Pupils from St. Joseph’s Primary rolled up their environmental sleeves to take part in the Great British Beach Clean 2024. This is a week-long citizen science event, where hundreds of beach cleans take place up and down the UK. St. Joseph’s pupils visited the shoreline at Agnew Park along with parent Council volunteers Andy and Donna. The children removed lots of discarded and washed up rubbish, making the beach a
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St. Joseph’s R.C. Primary has achieved the nationally acclaimed Silver Rights Respecting School Award by UNICEF UK. Pupils, parents and staff have worked together to meet the standards for this UNICEF prestigious accreditation. UNICEF is the world’s leading organisation working for children and their rights. The Rights Respecting Schools Award is granted to schools that show commitment to promoting and realising children’s rights and encouraging adults, children and young people to respect
Our council is consulting on proposals to change the structure of the school week, so that there are four slightly longer days and one day per week that finishes at lunchtime. More information can be found here: Consultation – School week structure – Dumfries and Galloway Council (dumgal.gov.uk) Please come along and have your say at the local community drop in about the proposal for changes to the structure of
It was the very last Friday for our fabulous P7s. To mark the occassion they received a Guard of Honour from their classmates to the beautiful sound of bagpipes playing. We hope everyone enjoyed their fun day of snacks and treats kindly provided by our lovely school families and Parent Council. Wishing you a lovely weekend together. One more school day before our Happy Holidays! UNCRC Rights of the Child:
Our school community came together to celebrate the achievements of our pupils today. Children were recognised for their accomplishments in a wide range of areas from Maths and Literacy, to sports and character. Our Parent Council kindly recognised all the adults that help our school run so smoothly. Our new P1 pupils were also celebrated as Super Shining Starters The children entertained our P7 leavers and the audience with a
What a successful sports day we had yesterday! Despite the weather being up and down this last wee while, we managed to catch a break. The temperature was just right for an afternoon of sporting fun in the fresh air. There were cheers and hoots galore from our family and friends audience as our eager participants took to each competitive challenge with a smile and good sportsmanship. The order of
Today, we celebrated children’s rights in a family information sharing assembly. The boys and girls have been working very hard to learn about rights, through rights and for rights as part of our application to achieve our Rights Respecting Schools Silver Award. The children delivered a presentation that they created themselves; sharing the work they have been doing on rights. They talked about all the different ways their rights are
What a successful day we had for St. Joseph’s Summer Fete! Our school was buzzing with activity from start to finish with a fantastic turn out from our community. Our Parent Council, pupils, staff and families organised a fantastic day of non-stop entertainment for our community members to enjoy. We were also visited by Councillor Chrissie Hill and Father Ben Lodge of St. Joseph’s parish. There was brass band music
Our Partnership Primary 6 pupils attended Operation Safety at Stair Park on Tuesday as part of an education and awareness service operated by our emergency services. The children participated in workshops on a range of key themes to help educate them on dangers they may face and how best to manage risk to keep themselves as safe, healthy and trouble free as possible. The workshops attended were: Our pupils developed
We are very proud of our netball team for being placed 3rd in the inter-school leage at Sheuchan Primary. Well done team! UNCRC Rights of the Child – Article 15 Joining Groups SHANARRI – Healthy, Active, Achieving, Included
