps in formal education please contact:

Ms Julie Beaumont Headteacher on 01639 882579 or

Email: stjosinf@npt.school

Nursery Classes September 2021 and September 2022  To ensure that we allocate places to Catholic children as is our mission, we are now collecting names for those children born between 1st September 2018 and 31st August 2019 and 1st September 2019 and August 2020

 

 

 

Our St Joseph’s Pupil Profile: Our Values and Virtues

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Our Pupil Profile: Our Values and Virtues

As a Catholic School in the Diocese of Menevia, we have embraced the Catholic Schools’ Pupil Profile, which teaches the children a set of eight pairs of virtues to be internalised and cultivated –

enabling them to grow in wholeness as fully rounded individuals in the image of God.

The pairs of virtues are:

 

  1. Grateful and generous                                                
  2. Attentive and discerning
  3. Compassionate and loving
  4. Faith-filled and hopeful
  5. Eloquent and truthful
  6. Learned and wise
  7. Curious and active
  8. Intentional and prophetic

 

At St Joseph’s Infant School, the children 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, now and in the future.

 

Attentive to their experience and to their vocation; and discerning about the choices they make and the effects of those choices.

 

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

 

Faith-filled in their beliefs and hopeful for the future.

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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.

 

Each half Term we explore ways in which we can develop in our virtues and values.

Saint Joseph’s Catholic Pupil Profile

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Our Pupil Profile: Our Values and Virtues

 

As a Catholic School in the Diocese of Menevia, we have embraced the Catholic Schools’ Pupil Profile, which teaches the children a set of eight pairs of virtues to be internalised and cultivated –

enabling them to grow in wholeness as fully rounded individuals in the image of God.

 

 

 

The pairs of virtues are:

 

  1. Grateful and generous                                                
  2. Attentive and discerning
  3. Compassionate and loving
  4. Faith-filled and hopeful
  5. Eloquent and truthful
  6. Learned and wise
  7. Curious and active
  8. Intentional and prophetic

 

At St Joseph’s Infant School, the children 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, now and in the future.

 

Attentive to their experience and to their vocation; and discerning about the choices they make and the effects of those choices.

 

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

 

Faith-filled in their beliefs and hopeful for the future.

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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.

 

Each half Term we explore ways in which we can develop in our virtues and values.

Welcome Back! New Year! Exciting New beginnings

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Dear Parents, Carers, and children,

Welcome back to a new academic year, a fresh  beginning for everyone. We are so looking forward to seeing everybody on Monday morning. I hope that you have had a great summer holidays and I’m sure that the children are ready for the exciting new learning and challenges that we have planned for them.

 

 

Organisation of School day for September

 The systems we have in place have been successful in keeping everyone safe. In September, as we transition into a new norm, we will continue with a staggered approach to the start and end of the school day. As we are finishing building work in the front side yard there will be a few changes for the next few weeks.

  Start Location Pick Up Location
Nursery

Mrs Coughlin

 9:00 Nursery 11:30 Nursery
Reception –Mrs Mapp/

Mrs Torrance

 8:55 Teachers will meet children by the Front Ramp (next to my office) to enter into the main yard. Week 1

6th-10th at 1:00 pm

Week 2

13th -17th  at 2:00 pm

Week 3

2:50

 Main playground, left hand side
Reception /

Year 1

Mrs James

 8:50 Main Entrance Year 1 finish at 2:50

 

Reception children Week 1

6th-10th at 1:00 pm

Week 2

13th -17th  at 2:00 pm

Week 3

2:50

 Main playground, right hand side
Year 1/ Year2 Mrs Turner 8:50 Front Ramp 2:50 Front Ramp
Year 2 Mrs Owen

(Miss W)

 8:45 Front Ramp 2:45 Front Ramp

Breakfast Club

Will be available for Years 1 and 2 from Monday 6th September 2021. Whilst Reception children can access Breakfast Club from Monday 20th September. Please complete and return consent from to our Cook Mrs Pat McGimpsey. Drop off from 8:20

Belated congratulations to Pat on celebrating a big birthday during the Summer holidays.

Lunchtime Routines

We hope to return to using the dining hall for lunch. Initially with Reception, then adding other Year groups as the month progresses. Reception children will stay for lunch from day one. School hot dinners are available, or if they prefer, children can bring a lunchbox. Please remember to write your child’s name clearly on the lunchbox to avoid confusion and tears. As a Healthy School, wherever possible, could we encourage healthy choices.

Water Bottle- clearly labelled

Hydration is vital to good learning and wellbeing. Please send your child daily, a clearly labelled bottle filled with water.