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

• Year 1 Trip to Ballycastle Beach

  Fri 14 Jun 2024

  Despite the damp weather the Primary 1 children had a great day visiting Ballycastle Beach!

   

  'Only at the beach can we go a splishin' and a splashin'!'

   

  

• Nursery Jo Jingles Celebration Event

  Thu 13 Jun 2024

  To celebrate our Jo Jingles Finale, parents and grandparents joined the nursery children for an afternoon of song and dance. The children followed actions in songs,  explored a variety of percussion instruments and danced with the parachute.  Everyone enjoyed some refreshments at the end of the session. Thank you to our Jo Jingles teacher, for sharing your musical expertise with the children.

  

• Year 7 Perform 'Joseph'

  Thu 13 Jun 2024

  A massive congratulations to our Year 7 pupils on their outstanding production of 'Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat'.  Each and every child played their part in this wonderful evenings of music, dance and drama that we experienced - it truly was AMAZING! So many proud parents, staff and Board of Governors.

   

  A massive thank you to all the staff who helped with the production in any way - this truly was a team effort.  A special mention to our Year 7 team for all their hard work and commitment ensuring that the Year 7 children had an opportunity to shine and create memories to treasure!

   

  Well done one and all!

   

  

• Antrim GAA Friendship Games

  Thu 13 Jun 2024

  Two of our Year 7 children were selected to play in the annual Antrim-Dublin Friendship Games. Oliver represents our school on the boys' football team and Sophia represents us on the girls' football team. The children were presented with their kits today in school and will travel to Dublin tomorrow where they will be taken on a guided tour of Croke Park and will then leave for Parnell Park where they will play their games.  We look forwarding to seeing more photographs of them both in action and wish them good luck on their first run out for Antrim!

  

• Princess Recycle of Crumlin

  Mon 10 Jun 2024

  Princess Recycle of Crumlin left school today to make her way to the Antrim and Newtownabbey Garden Show Ireland at Antrim Castle Gardens.  She will be representing St. Joseph's at the show this year on Scarecrow Avenue from the 16th-18th June.  We wish her and all who helped create her in school good luck with the judging!  

  

• Antrim and Newtownabbey PS Soccer Tournaments

  Mon 10 Jun 2024

  Congratulations and well done to our boys and girls who attended the Antrim and Newtownabbey Borough Primary Schools' Soccer Cup.  They played with great skill, determination and team spirit showcasing their talents and how well they have progressed throughout the year.  All the after school training has definitely played off.  Well done girls and boys! 

  

• Sacred Heart of Jesus Feast Day

  Fri 07 Jun 2024

  In his newly appointed role as the new Bishop of the diocese, Bishop Alan McGuckian invited everyone to join him in a nine day novena which leads up to the Feast of the Sacred Heart on Friday 7th June. 

  During this week in school we have taken some time each day to pray.  This novena encourages us to pray for each other.

  To mark the feast day of the Sacred Heart we have created a display in the foyer of school which has a copy of the Novena and drawings by some of Mrs. Loughran's Year 4 children.

   

  'Sacred Heart of Jesus I place all my trust in thee.'

   

  

• Winners of the Sentinus STEM Experience Day

  Wed 05 Jun 2024

  Many congratulations to our 4 Year 7 pupils who travelled to South Lakes Leisure Centre, Craigavon for the 'straight to the final' Sentinus STEM Experience Day. 

   

  Pupils took part in two separate challenges.  In the Primary STEM Challenge Molly and Ryan had to design and build a suspension bridge capable of supporting a model vehicle.  In the K'Nex Construction Challenge Anthony and Adelaide had to use K'Nex pieces to design and build a helicopter with rotating blades and landing helipad.  Their drawn plans from both challenges were very impressive and their models met all the requirements set.  After the challenge the children had an opportunity to participate in a Science Workshop all about space.  The children were indeed a credit to their school.

   

  A special congratulations to Molly and Ryan who after judging concluded were awarded 1st Place overall in the STEM Construction Challenge - a fabulous achievement and another trophy for the cabinet in St. Joseph's!

   

  Well done boys and girls - it's looking like we definitely have future engineers and scientists in the making!

  

• Science Blast 2024

  Tue 04 Jun 2024

  Our Year 5 pupils had the opportunity to showcase their class investigation projects at ESB’s Science Blast in the ICC Waterfront, Belfast. The class projects were:

  • How do opticians know which lenses to use for glasses?
  • What is the best knot to use for forest school activities?
  • How clean is our water?

   

  All three classes presented their work with great confidence using appropriate scientific vocabulary and received lots of excellent feedback from the judging panels.  They were very impressed by the children’s knowledge and skills and how articulate they were in presenting their findings from their chosen areas of study.

   

  Pupils also had the opportunity to view projects from other schools attending and enjoy some amazing workshops including the ‘Physics of Football’ with ‘Mark the Science Guy’.

   

  Great learning and fun was had by all.  Well done Year 5 on being such wonderful science ambassadors for St. Joseph's!

  

• Glengormley School of Traditional Music

  Tue 04 Jun 2024

  Congratulations to our Year 7 pupil Cahir who represented St. Joseph's when the Glengormley School of Traditional Music performed today at Royal Avenue in the centre of Belfast.  These performances have brought school and young musicians together over the past couple of years and have helped bring Irish Traditional Music to the fore in education, particularly at Primary level. At today's event five schools were participating and Cahir showcased his talent by playing three individual tunes in additional to performing as part of a group.  He was indeed a credit to his family and school.  Well done Cahir!