Walk for Peace! Walk for Olivia!
We hope you can join us in supporting two very important causes this April.
The aim is to walk the coastal path of Wales – 1680 miles collectively!
Please sign up to our Strava Challenge – Instructions are detailed below.
Any questions, please comment at the bottom of this post.
To find out more about Olivia Finches Fight, please click on the link below!
https://www.justgiving.com/crowdfunding/olivia-finch-fight?utm_term=en8gyGyKe
To sign up to our Strava club, please click the link below!
https://www.strava.com/clubs/saintjosephsinfants
Challenge begins Friday April 1st. Good luck!
An End to Physical Punishment in Wales
Dear Parents and Carers,
The law in Wales has changed for the better. It is no longer acceptable for a child to be reprimanded using physical punishment. Please see information below from Welsh Government.
Professional Endorsement films
The Welsh Government has created three new endorsement films with three professionals who work with children. These professionals, a Paediatrician, a Child Psychologist and a Headteacher share why they support the law change and reasons as to why physical punishment has negative effects on children.
You can find these films on the word document on the asset bank –
English word document: https://wales.assetbank-server.com/assetbank-wales/images/assetbox/ce40e904-b1b3-4ca8-b0f6-98f9e78cd2ad/asset8260.html
Welsh word document: https://wales.assetbank-server.com/assetbank-wales/images/assetbox/ce40e904-b1b3-4ca8-b0f6-98f9e78cd2ad/asset8261.html
Download the word document and then scroll down to page 2 and click the link to the film you wish to access. This will take you to vimeo where you can download the film in different format sizes.
Minority community leaflets
The Welsh Government has translated the parent factsheet into 12 other languages please find them here:
Simplified Chinese: https://wales.assetbank-server.com/assetbank-wales/images/assetbox/ce40e904-b1b3-4ca8-b0f6-98f9e78cd2ad/asset8540.html
Minority community animations
The Welsh Government has created a short animation with the core campaign message in 12 other languages:
| Arabic | French | Portuguese | Romanian |
| Bengali | Gujarati | Polish | Simplified Chinese |
| Dari | Nepali | Punjabi | Urdu |
These animations can be found on the word document on the asset bank –
English word document: https://wales.assetbank-server.com/assetbank-wales/images/assetbox/ce40e904-b1b3-4ca8-b0f6-98f9e78cd2ad/asset8260.html
Welsh word document: https://wales.assetbank-server.com/assetbank-wales/images/assetbox/ce40e904-b1b3-4ca8-b0f6-98f9e78cd2ad/asset8261.html
Download the word document and then scroll down to page 2 and click the link to the animation you wish to access. This will take you to vimeo where you can download the film in different format sizes.
App and Gaming Age of Consent
Here are some informative links that explain the content of various games/apps that your child may be playing. More importantly – the age of consent.
TikTok age of consent is 13+
See this link from Common Sense Media with reviews from children and parents about its content.
Fortnite PEGI rating 12+
Read Common Sense Media’s full review of Fortnite, and learn more about how it works. Then find answers below to parents’ most frequently asked questions about the game and how to use it safely
Call of Duty PEGI Rating 18+
Please be aware what children may be seeing/exposed to when older siblings or parents are playing this game.
Players use a variety of guns, knives, and explosives to kill other humans, resulting in death, gore, and bloodshed
https://www.commonsensemedia.org/game-reviews/call-of-duty-infinite-warfare
Recommended 8+
Poppy Playtime is a unique first-person horror adventure game. Likewise, there are many elements in the game that are purposefully designed to creep players out. With any game release that is in the horror genre, adults, as well as parents, are always concerned about age restrictive content.
Tiny Toes Ballet in the Nursery
We have been very lucky to enjoy sessions with Eleanor from Tiny Toes Ballet!
Here are some pictures from our sessions!
Photography sessions with Jack Moyse!
Year 2 have been lucky enough to enjoy photography sessions with expert, local Mumbles photographer Mr Jack Moyse!
We began by taking portrait images of each other using a camera on a tripod and then explored using healthy and unhealthy foods for some still-life shots!
We enjoyed learning about and using the different equipment that Jack had brought.
We look forward to working with Jack regularly and creating a Cynefin project during after school clubs!
Diolch Mr Moyse!
Tiny Toes Ballet
We are very excited and proud to be part of Neath Port Talbot Council Child Development Funding Programme of Activities.
NPT Council has created this programme to bring opportunities to children under 5 and their families who have been negatively impacted by the Covid-19 Pandemic. And we at Tiny Toes Ballet are so very happy to be offering free sessions throughout March to those children from 6 months to 5 years in Port Talbot, Alltwen, Skewen and Longford.
We hope to bring the fun and magic of tiny toes ballet along with the social interaction of our classes for the children and parents, that have lacked just that throughout the pandemic.
Bookings are open NOW for our March session in the NPT district.
St. David’s Day 2022 – Y2 Mass Celebration
Year 2 celebrated a wonderful St. David’s Day Mass on Tuesday with Father Andrzej.
It was a special Mass where were able to take part by reading the Bidding Prayers.
We look forward to returning to Mass in Church in the future! We are very grateful that Father Andrzej brought the Mass to us in our classroom. What a special celebration to mark the Feast of Saint David.