Our Term’s Living and Learning Focus is TEAM    KOTAHITANGA Our School Values are Tina Justice, Pono Truth, Aroha Compassion, Manaakitanga Hospitality and Tapu Respect for the Environment Lived out in our Motto Courtesy Care Co-operation [...]

Term 1 2015 Welcome back everyone and a special welcome to our 21 new entrants* and their families, the 16 new children at other class levels* and their families and to Ms Sarah Cattell (Home [...]

Advent starts this Sunday. It is one of the wonderful seasons of the church year as we are waiting and preparing for Christmas. Remember to light the first candle on your Advent Wreath at home [...]

PRINCIPAL FOR THE DAY I was Principal for the Day today! At prayer time, at the beginning I was welcomed by Madeline as Principal Elliott. After prayers were finished I gave out Certificates to one [...]

click on image to enlarge The best incentive for sharing the Gospel comes from contemplating it with love, lingering over its pages and reading it with the heart. If we approach it in this way, [...]

Remember Pompallier House Mass on Sunday at 10.00 a.m.   Principal for the Day                                 Maddy McCarthy In the morning I went to Jump Jam and then I went back to Room 1 for prayers [...]

 Double click on image to enlarge. #L2L Learning to Learn at St Joseph’s School Vision “Inspiring children, though Catholic Education, to love God, love learning and fully give of themselves” Taken from the School Charter [...]

OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT We are happy to share the great achievements in swimming of Raewen Puntanar “Pride of St Joseph’s Room 5”.   She qualified and competed in Auckland Distance and Relays 2014 and came 1st [...]

The Building Programme If you haven’t been to school lately, it’s time to have a look! A great surprise for everyone on Monday morning –huge walls rising out of the ground! Since then more panels [...]