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| Cross Country Challenge |
|  | Congratulations to our P6 Cross Country team who took part in the annual Lisburn Schools Cross Country challenge at Leisureplex recently. The Boys Team included Aaron, Adam P, Connor, Ronan, Curtis, Myles and Zino. Aaron was the first boy from the St.Joseph's team home and his overall position was 32nd. |  | The Girls Team included Olivia, Kerrie, Cara, Siobhan, Aoife, Megan, Cara and Erin. First home for St. Joseph's was Olivia who finished an amazing 4th overall!!. Kerrie was our second girl home finishing a fabulous 8th overall. Congratulations to the whole team who supported each other and continued to show the Olympic values of determination and friendship!! Well done! |
Status Quo Drummer Jeff
Rich visits St Joseph's! |
|  | The P4-7 pupils of St Joseph's had a musical treat recently, when former Status Quo drummer Jeff Rich, came to visit! Jeff talked to the children about different types of drums, and each child even got to play a percussion instrument at the end!
Click here to see more photos of Jeff Rich's visit in our Photo Gallery |
| P4 Castleward Trip 2013 |
|  | P4 had a great experience recently when they
went to Castleward to learn all about their
current topic World War Two. The children
pretended to be evacuees for the day. They
even had their lunch wrapped in newspaper and
tied up in string! Thanks to everyone in
Castleward for making the trip so memorable! Click here to see more photos of P4 at Castleward in our Photo Gallery. |
| Mountain Bike Stars! |
|  | Congratulations to St Joseph's pupils Shea (P5), Kerry (P6), Anton (P3) and Moya (P3) who have enjoyed great success recently at mountain biking.
During the Summer Shea won the All-Ireland Cross Country MTB League under 8 boys. Kerry won the All-Ireland Cross Country MTB League under 10 girls, and also won the All Ireland Championships for under 10 girls. Moya was 3rd in the All-Ireland Cross Country MTB League under 8 girls. Shea and Moya finished with Silver medals in the All Ireland Championships in the Under 8 races. |  | Recently the children have been competing in the 7 race Ulster Cyclo-Cross League. Shea has won 6 of the races with the final race held in Cookstown on 14th December. The final race will double as the Ulster Championship, Shea will be hoping to continue his winning streak. Moya has placed well in her races – and won the race in Larne recently. She is in second place in the League. Kerry has placed well in her races and lies a strong second place in the Under 10 girls league. Anton has recently joined the ‘club’ and is racing in the under 8 boys category. He is racing well and currently lies a fine 5 place overall. An excellent result considering he is 2 years younger than some of his competitors (including Shea!). Shea is also playing water polo for the Lisburn sharks in a mini league. The team have had great success winning 3 of their 4 matches, losing only to the strong favourites Clonard. They are on course to finish in second place in only their first league start – well done to all! Recently Lisburn played the Cathal Brugha water polo team – this team had been founded by Shea’s’ Great-Grandfather Seamus O’Kane in 1932. |
| P4 Lisburn Trail |
|  | P4 had great fun recently when they went on a town trail of Lisburn to help them with their current topic. They visited the Linen Museum and Castle Gardens to learn about the history of Lisburn and about some of the buildings in our local area. Thank you to everyone at the Linen Museum who gave our P4's such a great morning!
Click here to see more photos of the P4 Lisburn Trail in our Photo Gallery |
| P5 Christmas Star! |
|  | Congratulations to P5 Pupil Holly, who turned on the Christmas lights in Belfast on Saturday 17th November! Holly entered a competition on local radio station Cool FM. To win this amazing prize Holly had to design a pantomime character. Holly's winning design 'Belle-Fast' is pictured. Well done Holly! |
| Craft Night |
|  | A great night was had on 8th October at our PTA
Ladies Craft Night. Lots of lovely jewellery, makeup,
gifts and other items were on offer at great prices! Thank you to everyone who helped to organise the night and for all the stall holders for coming along and supporting our school.
Click here to see our PTA page |
| Shoe Box Appeal 2012 |
|  | Fiona Kelly from the Road of Hope charity came to
collect our shoe box donations recently and was delighted with our generosity. A total of 189 shoe boxes were donated. These will be delivered to countries such as Bosnia, Romania, Africa and Croatia.
Our school motto, 'We care so we share' is truly alive! |
Halloween 2012 in
St Joseph's! |
|  | A spooky time was had in St Joseph's on Thursday 25th October when we held our annual Halloween Fun Day!
Once again some amazing costumes were produced
by all the children.
The costumes were so great that Mrs Gough and all the staff had a really hard job picking the winners!
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which were organinsed by parents. Spooky masks
and many other wonderful Halloween things were created!
To top it all off, each class took part in some traditional
Halloween games in their classroom, such as Dunking
for Apples and Snap Apple. A great time was had by all!
Click here to view more photos from Halloween Fun Day 2012 in our Photo Gallery |
Beauty and the Beast
comes to St Joseph's! | |  | The children in P3, P4 and P5 had a lovely treat
recently when they got to watch a special
performance of Beauty and the Beast in our school
Assembly Hall! The performance included lots of
modern songs which the children loved joining in with!
Pictured with the actors from the show are some of
the children from Primary 3 and Primary 4. |
P6 Soccer Team win at
Lisburn Distillary |
|  | Congratulations to our P6 Soccer Team who recently
won a P6 football tounament at Lisburn Distillary Football Club. The boys were playing against local primary school teams and beat St Luke's P.S 1-0 in the final!
Pictured are the winning team: Oisin, Cameron, Adam P, Niall (Captain), James, Robert, Aaron, Jack, Robbie and Connor.
Well done boys - we are all very proud of you! |
| Key Stage One Sports Day |
|  | Our Primary 3 and 4 children had great fun on Friday
1st June at their Sports Day. The children were all given a country to represent and an Olympic style opening ceremony took place! Everyone took an active
part and participated in lots of different events including
the sprint, the hurdles, the potato and spoon, the bean
bag throw, the straight relay and the obstacle relay.
One of the hightlights of the day was the Dad's Sprint
and Mum's Potato and Spoon Race! Well done everyone - you were all great sports!!
Click here to see more photos of Key Stage 1 Sports Day in our Photo Gallery
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| Lisburn School's Triathalon |
|  | Congratulations to Oran, Conor, Tom, Cormac, Charlotte, Caoli and Ellen who recently took part in the Lisburn School's Triathalon. To complete the triathalon the children had to swim, run and cycle at the Leisureplex. Well done to everyone who took part - we are all very proud of you! |
Celebrating the
Refurbishment of our school |
|  | Cecelia Daly, BBC N.I. Weather girl brought the glorious sunshine to St Joseph’s Primary school, Lisburn on 24th May when she officially opened a range of brand new facilities on site. Cecilia is a past pupil of St Joseph’s and the school was delighted to welcome her back as guest of honour! |  | The wonderful new improvements to the school include the entrance foyer, state of the art disabled facilities, outdoor play areas, a new P1 classroom, a mobile classroom with toilets, after-school cabin, a Parents’ Cabin, a new car park, beautiful awnings and a newly established greenhouse! Joining Cecelia on the celebratory tour were some very distinguished guests from CCMS, DENI, SEELB along with friends and families of the school community. Click here to see more photos of the special celebration in our Photo Gallery |
| Confirmation 2012 |
|  | Congratulations to our Primary 7 children who were confirmed by Bishop Farquhar on Wednesday 23rd May in St Patrick's Church, Lisburn. |  |
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| First Holy Communion 2012 |
|  | Congratulations to our Primary Four children who made their First Holy Communion on Sunday 13th May 2012 in St Patrick's Church, LIsburn.
|  | The children worked very hard in preparation for their special day. After the special celebration mass in the church with Fr Mc Caughan everyone came back to school to celebrate together.
Click here to see more photos of First Holy Communion 2012 in our Photo Gallery |
| P7 Manchester Visit 2012 |
|  | Our Primary Seven's had a fun filled week on their recent trip to Manchester. They had an early start on Tuesday 24th April when they met at the Stena Line Teminal to begin their journey! The children had a busy schedule. Lots of fun was had at Alton Towers and Old Trafford. Bowling, Swimming, Watersports and Rock Climbing were some of the other activities that the children took part in. They returned home on Friday night tired, but a great time was had by all!
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| Guys and Dolls 2012 |
|  | Congratulations to our P7 pupils who gave an amazing performance of the show 'Guys and Dolls' last week. Each child let their talents shine through and had the audience enthralled throughout! Well done also to Mrs Fleming and Mr Gallagher who produced the show. |  | Click here to see more photos of Guys and Dolls in our Photo Gallery |
| P4 Trip to Castleward! |
|  | P4 had a great experience recently when they
went to Castleward to learn all about their
current topic World War Two. The children
pretended to be evacuees for the day. They
even had their lunch wrapped in newspaper and
tied up in string! Thanks to everyone in
Castleward for making the trip so memorable! |  | Click here to see more photos of the P4 Trip to Castleward in our Photo Gallery. |
| Mountain Bike Champions! |
|  | Congratulations to P5 pupil Kerry and P4 pupil Shea who won their respective categories in a mountain bike (MTB) series of races in Ormeau Park, Belfast recently.
Kerry won the girls' under 10 series riding for XMTB McConveys Cycles with 2 wins and a second place in the three races.
Shea won the boys' under 8 series riding for Phoenix CC with victory in all 3 races.
Pictured are Kerry and Shea with their trophies at the prize giving in the Ozone Centre. |
Tag Rugby Team at Lisburn
RFC |
|  | Congratulations to the St Joseph's Tag Rugby Team
who took part in a Tag Rugby event at Lisburn RFC
recently. The boys did really well to win all their
matches on the day! |
| SEELB Award Winner! |
|  | Congratulations to P7 pupil Charlotte, who
recently won an SEELB Sports Award for her
achievements in Fencing. Pictured with Charlotte is
Donna Traynor from the BBC, who presented her with her award. |
| Catholic Schools Week 2012 29th January - 4th February |
|  | The theme of Catholic Schools Week this year, ‘Christ’s Living Body Active in our World’ seeks to highlight how we should show the love of God in our daily relationships with each other. It should be visible through the care, respect, understanding and support we show to each person we interact with in our day to day lives. As a school we develop these values through our Curriculum for the children, but we want each person who visits our school either parent or visitor to leave our company feeling respected, listened to and cared for. |  | Pupils in Miss Delaney’s P1 class made their grandparents so proud when they invited them to come into St Joseph’s Primary School to hear their tribute to them this week. As part of Catholic Schools Week St Joseph’s recognise the important role which grandparents have in supporting the parents of their pupils in ensuring that the values and principles of the Catholic faith are handed on to this generation of children. In the words of the prayer written by St Teresa of Avila: ‘Christ has no body now on earth, but yours’. We are the body of Christ here in St. Joseph’s P.S. You are The Body of Christ visible in your family. Click here to see more photos of our P1's with their Grandparents in our Photo Gallery. |
| Carol Service 2011 |
|  | Christmas came early to St Joseph's on Tuesday night, 20th December, when we held our annual Carol Service in St Patrick's Church Lisburn. Our Primary Four children reminded us about the true meaning of Christmas when they performed a magnificent Nativity play. |  | The school choir also sang some beautiful carols to truly put us in the Christmas Spirit! Some wonderful soloists really added to the performance on the night. The choir were also joined by our great instumentalists who played some lovely Christmas Carols for us. Well done to everyone involved for putting on a great show!
Click here to see more photos of our Carol Service 2011 in our Photo Gallery |
St Joseph's Choir sing on
Radio Ulster! |
|  | Our school choir brought some Christmas cheer to Radio Ulster on Monday 19th December, when they were asked to sing on Hugo Duncan's radio programme live from Bow Street Mall! The choir performed a fantastic Christmas Medley of I saw Mummy kissing Santa Claus, Rudolph the Red Nose Reindeer and Jingle Bells. They finished off with a wonderful rendition of In the Bleak Mid Winter! |  | Some of the choir were even interviewed by Hugo on the radio! Well done to all the children involved and to Mrs O'Hare for preparing them so well.
Click here to see more photos of our choir singing on Radio Ulster |
| Shoebox Appeal 2011 |
|  | Seamus Quinn, Principal of St Patrick's Acadamy, Lisburn came to the rescue last Friday! Mr Quinn helped Mrs Gough and Brendan transport hundreds of shoe boxes to Antrim. The shoe boxes were created by our very generous parents for children in Eastern European Orphanages.
This generosity will bring a big smile to a child this Christmas. Thank you to everyone who donated a shoe box for this very worthwhile appeal. |
| Book Fair 2011 |
|  | Last week we celebrated our love of reading by holding
our annual Book Fair. P7 children were very professional
in their organisation of the event. Stock controllers and marketing assistants along with the cashiers, helped to make the book fair a huge success.
The Book Fair attracted lots of visitors throughout the week and everyone enjoyed browsing or buying books for friends and family. The marketing team ran a poetry competition and the winning poets each received a prize. |  | We raised a staggering £2,039.71 and so are hoping to buy sets of books for each class to enjoy.
Thank you to everyone who supported the Book Fair and well done to the P7's for making it a very successful event. |
| NI author visits P6 and P7! |
|  | P6 and P7 were recently treated to an inspiring visit from top NI author Colin Bateman. He shared his experiences of writing and publishing books with the children. The children had an opportunity to ask him questions about his work and how he became a writer. He left a selection of his latest book which he has signed! Pictured with Colin are Molly and Helen who asked Colin to sign a copy for their mum, who loves to read his books!
Click here to see more photos of Colin's visit in our Photo Gallery. |
Genevieve the Goat Visits
P1 and P2 |
|  | It's not every day a life size goat visits our school, but that's what happened on Wednesday 9th November, when Genevieve the goat visited the P1 and P2 children of St Joseph's! Genevieve works for the Ulster Cancer Foundation and has been employed to help educate children about keeping fit and eating healthily. The P1 and P2 children listened to a story about healthy eating and learnt alot about the importance of living a healthy lifestyle.
Click here to see more photos of Genevieve's visit to St Joseph's in our Photo Gallery |
| Halloween in St Joseph's! |
|  | Halloween came to St Joseph's on Thursday 27th October, when we had our annual Halloween Fun Day. Every child came to school dressed up. There was an amazing array of costumes on display.
The P1-P3 children had a wonderful spooky walk in Castle Gardens and then joined P4 to P7s for a parade in the playground. It would have been impossible to pick winners so every child got a packet of sweets for dressing up. |  | Each class also got to take part in Halloween Art workshops which were organised by Therese Gorman and her wonderful team of helpers. Frankinstein masks and lanterns were amongst some of the spooky things created by the children!
Click here to see more photos of Halloween Fun Day 2011 in our Photo Gallery |
| P1 Visit Pizza Express |
|  | Both P1 classes had great fun recently when they visited
Pizza Express on the Lisburn Road. The staff showed the children how to make a pizza and each child returned to school with their own creations!
We would encourage you to use this company if you are in the area, as the workshops they provided for the children were fantastic!
Thank you to all the staff at Pizza Express for giving the children this great opportunity.
Click here to see more photos of Primary One at Pizza Express |
| P2 Visit the Doctor |
|  | P2 became doctors recently when the parents of Akshara in Mrs Awada's class came to visit! Akshara's mum and and dad are doctors in the City Hospital in Belfast. They told the children all about their jobs. Akila is a woman doctor and her husband is an anaesthetist.
The children had great fun listening to their heartbeats using the stethescope and they each got a chance to visit the doctors surgery!
Click here to see more photos of P2's Doctor Visit in our Photo Gallery |
Lisburn Sports Personality
of the Year |
|  | Congratulations to P7 pupil Charlotte who
was runner up in the Lisburn Council Sports Personality of the year. Charlotte was the youngest ever person to be placed.Charlotte is the current British U10 fencing champion and has just been invited to receive a Sports Award at the SEELB Awards Night in November. Congratulations Charlotte - we are all very proud of you! |
P6 Pupil Brad is a
Star! |
|  | P6 pupil, Brad is currently appearing in the Doherty's Sausage advertisement on UTV. Look out for him!!!! |
P5 and P6 Choir sing at
Relaunch of Parenting NI |
|  | Congratulations to our Primary 5 and 6 choir and our Folk Group who performed at the relaunch of Parenting NI at the Grand Opera House in Belfast on Tuesday 13th September. The Health Minister Edwin Poots, Lady Eames and Pip Jaffa were the Keynote speakers. The Traditional Group entertained guests as they arrived and the choir opened the event with Can you feel the love tonight? They closed the event by singing We're the Future of Tomorrow. Lady Eames referred to the children's singing and playing as being enchanting and indeed it was!
Pictured are Aoife and Robbie with Lady Eames. |
| P7 Prize Night |
|  | It was an emotional occasion in St Joseph's on Tuesday night, 28th June, when we said goodbye to our Primary Sevens at their Prize NIght. Stella Drayne presented the awards to the prize winners. The prize winners were:
Academic Achievement: Niamh O'C
Artistic Achievement: Rustams
Drama Award: Rebecca
Mary Smyth Music Award: Thomas
Sportsman of the year: Conor
Sportswoman of the year: Beata
School Service Award: Conall
Ryan
Sacred Heart of Mary: Aoife
Netball Player of the Year: Annie
Most Improved Netballer: Rachel
Cenka
Click here to see more photos from Prize Night in our Photo Gallery
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The children also received their Records of Achievement from Miss Ferris and Mrs McCambridge, and Mrs O'Hare presented them with ties for their new schools.
There were lots of tears at the end of the night when everyone watched a photo presentation about the Class of 2011!
We wish all our Primary Sevens good luck and we hope they all have great success in the future.
Click here to see some photo memories of the Class of 2011 in our Photo Gallery.
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| Cash for Clobber 2011 |
|  | St Joseph's had another successful Cash for Clobber day
on Thursday 23rd June. The school Eco Council
appealed for everyone to bring in bags full of old clothes
and textiles and drop them off at the back car park or top
of the lane. Each bag will help to raise money for school
funds. Thank you to everyone who contributed and to the
Eco Council and Mrs McCambridge's class for
organising the event!
Click here to see more photos of Cash for Clobber in
our Photo Gallery |
P6 are U105 Class of the
Week! |
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Megan recently nominated her Primary Six Class for ‘Class of the Week’ on U105fm. Miss Hanna's class were delighted to find out that they had won! As part of the prize, one of the presenters, David Johnson came to visit the class on Tuesday 21st June and read Megan’s winning letter. The weekly competition is sponsored by Northern Ireland Cancer Fund for Children so one of their fundraisers also came to visit. The children all received Goodie-Bags which included a Frisbee, balloons, pencils, wristbands and badges. A photo of the class will be posted on the U105 website! Congratulations Megan and all of P6!
Click here to see more photos of the U105 visit in our
Photo Gallery |
| P7 Bugsy Malone Show |
|  | St Joseph's Assembly Hall was transformed into Fat Sam's 'Speakeasy' on Thursday night, 16th June, when our Primary 7 children entertained us with an amazing performance of Bugsy Malone. Congratulations to all the children and to their teachers Mrs McCambridge and Miss Ferris who produced the show!
Click here to see more photos from Bugsy Malone in our Photo Gallery |
P3 Award Winning
Photographer! |
|  | Congratulations to our P3 pupil Anton who won first
place in the Under 16 Belfast Parks photographic
competition!
Anton entered 3 photos into the competition in the
category 'People and Events'. He took his photos in Lady
Dixon Park.
Anton will be awarded his prize at a prize giving
ceremony in the Ormeau Bowling Pavilion on 21st June.
Well done Anton - we are all very proud of your success! |
Enchanted Evening and
BBQ |
|  | St Joseph's was transformed into an enchanted forest on Friday night, 10th June, when we had our annual PTA Treasure Hunt and BBQ. The theme of the evening was 'Enchanted' and started off in Castle Gardens with a family treasure hunt. Everyone then returned to school for
a BBQ and Fitness Freddie entertained the children.
Thank you to the PTA and staff for organising the event.
A wonderfully enchanting evening was had by all!! |  | Click here to see more photos of the PTA Enchanted Evening and BBQ |
| P6 Fencing Star! |
|  | Congratulations to P6 pupil Charlotte who won the
Under 10 British Youth Fencing Championships on 15th
May in Telford, Shopshire. Charlotte competed against
lots of girls from all over Britain and she remained
undefeated throughout the Championships. She is the
first person ever from NI to have won a medal at the
Championships.
Charlotte trains every Thursday night with Lisburn
Gladiators in St Patrick's Parish Centre.
She featured on BBC Newsline on Thursday 9th June, as
part of their series on Inspiring Sportswomen!
Congratulations Charlotte - everyone at St Joseph's is
really proud of your achievements! |
| NI Netball Finals |
|  | Congratulations to our Netball team who have had a
fantastic season. They travelled to Limavady on
Saturday 4th June to take part in the NI Primary Schools
Netball Finals. The girls played amazingly well and
managed to reach the semi finals. Thank you to Stella Drayne and Mrs McCambridge who coach the girls and took them to the finals. Well done girls - you
are great embassadors for our school!
Click here to see more photos of the NI Netball Finals in our Photo Gallery |
| Girls Handball Champions! |
|  | Our Girls Handball Team went to Assumption Grammar
School in Ballynahinch recently to take part in the South
Eastern Primary Schools Handball Finals. The girls
played 4 matches. They won the first 3 and drew the next, which took them into the overall final. The girls played amazingly and won the final to gain the trophy!
Congratulations girls - we are all very proud of you! |
| Swimming Gala 2011 |
|  | The gala this year went swimmingly for St.Joseph's! All those who took part had a fabulous day at the LeisurePlex pool. The children took part in freestyle, breast stroke, back stroke and butterfly 25M races and took home 15 medals in total, 4 gold, 6 silver and 5 bronze!! Congratulations to all and a special thanks to all the parents and relatives who came along to support us! Click here to see more photos of the Swimming Gala in our Photo Gallery |
| Zoologica Visit P4 and P6 |
|  | Our P4 and P6 classrooms transformed into the
Rainforest on Thursday 9th June, when Charlie from
Zoologica came to visit. She brought some very
interesting friends with her! The children were all
amazed when she showed them a snail, a cockroach,
2 hermit crabs, a milipede, and a snake. Charlie gave
the children the opportunity to touch all of the creatures
and they even got to see the 2 hermit crabs have a race!
Click here to see more photos of the Zoologica visit in
our Photo Gallery. |
| Make Up - Shake Up! |
|  | The ladies of St Joseph's were given a real treat on
Thursday night, 2nd June, when award winning make up
artist and parent Oonagh Boman gave a make up
demonstration and talk. Oonagh talked to everyone
about her work and her model for the night was our P3
teacher Mrs Connolly! Thank you to Oonagh, Clare and
Jane for giving us all such a wonderful night. All money raised from the night was donated to the school.
Click here to find out more about Oonagh's work on her
website. |
| Key Stage One Sports Day |
|  | Our Primary 3 and 4 children had great fun on Thursday
2nd June at their Sports Day. Everyone took an active
part and participated in lots of different events including
the sprint, the hurdles, the potato and spoon, the bean
bag throw, the straight relay and the obstacle relay.
One of the hightlights of the day was the Dad's Sprint
race! Well done everyone - you were all great sports!!
Click here to see more photos of Key Stage One Sports
Day in our Photo Gallery. |
Choir Perform at 'The
Magic of the Movies' |
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 | Members of our school P4-7 choir did a fantastic job on Wednesday 25th May, when they represented St Joseph's at a concert in the Island Centre in Lisburn. The theme of the concert was 'Magic at the Movies' and the children sang 2 songs from the Lion King.
The concert was organised by the Parents Advice
Centre and all money raised from the night went to the
charity. Anne Holland from the charity, and two of the soloists from the night, came to Assembly on 10th June to present the children with certificates for taking part.
Thank you to all the parents who came and supported the
children. A great night was had by all! |
| Belfast Giants Visit P6 |
|  | Miss Hanna’s P6 class were head and shoulders above the rest last Thursday when the Belfast Giants came to visit! They were treated to a hockey demonstration with Craig Peacock – a real giant! P6 were able to try new skills and the session culminated in a mini tournament. They all really enjoyed the day and best of all, they got Craig’s autograph at the end! Click here to see more photos of the Belfast Giants visiting P6 in our Photo Gallery. |
| International Day 2011 |
|  | The community of St Joseph's celebrated the many
different cultures in our school on Friday 20th May, when we had an International Day. All children came to school dressed up to represent a country. During the week each class also researched a country from around the world and made a display for the Assembly Hall.
The children took part in lots of great activities to help them learn about countries around the world.
Our Indian families treated the children to a presentation about India and they even got to taste some lovely Indian food. Food was also provided by our families from the Philipenes |  | Detalina, one of our parents from Bulgaria told everyone all about the country and the children took part in art activities and games from around the world. They also got to play the African drums!
The day finished with a briliant concert in the assembly hall. Our choir, folk group and Irish Dancers were joined by P5 drummers, Bollywood dancers and Haiku dancers. Detalina, Valerie and Treyan performed a traditional dance from Bulgaria and 2 of our young girls from India finished the performance with an amazing traditional dance. Thank you to all the families and tutors who helped make International Day such a wonderful success!
Click here to see more photos of International Day in our Photo Gallery |
| Manchester Trip 2011 |
|  | Our Primary Seven's had a fun filled week on their recent
trip to Manchester. They had an early start on Tuesday
10th May when they met at the Stena Line Teminal
to begin their journey! The children had a busy schedule. Lots of fun was had at Alton Towers and Old Trafford. Bowling, Swimming, Watersports and Rock Climbing
were some of the other activities that the children took
part in. They returned home on Friday night tired, but a
great time was had by all!
|  | Click here to see more photos of the P7 Trip to Manchester in our Photo Gallery |
| Cross Country Star! |
|  | Congratulations to Primary 7 pupil Beata who
came 5th in the recent Cross Country Regional Finals in
Dundonald. Mrs Gartland presented Beata with a trophy
she won in Primary School! Well done Beata,
we are all very proud of you! |
| Easter in St Joseph's! |
|  | The children in St Joseph's celebrated Easter this
week with Art Workshops again organised by our
wonderful parents Therese Gorman and Jana Drayne.
Each class made some lovely Easter gifts incuding
Easter lillies, flowers and decorated mugs! |
 | P1-3 also had great fun on their Easter Egg Hunt! Their
teachers hid some chocolate eggs and bunnies and
the children had to go and find them! Well done
everyone, we hope you enjoyed your eggs!! |
St Joseph's says goodbye
to Mrs Dowds after 20 years! |
|  | It was a sad day in St Joseph's on Wednesday when we said goodbye to Mrs Emily Dowds, one of our
Lunch Time supervisors. Mrs Dowds has worked at
the school for 20 years and will be greatly missed.
Pictured with Mrs Dowds are her grandchildren, Ashleigh, Holly and Anton, Mrs Gough and Primary One pupil Enya.
Goodbye and good luck Emily from everyone at
St Joseph's!
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| School Council Raise Money for Trocaire |
|  | St Joseph's School Council raised money for Trocaire recently when they held a Bun Sale in Miss Hanna's class! They raised £127.79 and would like to thank anyone who donated and those who bought! Well done to the School Council for organising the event so efficiently. Congratulations! |
Primary 7 receive the
Sacrament of Confirmation |
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Congratulations to our Primary 7 pupils who were
confirmed by Bishop McKeown on Friday 25th March
in St Patrick's Church, LIsburn |
St Joseph's pupils
help to launch
Gaelic4Girls in Lisburn |
|  | St Joseph's pupils Tierna and Monika recently helped to launch the
Gaelic4Girls initiative in Lisburn. Gaelic4Girls is an
8 week coaching course for girls between the
ages of 9 and 13 and aims to increase
participation in ladies' football. The first session
begins on Saturday, March 12th at Friends School
Sports Hall at 2-3pm. The cost is £8.
Pictured with Tierna and Monkia are Eliza Downey
(Ladies' Gaelic Football Union Programme Officer)
and Kevin Madden (Community Sports
Development Officer for Lisburn City Council) |
St Joseph's get new Sports
Kits! |
|  | Thanks to the generous sponsorship of parents, St
Joseph’s have recently purchased
new kits for their Boys’ and Girls’ Gaelic,
Soccer and Netball teams.
Pictured with children from St Joseph’s are
sponsors representatives Angela Rice
(O’Doherty Dental Care) Peter Drayne
(Drayne’s Farms) Stella Drayne (Drayne’s Farms)
and Kieran Dixon. |
| P4 Trip to Castleward |
|  | P4 had a great experience recently when they
went to Castleward to learn all about their
current topic World War Two. The children
pretended to be evacuees for the day. They
even had their lunch wrapped in newspaper and
tied up in string! Thanks to everyone in
Castleward for making the trip so memorable! Click here to see more photos of P4 at
Castleward in our Photo Gallery |
St Joseph's Celebrate
World Book Day 2011! |
|  | Everyone had a great day on Thursday 3rd
March when we celebrated World Book day in
St Joseph's! Miss Hanna's class organised a
Book Swop Shop for P4-P7. Children brought
in books that they had read and then
exchanged them for tokens. They were then
able to choose other books to take home and
read from the Book Swop Shop! |  | P1-4 came to school dressed in their Pyjamas,
ready for a Bedtime Story! Buddy reading time
also took place with our Buddies from other
classes.
Click here to see more photos of World Book
Day Celebrations in our Photo Gallery |
Cross Country Team
at Stormont |
|  | Our Cross Country Team took part in a race at
Stormont on Saturday 26th February.
The boys team were:
Tom, Aaron, Conall, Daniel, Adam, Matthew and Cormac.
The girls team were:
Beata, Caoli, Jemma, Cenka, Ellen and Nadia
Congratulations to everyone involved! |
| Under 11 Soccer Team |
|  | Pictured is the Under 11 Soccer Team (missing
from photo Niall) who recently defeated
Meadowbridge P.S 3-2 in the Lisburn and
District Schools Cup.
The boys twice had to come from behind to win
and did so with goals from Salvijus,
Christopher & Conor.The team will now face Knockmore PS or McKinney PS in the next round. |
Gaelic Team play at
Casement Park! |
|  | On Saturday night, 26th February 11 lucky
children were given the opportunity to play
during half time at the Antrim versus Meath
game at Casement Park. The children
helped Antrim emphasise the importance of
respect for others during their game by
wearing special kits and the children also
provided a guard of honour for the two
counties involved. The night was a
great achievement for all the children, some
of whom will be hoping this is not their last
visit to Casement Park! Well done everyone!
Click here to see more photos from Casement
Park in our Photo Gallery
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| Carol Service 2010 |
|  | A great celebration was held in St Patrick's Church, Lisburn on Thursday night, 16th December, when we had our Annual Carol Service. The Junior choir, Senior Choir, Folk Group and Clarinet and Flute players treated us all to excellent performances. |  | The Primary Fours also performed a wonderful Nativity Play, helping us to remember the true meaning of Christmas.
Click here to see more photos of our Carol Service in our Photo Gallery |
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