Winter PE Kit

A number of parents have asked for clarity regarding PE Kit during the winter months. During these exceptional times, and in order to continue to provide practical PE lessons, we are allowing pupil to wear PE clothing throughout the entire school day.As you are aware, the changing rooms are currently out of use – therefore … Read more

GCSEs Summer 2021

Yesterday, we received notification that our current Year 11 pupils will not be sitting GCSE examinations in the summer. The Education minister has taken the decision to replace formal external examinations with assessments that will take place inside the classroom. Her press release made it clear that these assessments will be set and marked by … Read more

Arrangements for Next Week – w/c 2nd Nov 2020

Dear all, I do hope that you / your child(ren) have had a good week and have kept yourselves safe and well! As you have no doubt seen on the news, secondary schools in Wales are operating differently from tomorrow.  School is open to Years 7 & 8 as normal and pupils in these year … Read more

Covid-19 (Coronavirus) Case

Dear Parent / Guardian Re:Information regarding a confirmed case of coronavirus in St. Joseph’s Catholic & Anglican High School.     NHS Wales Test, Trace, Protect has been informed of a confirmed case of COVID-19 (Coronavirus) in a pupil who attends this school.   Mr Wilkinsonis working closely with Public Health Wales, the Local Authority … Read more

Covid-19 Cases

Last week the DailyPost ran a news article about Covid-19 pupil related absence. The article was based on a freedom of information request to Wrexham County Borough Council. The data the council provided for was for the 29th Septembmer – one day only! The figures listed for St. Joseph’s show 15 pupils being absent. It did … Read more

Weekly Bulletin: 2 October 2020

Issue2-2 October 2020 St. Joseph’s is using Google Classroom to provide remote learning (in the event of a whole or partial closure). Pupils and parents can expect a mixture of the following: Work will be set according to the timetable (stick to the timetable in order the help manage workload) There will be one live streamed … Read more