Rehu Tai Fest- Speech: School Finals
Wow, what an amazing finale to our school 'Rehu Tai Fest!! The judges were blown away by the quality of speeches and the confidence shown by the contestants. There were four categories: Rap, Spoken Poetry, [...]
Student Reflection- Father’s Day Cultural Mass
The whole school celebrated Father's Day at 8:30 am mass on Sunday at St Joseph Parish Grey Lynn. Everyone wore outstanding, colorful traditional costumes for this event. I was nervous at first when I had [...]
Maori games- Ki O Rahi
For the next three weeks, students will be involved in learning Maori games. During the first session, children learnt how to balance the harakeke sticks and played the game 'Maui and Matou'. We look forward [...]
Born to Move
Room 4 have enjoyed Born to Move on a Friday morning, especially the floor section or calming-down end of the exercise lesson.
Early Voyagers to Aoteoroa
Room 4 are learning about the first people that voyaged to New Zealand in 1000 to 1200 AD and the names first given to Aotearoa. We have read the story of Māui fishing the North [...]
Daffodil Day- Cancer Society
Today, we came together as St Joseph's School community to support the Cancer Society's work. Children dressed up in yellow and donated a gold coin as a sign of their commitment to raise awareness of [...]
Toroa’s Journey
We learned about the travels of Toroa the Albatross in the book Toroa's Journey. This was part of our Voyages topic. We learned about Toroa's journey because the scientists put a tracker on his back [...]
St. Mary of the Cross Mackillop Feast day
We celebrated St. Mary of the Cross Mackillop Feast day on Wednesday 8th August with a school mass followed by Commonwealth Games. Students dressed up in their House group colors and it was fun to [...]
Tuakana-Teina Sessions
This term for Tuakana- Tenia Room 5 students are engaged in a partnership with Room 1 (Year 0-2) and the French Kindy (Room 9). With Room 1 students we work on spelling/ reading tasks and [...]
Thank you to St Mary’s students- Service
We welcomed five Year 12 students from St Mary's College as part of their service day at St Joseph's. They assisted our students with activities and even had the opportunity to play with the [...]
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