Latest News
Keep up to date with all the latest news happening in school at the moment.
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Pupil Council Elected
Wed 25 Sep 2024Congratulations to the girls and boys who have been elected on to the Pupil Council for 2024/25. During the course of this year they will:
- Survey and carry forward ideas from their peers in class to the pupil council and wider school community;
- Meet with the school principal to discuss and review our school motto and vision;
- Promote and raise awareness and understanding of the importance of ‘Fairtrade’, Road Safety and Awareness Days, for example, Autism NI, Anti-Bullying Week etc;
- Recognise and promote resources and activities which explore children’s health and wellbeing through initiatives such as ‘Take 5 Fridays’;
- Work towards helping our school achieve the ‘Educating the Heart’ award from Children in Crossfire;
Under the guidance of Mrs. Wray we look forward to seeing how the children's ideas develop and grow throughout the school year!
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European Day of Languages
Tue 24 Sep 2024Bonjour, dia dhuit, guten tag, hola!
Today we celebrated European Day of Languages. Pupils engaged in a variety of activities; there was art, singing, dancing, dressing up, visits to our local Shared Education partner schools and lots of children learning and speaking a variety of European languages.
A fun day of learning was had by all!
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Year 1 - 3 September Golden Assembly
Tue 24 Sep 2024Today we celebrated our Year 1-3 September Golden Assembly with our Year 1 pupils joining us for assembly for the first time - they were amazing!
Mr. McGrattan's Year 2 class led our Year 1-3 Assembly on the theme of 'New Beginnings'. The children focused on many of the new things which come our way as we embark on a new school year and how we should embrace all of these and enjoy these new experiences. The boys and girls in Year 2 spoke so confidently and their singing was just wonderful. A lovely assembly indeed to mark the end of our first month back to school.
Pupils were presented with certificates, birthday badges and we also had a number of children who brought in medals, certificates and trophies from home to celebrate achievement outside of school.
Well done to all our boys and girls - a great start to the school year. We are very proud of you all!
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Cheque Presentation from Friends of St Josephs
Mon 23 Sep 2024Thank you!
Many thanks to the Friends of St Joseph's for their cheque presentation of £4,000 towards our school funds! We are delighted with the total presented and will put it to good use. So far we have purchased a new Interactive Whiteboard for Mrs. Campbell's Year 5 classroom and license rights for the access to the online Jolly Phonics Scheme and staff training on the speech and language programme, Talk Boost.
Friends AGM
The friends of St Joseph's will be hosting their AGM on Tuesday 24th September at 6.00pm in St Joseph's. This is a great opportunity to become actively involved and help build upon much needed resources which will benefit all the children in the school. Our PTA is a fun and lively organisation who have successfully raised thousands of pounds to purchase equipment and learning resources for the children in our school. At the meeting the committee will be selected and plans for the upcoming year will be discussed. Please come along and support your school!
First Fundraiser of the Year - Smarties Challenge!
This September ‘The Smarties Challenge’ is back!
Each child will be given a tube of Smarties to enjoy. Once the tube is empty we ask that you start collecting those 20p coins and place in the Smartie tube.
Please return your Smartie tube to school on or before
Friday 27th September.
Let’s raise some money towards school funds which will be used towards the purchase of Interactive
Whiteboards.
And please remember it’s not only Smarties who have the answer ….. St Joseph’s has the answer!
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Hooray for Apple Season!
Fri 20 Sep 2024In addition to some lovely plums and blackberries, we've had a bumper crop of cooking apples this year. Today some of our Primary 7 pupils picked some of these apples from the trees in our forest school area.
The pupils then took a selection of apples to our canteen manager Rick and asked if he could use them to create a tasty dessert. Rick thanked the boys and girls and told them to call back on Monday promising that he'd have a tasty treat for the children to try made from our school grown produce!
#Having some qualitree time with my besties.
#We couldn't have picked a better day!
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Election Fever Hits St Joseph's!
Fri 20 Sep 2024Election fever hit St Joseph's this week with the first of out two election campaigns for Pupils Council and Digital Leaders. Next week we have elections for Eco-Council and the Faith Group.
Congratulations to all those who have been elected so far and good luck to all next weeks candidates!
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NI Waterbus Visits Year 5
Thu 19 Sep 2024Our Year 5 pupils enjoyed a visit from the NI Waterbus. The Waterbus is a double decker bus, which has been transformed into a mobile education unit. On the Water Bus today our Year 5 pupils met H20, our Water Wise Super Hero, who introduced children to the Wonderful World of Water.
Pupils learned through presentation and demonstration about a range of water issues such as the water cycle, water for health, water sources, water and wastewater treatment, water conservation and water in the developing world. There was an interactive presentation on the lower deck explains how NI Water collects and cleans water and wastewater and explores how we can all help to look after this vital resource. On the upper deck of the bus there was a small cinema used to show videos and presentations. Year 5 watched as Flo and her friends explained the water cycle and how this amazing cycle never ends. They also discovered simple ways to save water at home and school and compare how we use water here in Northern Ireland with people in the developing world.
It was a great way to introduce the topic to the Year 5 boys and girls. Thank you Waterbus NI.
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Beginning of Year School Mass
Wed 18 Sep 2024Many thanks to Canon Colm for celebrating our beginning of the school year mass with our pupils from P4-7, our staff and wider school community this morning.
During the Season of Creation which begins on 1st September and ends on 4th October Canon Colm spoke to the children about the beauty all around us and how on this glorious sunny day we can reflect on new beginnings and look forward to the future. The newly appointed Year 7 Mini Ministers of the Word also read the Readings of the day and Prayers of the Faithful so confidently and reverently. Our Mass was indeed a very fitting way in which to ask for God's blessing on our school community as we embark on another school year.
We pray that it will be another successful year in St Joseph's which brings good health and happiness to all.
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St Joseph's is Alive With the Sound of Music
Tue 17 Sep 2024Choir practice has commenced again in St. Joseph's under the expert guidance of our two very talented teachers and musicians, Mrs. McDonnell and Mrs. Matthews. The boys and girls from Year 5 - Year 7 will meet each Tuesday afternoon to rehearse a variety of hymns and songs which will enhance many of our school services and events throughout the year. What a talented bunch they all are!
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Community Relations Week 2024
Mon 16 Sep 2024To mark Community Relations Week a selection of our Year 7 pupils from the four schools in our Shared Education Partnership will be working alongside Tesco Crumlin on Saturday 14th September to help raise awareness of the work of Air Ambulance Northern Ireland (AANI). The children were excellent representatives for our Shared Education partnership. Tesco will be in touch in the near future to announce the final total raised and the children will present a cheque to the Air Ambulance charity.
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