Author: Mrs Thomson

Thank you to everyone who came along to our visit their child’s classroom a fortnight ago. It was another very successful event.

The next session will be held on Wednesday October 30th (in the afternoon). Details of timings will be sent out nearer the time.

As a school, we are reviewing our policy on homework and value your opinions. Can you please fill out the Google form below? If you have more than one child at the school you only need to fill out one form; there is a box at the bottom if you wish to write anything for a specific class.

https://forms.office.com/e/RE6FUHk5Tj

Thanks,

Mrs Thomson

The Parent Council Constitution is available for you to review before the upcoming AGM on Monday 23rd September.

All parents are invited to attend the meeting. There will be a poll for the timing of the meeting added to the Facebook page for you to select the best time for people to attend.

Thanks

St Joseph’s RC Primary (Whitburn) Constitution – September 2024

We are delighted and proud to share that the school is now officially a ‘Reading School’ after achieving our Core Level Reading Award from the Scottish Book Trust.

A huge well done to all staff and pupils involved in this. We look forward continuing our reading journey as we hold lots of reading events throughout this year.

We are excited to be working with West Lothian Foodbank to produce our very first Summer Fashion Show!

The pupils have put in a lot of work in order to make the event a huge success and would appreciate your support on the day. We would love as many parents & carers to come to it as possible to support the children and West Lothian Foodbank.

If you would like tickets, please fill in the Form below and tickets will be sent home with your child. (If you have already filled in a paper form – you do not need to fill this in. Your tickets are already reserved.)

https://forms.office.com/e/uB7JYAGqwF

Thanks,

The Equity Team

We are working towards our first Scottish Book Trust Reading Schools Award. As part of this, we would like as many parents & carers as possible to complete a quick survey on their attitudes to reading. Click on the link below to fill it in.

https://forms.office.com/e/mugS5yjFh9

Thank you!

We are delighted to share that we have been awarded our Bronze Level accreditation for the Attachment and Trauma Sensitive Schools Award (ATSSA) and now recognised as an “Attachment and Trauma Aware” school. This is an external sign of recognition of our commitment to develop a culture of compassion and nurture in St Joseph’s.

You can read our report, written by Jenny Nock (award creator) below. We were very happy to have been seen as having 8 ‘particular strengths’. We will continue our journey and hopefully achieve our Silver Award in September.

Bronze Awarding Letter

Grown ups are invited to join their children in their classes tomorrow to see what they have been learning. Pop along to school 2 – 3pm. The Foodbank will be in the DEN with a pop up shop for Camp clothes for our P7s going to camp. Adult Learning services will also be attending to chat with anyone who wants to know more about how their service can help you.

We look forward to seeing you tomorrow!

This year we thought it would be good if the school and parent council worked together to create costumes so that we all, as a community, can join in on the Gala Day celebrations. To do this, some parents are working with the school to organise costumes for the children to wear. These will come in at a cost of £5 each, with any leftover funds going to the Parent and Nursery Council for future events.

The theme for this year’s Gala Day is Roald Dahl books and St Joseph’s have chosen “The Big Friendly Giant” as their book. The costumes have been designed for the BFG or for Sophie (all items included are detailed below). From your own stock at home, to finish the outfit, you will only need a pair of black leggings/trousers (and potentially a cardigan for Sophie).

The children have been shown the costumes in school, pictures can be viewed below. A letter will be sent home with a return slip for you to order a costume/costumes. Please return the slip to the school  with the money as soon as possible, but no later than 24th of May, and your child will be sent home with the appropriate outfit/accessories.

If you are interested in helping, we invite you to come along to one of our crafting drop-in sessions on Friday mornings between 09am – 12pm at the school on the following dates: 03/05, 10/05, 17/05, 24/05, 31/05, 07/06, 14/06 and 21/06.

Many thanks for your attention,
The Parent and Nursery Council