We are absolutely delighted to share the fantastic success of Danielle and Gregor at today’s Interschool Boccia Competition! Danielle put in an outstanding performance, achieving first place and a gold medal in her competitions. Gregor also shone on the day, showing great skill and determination to secure third place and a bronze medal. Both pupils demonstrated superb sportsmanship, focus, and teamwork throughout the event. Their dedication and positive attitude were
What a fantastic partnership day we had with St Joseph’s and Portpatrick Primary 1–4! Miss Scott, Mrs Copeland, Miss Stevenson and Mrs Henry led an exciting day full of creativity, teamwork, and fun. In the morning, we used our technologies skills to plan and build a bug hotel using sustainable resources, helping to care for our environment and local wildlife. We also created a beautiful poppy wreath from recycled materials
This week P5-7 began an exciting STEM project for Rail 200! Each teamis designing and building a train model from junk and cardboard, including one moving part. Before construction, pupils learned about engineering joins such as tabs, flanges, and braces to help strengthen their designs. After some planning, teams began building — and already we can see creativity and innovation shining through. The project will continue as pupils refine, test,
Yesterday afternoon, our pupils enjoyed a truly peaceful and relaxing experience – a Sound Bath session with June Meager. 🎶💫 The hall was filled with calm, soothing sounds as June guided everyone through a gentle, mindful session using beautiful instruments and tones. The children listened quietly, relaxed deeply, and some even drifted off to sleep! 😴💛 At the end of the session, pupils had the chance to explore and play
There was Halloween fun on Friday afternoon, when Donna Westbrook visited St Joseph’s once again for our very own in-school Halloween Party! 🧙♀️🕸️ Pupils had a fantastic time taking part in party games, showing off their amazing outfits on the Halloween catwalk, and enjoying lots of tasty treats! 🎶🍬 The favourites of the day – apple bobbing and the doughnut challenge – made a comeback and had everyone laughing! 🍏🍩
On Thursday 30th October, pupils from St Joseph’s and our partner school Portpatrick Primary came together in Portpatrick for a fantastic joint Halloween Party, organised by Donna Westbrook and the Portpatrick Community Development Trust (PCDT). 👻✨ There was a brilliant turnout from both schools, and the children had an absolute blast! 🎉 Everyone enjoyed hot dogs, snacks, games, music and laughter. From apple bobbing to the hilarious “eat the doughnut
At St. Joseph’s RC Primary, we are delighted to share that we are working towards achieving our Gold Rights Respecting Schools Award, with our accreditation assessment taking place on Monday, 2nd December. We are proud that we have already achieved our bronze and silver awards, when our rights journey began back in January 2024. This award, developed by UNICEF UK, recognises schools that place children’s rights at the heart of
What a lovely way to start Term 2 – Wool Club is back! 💛 Despite the stormy weather outside, there was a brilliant turnout and a cosy, relaxed atmosphere as pupils spent the afternoon chatting, laughing and creating together. 🌧️☕ This term, the focus is on making pom-poms, and everyone had a great time learning the technique, choosing their colours and seeing their fluffy creations start to take shape! 🎨✨
What a fantastic way to kick off Term 2! This afternoon, the whole school came together for some Halloween fun and creativity with a special visit from Donna Westbrook. 👻🧡 We started the afternoon by meeting in our assembly groups to complete our MetaSkills slips, sharing the skills we’re most proud of and thinking about what we’d like to build on this term. It was lovely to see so many
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
