Well done to all the organisers at St Joseph’s who organised such a fantastic family mass and BBQ. The event was well attended and glad the weather stayed dry! A spokesperson for St Joseph’s added, “What an absolutely glorious day for the Parish to come together and enjoy the sunshine and a burger in equal […]
St Joseph’s Primary School in Blantyre is the third highest ranked primary school…. in Scotland! The best performing primary schools in Scotland have been ranked, listed and released by The Sunday Times. Three primary schools from South Lanarkshire featured in the top 100 in the whole of Scotland which included St Mary’s Primary School in […]
Last Sunday a group of Blantyre children braved the treacherous weather to complete a sponsored walk. As a group, they managed to raise a fantastic £360 for St Joseph’s Primary School. This money will be used to buy ASDA Vouchers and distributed to families who are struggling this Christmas. Pauline Lennon told us, “As many […]
St Josephs Primary school in Blantyre are having their annual Christmas fayre next week on Friday 24th November. The event starts at 6pm until 8pm and costs just £1 entry for adults and free entry for children, all in aid of supporting the school. We just LOVE their fantastic festive poster which was designed by […]
It’s been a long, long time since anybody deliberately damaged a church in Blantyre. Unfortunately there has been an act of vandalism on St Joseph’s , Glasgow Road during last night. A window was smashed, a horrible thing to see, when you realise just how beautiful many of the windows are in this building. The […]
Planning permission has been submitted last month to extend the existing St Joseph’s Church Hall on Glasgow Road, Blantyre and to form additional off-street parking at the rear. The plans which have still to be decided upon by the planning department, include for drop-off spaces for the neighbouring school, accessed via nearby Mayberry Place. A […]
by Columnist, Jordan Tennant St. Joseph’s Primary School is to implement a car free zone despite having only 10 people in favour. Vehicles dropping off or picking up will be banned from Park Lane and Ennisfree Road during the school’s rush hours next year. Sheli Balfour who has a daughter at the school said: “I […]
South Lanarkshire Council are proposing to introduce a car free school zone around St. Joseph’s Primary School. We’ve received many messages about this asking for more information, so here goes….. This is a scheme where the road outside a school is closed to most traffic at school opening and closing times. The aim of the […]