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

• Crumlin Cool Citizen's Support Farm

  Mon 13 Mar 2017
  Well done to all our Cool Citizens who went to Clementsmount Farm to give an extra hand on Monday afternoon. Thank you to Miss Rafferty for organising the trip, Mr Samsone for driving the bus and to all the staff at Clementsmount who made us feel so welcome.

  

• Building Bonds Library Event

  Fri 10 Mar 2017

  Many thanks to all our Year 2 children and their Parents who attended our Building Bonds Library event. Mr Traynor and Mrs Cunningham spoke about how to support reading at home and Claire Keag from Crumlin Library engaged the children and parents in a big read session. Thank you to Mr O'Brien who organised the session for everyone.

   

  The resources from the event are available in the 'About Us' - 'Key Information' section of our website.

  

• Fairtrade Tuck Shop

  Fri 10 Mar 2017

  Our Pupil Council recently hosted their annual Fairtrade tuckshop to celebrate ‘Fairtrade Fortnight.’ The council invited Years 4, 5, 6 and 7 classes to visit their tuckshop and buy a Fairtrade product. Children were very pleased to be able to purchase a small Fairtrade chocolate bar or banana to help support farmers in developing countries. Children received a Fairtrade sticker to thank them for their support. All items were 20p and classes really enjoyed supporting and raising more awareness of the Fairtrade cause. It is important to remember that every time you purchase a product with the Fairtrade symbol you are directly helping farmers in other countries to have a better life! Well done everyone!

  

• Mr Lynch's Year 6 Golden Assembly

  Wed 08 Mar 2017
  Many thanks to Mr Lynch's Year 6 class on their wonderful assembly on the troubles facing Sudan. The boys and girls delivered such an important message about how we can support such a worthy cause during our Lenten fundraising with Trocaíre. They sang beautifully, presented a wonderful PowerPoint and spoke out so clearly. Congratulations

  

• Mr McGrattan's Golden Assembly

  Wed 08 Mar 2017
  Congratulations to the boys and girls in Mr McGrattan's class on their Golden assembly. The children sang Lay Your Hands beautifully and performed a lovely drama about Jesus being tempted in the desert. A fantastic way to deliver a Lenten message to our Year 3 & 4 boys and girls.

  

• Mrs Sheppard's Year 1 Assembly

  Tue 07 Mar 2017
  Congratulations to Mrs Sheppard's Year 1 class on their fabulous Golden Assembly on friendship. The boys and girls were just wonderful and delivered a very important message to our Year 1 and 2 children.

  

• World Book Day

  Fri 03 Mar 2017

  Our boys and girls celebrated World Book Day in a variety of ways.

   Our Nursery children brought a book with them to read, Years 1 & 2 took part in a Luck Dip Read, Year 3 and Year 7 took part in paired reading. Year 4 had a read and relax time, Year 5 found fun places to read around our school and Year 6 got to meet the author Lari Don.

   

  

• Yr 4 Wheelchair Hurling

  Fri 03 Mar 2017
  Many thanks to Mr Duffy who organised the first ever Wheelchair Hurling Roadshow in a Primary School for Mr McGrattan's Year 4 class. The boys and girls had an amazing experience. Many thanks to the Ulster Council Coaches Shane McCann and John Devlin for facilitating.

  

• St. Joseph's Competition Choir Success

  Fri 03 Mar 2017

  The Competition Choir have been extremely busy, entering two big competitions this term.  We took part in the BBC Radio Ulster School Choir of The Year at the start of February and had a fantastic day.  It was exciting to be part of a radio production and there were TV cameras too!  We also went along to Ballymena Festival where we proudly took 2nd place overall!

   

  Our BBC heat will be on Radio Ulster at 2pm on Sunday 2nd April.  There will also be photos from our heat on the Radio Ulster website from that day on.  www.bbc.co.uk/schoolchoiroftheyear.

   

  

• NIE Kidzsafe

  Wed 01 Mar 2017
  Our children from Years 5-7 received an assembly presentation from NIE Kidzsafe on the importance of understanding the dangers associated with electricity sub stations, power lines and other electricity equipment. Many thanks to NIE for the informative session.