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Pupil Voice: Which charity will be be supporting in the Spring Term?

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Missio Council have been tasked with organising a vote to decide which charity we should support in the Spring Term. Children had one vote each. Every child voted. Missio Council had selected 4 very worthwhile charities:

  1. CAFOD – Catholic Agency for Overseas Development
  2. Missions in Peru – we have a personal connection with Bishop Giovanni (Monsignor Joseph’s brother)
  3. Ty Hafen – a children’s hospice
  4. Charity supporting Epidermolysis bullosa ( Butterfly Skin), Epidermolysis bullosa is a rare skin condition. People born with this condition are often called “butterfly children” because their skin is as delicate as a butterfly’s wings.
    Home – DEBRA UK

    Watch this space for results!







    Epidermolysis bullosa

Book Swap Friday 24th January – Reduce, Reuse, Recycle

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Message from Missio School Council:

Please send books of an excellent quality into school by Thursday 23rd January.

Missio Council will collect them. If everyone sends at least one book into school, every child will have the opportunity to choose a new book on Friday 24th, to take home and read. Age range 4-8 years.

Laudato Si- Care for our common home. God’s gift to us.

Missio Pupil Council are working on projects in school to Reduce, Recycle, Reuse.

Small changes can make a difference.

A change in the law- Children (Abolition of Defence of Reasonable Punishment) (Wales) Act 2020

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Children (Abolition of Defence of Reasonable Punishment) (Wales) Act 2020

Dear Parents and Carers,

I thought it would be useful to outline the implications of a change in the law.

This change means all physical punishment of children will be illegal in Wales, including by parents, carers and anyone acting in loco parentis in any setting in Wales. ​

What has changed? ​

The Act came into force on 21 March 2022. It abolishes a defence of “reasonable punishment” in the existing criminal offences of assault and battery against a child.  ​

What does this mean for families?

Physical punishment includes smacking, hitting, slapping, shaking or otherwise punishing a child using physical force. ​

For schools

It has been illegal in schools, children’s homes, local authority foster care homes and childcare settings for some time.  ​

The change means all physical punishment of children will be illegal in Wales, including by parents, carers and anyone acting in loco parentis in any setting in Wales. ​

Meet our new child elected Missio Council

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After a whole school assembly on a letter from Pope Francis Missio have been thinking about how we can look after our common home. How we can listen to the cry of the earth, by reducing, reusing, recycling.

Missio Book Swap:

Our first project focuses on books, we will reduce and reuse by recycling books. Missio Book Swap!

Year 2 will be sharing more information with parents.

Key information:

Missio have planned a book swap for Friday 24th January.

What do we need?

Books in excellent condition, age range 3-8.

More Library Visits:

Instead of buying new books, let’s reuse!

Missio have also decided that we should use our local library more often. They have asked there teachers to book us in at Port Talbot library.

Missio discussed which charities to support in the Spring term. Classes will be asked to vote. Missio members will conduct the vote.

  1. CAFOD
  2. MISSION Club
  3. Ty Hafen

Thanks for your help with our pupil voice!

The Feast of St Nicholas – whole school party

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Huge thanks to Father Krzys who visited today to lead our whole school assembly.

We gathered, we listened to the Word, we sang our Alleluias, ” Stay awake! Be ready! You do not know the time when the Lord is near! The Lord is coming soon!”

Father Krzys shared the story of St Nicholas whose feast is tomorrow. Every child was then presented with a treat. A selection box. Many thanks for our link Governor support in our faith formation.

Whole School Christmas Party

School lunch is free for every child in our school; Reception to Year 2. Please take advantage of this amazing offer. Today, huge thanks to all our lunchtime supervisors and kitchen staff especially our School Cook Pat who provided a fantastic Christmas party lunch.

Missio -Our Catholic Children’s Council

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What is Missio in St Joseph’s Catholic Infant School?

We are the hands, the feet and the voice of Christ on earth, in our school, our homes and in the world.

  1. Missio is run by children.

2. It is our school Council.

3.Three children are elected in each class. Their job is to make decisions and feed information and ideas back to their classmates.

Our School Missio Council 2024-5:

Year Two pupils help with the day to day running of our Missio work.

Autumn Update:

Missio Voice:

School

Missio Council voted to create for a memorial for David Ejimofor.

After much discussion Missio council decided to buy a bench which would be put in the front school yard. They also voted which bench to buy. Monsignor Joseph kindly visited school and blessed the bench (November 2024). A beautiful prayer service marked this very special occasion. David and Mrs Maria Ejimofor mother of David and her family will always have a place in our prayers.

Christmas Party Lunch for everyone Thursday 5th December – Nadolig Llawen

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Dear Parents,

Special Assembly On Thursday 5th December our RE Link Governor Father Krzys will be visiting school to deliver an assembly on St Nicholas. He will be sharing some of the stories from his homeland of Poland. A special gift was given to every child in school last year. Watch this space!

Party Lunch for everyone Also on Thursday our School Cook Mrs Pat McGimpsey (Auntie Pat) will be busy preparing a Party Lunch for the whole school. Every child, including those who usually choose to be packed lunch, is invited to take part. Christmas jumpers and hats would add some festive cheer to the day.

On the menu:

Sandwiches – ham or cheese

Pizza

Cocktail sausage

Crisps

Drink

Ice cream

Christmas Stars Message: Please fill in and return Christmas messages of love, which will be hung on the school Christmas tree. This is part of Missio’s mission to reduce waste. Celebrating our school diversity -it would be fantastic to have messages of love in as many languages as possible.

Christmas Raffle: Thanks to those who have sent gifts to make up a Christmas Raffle Hamper. Please send gifts of Gold. Red and Green into school. Examples of gifts are in the collage below.

Reminder please hand glass items to staff.

Huge thanks to both Father Krzys and Pat!