 This year, our first priority on our School Development Plan is to review and improve our provision of Prayer and Liturgy across the school. Miss Copp, along with our Mission and Purpose Committee and our GIFT Team. We know together that they will further develop this important aspect of the Catholic life of our school. There has been a new ‘Prayer and Liturgy Directory -To love you more dearly’ published and we will be using this resource to guide any changes.
We’ve made a good start with Fr Vimal visiting classes this week to lead them in prayer. We look forward to staring further developments, with this and our other priorities, over the coming weeks.
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 Today we updated our hall map with pins on each country from where our families originate. As far as we are aware, apart from England, Scotland, Ireland and Wales, we also have families from the following countries…..
Colwyn Bay may not be the one of the more diverse communities in the UK but I am fairly confident that our school is one of the most diverse in North Wales. This makes us happy and proud as it means our school is very special. In celebration we have started this academic year with a Whole School Writing Theme on Diversity. To begin we have been reading books which celebrate diversity and reflecting on our similarities and differences. We hope to share some of our work on this theme at our Family Open Evening on Tuesday 24th September (3.30pm - 5.30pm). At this event there will be a chance for parents and carers to meet staff, ask questions about aspects of school life and chat over a cup of tea or coffee. We also aim to provide cakes and snacks from around the world. (If you’d like to make/bring something to share, please let myself or Mrs Pritchard know) Thank you for all your support this week - getting children to school on time in the right uniform has meant we’ve made a great start to the year. Mr J Wilkinson Croeso yn ôl, pawb.
In this afternoon’s first assembly we shared the story of creation. One of the wonderful things about life in school (for children and adults) is that September is a new beginning. The books are new - their pages blank and inviting. Shoes are shiny and pencils sharp. All is good. No mistakes have been made, yet (adults and children). Anything is possible - the year when we will be the best we can be. And we’ve made a good start. I’ve seen lots of positive signs across the school, with happy faces on almost all children, staff and parents. It was great to welcome some very new families to our Playgroup Open Afternoon on Wednesday and also a few new faces at Friday coffee in the Parish Centre. (If you’ve never been to Friday coffee, why not give it go next week? They don’t bite!) Thank you to everyone for ensuring compliance with uniform. I’ve never really been one for policing uniform but last year finally started to realise the importance. It is not so we look good/smart/posh. It is so we look and feel the same. As soon as uniform slips, fashion starts appearing and fashion can lead to inequality, jealousy and falling out. Nobody is better or more important than anyone else in St Joseph’s, so we wear the same clothes. We will be sending out a list of term dates next week which will include details of after school clubs and Autumn Parents Open Evening. As always, if you have any questions or concerns, don’t save them up, ask at the gate, pick up the phone or drop us an email. Mr J Wilkinson |
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