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

• Year 4 First Holy Communion

  Mon 16 May 2022

  The sun shone brightly on our Primary 4 children as they made their First Holy Communion on Saturday 14th May.  They all looked fantastic and played their parts so well.  Thank you to our Primary 4 staff for preparing the children so well, to Mrs McDonnell and the school choir for their lovely music on the day and to Fr Colm for delivering a lovely ceremony.

  

• Friends of St Joseph's Annual Fun Run

  Fri 13 May 2022

  Many thanks to everyone who sponsored our children for the recent Friends of St Joseph's Fun Run. We had a beautiful day and all our boys and girls enjoyed the exercise as they lapped the playground to raise funds for school resources.  Thank you - the support as always is much appreciated!

  

• Camogie Blitz at Portglenone

  Thu 12 May 2022

  Congratulations to the Girls' Camogie Team who travelled to Roger Casement's GAC to take part in the SW Antrim 7-a-side Camogie Blitz.  There was great team work and skill displayed on the day and the girls had a lots of fun.  Many thanks to Portglenone for hosting this very successful tournament.

  

• Year 5 Award Winners at the ESB Science Blast!

  Fri 06 May 2022

  Mr Downey's Year 5 Class were involved in the EBS Science Blast competition this year and they loved having the chance to develop their scientific skills.

   

  As a class they decided on their own question to investigate.  They decided that they wanted to find out if some foods help you to concentrate better than others, with the hope that chocolate would be on that list!  They discussed and planned how they would investigate this question. They talked about the importance of fair testing and also talked about what worked well and what they would do differently the next time.

   

  Noel, our judge, had a meeting on Zoom with us after Easter and he really enjoyed finding out all that we had discovered and was very impressed with the work that we carried out.  It was great fun and they all have their certificates and plaque to display for all the work completed.

  

• Pupil Council Visit Mr Traynor's Office

  Thu 05 May 2022

  The Pupil Council visited Mr Traynor today to discuss the topic of school bugdets.  Mr Traynor talked to the children about how a school budget is calculated and there was a general discussion as to what our school budget was used to fund.  In conclusion the children could see that our budget as it stands is not enough to provide us with every thing we need to keep our school functioning at its current level.  The Pupil Council have decided to promote this message and let others know it is vitally important to support all fundraising initiatives.  

   

  They will be visiting the classrooms in the lead up to The Friends of St. Joseph's Fun Run next Thursday 12th May to promote this event and to encourage as many as possible to raise much needed school funds for the school.

  

• Erasmus goes Online

  Tue 03 May 2022

  As part of our Erasmus Project Miss Walsh's Year 7 classour has a Google Meet with L'escola Maristes Valldemia school in a town called Mataro, in Catalan, Spain.

   

  The children chatted to the boys and girls in Catalan in small groups. They asked questions and discussed their favourite things, their hobbies and what school life is like in both Ireland and Catalan! The children enjoying meeting the each other online and learning about another country! 

   

  As the next part of our Erasmus Project two of our teachers will travel to Mataro in June to visit Maristes Valldemia School. 

  

• Garden Show Ireland 2022

  Fri 29 Apr 2022

  The Eco Team travelled to Antrim Castle Gardens for the Garden Show Ireland 2022 and the judging of the scarecrows which we had delivered  on Thursday.  The sun was shining and a great days fun was had by all those in attendance.  To top the day off our Year 4 scarecrow won 2nd place overall.  

   

  We were presented with a number of prizes including:

  - £200 Voucher for Creative Gardens

  - Trophy

  - Tree donated by CAFRE Greenmount College

  - Our school will also have the opportunity to take part in a fun half day workshop at CAFRE Greenmount College in the autumn term.

   

  Congratulations Year 4 and well done to all Year Groups for taking part.  Our scarecrows will now take pride of place in our new forest school garden.

  

• Gaelic Football Tournament

  Thu 28 Apr 2022

  Congratulations to the Girls' Gaelic Football Team who travelled to St Comgall's Antrim to take part in the SW Antrim 7-a-side Football Tournament.  There was great team work and skill displayed and the girls did St Joseph's proud and won the Football Shield.  Well done girls!

  

• And off our Scarecrows go!

  Thu 28 Apr 2022

  And off our scarecrows go the Garden Show Ireland 2022 in the Castle Grounds,  Antrim.  Each Year Group sent off their collective scarecrow  entry for judging in the School Scarecrow Challenge.  Our Eco Team will be heading to the Garden Show this Friday - let's hope our scarecrows do us proud and the Eco Team get to bring home a prize!

  

• Mayor of Antrim and Newtownabbey Visits St Joseph's

  Tue 26 Apr 2022

  On Monday 25th April the mayor of Antrim and Newtownabbey visited St Joseph's to make a presentation to our Primary 6 pupils Lexi McGuinness and Daisey Reynold. The girls were both runners up in the recent Primary School Business Masterclass Competition for their fantastic juice carton designs and each win a £25 voucher!  Congratulation girls on such a wonderful achievement and thank you to the mayor for visiting our school and presenting the girls with their awards  and prizes.