Author: Mrs Thomson

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

The Parent Council are hosting a meeting in school on Monday 25th March at 6pm to discuss Whitburn Galaday.

We would love to invite anyone who is interested in helping to organise the best galaday for the kids to come along. This could be anything from helping to make costumes to walking.

The minutes from the Parent Council’s meeting in March can be viewed below. Our next meeting is on 13th May at 6pm. All are welcome to attend – we would love to see more parents there!

St Joseph’s PC meeting 04th March 2024

The Equity Team have created a ‘Sharing Shelf’ in the front foyer at the school entrance. You will find lots of non-perishable foods and lots of other household items that people can come and take when needed. We also have lots of toothbrushes, toothpaste and other toiletries. There is also lots of uniform and kids clothes on our clothing rack in the foyer.

All items are available to everyone to ‘take what they need and give what they can’. We will be adding other items to the shelf in the next few weeks. If you can think of anything else we could offer, please let the school know.

We really appreciate your support in making this ‘sharing shelf’ a success.

Thanks,

The Equity Team

The minutes from the Parent Council meeting on the 8th January can be viewed below.

The next meeting will be held in school on Monday 5th February at 6pm. All are welcome to attend.

St Joseph’s PC meeting Mon 08th Jan 2024 (3)

Our Equity Champions were delighted to get their group badge to proudly display. They have been busy last term creating a ‘Sharing  Shelf’ in the foyer at the main entrance, where families can give what they can and take what they need from it.

They are also very happy to see families making good use of our School Uniform rack.

The Parent Council are looking for Stallholders for their Christmas Fayre.

If you are a parent/guardian with a small business and are interested in having a table, reach out to a member of the Parent Council to book your table.

Costs are £15 and a donation to the raffle.

The Parent Council are excited to share their very first fundraising event. . . .

Our very own Christmas Fayre

in St Joseph’s Parish Hall on December 3rd

2pm – 5pm

Put the date in your diaries. Pop along and help make it a huge success!

We have spaces for stall holders for parents/guardians of children within the school. (Look out for more info coming soon!)