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

• Trocaire Fundraising

  Mon 30 Mar 2015
  

• Confirmation 2015

  Mon 23 Mar 2015
  Congratulations to our Year 7 pupils on making their Confirmation with Bishop Farquhar. Many thanks to all the parents, sponsors and members of the wider school community who came along to celebrate with them in the school afterwards. Thank you to Fr. Colm, Fr. Chris and our wonderful school choir for making the day to special for all who attended.

  

• Solar Eclipse

  Fri 20 Mar 2015
  A few budding scientists created their own pin hole camera to view the solar eclipse. The children notices how quiet it was and how strange the light seemed when they went out to the playground.

  

• Centenary Ceili!

  Thu 12 Mar 2015
  A massive thank you to all who came to our fabulous Centenary Ceíli. It was a great night with music from Raymond Loney, dance exhibitions from the Crawford School of Dance, apple tart and scones from Mrs Weldon and dancing galore from the families and past pupils who attended. 

  

• Year 3 Sacrament of Penance

  Thu 12 Mar 2015
  Congratulations to our wonderful Year 3 children on their Sacrament of Penance on Wednesday night. They were just fantastic. A big thank you to all the parents who came along to support the children and to Fr Chris, Fr Colm and the Year 3 staff who prepared the children so well. 

  

• Year 2 St. Patrick's Concert

  Wed 11 Mar 2015
  Congratulations to our amazing Year 2 performers on a wonderful St.Patrick's Concert. Great singing, dancing, drama, poetry and stories. Thank you to all the parents who came along to see them and to the Year 2 staff for all the preparation. Thank you also to Miss McGarry for teaching our Year 7 children a song and poem in Irish and to Mrs Cunningham for the wonderful Irish dancing display.

  

• Eco-Team Celebrate Eco-Schools!

  Fri 06 Mar 2015

   

  The Eco-Team had a very exciting day out on Thursday 5^th March at Meadowbank Arena in Magherafelt.  They were invited along to the arena to celebrate the 20 Years Anniversary of Eco-schools. The Eco-team visited interactive exhibitions with exciting activities.  The children explored educational workshops and got lots of inspiration from visiting the topic zones.  The Eco-Team each received a goody bag and got to meet special guest ‘Frank Mitchell’ from UTV.  Frank said he was “very impressed with the children’s ideas and commitment to eco-awareness in their school”.  The children engaged in a number of challenging activities including attempting a’ Guinness World Record’ to sort recycled rubbish!  The Eco-team thoroughly enjoyed placing a copy of our school newsletter into a special time capsule designed by the Eco-Schools organisation to celebrate their 20 years Anniversary.  Well done Eco-team and we hope to see lots of great ideas brought back to our school for next term.

  

• Year 6 Cheerleading!

  Fri 27 Feb 2015

  On Friday 27^th February, Year 6 girls took part in the UKCA cheerleading competition at the Antrim Forum!

  Well done to the girls who won overall 3^rd place and also won best routine and choreography!

  Gooooooooooo St. Joseph’s!

  

• Centenary Photograph

  Fri 27 Feb 2015
  The team from Tempest photography arrived early on Thursday morning tasked with capturing the staff and pupils of 2015 for our Centenary Commemoration Photo. The huge stadium like structure was constructed in the KS2 playground and all classes were called in order ready for the big 'cheese' moment!! The blue sky and sun was out and how luck we were because the hail, snow and wind picked up at lunchtime! Another historic photo taken for our school!

  

• Youth Speak Superstars!

  Tue 24 Feb 2015

  Congratulations to Brona Barrett and Erin Trethowan who took part in the regional heats for the annual ‘YouthSpeak’ competition held in Antrim Civic Centre this week.  Brona Barrett from Year 7 Mrs Key’s class secured a third place for our school with her vibrant and exciting speech about an eco-super hero! Erin Trethowan from Year 6 Mr McCarthy’s class also delivered an amazing performance in front of the judges. The judges commented on how dramatic the girls were and how they had put so much effort into the content of their speeches and into their costumes. The girls got to meet the Antrim Lord Mayor and had buns and juice with the other competitors! Well done to Brona and Erin who each received a goody bag and certificate from Antrim Borough Council.