During the year you will read in the newsletter of all sorts of events. The ones listed below happen annually. Others may only occur once, so are not listed.

Term One

• Top teams - Interhouse event

• Swimming sports Yr 4-5 /Junior school swimming demonstration - Week 5

• Whole school triathlon - March

• Interschool Triathlon - Late March

• Pleasant Point Mountain bike race Sunday in February

• Police team challenge - Early March

• Top Schools - Early march

• School Mass and welcome BBQ - Early March

• Milo Cricket tournament

• Summer Tournament - Yr 5 - Yr 8 only. Children play a mixture of summer sports at various venues.

• St Joseph’s Day - 19 March, MacKillop Cup cricket

• Art Exhibition - April

Term Two

• Cross Country - Children run various distances with varying degrees of difficulty. The venue often changes from year to year. Sports uniform is necessary for this.

• School mass - Mid term

• Young Leaders day in Christchurch - Yr 8

• Whole school musical Late Term 2

Term Three

• Winter Sports Tournament - Usually September. Same procedure as for summer sports.

• Gymnastics Festival - with other local schools to produce a Music Festival/Gym.

• Jump Jam competition.

Term Four

• Athletic Sports - We join with other local schools for this at the Domain.

Events During The Year

• Mission Fundraiser - Held each year during October. The Yr 7&8 pupils lead this event after Sunday mass with the community donating goods and attending the fair with your children.

Other Events

• Theme Weeks - Each year the school has special focuses that the whole school work together on. In the past we have had Art weeks, Book weeks, Technology weeks etc.

• Parent Education nights - Term 2 and 3 showing parents what learning looks like on the Classroom In numeracy and Literacy.

• Fund Raising Events

• Term One - Easter Raffle

• Term Two - Friends of St Joseph's cheese roll fundraiser

• Term Three - Amazing race/Spud in a Bucket

• Term Four - Mission Fundraiser, Raffle