Keep up to date with all the latest news happening in school at the moment.

• Youth Zone @ W5

  Fri 24 Feb 2017
  Our boys and girls from Youth Zone had a wonderful ICT filled day at W5. Many thanks to Mr O'Brien for organising the day and to the parents who came along to help with supervision.

  

• Shared Education Lessons

  Fri 24 Feb 2017
  Our Year 5 and Year 7 Children took part in their second shared education lessons. The Year 5 children studied the life cycle of salmon and our Year 7 children explored the history of their own town.

  

• Yr 6 Meet Lari Don

  Fri 24 Feb 2017

  Our year 6 children travelled to Templepatrick primary school this week to attend a book tour with a difference. Our children had the opportunity to meet a real life author called ‘Lari Don’. Lari Don is one of Scotland’s most exciting writers for children, her books draw on mythology from Scotland and beyond. Our children listened to Lari talk about her experiences of writing when she was young and how that helped her become a writer today. Our Year 6 children got to take part in a creative storytelling workshop and had the opportunity to buy a copy of Lari’s book. It was a really wonderful experience for our Year 6 classes and they hope to use a lot of what they learned from Lari in their own creative stories!

  

• Fairtrade Award!!!

  Thu 23 Feb 2017

  We are delighted to announce that following our Fairtrade Campaign we have been awarded FAIRTRADE STATUS in recognition of the hard work and achievements of our whole school community.

   

  1. extend special thanks and congratulations to our Pupil Council members and to Mrs Wray who co-ordinated the FairTrade programme.

   

  This year during Fairtrade Fortnight (27th February—10th March) our Pupil Council will be setting up a FairTrade Food stall at Break Time and providing all pupils with an opportunity to explore FairTrade as a choice and examine the dramatic difference FairTrade makes.

   

  We look forward to continuing to promote an awareness of Fairtrade and the FAIRTRADE Mark.

• Disability NI visit Year 7

  Tue 21 Feb 2017

  Our Year 7 children had a special visit from Disability NI who showed them a variety of sports played by their members. The children got to sample curling, wheelchair basketball and to try out an adapted bicycle to name but a few activities. Every child received a certificate for their participation. Many thanks to Disability NI for coming along!

  

• iCode Night for Parents

  Fri 10 Feb 2017
  Many thanks to all the parents who came along for our Digital Leader iCode night. A wonderful chance to receive information on Online Safety and to explore what our children have been learning about coding. The parents were just brilliant and made our Sphero, Drone, Ollie and BB8 move with the use of coding apps. Our Digital Leaders led their sessions so well and the parents found out so much from them.

  

• Wear it Red Day

  Fri 10 Feb 2017
  Many thanks to everyone who supported our Wear it Red Day for Action Cancer. There was a sea of red across St. Joseph's. A great day had by all.

  

• Digital Leader Assembly

  Thu 09 Feb 2017
  Our Digital Leaders led a fantastic assembly on Online Safety and Employability within ICT. They invited Paul Kinnaird who works for HP, Shona Ward, who is a computer programmer and Joe Boyle, who has his own IT company SALTDNA. Some fantastic questions from our pupils and wonderful answers from our panel led for a very informative assembly. Many thanks to all who helped in any way.

  

• Hip Hop Assembly

  Wed 08 Feb 2017
  Many thanks to Fiona and her fabulous group of dancers who showcased their talents at our Assemblies on Wednesday! They were just amazing.

  

• Cheerleading in Year 7

  Mon 06 Feb 2017
  Our Year 7 girls are perfecting their cheers in preparation for the big Cheerleading Competition at the Antrim Forum.