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

• Transport Survey

  Thu 24 Jan 2019

  DE is reviewing the policy on home to school transport although the policy for transporting pupils with a Statement of Educational Need is not part of this re-view.

  DE would like to work closely with parents, pupils and schools in their review. The first phase seeks to capture your ideas and views on the current policy and what you might like to see in the new policy. They want to capture responses through an online questionnaire as well as in a number of meetings in towns in the coming months. You will find details of these meetings in local press later on.

   

  You can have your say when you go to:

  https://www.education-ni.gov.uk/articles/home-to-school

   

  Further information to help you complete the questionnaire is also available on the website.

  DE has stressed that no decisions have been taken on any preferred option for how the home to school policy should operate in the future. Any final decisions would be for a future Minister for Education to decide and may even re-quire Executive approval. It is likely that the earliest any agreed change could be introduced would be the start of the 2021/22 academic year.  HAVE YOUR SAY!

• Training Opportunity in Antrim by Empower

  Thu 17 Jan 2019
  Free training in Antrim for parents, wider family circle and wider stakeholders for those who support/care for children with Autism, Dyslexia or Dyspraxia.

  

• New Online Digital Admissions for Nursery and Primary School for 2019-20

  Mon 07 Jan 2019

  The New Online Digital Admissions for 2019-2020 can be applied for online from Wednesday 2nd January 2019 to midnight on Thursday 31st January 2019.

  For those parents/guardians who do not have access to a PC/laptop with internet access, the school ICT suite will be available for you to come into school and use our computers on:

  Thursday 24th January 2019

  • 10.00am - 11.30am
  • 1.30pm - 2.45pm

  Please use the following link to help with the application process.

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

   

   

• Christmas Ballot

  Thu 20 Dec 2018

  FRIENDS OF ST. JOSEPH’S CHRISTMAS BALLOT

   

  	Winner	Prize
  1st Prize	Hannah Bell	Child’s Bike
  2nd Prize	Michelle Rooney	1 Night B&B at Oakfield (Ballinderry) and meal for 2 in O’Connors
  3rd Prize	Kay Connolly	Belfast City Bus Tour and Meal for 4 in Nandos
  4th Prize	Aleigha Neale	Ogah Beauty Voucher
  5th Prize	Pearl McGarry	Meal for 2 and bottle of Wine in Fiddlers Inn
  6th Prize	Margaret Gallagher	£25 Voucher for the Ballymac Hotel
  7th Prize	Colin Shields	Meal Voucher for Lily Johnston’s, Glenavy
  8th Prize	Sarah-Louise Shannon	£20 Chip Factory Voucher
  9th Prize	Paul McErlane	10 VIP Passes for Funky Monkeys
  10th Prize	Eamon Wright	£15 Meat Voucher for B Price Meats, Crumlin
  11th Prize	Kai Cheuk	Fruit Basket, Dan’s Fruit Shop

   

  

• Christmas Performances

  Wed 19 Dec 2018
  Congratulations to all our pupils who took part in performances over the Christmas period. Our Year 1 and 5 children entertained parents and the entire school community with their wonderful shows. Our Year 7 children, Orchestra and Choir were fantastic during our Carol Service in Mater Dei. Thank you to all involved with these special Christmas events. Our children were wonderful.

  

• Hamper Collection for the Homeless Action Group

  Fri 14 Dec 2018
  The volunteers from the Homeless Action Group were delighted today when they came to collect the Christmas Hampers.The charity feed the homeless every Sunday and work with refugee families locally (Belfast and Crumlin).  Altogether we presented the charity with 16 hampers of food. We were all delighted with this incredible response and thank everyone for their generosity and kindness.

  

• Nursery Trail

  Fri 14 Dec 2018
  A magical Christmas experience for our Nursery children. Many thanks to all who helped in any way with the Trail. Our children had a wonderful time walking though our magical forest to collect the fabulous work they had made for their families, meeting Santa, having stories read by  Mrs Claus, decorating cookies, toasting marshmallows, singing Christmas songs, collecting reindeer food and a party in the minor hall.

  

• Pupil Christmas Dinner

  Thu 06 Dec 2018
  Many thanks to Mrs Weldon and her staff for a wonderful Christmas Dinner! Beautiful food and a wonderful festive atmosphere, the children had a great time.

  

• Open Day & Night

  Tue 04 Dec 2018
  Many thanks to all those who came along to our recent Open Day and Night. The choir sang so beautifully and our Digital Leaders and Year 7 pupils showcased ICT to our prospective Year 1 and Nursery children and parents. Our Year 7 Tour Guides were just fabulous and gave our visitors an overview of life in our school.

  

• It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas!

  Mon 03 Dec 2018
  It looks very like the Christmas Season is in full swing here in school.  With the foyer decorated and rehearsals in full flow for our Christmas Shows and Carol Service it is indeed the season to be jolly!