Fantastic News!
Language and Play is back up and running!
Beat flu- Common side effects from nasal vaccine
We will shortly be visited by our school nurses who will administer the nasal flu vaccine.
Common side effects from the nasal spray vaccine are usually mild and only last a day or two but may include:
- a stuffy runny nose
- Headache
- aching muscles
- reduced appetite
- slight temperature
If you have any questions talk to your school nurse or call NHS Direct Wales on 9845 4647 or 111
www.beatflu.org
Improving our learning environment to provide the very best learning opportunities
In line with the school’s vision for Curriculum for Wales:
Our School Vision
We are a Welsh Catholic school with a strong sense of community that caters for children from the age of 3 to 7. Our school vision is encapsulated in our school motto ‘We can do our best and God will do the rest!’ and in Article 29 – ‘Your right to be the best you can be.’ Our Catholic vision and values are at the core of everything we do. They guide our children and underpin our teaching and learning, and provide an environment which prepares our children as confident happy citizens of Wales and of the wider world. We provide a Christian Community where the Catholic Faith is taught and nurtured, giving learners the best possible learning experiences and outcomes. We are extremely proud of all that goes on here.
The teachers, Governors and children have been working to deliver the very best learning environment in which to embed our new curriculum. During the Summer holidays a number of building projects have gone on.
OUTSIDE LEARNING PROVISION- Learning Hwb
Neath Port Talbot CBC have funded the building of an outside classroom, which the children have named ‘the bandstand’.
OUTSIDE CLASSROOM
A covered area has also been built to allow learning activities to take place adjacent to the ramp accessing Reception and Year 1 classrooms.
New Admissions- Become part of the St Joseph’s Family of Schools
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
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:
- Grateful and generous
- Attentive and discerning
- Compassionate and loving
- Faith-filled and hopeful
- Eloquent and truthful
- Learned and wise
- Curious and active
- 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
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:
- Grateful and generous
- Attentive and discerning
- Compassionate and loving
- Faith-filled and hopeful
- Eloquent and truthful
- Learned and wise
- Curious and active
- 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
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.
We come together as part of God’s family- Collective Worship
Welcome everyone!
God speaks to us and we listen
We respond to the Word of God.
We want to share the Good News!