We are absolutely delighted to share that St Joseph’s RC Primary School has been awarded the prestigious Digital Schools Award, recognising our school’s excellence in digital learning and teaching! This award celebrates the hard work, innovation and collaboration of our pupils, staff, families and wider community in creating a truly digital learning culture where every child has the opportunity to thrive. We are pleased to share a summary of the
This week our whole school took part in an incredibly important learning experience – CPR training led by Roger and Lesley Hill from the DH9 Foundation, which they set up in honour of their son to raise awareness of Young Sudden Cardiac Death (YSCD). Our younger pupils (P1–4) took part first, followed by our older pupils (P5–7), and everyone showed fantastic focus and enthusiasm throughout. 💪 The children learned what
This week we enjoyed our final P5–7 badminton session with Alison Murray from Active Schools, and what a brilliant block it has been! When we first started a few weeks ago, many of the pupils were still figuring out how to even hit the shuttlecock and now they’re confidently serving, rallying and playing full mini games! The progress has been incredible to watch, and every single pupil has improved so
This term, our Eco Committee launched an exciting competition to design a brand-new Eco Mascot for 2025–2026. We asked Father Ben to help us judge all the brilliant entries, and after much discussion he chose a fantastic top four designs by: Every entry showed amazing creativity, care for the environment, and big ideas for how our school can keep being eco-friendly. To make the final mascot even more special, we
Our Enterprise Group, with Mrs Mann and help from Mrs Westbrook, organised an amazing Macmillan Coffee Afternoon here at St Joseph’s – and what a fantastic success it was! 🌟 The children worked so hard behind the scenes in the run-up to the event, preparing games, stalls and decorations. Families and friends donated an incredible selection of baking – cakes, traybakes, biscuits – filling the hall with delicious smells and
This week our P5–7 pupils had the most wonderful opportunity to visit Skills Station, where members of the older generation gather to spend time together, share meals and enjoy activities. The afternoon was full of fun and laughter as our children mixed with the residents through a range of games and activities. They played draughts, dominoes, word searches, hoop throwing, target ball games, and even joined in with some lively
This week at St Joseph’s R.C. Primary we’ve thrown ourselves into Maths Week Scotland – and what a brilliant start we’ve had! On Monday we set up our very own rain gauge and windsock in the playground. Each day we’ll check the rainfall and wind direction, record our findings and, at the end of the week, turn our data into colourful graphs and charts. 📊🌧️💨 Our STEM Leaders also planned
We are very proud to share the achievements of Ava, who recently competed in the North Ayrshire Development Meet with the Stranraer Stingrays Swimming Club. Competing in the 9 and under category, Ava showed determination, perseverance, and skill in every race. Her results were outstanding: That’s four new personal bests, one gold medal, three silver medals, a top-six finish, and her very first ‘Too Fast’ keyring – a fantastic accomplishment!
💙 Our policies are about more than words — they’re about caring for each other every day. We follow national, regional and school policies, and last year our own school Respect for All policy was created in consultation with Parent Council. This has recently been updated in line with national and regional guidelines. This term we shared a child-friendly version with our pupils, and discussed it together to gain their
P4–7 pupils had an amazing trip to Tongland Power Station this week, joined by Portpatrick P4–6. Together we explored how water can be turned into electricity – and got to see some fascinating history and engineering up close! Inside the old manager’s office, pupils handled artefacts such as vintage phones, radios, safes and check-in cards. Everyone loved trying on the old uniforms and imagining what it would have been like
