St. Joseph's Catholic School Fairfield (New Zealand)

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St. Joseph's Catholic School
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Motto "In others we serve Christ"
Type State-integrated , Full Primary (Year 0-8), Coeducation
Year established 1950
Address 88 Clarkin Road,
Fairfield,
Hamilton,
New Zealand
Coordinates 37°45′59″S 175°16′25″E / -37.7663, 175.2736Coordinates: 37°45′59″S 175°16′25″E / -37.7663, 175.2736
Principal Arnna Graham-Sommerville
School roll 350
Socio-economic decile (10 is highest) 8[1]
Ministry of Education Institution no. 1946
Website www.stjosephs.school.nz

St. Joseph's Catholic School is a full primary (Teaching Year 0 - Year 8), state integrated school in Fairfield, Hamilton, New Zealand. It currently has 14 classrooms and a roll of approximately 350 students. It neighbours Woodstock School.

St. Joseph's School has a range of people from many nationalities and ethnic groups. On 15 August 2007 to recognise the diversity of the school, flags were put up on a number of flag poles. These flags were chosen as people from the school were born in that country, or one/both of their parents were. Each morning these flags are put up by senior (Year 7/8) students, and taken down in the afternoon.

In 2006 St Joseph's School created a sustainable garden with the $2300 that the Hamilton City Council Envirofund gave in July 2006. This resulted in an award from Enviroschools, for the garden and numerous other reasons. In the garden itself are 4 miniature worm farms, built in 2005 for selling worm juice, along with numerous other miniature vegetable gardens.[2]

When students leave St Joseph's School at the end of Year Eight, most boys attend St. John's College, Hamilton, and most girls attend Sacred Heart Girls' College, however some attend other schools.

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[edit] History

In 1948 the Diocese of Auckland bought some farmland, and built St Joseph's Church Fairfield. In 1950 it was decided to make it into a school as well. The original building was a big centre room, which was the church, with smaller rooms coming off the main being classroms.

[edit] Events

  • 1950 The school is established.
  • 1970s A block of classrooms burnt in a fire.
  • 1975 The school celebrated its 25th jubilee.
  • Early 1980s The Diocese of Hamilton is formed and takes over the school and church.
  • August 1999 St. Joseph's School's roll reaches 300.
  • 2000 The school celebrated its 50th jubilee.
  • 2004 The school's oak tree, one of its icons and central items, was cut down and removed due to rooting problems. This tree had been there since the area was a farm. It is now used for furniture.

[edit] Church

In front of the school is St Joseph's Catholic Church. This can seat about 500 congregation. It has one of few pipe organs around.
The school and parishioners gather regularly for Mass, and it is also used for Sunday Mass. The parish and school meet together often.

[edit] Awards

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St. Josephs school has a variety of awards, some being accessories for school uniform

Certificates Uniform accessories Trophies and other large awards
'Principal's award' (along with a St. Joseph's School pen) Achievement strips (academic, sporting, (general) achievement, conduct) competition trophies (speeches, etc)*
Badges ( first aider, librarian, office attendants, peer mediator, house leader - see houses) House shield (see houses)

* these are in possession for a year, and name is engraved onto it

[edit] Uniform

This shows the current uniform of St. Josephs. The school uniform is required to be worn by students during school hours, and at formal school events, such as Masses. Occasionally the school will have a mufti day, where students donate a gold coin to charity Caritas in exchange.

[edit] Summer

The current summer (terms 1 and 4) uniform is:

Boys Girls
Junior (Years 0-6) School hat*
School (navy) polo shirt*
Light grey shorts
Black sandals		 School hat
White blouse
Checkered dress
Black sandals
Senior (Years 7-8) School hat*
School (navy) polo shirt*
Light grey shorts
Black sandals		 School hat*
White blouse
Checkered skirt
Black sandals

Optional extras-Both genders and both age groups:

  • School (maroon or red) jersey*
  • School (maroon) vest*

*These items have the school logo.

[edit] Winter

The current winter (terms 2 and 3) uniform is:

Boys Girls
Junior (Years 0-6) Blue skivvy
Dark grey shorts
Grey (knee height) socks with two maroon stripes
Black closed shoes		 White skivvy
School (red and blue) dress
Navy (knee height) socks
Black closed shoes
Senior (Years 7-8) Grey, long-sleeved shirt
Dark grey shorts
Grey (knee height) socks with two maroon stripes
Black closed shoes		 White skivvy
School (red and blue) skirt
Navy (knee height) socks
Black closed shoes

Optional extras-Both genders and both age groups:

  • School (navy) beanie*
  • School (maroon or red) jersey*
  • School (maroon) vest*

*These items have the school logo.

[edit] Physical education

A physical education, or P.E. uniform is worn whenever students are learning physical education, and at inter-school sporting events. The physical education uniform is made up of a maroon polo shirt, black sporting shorts, white ankle socks, and sporting shoes.

[edit] Houses

St. Joseph's School has four competitive houses. Each is named after a holy person (the colour listed is the house's colour):

The houses compete for points to win the house shield. Points are given by members of staff. There are 2 elected house leaders, usually 1 boy and 1 girl; who form the student council. They are joined by the head boy and the head girl, along with the leader of special character.

[edit] Academia

St. Joseph's Students are offered to be part of various competitions such as:

Students at St. Joseph's are taught mandatorily in religious education right from new entrance to year 8

[edit] Sport

St. Joseph's School offer many sports to their students to create school teams:

Some of these teams compete regularly in weekly round robin competitions, while others train for annual contests.

*Note that the school does not have a hockey team, but has students that are part of the 'Saints Combined' hockey team with the other local Catholic Schools in Hamilton.

[edit] References

  1. ^ Decile change 2007 to 2008 for state & state integrated schools
  2. ^ St Joseph's Catholic School Sustainable Garden Project 2006.
  3. ^ Force 3 : Clubs : List of Clubs. Retrieved on 2007-12-01.

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