This week, our dedicated Digital Leaders – Kamil, Ross, and Danielle – held their first Digital Lunch Club, where they shared their tech skills with other pupils. This new club, scheduled for one Wednesday each month (and potentially more if there’s demand), is all about helping everyone feel confident in the digital world. This week’s focus was on a crucial skill: logging in and sending emails. Many younger pupils attended
We had an exciting visit from Mrs Westbrook this week, who came to gather everyone’s thoughts and ideas on the new outdoor equipment for our school. This important discussion follows our win of £5000, which has provided us with the funding to enhance our playground. Mrs Westbrook brought in a variety of equipment options for everyone to see, sparking lots of excitement and thoughtful consideration. Each pupil had the opportunity
Today, we are excited to share some wonderful news from the Boccia Festival which brought together children from primary and secondary schools for an unforgettable day of fun, friendship, and competition. Three of our amazing pupils – Thorin, Danielle, and Gregor – represented our school with enthusiasm and team spirit. They spent the day participating in a variety of games, learning new skills, and connecting with pupils from other schools.
This week, P1-4 had a brilliant time with Helen from the Lighthouse Musicians! The session was all about exploring opposites in music, and the children had lots of fun learning through games and activities. One of the highlights was the game “Where’s the Beanbag?” the children had to listen carefully to the music and figure out whether the sound was loud or soft, fast or slow, or high or low.
Yesterday’s Halloween party was a spooktacular success! Our little ghouls, witches, and monsters had an absolute blast playing musical statues, wrapping the mummy, and corners. We enjoyed some yummy snacks to keep us fueled, and the highlight of the day was when our P5-7 pupils showed off their amazing spooky dance routines! A huge well done to Liana in P1-4 and Nanci-Rose in P5-7 for winning best costumes this year!
Our Digital Leaders from St. Joseph’s and Portpatrick met today at Portpatrick Primary. They participated in a Digital Leader training day to help them drive forward as Leaders of Learning. After a tour of the school led by Adam and Arran, there was a lot to work through on the agenda from developing our digital literacy skills to working together to help our classmates keep safe online. Have a read
Our assembly groups collaborated to learn about different significant saints as part of learning about All Saints Day which falls on the 1st of November. It is a day for Christians to remember and celebrate those who lived before us and contributed to the life of the church and society. In Roman Catholic tradition, ‘saints’ are Christians who have been recognised as particularly holy people, or who have had miracles
The Portpatrick Community Development Trust kindly organised a fantastic Halloween party for our pupils from both Portpatrick and St. Joseph’s. The hall looked amazing with creepy decorations galore. The refreshments were a frightful delight with vampire blood and ghost spirit drinks along with Halloween themed sweet and savoury treats. The event was very well attended, particularly for such a wet and windy night – it all added to the mood.
St. Joseph’s pupils are very enthusiastic in going for our Gold Rights Respecting Schools Award. The children are working together to learn about rights, for rights and through rights. We want to involve our families as much as possible. Your child will shortly come home with a book bag so you can chat about children’s rights with your child at home. This will be on a weekly rotation. In the
Linking with This Is Our Faith strand of the Mystery of God, our pupils decided to show how we can all take a role in caring for our environment. They created signposts around school to demonstrate where St. Joseph’s takes our stewardship roles and responsibilities seriously. This links with our positive action for our Rights Respecting Schools and Eco Schools Awards. This Is Our Faith – Mystery of God UNCRC Rights
