Daffodil Day
Daffodil Day Thanks to the generous children of St. Joseph’s School, the Cancer Society now has hundreds of dollars to help their patients. The kids made a great effort to help the society by [...]
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 [...]
Special Character Survey 2012
Once a year we collect information from our families on various aspects of the schools Special Character. This is a requirement of the Catholic Schools Office and is carried out by the Board of Trustee's [...]
More GREAT Writing
Bert Bert was an old man, he had twinkling green eyes and a big smile. He had a brown walking stick. He lives with his fat ginger cat and he has a treasure chest. He shuffles [...]
Daffodil Day
Many thanks to all the children, staff and parents who made Daffodil Day such a wonderful success. We raised, along with the weekly mission money, $822.00. Wow. The day began with a reflective liturgy in [...]
Welcome to our new entrants and their families
Welcome to the following children AdamR15, Rafi R15, Petra R15, Dillon R13and Luna R12
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 [...]
Kiwi's learning Croation
Why learn Croatian? Speaking a second language enhances brain development, improves cognitive skills and helps prevent dementia in old age. Children who learn a second language develop better skills at problem solving and critical [...]
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 [...]