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

• Christmas Jumper Day for the Children's Hospice

  Fri 22 Dec 2017
  Such a festive atmosphere as all staff and pupils wore their Christmas Jumpers to raise some money for the Children's Hospice. A great day of fun for a very fitting charity. Thank you to everyone for their contributions.

  

• Christmas Ballot Winners

  Wed 20 Dec 2017

  Friends of St Joseph’s Christmas Ballot

   

  1st Prize M Quinn: Adult Mountain Bike (Oaktree)

  2nd Prize Stephen Dornan: 1 Night B&B at Oakfield & Meal for 2 in Fiddlers

  3rd Prize Tracy Cunningham: Family Ticket for Belfast City Bus Tour &

    Chip Factory Family Pizza Meal Deal

  4th Prize Deborah Batchelor: Boyle’s Bar £30 Meal Voucher

  5th Prize Colette Leitch: 1 Hour Facial in Beauty Room Glenavy

  6th Prize Julie Alexander: £30 Bouquet Voucher Crumlin Flowers

  7th Prize Caitlin Neale: Wash and Blow Dry, Style & Smile

  8th Prize Rita McAlonan: Meat Parcel B Price Butchers

  9th Prize Martina Loughran: Express Nails, Wax & Tint by Colleen £25

             Voucher

  10th Prize Margaret McKeown: Beauty Voucher for £20 Beautilicious

  11th Prize Hilary Cardwell: £15 Voucher for M G Hardware

  12th Prize Damian O’Reilly: Run Anon 3 Month Membership

  

• Christmas Carol Service

  Tue 19 Dec 2017
  Congratulations to our Year 7 pupils who led a beautiful Carol Service in Mater Dei. The Parents and Community who attended were so impressed with the singing, acting and dramatic talent of the boys and girls. They were accompanied by our fantastic School Orchestra and Traditional group who played so well and made the occasion extra special. Thank you to Mrs McDonnell, Mrs Matthews and the Year 7 team who organised the event. Many thanks also to Fr. Burns who celebrated with us. Mr Traynor also thanked Father for all his support with the preparation for Christmas. Well done to all involved. 

  

• Year 5 Show

  Thu 14 Dec 2017
  Congratulations to the Year 5 children and staff on the fantastic production of Something Amazing Going On. The children were just fabulous. Mr Traynor told the boys and girls that there truly was something amazing happening on our stage and it was our boys and girls.

  

• Year 1 Christmas Show

  Thu 14 Dec 2017
  Congratulations to our Year 1 children and staff on the magnificent production of Something Special. They sang, acted and danced with such great enthusiasm. A really beautiful occasion for all who attended. A lovely way to celebrate the Christmas Season.

  

• Christmas Dinner

  Thu 07 Dec 2017
  Many thanks to Mrs Weldon and her team for the beautiful Christmas Dinner. The children had a wonderful time with the Christmas atmosphere and lovely food. In the words of one of our Year 7 children. 'You just can't beat Christmas Dinner'

  

• FREE MS Office on up to 5 devices for all Parents/Staff

  Wed 06 Dec 2017

  If you are planning on buying a new personal device including laptops and tablets MS Office is available FREE with a c2k username on up to 5 personal devices in 4 easy steps.

  1 Visit http://portal.office.com

  2 Enter C2k username in the format auser123@c2ken.net

  3 At the next box enter (i) your c2k username auser123 and (ii) password

  4 Download the version of MSOffice you require

   

  If your child does not know their username/password please contact the class teacher or school office.

• Open Day & Evening

  Tue 05 Dec 2017
  Thank you to all our visitors at our recent Open Day and Evening. Our choir performed beautifully with their fantastic repertoire of both Christmas and Pop songs. The Year 7 tour guides were superb and were praised highly by our visitors. Our ICT helpers and Digital Leaders were just brilliant and showcased their wonderful skills.

  

• St. Joseph's Partnership Expo

  Fri 01 Dec 2017
  Many thanks for all the organisations who came along to our recent Expo. Such a wonderful array of support for the families in our school and so many experts who can provide a wide range of opportunities to enhance the lives of the young and not so young in our school community.