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Bishop McAreavey visited St Josephs to chat to staff and pupils during the build-up to Easter.
He met with pupils from the Learning Support Centre, Irish scholars and members of the Pioneer association before celebrating mass with the 5th year students.
During the mass Bishop McAreavey highlighted the potential for challenges and uncertainty in the lives of people, but reminded the pupils that at such occasions – their faith would guide them through difficult times.
Mr Mallon further reminded the pupils that their time and experiences at St Joseph’s would always stand by them as they face their future educational choices and pathways in life, and praised the pupils for a remarkable and rewarding time that they have had at St Joseph’s.
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Pupils from St Joseph’s Boys’ HS, Newry have taken part in a series of after school soccer coaching sessions. The project is running in conjunction with Midway FC and Dunganon FC.
Project co-ordinator Mr Brendan Fearon explained that the project was set up ‘to showcase the exceptional talents of pupils and provide meaningful opportunities for them to develop key interpersonal skills including team-work, communication and confidence building.’
Midways FC Chairman Anthony Marron added, ‘Midways FC has always had a strong relationship with St Joseph’s and we are delighted to be involved in this project where the interests and skills of youngsters are nurtured in such a positive way and give them the chance to develop their health and social experiences at the same time.
This project will help to give widespread recognition from major clubs to the talents of the pupils and potentially open doors for those who are keen to progress into a professional level ’
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Driving lessons were on the curriculum at St Joseph's Boy's High School as part of the Extended Schools programme.
Pupils from the Learning Support Centre took part in a series of driving lessons to help develop their road safety capabilities and equip them with the necessary skills involved in driving.
Extended Schools co-ordinator Brendan Fearon thanked Mr Gerry Brown and his daughter Carol for facilitating such a unique learning opportunity and paid additional praise to the KS4 pupils who took part with such enthusiasm and diligence.
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Primary Two pupils from St Clare’s Abbey Primary School in Newry recently visited Specsavers Opticians in the Buttercrane Shopping Centre to find out all about looking after their eyes.
The five and six year olds got to see all the ways that Specsavers can test your eyes including colour testing and 3D testing and how eye health is checked using a light.
Dispensing optometrist Shauna Reeves and Kimberley Bruce, ophthalmic optician, told the girls all about eye anatomy and explained the function of each part of the eye.
The pupils tried on trial frames and glasses, visited the lab to find out how glasses are made and got to feel contact lenses before taking home a goodie bag.
Six year old Sophie Malone, said: ‘It was a great day. I got to try on some glasses and see how they were made. I want to be an optician when I grow up.’
Teacher Helen McGoldrick said: ‘We are extremely grateful to Specsavers Buttercrane for taking the time to educate our pupils about eye health. It’s really important that they learn about looking after their eyes from an early age and I think they have all come away with lots of knowledge.’
Louise Malone from Specsavers said: ‘It was brilliant for the kids to come in and see what happens when they have their eyes tested and to know that there is nothing to worry about, as some children can find their first visit to the optician’s overwhelming. It was a great visit, and we hope we can welcome more schools in the near future.’
Any other local schools wishing to take part in a visit to Specsavers Buttercrane should contact Louise or Shauna on 028 3025 0011.
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Pupils from St Joseph's Boys High School have presented a cheque for £1,350 to Fr Tony Corr (on behalf of Trócaire)
The money was collected through a series of fundraising activities. Fr Corr thanked the staff and pupils involved for their fantastic efforts and explained that this money would certainly make a life changing difference for many less fortunate people in the developing countries who are so badly affected by poverty.
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Southern Regional College Lecturer Jill Magennis has been nominated as the People’s Choice for Nothern Ireland in the City and Guild’s Lion Awards. Jill is up against 6 other candidates from other areas of the UK for this award. Jill has already been awarded the City & Guilds Medal of Excellence in the Children’s sector and today will be at St James’s Palace in London for the Presentation of Livery Company Prizes by Her Royal Highness The Princess Royal, President of the City & Guilds of London Institute. Jill is from Portadown and teaches Childcare at the Newry SRC Campus.
Please use the following link to vote for Jill: http://bit.ly/lionawards Please note it is one vote, per person, per day and voting closes midnight on 12 June. The winner of the National People’s Choice award will be announced at the Lion Awards 2015 which will take place at a secret location on 17 June 2015.
SRC would like to congratulate Jill on her recent success and with your help hopefully she can win the People’s Choice award too! So please get voting!!
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KS3 pupils at St Joseph's Boys High School recently took part in a 'Local History' competition at the school with a wide variety of topics discussed.
The pupils had to independently research personal links to important events in local history.
The winning pupil, Tiarnan Holmes, was selected because of the high standard of work produced in detailing his family connections to the local man who was responsible for introducing the penalty kick into the game of football in the Milford area of Armagh!
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All of the year 10 pupils at St Joseph’s Boys’ HS have been taking part in an active learning programme as part of their Citizenship studies this term.
In partnership with Youth Philanthropy Initiative NI, they interviewed and researched key information about local charities to find out about the work that takes place and beneficiaries involved.
The final presentation took place in front of all the year 10 pupils, staff and invited guests involving the following charities: Children’s Cancer Trust, Autism NI, SVDP and the British Heart Foundation.
As one of the judges on the panel, Mr Brendan Fearon (LLW HOD) commended each and every pupil who made such a positive contribution over the past few months of research by gaining extra awareness of local charities and promoting the good causes so positively in the competition process. He further thanked Mrs Melisa McGuigan for her diligent work in overseeing the project, Mrs Sharon Byrne for facilitating the final as well as Lauren Lambert from the YPI who helped ensure that such an impressive donation was made possible for the winning charity.
An exceptionally high standard of delivery was given by all of the finalist groups, but the winning team – Tiarnan Ferns, Cailin Lennon, Allwyn Bino, Glenn Murray and Adam Harte, who represented Autism NI. Mrs McGuigan, who was responsible for delivering the project, was delighted to present a cheque for £3,000 to the winning team who will be giving it to Autism NI very shortly.
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As part of Bike Week Newry, Mourne and Down District Council’s Health & Wellbeing Department organised free bike skills training for four local primary schools in the District. Pupils from St Ronan's Primary School Newry, Cortamlet Primary School, Newtownhamilton, St Joseph's Primary School Killough and Annsborough Integrated Primary School, Castlewellan took part in the training which was provided by Lisburn based company Tricycle.
Pupils learned how to check their bike for road worthiness, carry out helmet and clothing checks and were given some basic bike handling skills. The training was a certified course ‘National Standards of Cycle Training Level 1’. All pupils received a certificate on completing the training and each school was presented with a complementary bike stand.
The initiative, supported by Travelwise NI, is part of the Council’s ongoing efforts to promote the use of more sustainable ways of travelling around the district.
Chairperson Councillor Naomi Bailie and Vice Chairperson Councillor Gillian Fitzpatrick took time out of their busy schedules to attend some of the training sessions.
Chairperson Baillie said she was “delighted to support Bike Week as it plays an important role in helping people rethink their everyday journeys and encouraging them to switch to cycling as a cheap, quick, sustainable and fun way to get around”.
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