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

• Year 6 Make St Brigid's Crosses

  Tue 31 Jan 2023

  On the eve of St Brigid's Day (1st February) Year 6 mark the feast day celebrations of this special Irish saint by carrying on the tradition of making St Brigid's Crosses from rushes.  

  

• Year 3 Celebrate Grandparents Day

  Fri 27 Jan 2023

  A big thank you to all our Year 3 Grandparents, extended family and friends who came into school today to hear the beautiful singing, storytelling and poetry of our children.  Visitors were then invited to spend some time with the children in their classrooms.

  Thank you to Mrs Weldon and her team for the beautiful scones.

  Also, a big thank you to the Year 3 teachers and classroom assistants for the beautiful gift the children made for their Grandparents.

  Well done all - this was indeed a very fitting conclusion to our celebrations for Catholic Schools Week.

  

• Year 5CM Visit Crumlin

  Fri 27 Jan 2023

  Primary 5 attended an Educational Visit to Crumlin Library on Friday 27^th January.  They had a very special experience during their visit.  They met local author Joe Richardson, author of 'The Animal in Amy.'

  He read excerpts of his new novel to the children and they were able to find out lots of information on what it is like to be a writer today.  Joe gifted each child with a signed bookmark and the class a copy of his new novel.

  This was indeed a wonderful experience for our children!

  

• Credit Union Quiz 2023

  Thu 26 Jan 2023

  Good luck to all our pupils who will be taking part in the Camlin Credit Union Quiz on Friday 27th January at 7.30pm.  St Joseph's will be the venue this year!

  

• Year 6JC Enjoy Equine Facilitated Learning

  Thu 26 Jan 2023

  Today Mrs Campbell's Year 6 pupils had a taster session in Equine Facilitated Learning (EFL).  EFL is an emerging field in which horses and humans work together as guides and facilitators to help people enhance their life skills, improve emotional fitness and increase self-awareness.  The pupils had a great time and thoroughly enjoyed the very relaxing experience thanks to the expertise of Simone and her team at Tullynewbank Stables.  

  

• Catholic Schools Week Celebrated at January Golden Assemblies

  Thu 26 Jan 2023

  On Wednesday we gathered together as a school community to celebrate the end of another successful month in school.  This week we are celebrating Catholic Schools Week 2023.  Today's assemblies provided our school community with an excellent opportunity to collectively mark this special week and show how we as a school are living out this year's theme of 'Walking Together in Faith and Love'.

   

  Our Year 3 children led our Junior assembly and provided us with an opportunity to focus, celebrate and reflect on the immense contribution that grandparents make to the lives of their grandchildren.  Mrs Wray's Year 6 class developed upon this theme and got everyone in Years 4-7 thinking about how we devloped our faith and show love through the everyday and ordinary things we do in school.  There was great talent on show with reciting, singing, dramatising and instrument playing to reinforce these messages.

   

  A key aspect of 'Walking Together in Faith and Love' is shaing in and celebrating the success of others and we used today to do this with the presentation of awards to include Pupil of the Month, Toe-By-Toe, Open Night Winners, Hurling and Camogie and Accelerated Reading.  Achievement in a variety of extra-curricular areas was also celebrated. Well done everyone - we are super proud of you all!

   

  #catholicschoolsweek #walkingtogetherinfaithandlove

  

• Year 6AW Shared Education Visit

  Wed 25 Jan 2023

  Mrs Wray's Year 6 class travelled to Crumlin Integrated College to take part in a series of Shared Education ice-breaker activities.  The children had an opportunity to meet with fellow pupils from the college along with children from Crumlin Integrated Primary and Gaelscoil Ghleann Darach.  The class look forward to continuing with the planned Shared Education activities which will take place over the reaminder of this school year 

  

• Primary 1 Curriculum Meeting

  Wed 25 Jan 2023

  Today we launched the 'Safer Schools' digital safeguarding app to the parents of our school at our Year 1 Curriculum Meeting.  All parents received information on how they can download the app for everyday use on their phone or other electronic device.  The app will provide parents with information on a range of digital issues, including safeguarding on social media platforms, bullying, sexting and emerging online trends.  The app has already been released to all governors and staff in our school and will be released to pupils over the coming weeks in an effort to support them with digital safeguarding and  to understand and respond appropriately to any potential risk online.

  

• Heartstart Programme

  Thu 19 Jan 2023

  Our Primary 7 pupils have commenced their training on the Heartstart Programme under the guidance of Mr McCarthy.  The Heartstart UK Schools Programme is an initiative coordinated by the British Heart Foundation (BHF) to teach members of the public what to do in a life-threatening emergency. It focuses on emergency life support (ELS) skills that can help to keep someone alive until professional help arrives.

  The Heartstart UK Schools Programme delivers ELS training for pupils so they learn when and how to act in a life-threatening emergency. The programme allows maximum time for practice and hands-on learning using resuscitation training mannequins.

  Pupils learn to:

  • demonstrate safe approach and assessment
  • make a 999/112 call
  • open an airway
  • check for breathing
  • demonstrate the recovery position
  • perform rescue breathing
  • check for signs of circulation
  • perform one-rescuer, adult, cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR)
  • demonstrate the management of choking for adults, infants and children
  • know how to manage someone with a suspected heart attack
  • know how to deal with serious bleeding.

  The programme is delivered in a series of sessions tailored to reflect the recommended age at which children can learn specific ELS skills.  Year 7 look forward to successfully completing the programme.

  

• Year 7 Service of Commitment

  Wed 18 Jan 2023

  Congratulations to our Year 7 pupils who celebrated their Service of Commitment during our school mass today - an excellent beginning to their Confirmation preparations.  Confirmation will be celebrated on Thursday 9th March in Mater Dei Church.