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Serving with Faith and Love March 2019

Kia Ora, Kia Orana, Talofa, Malo e lelei, Namaste, Bula, Malo ni, Makadini, Annyoung, Witamy, Welcome,

A very warm welcome to St Joseph’s Schools

It doesn’t matter which St Joseph’s School we belong to we are all one family.

St Joseph’s Feast Day

This term the school will be celebrating St Joseph’s Feast day with two other St Joseph’s Schools. On

Tuesday 19th March, the whole school will be going to St Joseph’s Onehunga for a combined Mass and

sports activities. We will be leaving school at 9.00 am and returning at 1.00 pm. The invitation is open to

parents if they wish to join us, though we will need to know numbers if you wish to travel on the bus with

us, as there is a limit.

Ash Wednesday Mass

Ash Wednesday mass was very special for Room 4 as they were the leaders for this Mass.

Dedication Mass Every year all Catholic schools in Auckland get together for a special dedication Mass with Bishop Pat Dunn

at Christ the King in Owairaka. This year Dr Girardet took our school candle up to the altar to be blessed by

Bishop Pat.

Basketball

Our basket season has started. This year we have entered one year 5/6 team. A great thank you to our coach Jo Kailahi-Fulu, manager Frank Fuimoano and all the parent support.

Assemblies and Certificates Room 4 directed our assembly. Congratulations to Oscar and Augustine who were the MC’s. We have some great aspiring leaders in our school.

Certificates Congratulations to all our hard working students.

Tuakana Teina There is a very special bond with our students. Every Room 1 child that comes into our school has a student from Room 5 that they can turn to whenever they need help, support or just to play with.

Born to Move Every Friday morning we are lucky to have Les Mills come in to take all our classes for the Born to Move

programme. The joy on the children’s faces is heart-warming.

News from your Board

Can you help?

We are looking for someone who would be able to take minutes at all of our board meetings.

They occur twice a term for 2 hours on a Wednesday evening.

If you are interested, please contact the office or the principal for further details.

Birthdays

Happy Birthday to our March birthdays; Melefina Kilisimasi, Tiana McGregor and Ellery Smith.

May God always keep you close to His heart.

Term Dates

Date Day Event

March 13 Wednesday Whole school visit to Ocean Conservation, Wynyard Quarter

March 15 Friday Assembly Room 1. 2.15 pm

March 19 Tuesday St Joseph’s Day – whole school visit to St Joseph’s Onehunga

March 26 Tuesday 2 students to have breakfast with Rotary and John Key

March 29 Friday Assembly Room 5. 2.15 pm

April 8 Mon-Fri Holy Week for the school

April 11 Thursday Holy Week Walk

April 12 Friday Assembly Room 4. 2.15 pm

April 12 Friday Last day of Term 1

Website link: http://www.st-joseph.school.nz/

God Bless

Regina Smuga

PRINCIPAL