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The staff at St Joseph’s are looking forward to welcoming your child into our school family. We will work with you to ensure that the transition from home to the school environment is as smooth and trouble-free as possible.

Mrs Catherine Monaghan

The video is a day in the life of a reception child,please click on the link below to watch the video.

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2020 St Joseph’s Got Talent Winner

Wed 15 Jul 2020

The votes have now been counted and we can announce that the winner of this year’s St Joseph’s Got Talent is Ethan Jackson (Act 7 – Glockenspiel). It was a very close result with all the finalists separated by just a handful of votes. Thank you to all those that voted and congratulations to Ethan for sharing his musical talents with us. Ethan will be presented with the trophy on his return to school in September.

St. Joseph's Got Talent : VOTING NOW OPEN

Fri 03 Jul 2020

Thank you to all the children who entered this year’s St Joseph’s Got Talent – what an amazingly talented bunch. Staff have been so impressed with both the variety and quality of the acts that we have decided to award prizes for all entries.

Please click on the link below to see the Finalists :

St. Joseph's Finalists

Voting is now open. Each St. Joseph’s family is entitled to one vote.

Please vote for your favourite act by email (our dedicated email address is talent@sjps.lancs.sch.uk) or by letting your class teacher know via ClassDojo.

Voting will close at midnight on Sunday 12th July.
The winning act will be announced next week – good luck!

St. Joseph's Got Talent Competition

Wed 10 Jun 2020

St. Joseph's Got Talent

The St. Joseph's Got Talent event (originally scheduled for Friday 26th June) will now be held virtually. This will provide the children with a brilliant opportunity to showcase their many talents (sport, magic, singing, dancing, gymnastics, comedy, poetry etc). Video entries (maximum length of 2 minutes) can be submitted between now and the deadline of 26th June.

The judges will choose one winner from each class to go forward to the Grand Final. These will then be added to the school website to be enjoyed by the wider school community before deciding on the overall winner.

Please use this time to rehearse, polish and record your entry and then submit it to our competition email address:

talent@sjps.lancs.sch.uk

There are loads of prizes to be won!

LCC advice 28.5.2020- changes to return to school 1stJune

Thu 28 May 2020 c monaghan

https://www.lancashire.gov.uk/coronavirus-updates/schools/advice-to-schools-on-reopening-to-more-pupils/

FREE SCHOOL MEALS

Thu 02 Apr 2020 J.Coupland

Dear Parents

In light of the current situation with Covid 19, some families will have been financially affected and may now be eligible to apply for Free School Meals. The eligibility criteria is below.

Your child may be able to get free school meals if you get any of the following:

Universal Credit with a household income of less than £7,400 a year (after tax and not including any benefits you get)
Income-Based Jobseekers' Allowance
Income-Related Employment and Support Allowance
Child Tax Credit, not entitled to Working Tax Credit and household income less than £16,190
Support under part VI of the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999
Guarantee element of State Pension Credit
Income Support
Working Tax Credit 'run on' – the payment you receive for a further four weeks after you finish work

If you are not currently claiming FSM but think you now may be able to, then please follow the online application via the Lancashire County Council website:

https://www.lancashire.gov.uk/children-education-families/schools/free-school-meals/?page=1

After Easter, and during this temporary closure of school, the provision of Free School Meals will be made via a voucher system. The vouchers will be emailed to eligible families at a rate of £15 per child per week during term time. They can then be spent in a number of supermarkets on food items and toiletries.

More information will be sent to eligible families in due course.

COVID-19 School Update

Fri 20 Mar 2020

SCHOOL CLOSURE

1 of 2: From Friday 20th March at 3pm , EVERY child who can be safely cared for at home should stay at home. We strongly advise parents to keep their children at home to prevent the virus from spreading.

2 of 2: The key worker list has been announced. Please see attached. Any person who fits the official key worker criteria and does NOT have childcare at home needs to provide their badge/I.D and their work schedule to the office preferably by Friday 20th March at 4pm. This applies to children in Nursery - Year 6.

Further details will then be sent regarding Monday 23rd March .

Many thanks

Useful contact numbers

Mrs Ollerton (Family Support) 07956085742

Miss Cooper (School) 07939290962

Mrs Monaghan