At St Joseph’s, we value every child’s ideas and encourage them to play an active role in school life. Through groups such as the School Council, Mini Vinnies, Community Crew, Reading Crew and Chaplains, pupils have opportunities to lead, serve others and help make our school an even better place.
Our Mini Vinnies
Mini Vinnies are 7 to 11 year-olds based in schools and parishes across England and Wales. They come together to form a part of the St. Vincent de Paul Society England and Wales, a voluntary organisation dedicated to tackling poverty in all its forms. Mini Vinnies meet to pray and discuss how they can help make a difference in their communities.
At St Joseph’s our Mini Vinnies are a group of children from Years 3-6. We meet regularly to pray, reflect and plan. Our motto is Turning Concern into Action.
We like to plan different events where we can help local and global charities. These include carol singing at a local care home, card making, helping to host a Macmillan coffee morning and supporting CAFOD’s Big Lent Walk.
Why we enjoy being part of the Minnie Vinnie group:
‘It is good to be a Minnie Vinnie because we help people in need, just like God taught us to.' - Lexi
‘I like being a Minnie Vinnie because we get to help people.’ - Miley
‘I enjoyed making cards and calendars to take to the Care Home.’- Micah
Our Student Council
The student council is a group of elected students who represent the interests and ideas of the children at school.
Here’s a breakdown of what the student council often does: Represents Student Interests, Organises Events, Advocate for Changes, Leadership Opportunities, Community Service.
Our Community Crew
Our Community Crew take on the role of promoting sustainability, environmental awareness, and taking action to address environmental issues within the school and the wider community. These groups work on projects and initiatives that help create a greener, more eco-friendly school environment while also educating others about environmental responsibility
Activities and goals: Recycling Programs, Waste Reduction, Gardening and Green Spaces, Energy Conservation, Awareness Campaigns
Our Reading Crew
Our Reading Crew all love to read and they want to make sure that all the children at St. Joseph's know how fantastic reading is and how it can take you into a new world. The Reading Crew have many jobs including;
Reading with children across the school, running weekly reading clubs for children across school, updating our school library and class libraries, ensuring the school library is in order, collecting our reading tokens each week for class reward
