Are you a Parent/Carer of a child with Additional Learning Needs (ALN)?
NPT Inclusion Service is offering the opportunity for you to meet with staff members to discuss any concerns you may have on Tuesday 28thJanuary 2020 between 9.00am – 12.00pm in:
Nghanolfan Sant Paul/St Pauls Centre
Stryd Gerald /Gerald Street
Port Talbot
SA12 6DQ
Os hoffech gadw lle ar gyfer ymgynghoriad e-bostiwch addysg@npt.gov.uk
If you would like to book a slot for consultation please email education@npt.gov.uk
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 love one another and help others. Our aim is to provide the very best learning experience for each and every child through working together as a school community to make St Joseph’s the very best school it can be.
Estyn inspectors visited school in Jan 2019 and found
Pupils enjoy coming to school and have positive attitudes to learning and playing with friends. These strong relationships and the secure environment helps them feel safe and happy in school.
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 on 882579 to arrange an informal Drop in.
Nursery Class September 2020
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 2017 and 31st August 2018
We especially remember those who have died during the wars. We also pray for our family and friends who have died.
Come along and help us to remember.
Remembering the Pope’s message for children to pray for children, we created our own prayers for refugees.
On Sunday in St Joseph’s Parish we will call out the list of those who died during the First World War, the Second World War, The Falklands and other conflicts.
Remembrance Sunday
We have REFlECTED in those who have died within our family, friends and community.
We joined with the whole community of Neath Port Talbot and joined in with others
schools to remember and pray for our loved ones who have died.
Missio Ambassador Collective Worship
During the month of November Missio have met with Canon Paul RE Link Governor and Mrs Brigid O’Callaghan.
They have collected photos of our loved ones who have died and placed them on our tree of remembrance. A special Collective Worship service was planned and delivered to the whole school. Missio would like to share this with our school community in the Spring term.
Advent Collective Worship
During December we meet with our parishes and prepare for the birth of Jesus.
In school we have celebrated Advent through special Collective Worships led by Canon Paul, children and staff.
In our monthly Family Mass at Saint Joseph’s Parish we have presented our own prayers for Christmas during the Offertory. We have been thinking hard about how we can get our hearts ready to show love and be hospitable to others. We have also reflected on how we can be ATTENTIVE and listen to God’s word and DISCERN- make right choices.
Parents at home please take time to think about Catholic Virtues:
We provide a daily act of collective worship. Worship lies at the heart of Christian life and at the heart of our school. This reflects the traditions of our Catholic community. At St Joseph”s this takes many exciting and spiritually developing experiences for all the children. Collective Worship often makes links to our school’s core Christian Values. We follow the Catholic Church Calendar when planning Collective Worship and St Joseph’s has built up an excellent relationship with Saint Joseph’s Port Talobot and Our Lady of Margam to support this work. Children are encourage to plan, lead and evaluate worship throughout the year. Our Missio Ambassadors have helped provide resources for every class. This term Missio have designed and painted pebbles displaying the Catholic virtues of ATTENTIVE and DISCERNING. These have been presented to each class. Children at an age appropriate level are responsible for setting the space for worship to take place in and leading the gathering, prayers and sending out.
We believe that the outcomes of Collective Worship should be:
Social experience
Awareness
Spiritual experience
Development of Skills
Development of Knowledge
Confidence
Ability to pray
Every child has opportunities to take part in Collective Worship and develop spiritual reflection.
Missio have been thinking about what is the main job of our school?
Please add your ideas to the Questionnaire sent home (Nov 2019) so that we can use them to revamp our Mission Statement. All entries will go into a Prize Draw.
It’s those habits of mind and action which genuinely serve the common good….Schools are the places where such virtue is generated or where it is neglected.”
Heythrop Conference Day ‘Education and Young People’ 2009
In this month of October the Extraordinary Month of Mission
We reflect on the Catholic Virtues GENEROUS and GRATEFUL
We welcomed to Saint Joseph’s Missio Coordinator for England and Wales Mrs Shiela Isaacs and Missio Leader for Menevia, our RE Link Governor Canon Paul. Children had the opportunity to chat with Mrs Isaacs about projects we have been working on in school.
We are following the Pope’s plea to
‘Go and create a world of brothers and sisters!’
Pope Francis
Building on Year 2’s Assembly message of Laudato Si we are working on the main themes of the Extraordinary month of Mission
-To encourage a deeper relationship with Jesus through prayer
-To be inspired by the actions of our saints, like St. Therese of Lisieux and missionaries like Bishop Giovani Cefai in Peru.
-To increase our support of overseas mission
During the visit our Missio Ambassadors presented Mrs Isaacs with a cheque for £127 to support the work of missions overseas.
Thanks to all our families and the community of Saint Joseph’s for your continued support.
