St Joseph’s Newsletter
Friday 27th January 2017
Be Attitudes
In Sunday’s gospel we hear about Jesus’ Sermon on the Mount where He
proclaimed to the crowds about the way of life to true happiness, which
are known as the Beatitudes. These Gospel values are at the heart of
Catholic education and provide the foundation for children to develop
skills for living and learning to be part of the future society.
Safeguarding Concern—Children’s Access to Social Networking Sites
It has been brought to our attention that some children have access to
their own You Tube Channel. The minimum age for any social networking
account is 13. A further concern is that images/videos of other children
from the school can be viewed on these sites wearing school uniform.
I am sure that you can understand our concern with this matter which
does not follow our agreed staff and parents code of conduct within the
Social Networking Policy which is as follows.
The following are also not considered acceptable at St Joseph’s School:
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The use of the school’s name, logo, or any other published material
without written prior permission from the Principal. This applies to
any published material including the internet or written
documentation.
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The posting of any communication or images which links the school to
any form of illegal conduct or which may damage the reputation of
the school. This includes defamatory comments.
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The disclosure of confidential or business-sensitive information; or
the disclosure of information or images that could compromise the
security of the school or safety of any member of the school
community.
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The posting of any images of employees, children, academy committee
members or anyone directly connected with the school whilst engaged
in school activities.
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Parents must not post pictures of pupils, other than their own
children, on social networking sites where these photographs have
been taken at a school event.
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Parents should make complaints through official school channels
rather than posting them on social networking sites.
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Parents should not post malicious or fictitious comments on social
networking sites about any member of the school community.
Thank you for your support with this matter.
Praise Assembly Weekly Awards
The following children were chosen for our weekly awards:
Good Work
Lissie
CJ
Harry O
Isabelle
Aidan/Lucia
Shannon
Jim
Reception
Year 1
Year 2
Year 3
Year 4
Year 5
Year 6
Virtue
Thomas
Veronica
Philip
Jack
Kimran
Aleza
Aidan W
Attendance Trophy
Congratulations to Year 1 for achieving the best attendance last week.
Reception
Year 1
Year 2
Year 3
Year 4
Year 5
Year 6
94%
98.06%
97.59%
95.33%
89.35%
92.67%
95.67%
A reminder to parents that although the gates open at 8.45am the
children must be in school for registration at 8.55am.
School Uniform
Recently girls have been wearing large decorative bow, please can they only
wear either small blue or black hair accessories in line with what is expected as part of our uniform policy.
A reminder also that girls are also only allowed to wear small plain studs in
their ears and that these should be removed for PE lessons. If your child
is unable to take these out can you please ensure that they do not wear
them to school on a PE day.
Children are allowed to wear tracksuit bottoms and jumpers for outdoor PE
and Sport sessions this half term.
Due to this spell of cold weather can you ensure that your child is wearing
appropriate uniform i.e. trousers, tights and that they have a hat and gloves
for break and lunch times too.
Thank you for your cooperation with this matter.
Diary Dates—January and February 2017
Monday 30th January—Young Voices Concert
Tuesday 31st January—Reception Class Mass (9.10am)
Wednesday 1st February—Year 3 trampolining session at Hagley
Wednesday 1st February—Stourbridge Learning Partnership Cross
Country Event at St. Joseph’s (4pm start)
Thursday 2nd February—Sacrament of Confession for Year 6 children
Tuesday 2nd February—Year 6 Candlemas ‘Service of Light’ at OLAS
(7pm)
Friday 3rd February—Year 3 trampolining session at Hagley
Saturday 4th and Sunday 5th February—Dudley Deanery Visitation by
Archbishop Bernard Longley
Sunday 5th February—Year 6 Confirmation Preparation and School Mass
at OLAS (10.30am)
Sunday 12th February—Year 6 Sacrament of Confirmation at OLAS
(2pm)
Worcester University Teacher Training Students
Our thanks go out to the seven students from Worcester University who
have been with us all this week. We wish them well as they continue their
studies in preparation to teach in a primary school later this year.
St Nicholas Owen Catholic Multi Academy Company Prayer
Lord, fill our hearts and minds as we move forward together. Enable us to
work with one another to ensure that our community continues to develop and
grow, for the benefit of all. Amen
Amen.
St Nicholas Owen Catholic Multi Academy Company and St Joseph’s are
committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young
people, and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.