Principal's Welcome

Welcome to St Joseph's school website.

St Joseph's School is an integrated Catholic Primary School for girls and boys from Year 1 to Year 8 offering education with a special character.

As a member of St Joseph's School family, each child will strive for excellence as they are supported to develop to their full potential.

• Provide situations which focus on Gospel Values and on our Mercy Charism.
• Provide opportunity for successful achievement in all curriculum areas .
• Develop leadership, initiative and reliability through valuable broad educational experiences.
• Develop and foster interaction between the school and the community.

St Joseph's School is identified as a quality Catholic school in the life of the Catholic parish of Timaru North.
We endeavour to deliver a curriculum centred around our mottoe "Enter to Learn, Live to Serve" which is closely aligned to the New Zealand Curriculum with support from our parents and wider school community.

Carmel Brosnahan-Pye