Dear Whanau and Parents,

Today we welcome our new students and new families to our school community. It is wonderful to have them join us and we know they will be warmly welcomed in person when we are allowed to return to school.

These students will be in Home Group 19. Their teachers are Mrs Susanna Nikolic and Miss Laura Bateman and they look forward to meeting their new class in person on our return to school.

The Prime Minister announced this afternoon that we will be in Alert Level 4 through to Tuesday  14 September. The Cabinet will review the Alert Level for Auckland on Monday 13 September.  As a consequence of this announcement and the potential dropping of Alert Levels in two week blocks, the rest of the school Term 3 programme has been adjusted. Should the Cabinet review and present an alternative plan, we will align the programme accordingly.

Thank you to all the students who have been participating in the Online Programme of Learning, including watching school prayers. The teachers enjoy seeing and responding to the work being done by students. Thank you for the many lovely prayers and photos of children reading their books.

Take care. Stay safe.

The Principal’s Message will cover the following topics

• Welcome
• Rosmini College – Location of Interest
• Support
• Online Programme of Learning Connecting
• School Calendar
• Out-of-School Sport
• Parish News

Ka manaakitia e te Atua

Alister Bridgman
Tumuaki

An event held for some students and their families of Rosmini and Carmel Colleges, on Friday 13 August 6.20 pm – 10 pm became a location and time of interest. Should anyone attend a location of interest they need to contact the Healthline 0800 358 5453 immediately. Please monitor the MOH Locations of Interest website regularly. If our school became a location of interest the Ministry of Health would contact me directly. I in turn would contact the school community immediately via the school email system/school website. 

St Vincent de Paul (SVDP)

SVDP has a food bank available for families in need to access – Phone: 02108867844

While we are in Alert Levels 4 & 3 we are not able to donate food to SVDP. However we can donate money for this organisation to purchase food. 

St Vincent de Paul Bank Account for donations: 12-3008-0043519-00

Financial assistance is available to assist families who may need financial support with the payment of Attendance Dues for preference students attending Catholic schools in the Auckland Diocese, both primary and secondary.

Attendance Dues support will also be available to parents and caregivers of non-preference students who have been affected by the August 2021 Covid-19 lockdown.

Families facing financial difficulties are welcome to contact the school principal.

The application form for the Attendance Dues Financial Assistance Scheme is available through the link below. Please complete the application, then print and sign the form. Please return to principal@sj.school.nz

Click here to download the ACFL Attendance Dues Financial Assistance Scheme Application Form.

The Online Programme of Learning (OLPL) has been designed to allow students to access it as and when it works for their family and their resources. Every family develops their own Alert Level 4 and 3 routines and it is great to see students accessing it appropriate to their circumstance. The OLPL is updated each Sunday evening for the week ahead.

Team Google Sites
• Team Kiwi 
• Team Kea Link
• Team Kakapo Link
• Team Kakariki Link

These are available daily on the ‘Principal St Josephs’ YouTube Channel.

Every day is different. They are available from 9am and are viewable for that day.

Students are welcome to send prayers to principal@sj.school.nz  which will be read out in the next couple of days.

This week we have introduced Read & Feed to the ‘Principal St Josephs’ YouTube Channel. This is done daily as part of the normal school programme of learning so the children will be familiar with it. At 10.30 am, you will see ‘picture books’ being read live on the channel; and at 2pm, a novel for the older children will be read. As with school prayers, these posts will stay up on the channel for the children to access when it works for them and their family.

Adjustments have been made to the school calendar as a result of Auckland being in Alert Level 4 and potentially Alert Level 3. These alterations are reflected on the calendar on the school website. The calendar is reviewed regularly.

ICAS English Maths Science (Year 5/6 – optional) – Postponed – awaiting further information from the company

Rippa Rugby – In Schools Competition – Cancelled 

School Choir Practises / Kapahaka & Filipino Cultural Groups / Guitar Group – Restart in Alert Level 1

School Prayers / Masses / Liturgies – Restart in Alert Level 1

Life Education – Cancelled; Message from Harold – Link

Book Fair – Cancelled

School Cross Country – Cancelled

Junior Swimming (Kiwi and Kea) – Only in Alert Level 1

Aladdin Production – On hold

Sharing the Learning – Cancelled

• Alert Level 4/3 – No Sports
• Alert Level 2 – In-school sports within the school but not between schools
• Alert Level 1 – In-school sports as normal
• Out-of-School Sports Organisations determine their programmes and any information received by the school is forwarded directly to parents who have students in these sports

Parish Masses – 22 August

Monsignor Tonks Message – 29 August