Our Living and Learning Focus

for Term 4 is

 H2O Friend or Foe

 

 

Our School Values, which we are all aiming to live by, are:

Tika Justice,   Pono Truth,      Aroha Compassion, Manaakitanga Hospitality and

Tapu Respect for the Environment

Lived out in our Motto

Courtesy Care Co-operation Courage

The Learning Model for our school is: Learning to Learn #L2L

 “To Know To Do To Use”

Religious Education

October- the month of the Rosary

The Rosary is a prayer to remind us that Jesus loved us so much that he died on the cross for us. The rosary tells the story of Jesus’ life in four parts: The Joyful Mysteries the Sorrowful Mysteries, the Glorious Mysteries, the Luminous Mysteries. Catholics have been given a very special gift in the rosary. Each time we pray the rosary we should focus on Jesus’ life as well as a special person or intention that we want to pray for.

 

Remember our school Mass will be on November 1^st, Feast of All Saints, at 9.15 a.m.  All welcome.

 

 

 

Our Board of Trustees met last night and the main focus of the meeting was Strategic Planning, focused on the main strategic goals of our school which cover all the main responsibilities of a BOT and Staff

 

Special Catholic Character

Teaching and Learning

Personnel

The School Community

Cultural Diversity

Consultation

Health & Safety

Asset Management – Finance and Property

Documentation e.g. Policies, Plans, Audits and Reviews

Legislation

 

Main areas of focus from these goals will be shared with you.

Strategic Goals:

GOAL 1 – Special Character                                 To ensure that the Catholic faith is integral to everything the school community does; to inspire children to love God and to love learning; to celebrate and keep alive the spirit of mercy through the values of Tika Justice Pono Truth Aroha Compassion Manaakitanga Hospitality Tapu Respect for the Environment and the links with the Sisters of Mercy; to know and celebrate our history; to honour St Joseph, our patron, and to follow his example through living our motto, Courtesy, Care, Co-operation and Courage

 

GOAL 2 – Curriculum                                           To provide quality learning programmes which are based on the school’s commitment to the Catholic Faith, future oriented learning/ teaching, diversity, coherence and connectedness,  digital technologies, Inquiry, and the goals of the NZ Curriculum. Progress and achievement in Literacy & Numeracy will be measured in relation to the National Standards. Students will have ownership of their learning and understand what they need to do in order to achieve, aspiring to be the best they can be

 

GOAL 3 – Documentation and Review               To continue to develop effective means of evaluating the school’s programmes and activities; to ensure appropriate planning and reporting processes

 

GOAL 4 – Personnel                                             To provide a school climate which attracts and supports the best available staff, promotes and expects high levels of staff performance to support the school’s spirit, vision, values, aims, objectives, policies and plans

 

GOAL 5 – Finance                                                 To allocate and control income and expenditure in ways that effectively support the teaching  and learning programmes

 

GOAL 6 – Property                                                To have buildings and site facilities that are appropriate to the programme needs of the school, are conducive to flexible, modern teaching and learning and which comply with all relevant health and safety requirements

 

GOAL 7- Health and Safety                                 To provide and nurture a school climate which promotes and safeguards the physical tinana, spiritual wairua, social whanau and mental & emotional well-being hinengaro, of all students, staff, visitors, volunteers and contractors

 

GOAL 8 – Community                                          To encourage high levels of community involvement in the school’s activities

 

GOAL 9- Cultural Diversity                                  To develop and maintain programmes and an ethos that reflects New Zealand’s cultural diversity and in particular the unique position of Maori as the tangata whenua

 

GOAL 10 – Legislation                                         To fully comply with all regulatory and legislative requirements as they relate to the school’s operations and to Board of Trustee activities

 

NORTH SHORE CATHOLIC SCHOOLS

COMMUNITY OF LEARNERS

 

Our Community of Learners, (CoL) consisting of St Joseph’s, St Mary’s, St Leo’s, Stella Maris, Carmel College and Rosmini College, has been officially approved by the Ministry of Education.

 

Together, we want to strengthen the good teaching and learning practices that exist; to learn from each other to improve our teaching and learning practices; to ensure our students achieve to the best of their abilities; to continually grow and learn.

 

Special Catholic Character is our starting point.

We intend continuing with the Future Focus approach and attitude already started between our schools.

 

Strategies we will be focusing on will include:

• Culturally Responsive Teaching and Learning Practices
• Student Agency –ownership of and responsibility for their learning
• Collaborative Inquiry by all into ways we can identify what is happening and what needs to happen in teaching and learning
• Effective transitions – initially from Primary to Secondary but also preschool to Primary and Secondary to Tertiary
• Assessment Systems and Data Literacy

 

 

Good luck to the Marathon Runners and Walkers!

Have a lovely weekend.

God bless!

Phil