We were very excited when Pat from ‘Sligo GAA Coaching and Games’ visited our school to choose our representatives for the GAAmigos competition. At the conclusion of three GAA skills, four boys and four girls were announced as the winners. These pupils then went on to represent our school in one of the regional competitions…
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May
May
Cumann na mBunscol competitions are always eagerly awaited in our school and, so it was with great excitement, we headed off to the first matches of the 2-teacher school competition. In all, six schools were competing with all equally keen to book a place in Markievics Park for the final. Our girls were first to…
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Mar
Mar
Recently, the children in 5th and 6th class celebrated their Confirmation Day. It was a really special day for each one of them as they gathered with their families, friends and local community to celebrate this important event. Each child participated in the ceremony and after the ceremony, there was the customary photoshoot with an…
08
Mar
Mar
We love our sport in St. Joseph’s and, so were delighted to hear that our application for a Grant from the SSE Renewables Community Fund has been successful. We’re so happy to have received €2000 which we plan to put towards the cost of supply and installation of 2 basketball posts at our school. We…
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Feb
Feb
We are delighted to have been chosen as a creative school for the years 2022/2023 and 2023/2024. As part of this programme, we have been awarded funding by the Arts Council to promote creative opportunities in our school. For the year 2022/2023, we will be consulting with our board of management, staff, parents and pupils…
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Jan
Jan
Last month, we were thrilled to hear that Niamh, from first class, had won the county junior section in the ‘Someone like Me’ competition. This competition aims to promote disability awareness among primary school children and give them a greater understanding of what unites children of differing abilities. ‘Someone Like Me’ enables children to learn about and…
15
Dec
Dec
We were delighted to welcome back our past pupil, Conor and some of his fellow players from the Sligo U-17 team which won the All-Ireland under-17 Celtic Challenge, earlier this year. Ciarán, older brother of two of our pupils, who captained the team, also attended. It is really great to see past pupils of our…
05
Dec
Dec
All of us in St. Joseph’s N.S. were delighted to hear that one of our pupils was chosen as the County Sligo Junior Winner in the ‘Someone Like Me’ Competition. Our amazing little champion created a wonderful poster and wrote a lovely piece all about her very special brother. She also taught us all lots…
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Dec
Dec
This week, we were delighted to hear that four of our pupils had won prizes in the ‘Barna Waste Halloween Art Competition’. We are very proud of all four of them and congratulate them on their creativity.
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Sep
Sep
Wednesday, 31st August marked the beginning of another school year and we were delighted to return to school and meet all our friends again. We look forward to lots of new learning opportunities as we embrace the challenges and opportunities of the year ahead.