St Patrick's Kaiapoi

02/09/2026

Our Year 2 Kākahi Class and our Year 3 Kanakana class were invited to perform their Kapahaka @ Kaiapoi Library today! We were so proud of them - they performed with confidence, enthusiasm and commitment to Kapahaka! Thank you to Miss Gazzard and Miss Begg for preparing them for this special event and to the Whānau who came to the Library to support us! 🙌👏🙌👏🙌👏🙌🤩

02/09/2026

Glentui Camp Year 5-8 2026 - a big thank you to all of our amazing Parent Helpers, Mr Harrison, Mrs Kreft, Whaea Becky, Whaea Lara and Mrs Kreft for helping to make this Camp so enjoyable! Everyone will be ready for an early night tonight after 3 busy, action- packed days! We will be looking forward to finding out who our Camp Hero’s were, tomorrow!

01/09/2026

Day 2 Year 5- 8 Glentui Camp - morning activities - a glacial river walk, abseiling, orienteering and team building challenges!

01/09/2026

Thank you to everyone who has helped St Patrick’s improve our Attendance! 🙏👏🙏

Top marks to schools across Waimakariri for improved attendance figures in the first half of the school year!
In Term 1, 71.4% of Waimakariri students attended school more than 90% of the time, compared with 61.5% in 2023. Poor attendance was also down to 4.6% students attending less than 70% of the time, compared with 5.9% in 2023.
I'm proud of the work our schools have put in to ensuring students are best placed to achieve. Attendance is a big part of academic success and I applaud parents for also getting on board to raise attendance rates.

31/08/2026

Oh what a fun- filled first day of our Year 5-8 Gentui Camp! Lots of fun outdoor activities before the hail started! Everyone is enjoying the delicious food and the warm bunk rooms at the Glentui lodge. Sweet dreams everyone- another big day of fun filled Outdoor Camp activities tomorrow! The forecast is for beautiful Spring Sunshine ☀️ tomorrow. 👏👏👏👏

28/08/2026

Congratulations again to our School Choir led by Mrs Culling who performed again at the Jubilate Concert 🎶 @ St Mary’s Pro- Cathedral last evening. We are all so proud and grateful to this Choir who were the only Catholic Primary School to perform an individual item at the Concert! Thank you to all of their fans for supporting this amazing Choir and Mrs Bennett and Mrs Culling!

28/08/2026

Thank you so much to our amazing Young Vinnies who visited the residents at Annaleise Rest home today! Violet, Lucy, Lulu, Asher, Rose and Mary sang and talked with them and made beautiful cards for each resident to treasure. Thank you Maryanne Brown and Trish Purtle for organising the visit and taking the girls, with Mrs Shaw.

27/08/2026

Amanda & Dominique Harrison ( Yes! Mr Harrison’s daughter) came from the Police Forensic Team to talk with our Senior Whare this afternoon. They enjoyed learning about what forensics is, how to collect fingerprints, putting on PPE gear and how different forensics is from the TV shows! A big thank you to Mr Harrison for organising this interesting and informative visit! Apparently our Senior Whare students asked some amazing questions!

24/08/2026

Friendly reminder➡️

If you wish to opt out of the Whittaker's fundraiser or sell more than one box please get your child's form in to the PTA box or email us by this Friday 28th August.

We appreciate your support in selling one box of this delicious chocolate! 🙌

22/08/2026

So true … 🙏

Teaching has never been easy, but lately, it feels like teachers are being asked to carry more than what happens inside the classroom.

That is why these words from Pope Francis feel especially meaningful today, “To be a teacher is to live a mission.”

Especially now, when teachers can so easily be blamed for the behavior of the very children they are also trying their best to guide.

Pope Francis once reminded us that “one does not teach what one knows, but what one is.”

And perhaps that is the heart of teaching.

Students may forget the lesson written on the board, but they may never forget the teacher who was patient with them, corrected them with kindness, believed in them when they were struggling, or simply made them feel seen.

But let us also remember that raising a child has never been the responsibility of the school alone.

Teaching is more than a profession. It is a mission lived every day through patience, sacrifice, guidance, and love.

And that mission deserves not only our expectations, but also our respect, understanding, and support.