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

• Mrs Loughran's Year 4 Assembly

  Wed 28 Sep 2016
  Congratulations to Mrs Loughran's Year 4 children who performed a wonderful assembly about Jairus' Daughter. The children sang 'Circle of Friends' so beautifully.

  

• Bronagh in Croke Park!

  Tue 27 Sep 2016

  PLAYING AT CROKE PARK

   

  Back in May Mr McMullan rang my mum and asked would I like to play at Croke Park at half time for the men’s semi final All Ireland game.    The two teams that were playing were County Mayo and County Tipperary but I didn’t know which team I would be representing.  There was a bus full of people from my club Aldergrove and 16 of my family also went.  I had to go with my mum and dad in the car because we needed to be there early.  When we arrived in Dublin we had to go to a community centre to register and that’s when I found out I was wearing the Mayo kit and that I would be allowed to keep it.  When we went into the room my uncle Christopher was there with my cousin Orleigha who was also playing for Mayo.  I wore the number 5 jersey and she wore the number 6 jersey.  It was really special for my Granda Guinness to watch two of his granddaughters play on Croke Park.

   

  I was feeling very excited and a little nervous as there was over 53,000 people attending.  Just before half time we had to go down and get ready to go onto the pitch.  It was amazing!  All those people in the stands watching us and our families there to support and applaud for us.  My mummy was very excited.

   

  We played for around 10 minutes and I got some good touches of the ball and some good blocks.   When we were coming off the pitch my mum and all my Aunts were at the bottom taking our photo and videos because she said it was a special day.

   

  I got the bus home with the Aldergrove people and it was so much fun.  The men had a sing off with all the children but the children definitely won.   It was a brilliant day one I will remember forever. 

   

  Thank you Mr McMullan for giving me the opportunity it’s great to be able to say I played on Croke Park the home of our national sport.

   

  Bronagh McGuinness

  

• Kind Donation

  Mon 26 Sep 2016
  Many thanks to Patrick Ross for the kind donation of topsoil and compost to prepare our planters in our newly refurbished playground. The Eco team will be hard at work brightening up this space for our pupils.

  

• Eco Council Elections

  Fri 23 Sep 2016
  Our pupils took to the polls for the second time this week for the Eco Council elections. All the classes involved gathered in the Minor hall and cast their vote. Mr Traynor will present the newly elected members with their badges at Assembly on Wednesday.

  

• Year 1 Welcome BBQ

  Fri 23 Sep 2016

  Many thanks to everyone who turned out for the Year 1 Welcome BBQ. The children had a great night with the burgers, hot dogs, music and a fantastic magic show from Magic George.

  Thank you to the Friends of St. Joseph's and Year 1 staff who organised the event, such a wonderful way to start our school year.

  

• ELECTION DAY- Pupil Council Elections are held!

  Mon 19 Sep 2016

  It was election fever time in Years 4 to 7 this week as the children got geared up for our Pupil Council elections once again!  Lots of children applied using a specially designed application form where they had to explain why they would like a place on the Pupil Council.  After all applications were processed, candidates had to read out their manifestos to their class mates, urging them to vote!  Votes were then cast and posted into our ballot boxes! It was a tense time for many as the results came through, however, only one representative from each class could be successful! CONGRATULATIONS!! to all our successful candidates! We look forward to learning about the exciting ideas that you will be working on in this year! Watch out soon for the names of our successful candidates.

  

• Mr Traynor Bids Farewell to our Outgoing Pupil Council

  Fri 16 Sep 2016
  The last meeting of the 2015-16 Pupil Council was held in Mr Traynor's office as he thanked the children for their work over the past year. The children also heard the results of our vote for our new school motto, this will soon be shared with our school community.

  

• Optician Visit

  Fri 16 Sep 2016
  As this is National Eye Week we had a visit from a local Optician at Assembly.

  

• Year 7 Prefects!

  Fri 16 Sep 2016
  Our Year 7 children started their prefect duties this week. They are helping children across our school with a range of duties from ICT support to playground help.

  

• Beautiful Sunflowers

  Tue 13 Sep 2016

  Our Year 2 children visited the science courtyard to see the sunflowers they had planted in Year 1.

  "Look how tall they are"

  "They are really pretty"

  "This one is bigger than me"

  "I didn't know they grow that tall"

  "The bee really likes this one"