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10 June 2010
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9 June 2010
St Mary's students released black balloons with white inscriptions on Catholic Schools Day May 19 to carry the message of their 160th birthday in September.
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Cecily McNeill 15 May 2010
Today's students tend to have fewer hang-ups and issues about matters of religion than those of 25 years ago making the teaching of religion and spirituality easier in the Catholic School context.
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Colleen Restieaux 2 April 2010
Commissioner for Children John Angus visits Cardinal McKeefry School, Wilton, to discuss issues with them.
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Moushmi Fa'amate and Brooke Price 10 February 2010
Through 12 sessions over the five days we learnt that to execute a goal we must make a start and risk plunging headlong beyond the thinking and planning stage.
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Carla Penman 10 February 2010
Two pupils from Ss Peter and Paul's, Lower Hutt, have won first and third prizes in the New Zealand Book Council's regional 'Speed-Date an Author' writing competition last month. Aimee Penman took top prize in the Wellington region and Logan Byrne was third.
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Carla Penman 3 November 2009
Children dressing up as their favourite fictional character and visits from popular local authors were features of a week of writing in September to focus attention on the narrative style at Ss Peter and Paul School, Lower Hutt.
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St Patrick's fundraiser for preschooler, Sophie King's tumour treatment.
Cecily McNeill 4 September 2009
The show was devised using a basic script outline. Local points of interest were then woven into the show's fabric.
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Pooja Patel 5 May 2009
On Shrove Tuesday, the new Mercy Crew at St Catherine's College ran an exchange of pancakes for Refuge toiletries.
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Ss Peter and Paul's intermediate classes take prizes in the final.
Heather McCabe, Madeleine van Woerkom, Alex Shackleton, Emma Leahy and Belinda Dodge 7 January 2009
Ss Peter and Paul School's Intermediate classes have won four prizes in the finals of the Wearable Arts Extravaganza for the Lower Hutt region.
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21 December 2008
The Marist St Pats Premier team won the first round in Wellington club rugby - the Swindale Shield.
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Pacific Flavours wins fourth of 28 quartets
20 December 2008
Some 900 enthusiasts from countries in the Pacific rim assembled in 28 quartets and 17 choruses for the Hawai'i contest.
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Sr Josephine Kane appointed co-leader of her Order.
12 August 2008
The students at Sacred Heart College, Lower Hutt, celebrated the school’s feast day, on June 27, by giving a standing ovation to their director of religious studies for the past 22 years, Sr Josephine Kane, who had just been appointed co-leader of the Order (Sisters of Our Lady of the Missions) with Sister Carmel Cole.
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Jo Matthews of Chanel College at the World Masters Swimming Championships
6 June 2008
Chanel College principal, Jo Matthews, has been judged sixth in the world in her age group for two butterfly events at the World Masters Swimming Championships in Perth, Western Australia.
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McEvedy tradition overturned in favour of tattoos
Richard Law 8 May 2008
Fundraising at McEvedy Shield day was done by tattoo rather than t-shirt this year.
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St Joseph's School, New Plymouth, renames its classrooms.
Mike Dowd 8 May 2008
On Wednesday March 19 St Joseph’s School, New Plymouth, celebrated its patron’s feast day by learning about the school’s history and celebrating the renaming of classrooms to commemorate key figures and events in its history.
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Children dine on plain rice to raise money for Caritas
Kim Thayers 8 May 2008
Instead of their usual lunch, the children brought a donation for Caritas or a food item for the local food bank.
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One of only two NZ winners of United World Colleges scholarship.
Kathy Ryan 8 April 2008
Entry involved writing an essay, a weekend of workshops, including tree-planting, a semi-formal dinner and an interview by a panel which turned out to be a lively discussion on a range of subjects including the state of democracy in the world today.
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Samara Al Badri has had just six years in NZ before winning the Halina Fladrzynska-Morrow scholarship
Kathy Ryan 8 April 2008
Speaking very little English, Samara launched into school life with enthusiasm, dedication and solid hard work. At the end of 2007, Samara graduated from St Catherine’s College.
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Michele Lafferty wins principals' award
8 April 2008
'Michele has been deeply committed to Catholic Education over a significant period of time having worked at the ‘chalk face’ and in the Catholic Education Office.'
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