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

• All-Ireland Credit Union Quiz Final @ RDS Dublin

  Tue 08 Apr 2025

  Well done to our Credit Union team who reached the All-Ireland 2025 Credit Union Quiz Final in the RDS, Dublin on Sunday 6^th April.  The hotly contested event is run by the Irish League of Credit Unions (ILCU) each year and attracts more than 25,000 participants. From across the 32 counties.

   

  Our school quiz team were in Competition B competing against some teams from post-primary schools.  The questions challenged the children to dig deep into their reserves of knowledge and they did indeed do our school, themselves and their parents proud.   So well done to our four Primary 7 pupils Jenna, Joseph, Sarah and Scarlett and to their parents for their support on the day.  A great achievement competing against over 80 school from across the country!

  

• Faith Group Judge Easter Colouring Competition

  Mon 07 Apr 2025

  Our Faith Group had a difficult time selecting the entries from St. Joseph's to be sent to the Missio Ireland Easter Colouring Competition.  They worked well in groups to choose the final entries to be sent off for judging.  Well done to all who entered and to our Faith Group for their judging skills and promotion of Lenten values throughout this special season in the lead up to Easter.

  

• Year 1 & 2 Principal Awards

  Fri 04 Apr 2025

  Congratulations to our girls and boys in Primary 1 and Primary 2 who received the weekly Headteacher Award for a variety of wonderful traits.  We are very proud of them all! 

  

• Farewell and Best Wishes

  Fri 04 Apr 2025

  Congratulations to Mr. McCartan, St. Mary’s University College student, on the completion of his recent teaching practice placement in Mrs. Downey’s Year 5 Class. We thank him for all his work over the past seven weeks, and wish him every success in the future.

  

• Time Steps 'Viking Life' Education Programme

  Thu 03 Apr 2025

  Stephanie from Time Steps visited  school on Tuesday 23rd April to deliver an interactive workshop with our Year 6 pupils.

   

  During the course of the workshop, pupils had an opportunity to learns lots of Viking facts, engage in storytelling and drama activities and view Viking artefacts to include some weapons and shields they used during the course of their battles and journeys.

   

  A very interactive, informative and enjoyable workshop for our Year 6 pupils on their topic of 'The Vikings'.  Thank you Stephanie!

  

• Creggan 7-a-side Gaelic Football Tournament

  Thu 03 Apr 2025

  Congratulations to the Boys' Gaelic Football Team who travelled to Creggan to take part in the SW Antrim 7-a-side Gaelic Football Tournament. 

  There was great team work and skill displayed and the boys did St Joseph's proud.

  Thank you to Creggan for hosting such a great tournament.

   

  Well done boys!

  

• Year 3 & Year 7 Paired Reading Programme

  Tue 01 Apr 2025

  Our Year 3 pupils have been paired with a Year 7 pupil for the duration of our Paired Reading Programme. The children engaged in three half-hour paired reading sessions per week.   Year 3 children, with the support of their Year 7 partner, selected their Paired Reading books from a stock of books especially chosen for the programme. 

   

  Paired Reading which has two distinct parts - Reading Together and Reading Alone - has been shown to have excellent results for helping children to read, enjoy reading and to develop a positive attitude to reading. 

   

  Those children involved with the programme did indeed have an enjoyable and rewarding literacy experience.  We were delighted with the mutual benefits this paired reading programme has had for both our Year 3 and Year 7 pupils and were delighted to present all those involved with their certificates today.

   

  Congratulation girls and boys - well done!

   

  "A word after a word after a word is power."