Friday 27th October 2023 - Issue 8

Star of the Week

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

Tobias Akerman, Bluebell Barratt, Ned Horan, Matilda Parker, Holly Grimshaw, Sebastian Wellstead, Chidalu Eriobuna, Abigail McAllister, Isabelle Bannon, Evelina Pakhucha, Gisele Lai, Molly Marlow, William Smith, Finley Brown, Lexi Cook, Samuel Staniford, Phoebe Linaker and Evie Holford

Well done, children!

Birthday Greetings

Happy birthday to all the children and staff who have or who will be celebrating their birthdays this week and over the half term holiday.

Charles Wilde, Charlotte Byrne, Boaz Sutton, Charlotte Hale, Arthur Locke, Thomas Vickery, Sophie McGuire, Ethan Tang, Atahya Olivier-Allen and Mrs Beech

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

Book Fair

The Book Fair will be coming to school week commencing Monday 6th November - Wednesday 8th November.

Please bring cash as we don't accept card payments or bank transfers for this.

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 send items into school containing hazelnut spread as 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.

Year 1 Phonics Meeting

Year 1 Phonics Parents Information Session will be held on Wednesday, 22 November, 3.30pm in the Year 1 classroom.

Christingle at St Joseph's

This will be held on Tuesday, 12 December at 6pm

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.