Our Curriculum
Our Vision
The St. Joseph’s School curriculum is based on Catholic faith and Christian values building a nurturing environment of education in faith through home, school and parish partnerships that value and reflect the multicultural and bicultural relationships in Aotearoa New Zealand.
Our Vision is that students can move into the future empowered with the confidence, skills and Catholic values to be motivated and useful members of society.
Faith - Excellence - Success
Laying the foundations for life
Our Curriculum Guiding Principles
Our guiding principles for our curriculum are:
Lifelong learning incorporating 21st century pedagogy for children, staff and community
Making connections between life, faith and culture of all members of the community
Excellence – empowering all students to achieve personal excellence and success
Attitudes of respect and gratitude – responsible stewardship for the earth and social justice
The Gospel values of Jesus Christ with an emphasis on our core values of
Respect - Whakaute
Honesty - Pono
Caring - Manaaki
Perseverance - Hiringa
Personal Attributes
Competent, appropriate and effective communicators
Confident
Desire to learn
Integrating key competencies for living and lifelong learning including:
Thinking - both critically and creatively
Relating to others - including collaboration, co-operation, team player, sharing, considerate, listening skills, interactive negotiation
Understanding language, symbols and text - interpretation, speech, listening, reading, writing, technology
Self Management
Participation and Contribution
Our Learning Areas
Religious Education
English
Mathematics and Statistics
Health & Physical Education
Science, Social Sciences & Technology
The Arts
Te Reo Maori
Information & Communication Technology