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

• Friends of St Joseph's Fun Run

  Wed 04 Nov 2020
  Many thanks to all those who supported our recent Friends of St. Joseph's Sponsored Fun Run.  To date £4,831 has been raised.  The children had a lovely day and the weather was fine throughout.  All monies raised will be put towards the purchase of new Interactive Whiteboards.  Thank you for your continued support!

  

• Global Handwashing Day

  Fri 16 Oct 2020

  The 2020 Global Handwashing Day theme is “Hand Hygiene for All.” The stated aims of Global Handwashing Day are to:

   

  • Foster and support a general culture of handwashing with soap in all societies.
  • Shine a spotlight on the state of handwashing in each country.
  • Raise awareness about the benefits of handwashing with soap.
     
    In light of the Covid-19 pandemic, this year's theme follows the recent global initiative calling on all of society to scale up hand hygiene, especially through handwashing with soap.  Therefore, this year more than any other it is particularly important that we mark this day with the children and reinforce the message about the importance of maintaining good hand hygiene, both at school and at home.

  

• Virtual Mobilities for our Erasmus Project

  Wed 14 Oct 2020

  We were planning to visit our partner schools in Barcelona and Bath, England to complete our current Erasmus project, after our successful hosting in March, but unfortunately this hasn’t been possible.  However, we have been able to connect remotely via technology and this has been great!

  We had our visit to Bath last week and it was very successful.  It was lovely to see our partner schools and find out a bit more about school life for them, especially now with the changes that are in place.

  Mrs Downey’s Year 4 class visited St Julian’s Primary in Bath as they had prepared some PowerPoints and videos about their school and area, just as if we were there for an actual visit.  We also got to speak to our partner school in Denmark who were also ‘visiting’.

  We look forward to our next virtual trip to Barcelona after the midterm break!

  

• Look who came to visit us today!

  Tue 13 Oct 2020

  You never know who is going to come knocking on the front door of your school … or indeed visit you in the playground.

   

  Danny the Champion of the World - eat your heart out!

  

• September Golden Assembly Delivered via Zoom

  Wed 30 Sep 2020

  Today we made history in St Joseph's by having our first Zoom Assembly.

  Primary 1-3 and Primary 4-7 celebrated the end of the first month back to school with wonderful performances from Mrs Sheppard's Primary 3 class and Mrs Campbell's Primary 6 class. In addition to this Mr Traynor delivered some important messages and there was the presentation of our monthly awards.

   

  Although different, it was good to have so many of our classes reconnected again .. even if it was in the virtual sense.  Well done to everyone involved!  

  

• Year 5 Celebrate their First Holy Communion

  Thu 24 Sep 2020
  

• Welcome Back Year 7 for Confirmation

  Thu 24 Sep 2020
  

• Year 7 Lockdown Leavers 2020

  Thu 25 Jun 2020

  This week we said goodbye to our wonderful Year 7 lockdown leaving superstars.  The boys and girls have been interacting so well with our online learning through SeeSaw, Google Classroom, MS Teams and Zoom. 

  Our leaving celebratrions included:

  • A Zoom Party
  • Video message from Mr Traynor
  • Messages from past teachers
  • Images of their Year 1 and Year 7 photos - my, how they have grown!
  • Messages for their peers
  • Presentation of their Records of Achievement
  • Awards Presentation
  • Gifts from staff
  • Our Aladdin Photoshot
  • St Joseph's cupcakes
  • A red carpet sendoff

  We will miss these amazing young people who have been such an important part of our school community and wish them every success for the future as they move on to shine brightly in their new schools. 

  Thank you so much to all of the Year 7 parents and guardians who have been so supportive throughout their years in St Joseph's.  On behalf of the Board of Governors and staff, we hope you all have a relaxing summer break and every blessing in the future. 

  

• Virtual Sports Day June 2020

  Wed 17 Jun 2020
  

• Libraries NI - 'Silly Squad' Summer Reading Challenge 2020

  Mon 15 Jun 2020

  Libraries NI is delighted to announce details of ‘Silly Squad’, Summer Reading Challenge 2020 produced by
  The Reading Agency and delivered by libraries which will take place from Monday 15 June.
  
  The Silly Squad, Summer Reading Challenge, is a free, exciting way to keep
  young people aged 4 - 11 years reading during the summer months.
  
  Children can sign up for free

   https://summerreadingchallenge.org.uk/