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

• Children's Christmas Draw

  Wed 16 Dec 2020

  Congratulations to the winners of our pupils Christmas Draw.  They were:

   

  Nursery - Grainne Reynolds

  Foundation Stage - Leah Lockard

  Key Stage 1 - Lucia Rooney

  Key Stage 2 - Nathan McCann 

   

  Many thanks to Oliver's daddy who baked gingerbread men for the children in his Year 3 class.  What a lovely treat.  Happy Christmas!

  

• Friends of St. Joseph's Cheque Presentation

  Mon 14 Dec 2020
  Jennifer from the Friends of St. Joseph's called into school this morning to present Mr. Traynor with a cheque for £5,500.  This certainly was a lovely surprise and a wonderful Christmas present for the school.  The money presented will be used to support our Christmas activities this year and on the purchase of emergent technologies for our school.  A massive thank you from all here in St. Joseph's!

  

• Christmas Panto and Jumper Day

  Fri 11 Dec 2020
  Pupils were entertained today to a virtual panto 'Beauty and the Beast' streamed live from the South West Regional College.  They all looked so well in their Christmas attire - a great selection of socks, dresses, jumpers and hats to name but a few were on display. 

  

• Santa Visits the Nursery

  Thu 10 Dec 2020
  What a surprise the children in the Nursery Unit had today when Santa came along to visit.  There was so much excitement and lots of fun to be had by all! 

  

• Christmas Dinner

  Thu 10 Dec 2020
  Today our pupils had their Christmas Dinner in school.  Pupils enjoyed their meal in the school canteen in their class bubbles.  Many thanks to Mrs Weldon and all the canteen staff on catering for such a large number of pupils and serving up a great Christmas treat.

  

• Christmas Colouring Books & Pencils from Antrim and Newtownabbey Borough Council

  Wed 09 Dec 2020
  Mrs Lawlor's and Mrs Sheppards's Year 3 classes were delighted to receive Christmas Colouring Books and pencils for Year 3 form Antrim and Newtownabbey Borough Council.  Cheers!

  

• Certificate of Commendation in Texaco Children's Art Competition

  Tue 08 Dec 2020
  Congratulations to Matthew O'Brien who was highly commended in the 66th Texaco Children's Art Competition.  This year there were ovber 25,000 entries to the competition - therefore we are very proud of Matthew at having been chosen for a commendation.  Well done Matthew!   

  

• We have our First Accelerated Reading Word Millionaire for 2020/21!

  Tue 08 Dec 2020
  Congratulations to all our Accelerated Reading November Award Winners.  A special congratulations to Mae McNamee (Mrs Campbell's Year 6 Class) who has become our first Accelerated Reading Word Millionaire this year.  Well done Mae! 

  

• Online digital Admissions for 2021/22

  Mon 07 Dec 2020

  If your child is starting pre-school or primary school in September 2021, you can apply online between Thursday 7th January 2021 and 12.00 noon on Friday 30th January 2021. Please note that places are not allocated on a first come, first served basis and applications will only be considered after the closing date.

   

  Further information is available on the EA website under the Admissions section at:

  https://www.eani.org.uk/parents/admissions

  https://www.eani.org.uk/school-management/ea-digital-admissions-online-resource-hub/videos-and-presentations

   

   

• It's Beginning to look a lot like Christmas

  Wed 02 Dec 2020