Week Four Term Two
We certainly had a little taste of winter this week and there was great excitement for some children finding frost at school! More excitement came when a digger arrived at school to remove the grass [...]
Week Three Term Two
This Monday, we were privileged to be visited by Archbishop Adrian Smith from the Solomon Islands. The visit was facilitated by Laurentia Laracy and thank you for that. Bishop Adrian attended our Monday morning prayers [...]
Week Two Term Two
Last Saturday's beautiful ceremony in the church, when 97 children and young adults were confirmed and received their first holy communion, was a credit to Oliver Cafe and Team of Catechists, the children and their [...]
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- [...]
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 [...]
Congratulations to our super heroine Sionann Murphy!
Sionann successfully competed in the Weetbix Kids TRYathlon on Saturday, forming a team with her friend Nia. We are very proud of her and also think she may have a career on TV as well, [...]
Swimming Stars
Congratulations to Raewen Puntanar, Ally Basa, Leticia Adolphe and Madeleine McCarthy who represented St Joseph's at a North Shore Inter-school Swimming Competition! "We went to the Takapuna Leisure Centre on Friday 4 April with Mr Puntunar. We were [...]
Happenings from Week Nine
There has been a lot of sickness lately for both staff and children. It is timely to remind children about "safe sneezing" " hand washing" "nose blowing" "tissue disposal". While we can't control the bugs, [...]
Term One Week Nine – a Reflection on Developing Our Children’s Creativity
What a welcome sight and sound yesterday when the rain arrived! I'm sure the gardens and farmlands will be thirsting for more, but at least it was a start. All we want now is a [...]