
Our Team
Senior Leadership Team





Junior Team - Ngā Teretere



Middle Team - Whaikaha


Senior Team - Te Arataki



Additional Teaching Staff




Support Staff


Additional Teaching Staff
SPECIAL NEEDS COORDINATOR – Sarah Simpson – sarahs@stfrancis.school.nz
LIBRARY – Cathy Mahoney – cathym@stfrancis.school.nz
GARDEN TO TABLE – Kate Hanly
RELEASE TEACHER – Kate Hanly
RELEASE TEACHER – Monique Vuksich
Support Staff
TEACHER AIDES: Haedie Brake, Adriana Vuksich, Natasha
Stanford, Myra Srhoj and Tema Tuifua
OFFICE STAFF: Janet Skinner and Anne Lengauer
Board of Trustees










To contact our board please email our Chairperson – Phil Joyce – pjoyce@fyersjoyce.co.nz
2026 Attendance Management Plan
What do BOT members do at St Francis Catholic School?
Our BOT assures the Ministry of Education that:
The students in the school are receiving a high quality standard of education
National priorities for school education are being addressed in the school
The resources are being used prudently to ensure the highest possible quality programmes are provided for students
To be able to accept this responsibility requires the BOT to provide sound governance for the school as a professional teaching institution. This means:
Ensuring staff have a clear sense of purpose
Setting priorities and goals for improvement of learning and achievement in the school particularly Maori and Pacific Islanders
Seeking assurance from the management (principal and senior staff) that the programmes being implemented in the school can achieve goals
Evaluating information on the outcomes that the school’s students are achieving in respect of the goals that have been set
Seeking assurance from the school’s management that the school’s resources are being used optimally to deliver the agreed outcomes, ensuring, for example that resources are available to ensure the knowledge and skills of the teacher / support are up to date
As BOT members of a Catholic School they must also ensure that students are educated within an atmosphere of Christ’s love which permeates all that occurs in the school.
Policies + procedures
To access our school’s policies, including the Complaints Policy / Procedures:
please use this School Docs link
Username: stfrancis
Password: brave
ERO report
Annual financial report

Term Dates
2026
(+ 1 Teacher Only Day sometime in Term 3 or 4)
Term 1 –
Tuesday 3 February – Thursday 2 April. Public Holidays – Waitangi Day: Friday 6 February, Good Friday: Friday 3 April.
Term 2 –
Monday 20 April – Friday 3 July. Public Holidays – ANZAC Day: Monday 27 April, King’s Birthday: Monday 1 June.
Term 3 –
Monday 20 July – Friday 25 September.
Term 4 –
Monday 12 October – Wednesday 16 December. Public Holiday – Labour Day: Monday 26 October.
Break Times
Morning tea – 11am
Lunchtime – 1pm





