St. Joseph's Primary School & Nursery Unit
Mass of Chrism
Our Primary 6 children went to St. Peter’s yesterday to greet Bishop Alan at his first Mass. At the Mass the Bishop blessed the Chrism that will be used for their confirmation. The children gave Bishop Alan a letter of welcome and an invitation to come and celebrate their Confirmation next March. We are grateful for the special time he gave to us. We would also like to thank Fr. Devlin for organising such a special experience for our Primary 6 children.
Easter Raffle
Congratulations to all our Easter Raffle winners!
Thank you to everyone who has very kindly supported our Lenten fundraising campaign this year. Your generous donations will help us support the work of Trocaire, alongside some other very worthwhile causes.
Food Bank Presentation
St. Joseph’s Foodbank Drive has now come to a close! Peter Rollins returned to our school yesterday to thank all the children and the school community for their kind generosity. He was bowled over by the quantity of supplies collected due to our School Council’s initiative to help those less fortunate during Lent. Our School Council would like to thank everyone who contributed for showing such generosity and a big thank you to Peter for helping to create this link with our school.
Table Tennis Championships
Well done to Oliver who played today in the Primary Schools Individual Table Tennis Championships in the U10 category. He came 5th out of 70 children. Fantastic!
Foodbank Drive
Another week and another full trolley! Our school council have been overwhelmed at the generosity shown by our community to support their initiative! A big thank you to everyone so far. If you would still like to donate you have until Wednesday morning before the trolley will be wheeled out to Ballymoney Foodbank.
PRIMARY 1
Primary 1 have been working very, very hard and solving lots of fun problems.
WORLD BOOK DAY
Primary 1 had lots of fun celebrating World Book Day.
PRIMARY 4 SCIENCE/MATHS INVESTIGATIONS
Primary Four are learning about the Solar System. They made the most of the sunshine this week and carried out a Science/Maths investigation. Their question was ‘How big is the Solar System?’. They worked in groups and used metre sticks to measure how far each planet was from the sun. We are so proud of their fantastic work!
SACRAMENT OF RECONCILIATION
Congratulations to all our Primary 3 children who celebrated their Sacrament of First Reconciliation in St. Joseph's Chapel last night. Thank you to our priests & families who made the night very special for everyone.
FIRE SAFETY TALK
Thank you to the firemen from Ballymoney Fire Station who gave our Primary 5 children a very informative talk on Fire Safety.
SCIENCE WEEK
Key Stage 2 enjoyed celebrating Science Week by participating in a range of exciting experiments. A special thanks goes to our past pupils Conor, Eoghan, Paudie, Joe and Cahir who helped facilitate the Science Workshop.
Primary 5 read a fantastic novel to mark World Book Day. They then carried out some investigations to make their very own potions for Science Week.
HALF-TIME GAMES
Well done to our Primary 7 pupils who played in the Cumann na mBunscol games during half time of the Antrim v Tipperary Senior NHL game at the weekend.
CONFIRMATION
Congratulations to our Primary 7 children who made their Confirmation on Thursday. Thank you to Fr Devlin for a lovely service and to everyone involved in making it such a special day for the boys and girls.
AR RAFFLE
Well done to all our Spring Raffle winners! A huge thank you to everyone who has supported our Lenten fundraising campaign so far. Your generous donations will help us support the work of Trocaire along with some other worthwhile causes.
MCCURDY'S POTATOES
Thank you to Ryan from McCurdy's Potatoes for supplying us with seed to allow us to plant and grow our own potatoes. We hope to have our first crop in June.
Half-Time Games
Well done to our Primary 7 boys who played yesterday at half time during the Antrim and Westmeath game at Corrigan Park.
CELEBRATING FR. DARREN
The whole school attended mass on Thursday to celebrate and thank Fr. Darren for the spiritual guidance he has given our school over the last 5 years and to wish him good luck in his new parish.
EARLY START TO SCIENCE WEEK
Primary 5 have made an early start to Science Week. They were looking at Egyptian reed boats as part of the topic Ancient Egyptians. They had to plan, construct and test their own straw boats. Lots of learning, problem solving and teamwork.
