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

• Rosary Beads Presentation

  Fri 08 Sep 2023

  Many thanks to our parishioners Bill and Eileen McLeave who sent in a set of Rosary Beads for all the children in Years 5-7 to celebrated Tha Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary on Friday 8th September.  Your kindness is very much appreciated.  Thank you!

  

• Cheque Presentation from The Friends of St Joseph's

  Thu 07 Sep 2023

  Thank you!

  Many thanks to the Friends of St Joseph's for their cheque presentation of £6,000 towards our school funds!  We are delighhted with the total presented and will put it to good use to purchase much needed resources for the children in our school.  

   

  Friends AGM

  The friends of St Joseph's will be hosting their AGM of Wednesday 21st 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 - BLINGO!

  Also for the Friends first fundraising event this year get your bling on and join us for a night of Blingo with a sprinkle of  sparkle in St Claire's Hall Glenavy on Friday 6th October! Ticket order forms will be sent home in schoolbags very soon.  We hope lots of you will join us and make our first fundraiser of the year a resounding success!  Bring your drinks and nibbles, gather up your friends and come along for some fun and the chance to win some super prizes! 

   

   

  

• Welcome Back for Another School Year

  Fri 01 Sep 2023

  It was wonderful to see all of the children back in school again for a new school year.  Everyone looked so well in their school uniforms and were so well prepared for the year ahead.  There were lots of smiles and fiendship rekindled.  A special welcome to all our Primary 1 pupils and those who join year groups from new schools.  We celebrated being together again by hosting our first assemblies of the school year where we were able to come together in our school hall.  It was a very special occassion. 

   

  We wish all our pupils, staff and parents every blessing, good health and happiness for the year ahead!

  

• Applications for Free School Meals and Uniform Allowance

  Mon 10 Jul 2023

  Applications for Free School Meals and Uniform Allowance for the upcoming academic year are now open!

  
  Please click on https://www.eani.org.uk/financial-help/free-school-meals-uniform-grants/apply-for-free-school-meals-uniform-grants 

   

  Thank you.

• Summer 2023 Sway News at St Joseph's

  Thu 29 Jun 2023

  Please find below a link to our Summer 2023 SWAY News @ St Joseph's

   

  https://sway.office.com/9wKhtY1wZISsdjzK?ref=Link

   

  We would like to wish our school community a very safe, happy and  hopefully sunny Summer Break.

   

  Best wishes from

   

  All at St Joseph's Primary and Nursery School!

• Years 1 - 6 End of Term Summer Assembly

  Tue 27 Jun 2023

  Congratulations to all of our Years 1-6 Summer Award Winners!

  

• Year 7 Leavers' Day

  Fri 23 Jun 2023

  Today we bid a sad farewell to our wonderful Year 7 pupils.  The day began with our Leavers' Breakfast in the school canteen followed by our Annual Year 7 Prizegiving.  Pupil were cheered and clapped out of the school grounds to their Leavers' Mass in Mater Dei Church which concluded with a Record of Achievement Presentation, after the final blessing.  It was an emotional day for all involved but these girls and boys are all well ready for the next big adventure into second level education. 

   

  From all in St Joseph's we wish you every God's Blessing and good luck! And remember above all ..... BE HAPPY!

   

  'Hakuna Matata ..... No worries for the rest of your days!'

  From the Year 7 Show, The Lion King.

  

• The Nursery Children Visit Primary 1

  Thu 22 Jun 2023

  The children from our Nursery Unit paid a visit to Primary 1 today where they had an opportunity to see their classrooms for next year and meet their new teachers. They were excellent and settled so well - we look forward to welcoming them all to Primary 1 in September!

  

• Years 4-6 End of Year Fun Days

  Wed 21 Jun 2023

  Great fun has was had by all during our recent End of Year Fun Days for Year 4-6.  The weather was so kind to us and we look forward to our icecream treat on Friday to round off a great week!

  

• Year 5 Visit Crumlin Integrated College

  Tue 20 Jun 2023

  Thank you to our Shared Education partner school, Crumlin Integrated College, for inviting us to attend a shared resources event on Tuesday 20^th June.  Our Primary 5 children participated in four activities - pizza making in Home Economics, Spanish in the languages department, a biodiversity 'bug' hunt in the science department and making wooden keyrings in technology.  They all had a thoroughly enjoyable time!