IN NOVEMBER, pupils will be moving into the first new secondary school to be built in Newport for 32 years.

The new St Joseph's Roman Catholic High School on Pencarn Way, Duffryn, is almost finished - and the Argus had a sneak preview of the state-of-the-art £10 million building.

For the staff and more than 1,000 students at St Joseph's, November will be an important month and the move will mean the end of years of planning.

The pupils will have a staggered return between Nov-ember 1 and 3. The new school is modern and bright, ready for the children to start pouring through the doors.

Although the building is new, head teacher Susan Jenkins is determined to take the traditions and history of St Joseph's to the new school.

She said: "The school is made up of people and we are taking the people with us, that's the very heart of the school.

"We are really delighted with the school and everyone is very excited about moving there and we have followed its progress along the way."

She said part of the move would be explaining to the pupils the new routines at the school.

One new concept being brought into the new building is the cashless meal system where each child has an ID pass which they top up with money to get their lunches.

Some of the pupils were shown around at the same time as the Argus.

Miss Jenkins said: "Now it is almost finished it is great to see children inside the school."