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

• Year 4 HW Come Dine With Me

  Wed 24 Apr 2024

  Many thanks to all the family members who joined our boys and girls in Miss Walsh's Year 4 class for a beautiful meal in the canteen. Rick and his staff had prepared a beautiful feast for everyone to celebrate and eat together before we celebrate the Sacrament of First Communion together on Saturday 18th May.

   

  

• Time Steps 'Viking Life' Education Programme

  Tue 23 Apr 2024

  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 as they begin their Term 3 topic.  Thank you Stephanie!

   

  

• Young Writers Poetry Competition

  Mon 22 Apr 2024

  Having just completed their pictograms in the playground, Mr. Traynor called to congratulate the girls and boys in Mrs. Campbell's Year 5 class who have had their work chosen to be entered for publication in 'Once Upon A Dream - The Land Of Make-Believe'. 

   

  The judges stated that they were very impressed with the children's writing and it is clear that their teacher, Mrs. Campbell, has really inspired and engaged them with poetry.  The children received a bookmark, sticker and certificate to mark this achievement. 

   

  The collection will be published on 14th June 2024 and we look forward to receiving our copy shortly after.  Well done boys and girls!

   

  'Poetry is thoughts that breathe, and words that burn.'

  

• 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!