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

• Year 7EA Trip to Fish City Belfast

  Fri 19 Apr 2024

  Year 7EA visited Fish City (Belfast) who advocate for a healthy, sustainable approach to incorporating seafood into a healthy lifestyle. To that end they were committed to educating our class on the health benefits of seafood and the importance of sustainability to the long-term future of the fishing industry and the health and viability of  aquatic food systems and marine environments.

   

  We had a lovely tour of St. George’s Market where the local produce is sold. We then went to the educational workshop to find out more! We watched Hal gut a variety of fish and learnt all about his process and the cooking!

   

  Finally we got to taste the catches of the day - Cod in batter, chips, mushy peas and tartar sauce.  DELICIOUS!

   

  We finished our day with a photo opportunity at the Titanic Centre before heading back to school.  A great day was had by all.

  

• Boys 7-a-side Gaelic Football Tournament

  Thu 18 Apr 2024

  Our Gaelic Footballers were at Creggan on Thursday 18^th April for the Annual INTO-7-a-side tournament.  The boys had a narrow defeat against a slick St. Mary’s Portglenone team in their first match. They had a win against Ballymena’s St. Colmcille’s and a loss against host team Creggan. After progressing to the Fee MacGorman Cup competition the boys battled hard against St. Comgall’s Antrim however did not progress further. A great team of players with a very entertaining and enthralling morning of football had by all. Many thanks to Mr. Regan, Mr. Campbell and Ms. McCague for supporting us with the transport.

  

• Book Fair Raises £2,090!

  Tue 16 Apr 2024

  The Book Fair helps raise money for books in our school as we can purchase books to a   percentage value of all money spent at the fair by parents. This year the children were   excited to see the book fair back in school again and had such fun picking a book to buy and      bringing it home to read.

   

  This year the school raised £2,090 in commission will be used to purchase more reading books to support our Reading Schemes and the Accelerated Reading Programme.

   

  We hope everyone enjoyed reading the books they bought.  Thank you for your support.

   

  

• Roots of Empathy Baby Visit

  Mon 15 Apr 2024

  Today as we begin Term 3 we welcomed Baby Oisin once again into school and to our Primary 5 class.  Today's lesson was all about how babies communicate.  The children sang nursery rhymes and watched Baby Oisin's reactions and just marvelled at how much he has changed since his first visit.

  

• Ruairi Plays at Half-Time Games

  Sat 13 Apr 2024

  Congratulations to Ruairi who represented his school and club at the Cumann na mBunscol half time game during the Antrim v Down Championship match in Páirc Esler, Newry.  Well done Ruairi!

  

• Accelerated Reading Class Party

  Thu 11 Apr 2024

  There have been lots of amazing individual and class achievements with our Accelerated Reading Programme during Term 2.  The word count continues to rise along with the number of Word Millionaires.  During Term 2 we have our first Word Multi-Millionaire, Laura Freeman (Year 5) with a word count of 2,047,443.

   

  Today it was the turn of Mrs. Campbell's Year 5 class to celebrate as deserving class winners from Term 2.  There were rewarded with a class party for their efforts. 

   

  Keep up the excellent reading ...... who will be our class winners in Term 3?

   

  #watchthisspace #lovetoread

  

• Year 7 Leavers' Hoodies

  Tue 09 Apr 2024

  Our Year 7 pupils begin their last term in St Joseph's today.  To mark this occassion they were presented with their Leavers' Hoodies which they can wear to school throughout Term 3.  Don't they all look so well?  Enjoy your final term girls and boys - there's lots to look forward to!

   

  

• Solar Panels Continue to Reduce Energy Bills

  Tue 09 Apr 2024

  Our Eco-Council monitor our solar panel readings throughout the year.  Today they were delighted to announce that our solar panels have generated £1269.73 over the course of the last year. 

  Monies will be allocated to our school's  LMS Electricity code and should result in a reduction in overall costs.

   

  #stjosephssavingenergy #everypennyhelps

  

• Peace Players Project

  Mon 08 Apr 2024

  Over the last few months we at St Joseph’s PS along with Crumlin Integrated PS have been involved in a Cross Community Workshop with Peace Players. 

   

  Through the use of sport, and in particular basketball, this project aimed to promote respect and mutual understanding between children from different backgrounds, as well as addressing controversial issues. The two Year 7 classes involved had already worked together through our Shared Education Partnership, so this was another way of consolidating friendships and visiting each others schools. We also had an opportunity to meet in our local Leisure Centre.

   

  The project was funded by Clanmill Housing Association and we thank them for this valuable opportunity. Our local community in Crumlin also supported us. Tesco Crumlin and Crumlin Resident Collective provided us with some refreshments and Mark at Stylus Engraving Crumlin helped to make up reward bags to celebrate the end of the event by supplying us with medals. 

   

  This was indeed a very successful project with new skills learned in addition to having lots of fun along the way!