Friday 17th October 2023 - Issue 6

Big Lent Walk 2024

At St Joseph's this Lent, we are standing in solidarity with our global brothers and sisters by taking part in CAFOD's Big Lent Walk. We are aiming to collectively walk 750km throughout Lent. We will be taking part in walks throughout the week at school to add to our total - some children and staff started their walks today!

Also, you can take part and add some kilometres to our Big Lent Walk total as a family. Please let the school office know where you walked and how far you walked as a family, and feel free to send in any pictures. Also, please share any walks you do outside of school to our social media platforms - we'd love to see how you get on.

You can make a donation directly to CAFOD on our school's Just Giving page. If each child is sponsored £1, we'd raise over £200 for CAFOD.

Find more information by clicking here. As always, thank you for your generosity.

Stars of the Week

This week we recognise the following children as Stars of the Week for their effort and contribution to school life:

Emily Manfredonia, Alfie Lucas, Clara Spreadbury, Kaleb Mason, Isabelle Hall, Sophia Greenwood, Hercules Pat, Grace Holmes, Georgia Hope, Natalie Riches, Rose Leighton, Austin Hennessy, Joshua Hanna, Sherwin Law, Katie Taylor, Jaime O’Brien and all Year 4 pupils

Well done, children!

Birthday Greetings

Happy birthday to all the children and staff who have or who will be celebrating their birthdays this week

Oscar Owens, Katie Taylor and Mrs Ferguson

We hope you have had or will have a lovely day!

Please ensure that the correct PE kit is worn. Click here for further information on uniform.

Photographer in School

The School Photographer will be coming into school next Friday, 20 October to take photographs of Family, Sibling and Individuals, starting with Families at 8.30am.

Could you please ensure your child wears school uniform on that day,

Many thanks.

Mid-day Assistant Vacancy

We currently have a couple of mid-day assistant vacancies available in school. If it is something you are interested in or you know of someone who may be for an 1 hr and 15 minutes a day, please can you call into school to collect an application form or contact Miss Rose on:

stjoseph_finance@sch.warrington.gov.uk about the vacancy.

Many thanks.

Communication with parents

At St Joseph’s we communicate with parents normally through ParentApps and the weekly newsletter and at times we will send a hard copy of a letter home. We are aware that parents have set up their own WhatsApp groups and share information and thoughts through this medium. We do not communicate via WhatsApp so I would ask parents when enquiring about school events to refer to the official sources for clarity and not via WhatsApp as there have been occasions when confusion has occurred through this app.

Food allergies

Please be reminded that some of our children suffer with severe allergic reactions to peanuts, nuts, lentils and peas. If an anaphylactic reaction occurs we are trained to immediately use Jext pens of Epipens and call 999. Please do not use Nivea suncream as it has almond oil in it and we have children with severe nut allergies. Please do not send any items containing the above into school for your child’s lunch or snack.

Thank you for your support, as always.

Parking Outside School

Please be mindful when parking outside the school that you do not block resident driveways. We have had several polite requests to pass on.

Influenza (flu) vaccination

You will have received a letter informing you of the offer of a flu vaccination for you child. This will take place on Wednesday 22nd November in school. Please see the letter for more information and how to book.

Class Assembly Dates

Thursday, 9 November: Year 5 Class Assembly - 9.15am

Thursday, 7 December: Year 6 RT Class Assembly - 9.15am

All are welcome to our class assemblies

Positivity Post

Thank you to Year 4 for launching our CAFOD Live Simply award for the year. The children shared the message of living simply, living sustainably and living in solidarity beautifully.

Year 3 football champions!

Well done to our Year 3 girls' football team for coming 1st in their tournament earlier this week

STEM Competition

Last week, some of our Year 6 children attended a STEM competition in Bolton. All of our children did superbly and represented our school beautifully.

Dates for your diary

Friday 20th October - Photographer in School (Families, Siblings and Individuals): 8.30am—1pm

Monday 23rd-Friday 27th October - Year 5 Bikeability

Wednesday 25th October - Open Evening: 1.45pm and 6pm

Mon-Fri, 30th Oct-3rd Nov - HALF TERM

Monday 6th November - School term starts

Thursday 9th November - Year 5 class assembly - 9.10am

Thursday 7th December - RT Class Assembly - 9.10am

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