We started Anti-Bullying Week with an ‘Odd Socks Day’. Children and staff wore a variety of odd socks to school. The emphasis was all about fun, expressing ourselves and celebrating diversity.  Thumbs up for a great start to the week.

Our Year 6 pupils travelled to Mosley Mill on Wednesday to attend a Business Masterclass. They learnt about the supply chain for apple juice and the importance of branding and packaging. They also learnt that higher prices don't necessarily guarantee better taste! They are now in the process of designing their own juice cartons which they will be completed over the coming days and sent back for judging.  Well done and good luck boys and girls!

As we enter the season of Christmas the girls and boys would love to enjoy a hot chocolate and cookie and have a storytelling morning for all our children!

Please take the time to nominate St Joseph's PS and Nursery, Crumlin
15 Glenavy Road, Crumlin BT29 4LA

Please click on the link below.  Thank you!
https://moyparkchicken.com/make-magical-moments/ 

The Nursery children enjoyed their Big Bedtime Read 2023. Thank you to Claire from Crumlin Library for her interactive story session. The children listened intently to all her stories, predicted what would happen next and joined in with repetitive phrases. Our session concluded with delicious hot chocolate, pancakes and cookies!

The Primary 5 and Primary 6 classes were visited by Naomh from INTO Film where she demonstrated their StoryBuilder resources. StoryBuilder enabled the children to develop their understanding of the basic building blocks of film - the 3Cs and 3Ss of film; colour, character, camera, story, sound and setting before creating imaginative narratives of their own.

Once all the children's work has been completed it will be sent back to INTO Film where it will hopefully receive a prize. Good luck everyone and many thanks to INTO Film for facilitating these wonderful workshops.

Members of staff from St Joseph's attended training on the implementation for the Pharmacy in Schools Programme in the beautifully refurbished St Comgall’s site on the Divis Road in Belfast this week.  They got to hear the history of the school and how it is now being used as a centre for the local and wider community to use for a variety and range of activities.

The programme will be introduced throughout the school later this year to develop the children’s understanding of the importance of self-care and become more aware of the role of the community pharmacist to treat common childhood ailments.

It has been developed by Belfast Healthy Cities, which is connected to the World Health Organisation and we look forward to promoting this and develop our health literacy through many organised lessons and activities, as well as inviting our community pharmacists in to school to talk about their role.

As we emabrk on the second half of Term 1 our new whole school display entitled 'We May All Be Different Fish, But In This School We Swim Together' reminds us that whilst we are all individuals with our own unique qualities and characteristics, we are much stronger and more vibrant whenever we work and play together!

Thank you to all of our Year 4 pupils who created a beautiful Holy Souls Prayer Service to celebrate the Feast Days of All Saints and All Souls.  The Prayer Service has been recorded and watched virtually by all of our pupils and has been forwarded to parents and guardians via SeeSaw to view.  Welld one girls and boys.

Watch Out .... lots of spooky things going on in St Joseph's today!  

HAVE A SAFE AND RELAXING HALLOWE'EN BREAK!

PS Our witch was called Aggie this year!