A Governor Mission and Purpose meeting, midweek, allowed time to reflect on the importance of all the buildings on Brackley Avenue. You may not have noticed, but this week ‘school’ kind of started on Sunday, when there was a St Joseph’s Car Wash in action on the side yard. I’m sorry I missed it, as it sounded like a lot of fun. Their aim was to raise funds to repair our church roof. We will keep you posted of future events. It is really important that we support the upkeep of the church – without it, our school wouldn’t exist!
Away from Brackley Avenue, as the week drew to a close, Year 6 children went to mass at Wrexham Cathedral. They were joined by several hundred more Year 6 children, all of whom have benefited from Primary Catholic education in the Diocese of Wrexham. The children were prayerful, respectful and very well behaved.
Unfortunately, the prayers of Brackley Avenue were not enough to get Sports Day done. I thought the Holy Spirit was helping me to make the tough call, at 8.10am when the clouds erupted, but there followed a day of mostly sunshine, so maybe I misread the message! There was a small positive learning outcome, however. When I returned to my office there was an envelope on my desk containing a well crafted letter of complaint written by disgruntled Year 4 pupils! We will try again next week.
Thankfully, we had better luck the day before, when our cricketers took part in a festival down at Colwyn Bay Cricket Club. We had a great time and we hope many will think about taking up the game. There are a lot of ex-St Joseph’s pupils in Colwyn Bay’s adult teams, who first developed their skills on Brackley Avenue.
Thoughts are starting to turn to our biggest community event – the School and Parish Summer Fair. Please lend your support to this event in every way you can. In the current climate, which so often seems to promote division and otherness, coming together as one has never been more important.
Sadly, the week ended with the funeral of Martin O’Donnell, former Chair of Governors, who was responsible for overseeing the massive build and renovation carried out at the start of the millennium. Without his contribution, St Joseph’s school would not be what it is today. His family will be in our prayers.