Ecclesiastes 4:9-12 “Two are better off than one, because together they can work more effectively. If one of them falls down, the other can help him up.”

The South Canterbury Catholic Kāhui Ako is a community of learning involving the staff and students from Roncalli College, Sacred Heart, St Joseph’s Pleasant Point, St Joseph’s Temuka and St Joseph’s Timaru.

Our Kāhui Ako appointed staff;

• Lead Principal - Carmel Brosnahan-Pye, St Joseph’s Timaru

• Across school teacher - Samantha Rooney, Roncalli College.

Within school teachers

• Roncalli College - Rachael Burrowes, Mary Jane Konings and Guy Sutherland
• Sacred Heart - Hayley Goodman
• St Joseph’s Temuka - Angie King
• St Joseph’s Timaru - James McCarthy and Sara Valentine

On Thursday 4 April our Kāhui Ako met with all Principals and Senior management to work on our Strategic plan for 2024-2026. Our visions were all met with common themes and planning has been put in place so we can narrow the focus to create catholic student centred goals. We would like to thank Nicholas Williams (independent consultant) who facilitated this day - he definitely made us think critically and put our schools at the forefront of the decisions.

Our next steps to finalising our Strategic Plan will be presenting to and gaining feedback from our School’s Board of Trustees, and then from you as our stakeholders. Please keep an eye out for any correspondence regarding Kāhui Ako feedback as all feedback is greatly appreciated.