St Joseph's CBS Primary, Sunday's Gate, Drogheda, Co. Louth
Principal’s Welcome
Céad míle fáilte go dtí St Joseph’s C.B.S.
We are a co-educational Catholic school, under the patronage of the Archdiocese of Armagh and the Edmund Rice Schools Trust. While proud of our Catholic heritage, we warmly welcome children of all faiths and none. At St Joseph’s, every child is valued, included, and encouraged to belong.
Our school is a place of learning, laughter and growth. We want our pupils to discover a real joy in learning, to develop their talents, and to be curious about the world around them. Whether through sport, music, art, drama, or play, we believe school should be fun and full of opportunities for every child to shine.
We work in close partnership with parents and families, fostering a strong sense of community where everyone is respected and supported. As a proud School of Sanctuary since March 2025, we also place great importance on nurturing values of fairness, justice, and care for others—both within our school and in the wider world.
St Joseph’s is more than just a school—it is a welcoming community where children feel safe, happy, and ready to achieve their best.
I invite you to explore our website to get a sense of the life, spirit and belonging that makes St Joseph’s C.B.S. so special.
Beautiful day out in Clogherhead with our parent's walking group. We walked from the harbour, over the head and up to the village. We enjoyed a fabulous cuppa and treat in @evalynn.coffee. Only a few soggy runners but it was glorious. Thanks to all who came this morning
Congratulations to Alna, Dhanvik and Leyla from 2nd and 4th classes who won 3rd, 2nd and 1st place in the Sherry Fitzgerald Halloween Colouring Competition. There is no stopping these talented artists!
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The boys and girls had spooktacular fun at our Halloween Dress-Up Day yesterday! 🕸️🎃👻💀
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Congratulations to the winners in our Halloween Lotto Draw! All prizes will be given out when we return to school on Monday 3rd November. Thank you so much to all who support our lotto and our other fundraising initiatives. Your contributions are vital to improvements in our school and we appreciate them greatly!! 💚💛 We wish all our pupils and their families a happy and peaceful Halloween Mid-term Break. 👻🎃🍬
Today, we celebrated Black History Month with a special assembly which RTÉ News2Day came to report!🎥
The theme ‘Standing Firm in Power and Pride’ reminded us of the importance of celebrating our stories, our differences and our shared strength as a school community.
A big thank you to all students and staff who took part and to the news team and News2day for capturing this special moment.
The report was televised on RTÉ 2 today and is available to watch now on RTÉ Player (link available in our bio). It will be shown on RTÉ2 again at 10:10a.m this Saturday morning. 🎬
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***Bonus Raffle for all our Lotto participants this week!! A reminder that this week you have FOUR chances to win in our school lotto. All participants in tomorrow night's lotto (Thursday 23rd October) will automatically be entered into two extra raffles - One is a national raffle run by our lotto organisers, and the other is just for members of our school lotto! If you are not a member, click the link in our bio to join!
St. Joseph's CBS Breakfast Club is in full swing and the boys and girls are having a great time every morning before school. If you would like your child to join, we still have some places available. Please contact the school office if you are interested.
Our U13 football team were in action this week in the quarter finals of the O’Maoltuile Cup against St. Paul’s NS.
After a fantastic display of skill and heart our lads just came up short losing 1-3 to 0-3.
Well done to all our players who were a credit to our school and their families!
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Our amazing junior infants had their first performance at big school at the Junior Infants Welcoming Ceremony. We are so impressed with how much they have learned in a few short weeks and are delighted to officially welcome the girls and boys and their families to the St Joseph’s community.
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🚨🏐🏑GAA WEEK🏑🏐🚨
St Joseph’s was a hive of activity this week for GAA Week with daily skills practice, coaching sessions, a pupil and teacher match and visits from Louth GAA/LGFA stars.
A big thank you to the O’Raghallaighs and Newtown Blues clubs for facilitating coaching and other activities. Thank you to Louth stars Aoife Russell, Paul Matthews and Conor McGinty for giving their time to come in to talk to our boys and girls. Thank you to the parents for entering into the spirit of the week and for all staff members who organised and participated in the weeks events with such enthusiasm.
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Garda Martin visited our junior infants this week. He told them all about his job, let them try on parts of a Garda uniform and let them check out his car. They also learned about the importance of wearing their seatbelts. 🚓👮♂️🚨
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