School History Time continued!
After day pupils were admitted in 1930, the roll continued to rise slowly. By 1935, it had reached 91 and two years later climbed to 114. There were 4 teachers then, including Sister Mary Berchmans, [...]
St Joseph's foyer shares Daffodil Day
Nina, Carl and Tanya, year 6's with little helpers and plenty of inspiration from Mrs Dunne create a spring daffodil display in the office of the school. Walking through the area makes you think [...]
A Little Bit More of our School's Interesting History
From 1894 onwards, St Joseph’s School pupils were mainly boys from the Orphanage -some orphans, some from broken homes and some boys who had been picked up on the streets by the police. There were also a [...]
100 Days of Learning in Room 9
Every day we have been counting the number of days we have been at school. We have recorded this on our place value chart in class. When 100 days came up, we celebrated. Mrs Yilmaz made [...]
Learning to Live and Learn at St. Joseph’s
Mercy Values Tika – Justice Pono – Truth Aroha – Compassion Manaakitanga – Hospitality Tapu – Respect (for our Environment) These values are interwoven in all we try to do here at school. Like with everything [...]
The History of our School
" What is now known as St Joseph's Takapuna was christened St Mary's Industrial School in 1846 by Bishop Pompallier.He started the building before leaving for Europe in search of priests and nuns for New [...]
Digital Learning in Room 1
How did being a medal winner make you feel?In Room 1 digital learning is a key part of every day. We use it throughout the curriculum and especially enjoy the RE digital resource that the [...]
Religious Education Term 3
All throughout the year we emphasise our Mercy Values of Tika – Justice Pono – Truth Aroha – Compassion Manaakitanga – Hospitality Tapu – Respect (with special emphasis on our Environment) and try to incorporate them [...]
Living and Learning at St Joseph's
The children and their teachers are following aspects of the Olympic Games with interest. Some of the thinking, talking and writing is about the obvious successes but is also about effort, perseverance, self control, resilience, disappointment, gratitude and so [...]
Term 2 Mathletics Statistics for St Joseph's School (Takapuna)
Whole School Average First Score 75% Average High Score 98% Average Improvement 31% Total Live Mathletics correct answers 477714 Total Curriculum correct answers 200493 Certificates 1044 Star Improvers 3158 Top 3 students all from Room 8! #1 Mikal [...]