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 [...]
Thank You from Tauranga – Mrs Hamilton
Thank You from Tauranga Please accept my thanks for the many good wishes expressed on our new adventures in Tauranga. I am at present enjoying house hunting but I'm really missing St Joseph's, especially the [...]
Week One Term 2
Happy Mothers' Day to all our wonderful Mothers and Grandmothers! Hopefully your day was not like this! But rather more something like this.... A Mother's Prayer For You ~Anon I said a Mother's [...]
Last Week of Term 1
Holy Week has been marked in many ways by our children. This has been really noticeable in their morning prayer and religious education learning, and in the exceptionally generous response to the Pacific- [...]
Solomon Islands Mufti Day – Thank you!!
Kakariki team felt saddened by the disaster in the Solomon Islands and suggested the school hold a Pacific themed mufti day.They advertised and included ideas of what to wear in one of the Monday the School prayer [...]
Congratulations Raewyn..
Congratulations Raewyn P of Room 5 competed in the State NZ OceanSwim Series- Ocean Kids 200M at Takapuna Beach on 12th of April 2014. She came First Place on Female 10y with time of 00:04:01. [...]
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 [...]
Week Ten Whizzes by!
Whew! What a week! Before the week even started, we celebrated the wedding of Meidy Iskandar to Paul Lambert at St Mary's Church Northcote, on Saturday the 5 April. What a beautiful bride! Congratulations to [...]
Pupuke Cluster Swimming
On Thursday 10 April a team of 33 Years 4-6 swimmers competed at the Pupuke Cluster Swimming Sports, supported by a great crowd of parents and Mrs Cate Dunne. They won many awards and [...]