Family Groups at St Joseph's School

Through its Catholic Character, the school provided a faith environment for students to experience Catholic life. Catholic schools follow and uphold the teachings of Jesus as found in the gospels. This Special Character is reflected in all we do and specifically in the family group structure established at our school. With children from every class represented in each family group and led by a Year 8 student, children are taught to show each other the caring response modeled by Christ himself. Children off support for each other as well as demonstrate respect, generosity and compassion, three of our virtues. The school sees the family groups as invaluable for giving children the opportunity to develop these virtues as well as creating an environment where children know each other and care for each other.
This year our family groups will meet every week on a Wednesday morning for Prayer and reflection on the current virtue. This will be led by our Year 8 Family Group leaders. The success of individual Family Groups depends on their leadership and it is a great vehicle for developing student leadership in our school. Family group leaders will be participating in an induction day on 13th February where they will receive support and tuition on how to carry out this role. Last Friday the family groups met for the first time, and after introducing each other, they created family group prayers . This was followed by a whole school liturgy asking God's blessing on our groups and their leaders. As well as family group prayers, children will come together at other times during the term for various activities, including the celebration of St Joseph's Day.