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

• Nursery Coffee Time

  Fri 26 May 2023

  A lovely sunny day for a cup of tea, a biscuit and bun and a good chat at our Nursery Coffee Morning and Afternoon.

  

• May Golden Assemblies

  Fri 26 May 2023

  This week we marked the end of another month in school with our May Golden Assemblies.  This month it was the turn of Mrs McCallum's Year 1 class to lead our Year 1-3 Assembly and Mrs Campbell's Year 6 pupils to lead our Year 4-7 Assembly.

   

  Mrs McCallum's boys and girls delivered an assembly on the theme of 'Mary; Queen of Peace' and the assembly from Mrs Campbell's girls and boys enabled us all to focus on the theme of 'Identity'.  All of the children were wonderful representatives for their class and school.

   

  We also had time to sing Happy Birthday to all of our May boys and girls as well as present our monthly awards and deliver some important messages.  Well done everyone - the sun is shining, it's nearly June and the Summer Holidays are getting even closer!

  

• Sports Days 2023 @ St Joseph's

  Thu 25 May 2023

  Well done to all the competitors at our Year 1-4 and Year 5-7 Fun Sports Days held on Wednesday and Thursday this week.  Great team work and skill displayed. 

  Great to see so many family and friends in school supporting the children and cheering them on in the glorious sunshine! 

   

  Well done everyone!

  

• Shared Education Celebration Event

  Wed 24 May 2023

  On Tuesday 23^rd May pupils from the four partner schools came together to celebrate another successful Shared Education Project this year.  They had a great day doing dodgeball, drama, art, team sports, Irish songs and verses, dance and other fun games.  There were 190 students involved and they were very lucky to be supported by Crumlin Collective Residents who supplied us with a variety of snacks and drinks for the  event.

   

  All students received a certificate to praise their efforts following all the work they have completed with their friends in our established partnership.  We would like to thank Stylus Engraving and Crumlin Residents Collective for their continued support towards our work.  We look forward to next year and the continuation of our sucessful work to date.

  

• Dogs Trust Visit Year 4

  Tue 23 May 2023

  Julie from the Dogs Trust in Ballymena came and visited all the classes in Primary 4 today.

   

  The children had a very informative visit.  Julie talked about when it is best to leave dogs alone and when we should give them space, she talked about how we show dogs that we love and care for them and also how we model safe and positive behaviours around dogs.  We chatted and talked through different scenarios and learned what to do if a dog runs towards you and what to do when you meet a dog that you don’t know. We learned so much about how we can help dogs which is really really important.

   

  We all had a great day and got some puppy cuddles at the end!

  

• Roots Of Emapthy Baby Visit

  Tue 23 May 2023

  Mrs Downey's Year 5 class are loving their visits from our tiny teacher Eoghan through our Roots of Empathy programme. They have watched him reach many milestones and cannot believe how many things he can now do compared to when we started having visits with him in October. He really is the favourite event in the class timetable and the children are learning so much about empathy through these lessons.

   

  

• Year 4 First Holy Communion

  Mon 22 May 2023

  Congratulations to our amazing Year 4 pupils who celebrated their First Holy Communion on Saturday 20th May in Mater Dei Church.  They all looked fantastic and played their parts so well. 

   

  Thanks to our school choir and staff for their lovely music on the day, to Canon Colm for a beautiful service, to all our staff and the Friends of St. Joseph's who helped with refreshments in the school hall after the service and to our Year 4 team for all their hard work in preparing the children.  A very special and memorable day for our wonderful Year 4 girls and boys, their familiies and our school community! 

  

• New Sports Kit for St Joseph's

  Fri 19 May 2023

  We are delighted to introduce our brand new sports kit.  Many thanks to the Friends of St Joseph's and Marty from Finnegan Fitness for their sponsorship.  We know our children will wear this kit with pride, great sportmanship and give of their best at all times!

  

• Year 1 Hungry Caterpillar Picnic

  Fri 19 May 2023

  Our Primary One children were treated to a fabulous picnic with so many new foods to try at their caterpillar picnic. The boys and girls had a wonderful time nibbling at all the tasty pieces of colourful food on the table. A great time was had by all and the weather was kind throughout!

  

• Erasmus Trip to Denmark Draws Closer

  Thu 18 May 2023

  Our Year 7 pupils who will be travelling to Demark in June as part of our Erasmus Project have just completed their pupil profiles.  These will be exchanged with the host families so that everyone can make contact and connect before we arrive on Sunday 4th June.  The boys and girls travelling are really looking forward to the trip .... so too are Mr Traynor, Mr McKenna and Mrs McDonnell who will be accompanying them.  Denmark here we come!