God Strand
At the moment, the children are learning about God – Te Atua . Throughout the school, in the God Strand, we are learning That God is holy and the source of all life and all [...]
Time to Update your knowledge ON BEING A CATHOLIC TODAY
3 TUESDAY EVENINGS - ON BEING A CATHOLIC An opportunity to up-date on what it means to be Catholic today under Pope Francis Tuesday 10 June - Spot the Catholic: Features of Catholic faith Tuesday 17 [...]
School Liturgies
At the end of term the school took part in a very special Holy Week Liturgy, with Room 1 completing it on Monday at prayers. All the students were engaged in knowledge, understanding and reverent [...]
Holy Spirit Strand
In our school at the moment we are concentrating on the Holy Spirit Strand. Global Achievement Objectives for St. Josephs School Holy Spirit Strand That the Holy Spirit enables them to grow in tapu and mana – [...]
$2000.00 for CARITAS
Last term we raised a total of $2000.00 for CARITAS New Zealand. This is an outstanding effort St Joseph's. It will go towards improving the lives of people in the Solomon Islands. The 'Pacifica" themed [...]
Heading into Passion Week
As we head into Passion week the students in our school are focusing on listening and responding to the Easter Stories, knowing the symbols associated with the Easter stories, participating in a simple liturgy and [...]
CARITAS – WHERE WILL OUR MONEY GO?
Water project Auki Sometimes we can take our water taps for granted. It is very different in parts of the Pacific. The people of Auki in Solomon Islands understand how important access to fresh water [...]
Religious Education in the Classroom
In Religious Education, during the last six weeks, our children in all classes, have been learning about Jesus. Please take the time to look in your child's classroom and to talk to them about [...]
Jesus Strand Learning
Over the next two weeks the children will begin their learning about Jesus. This is the first of the six religious education strands that will be covered this year. These are our overall objectives for the [...]
Waitangi Day Prayers
On Wednesday morning the whole school gathered under the flag pole to acknowledge and pray for our nation.