Polar Express Movie Night
Jingle all the way!
Huge thanks to our wonderful Parent Teacher Association and staff who worked so hard to pull off a fantastic family movie night. Thanks also to Father Andrzej and Margam Parishioners for allowing us to use their recently refurbished hall. Pjs and sleeping bags were non negotiable!
A real team effort, thanks also to those who helped clean up at the end of the evening.
Harvest Food Bank
Huge thanks to all who contributed to our Harvest Food Bank Appeal and to Jack and his parents help in transporting the goods to the food bank. We have been assured that this food is urgently needed and will go back into our own community of Port Talbot.
Family Harvest Sessions
Please join your child next week in a parent(or grandparent) and child session.
Details below:
St Joseph’s Infants Family
What’s going On
Working together – one family in Christ
Loving and Compassionate. Huge thanks to all who sent in one of 48 Shoe boxes that have now been collected from school. Thanks also to everyone who sent in food for the Food Banks Harvest Appeal. PTA and children are going to help distribute the food.
Parents and teachers met today to plan activities for the coming months.
Harvest Pumpkin Carving: Come along and have some fun carving and decorating pumpkins. Please bring a small / medium pumpkin to carve with your child. Venue: Dining Hall Y2 Mrs Owen Monday 23rd October 9:10 am Y2/1 Mrs Turner Tuesday 24th October 9:10 am Y1/2 Mrs James Wednesday 25th October after assembly 9:40 am Reception Mrs Torrance Thursday 26th October 9:10 am Please bring: small pumpkin, carving set (eg. Poundland- plastic), stickers to decorate |
| Brighten Up Harvest Friday 27th October: Non school uniform day. Children are invited to wear harvest colours and bring £1 for School fund. |
Poppy full of Prayers: Come and join your child to design a poppy remembering those in our families who have died. Venue: Dining Hall Y2 Mrs Owen – Tuesday 7th November at 9:10 Y2/1 Mrs Turner – Wednesday 8th November at 9:10 Y1/2 Mrs James – Thursday 9th at 9:10 Reception Mrs Torrance – Friday 10th November at 9:10 Please bring copies of small photos that you might want to add to you poppy. Template will be provided. |
CAFOD Crazy Hair: Friday 17th November children are invite to wear CRAZY HAIR. Please send £1 which will be sent to CAFOD and money will be directed towards families fleeing conflict, support parents fighting climate change, and stand with communities overcoming poverty together. |
Polar Express Christmas Film Night Date to be confirmed, hopefully 6th or 7th December. Venue: Margam Parish Hall Children to dress in PJs and dressing gowns. Bell, pop corn and drink will be provided on purchase of Polar Express Ticket. |
Language and Play: If you know of any families with pre school age children, please invite them along. Could you help along with parent Rachael to help run sessions for pre school on Wednesday afternoon 1:15- 2:30? Please contact Ms Beaumont if you can help out. Start date: Wednesday 8th November |
Christmas Raffle – Heads Up Following the success of previous years, we would like to ask parents to send in small colourful gifts to make up several Christmas Hamper prizes. Mrs Owen’s Class: Red Mrs Turner’s Class: Gold Mrs James’ Class: Green Mrs Torrance’s Class: Gold Mrs Coughlin’s Class: Red |
Christmas Dinner Jumper Day 7th December. All are invited to wear Christmas jumpers and hats. Optional NSPCC donation |
Visit to Father Christmas to be confirmed, as is visit from Father Christmas to school. We are looking to buy an inexpensive selection box for all children to receive. |
Christmas Concert provisionally planned for Tuesday 12th and or Wednesday 13th December. Venue to be confirmed (Comprehensive School or St Joseph’s Church hall.) To be confirmed. |
Wellie Wednesday
The children have been discovering their senses. They have been focusing on their sense of smell. They carefully cut herbs in the sensory garden, chose what they favoured and made a room fragrance using a pestle and mortar.
Autumn School Trip – Llanelli Wetlands Centre
We had a fantastic day yesterday at Llanelli Wetlands Centre! Our concept this term is Nature so the wetlands were a perfect fit for a day of exploration!
Children were very well behaved and the weather was very kind to us.
Here are a few pictures of our day of learning.
Nature Walk
Nursery children exploring our locality in search for conkers.
Family Fast Day October 6th 2023
Charity begins at home…
To celebrate Family Fast Day, children are invited to wear own clothes and bring in tinned food and toiletries for local Food Bank on Friday 6th October.
Family Fast Day
Family Fast Day is on Friday 6 October.
If you would like to send in a donation you are very welcome.
Come together as a parish, so that families like Meera’s can get help from doctors and other local experts when they need it most.
Dr Nasha’s mobile medical clinic gets life-saving help to where it’s needed most, fast – so when her team arrived in Meera’s village after it had been destroyed by flooding, she rushed to the clinic to get her children the treatment they needed.
Thank you for all your support!
Join us in praying this Harvest as we celebrate God’s gifts and seek to respond with gratitude and generosity.
Harvest prayer 2023: Seeds of hope
Generous God, we thank you
for the gifts you have given
for all people to share.
We plant seeds of hope
and nurture them as we seek
a harvest of plenty for all.
Forgive us for the times these seeds
fail to take root in our hearts.
We grieve when homes and crops
are washed away by floods,
when lives are uprooted by disaster,
or trampled by fear and greed.
Living God, you lead us
to a new way of being.
Move us to help one another
in our times of need,
to care for the earth and
to love one another,
sharing your harvest with all.
Amen.
Catherine Gorman/CAFOD
Recycling Winter Coats at St Joseph’s
Dear parents and carers,
Have you any clean, good quality coats that you would like to recycle?
Answering Pope Francis’ call
Less is more… it is a way of living life to the full.
Please bring cleaned, coats week beginning Monday 25th September. Coats are to be taken free of charge. I would be grateful for help manning the Recycle Rail. Many thanks, Ms Beaumont