Microsoft and the Vatican have agreed to give 43 million pupils at 200,000 Catholic schools access to a wide range of Microsoft’s products. The Social Network for Catholic Education will give students in Catholic schools in 100 countries access to Office 365 for Education, reports Money Control. Students will be able to use teleconferencing and Read more
Just three weeks after the High Court threw out a challenge against consent for a new Arrowtown Catholic school on Speargrass Flat Rd, near Arrowtown, three remaining parties want to take the case to the Court of Appeal. Ayrburn Farm Estates Ltd, consulting engineer James Hadley and Rebecca Lucas, as trustees of the Millhouse Trust, Read more
A Hamilton Catholic school principal has resigned. Arnna Graham-Sommerville has resigned as principal of St Joseph’s school after ten years in the job. The resignations follow allegations of nepotism, bullying and financial mismanagement at the school, which resulted in an investigation by the Ministry of Education. At the request of the board of trustees, the Ministry of Education appointed Read more
St Peter’s College is the first Auckland secondary school to have artificial turf installed on its playing field. The “cage”, as the ground across the road from the school is known, has undergone a major transformation and will be used by the school’s top rugby and soccer teams. While the development cost remains “price sensitive,” Read more
The honours at the O’Shea Shield this year went to two Hawke’s Bay schools; St John’s College in Hastings, and Sacred Heart College in Napier were placed first equal. St Patrick’s College Wellington was placed second. 350 students from 15 Catholic secondary schools in the Wellington Archdiocese and the Diocese of Palmerston North took part Read more
Catholic schools in Wales were in breach of the law when they read out a anti-gay marriage letter from a religious education group to pupils as young as 11, claimed Education Minister Leighton Andrews. The Welsh government has reminded Catholic Education Services (CES) that schools should give a ‘balanced perspective’ when discussing same-sex marriage. The Read more
At Holy Cross School in Mirimar, Wellington, meditation is seen as another way for children to feel calm and closer to God. It is one of a number of Catholic schools in New Zealand that has adopted the practice of teaching Children to meditate Principal Celeste Hastings said the school had introduced meditation so children could learn Read more
A High Court decision that collection costs are “associated charges”could save integrated schools $3 million a year. The 330 schools charge attendance dues to cover the cost of making their properties conform to state-school building codes. The attendance dues are allowed to cover other charges associated with land and buildings, including insurance, and until 2009 it had been accepted Read more
Christchurch school children at five Catholic schools will have to move into temporary accommodation again because repair work needs to be done. Catholic Education Office manager Mike Nolan said classrooms at St Peter’s, Christ the King, Our Lady of Assumption, St Bernadette’s and St Mary’s schools will have to be vacated for between 10 and 12 Read more
An Arrowtown residents’ appeal against an Environment Court decision which permits St Joseph’s Catholic Primary School to build in Arrowtown has been rejected by High Court Justice Christine French, in a judgment released on Friday last. The Catholic Bishop of Dunedin, the Most Reverend Colin Campbell, purchased a property on Speargrass Flat Road, Arrowtown, in 2006. Read more