I do not like labelling people as racist. I do not like the use of the word ‘racists’ at all. I am a Muslim and I attend a Catholic college. I have never been subject to any form of racism during my time in school although I have been subject to what I call a Read more
Two Year 11 students, age 16, from St Joseph’s College in Apia, Samoa were charged with assault and released on bail last Wednesday. The arrest followed a school brawl on Friday. Ten others were taken into Police custody. Assistant Police Commissioner Le’aupepe Fatu Pula said ten students were arrested from Fugalei Market after a fight Read more
Palmerston North’s Our Lady of Lourdes deputy principal Jody Hayes has received the CORE Education Award for Professional Learning and Reflective Practice within a primary or intermediate school for her Student Voice and Choice project.
The project was about looking at ways to find what children want to learn about and how a teacher can then apply that to the curriculum.
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Cardinal Joseph Zen Ze-kiun started a three-day fast in Hong Kong this morning, October 19, to express his “grief” at the recent decision by the Court of Final Appeal rejecting the Catholic Church’s appeal against the Government’s policy over the management of state-aided schools in this Special Autonomous Region of China. “To show my grief, Read more
Mrs Teresa Cargo was recently appointed Principal of Bishop Viard College in Porirua. Teresa will commence the position early in term four, following the departure of Hedley Aitken, who is retiring after 15 years of dedicated service to the College.
Teresa moves to Bishop Viard after 30 years at Sacred Heart Girls College,l in Hamilton. she is a graduate of the Otago School of Physical Education and the Auckland College of Education.
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On Sunday 02 October, the Rector of St Bede’s College, Justin Boyle, unveiled the second series of Bedean icons. This project was initiated by the St Bede’s College Old Boys’ Association as a centennial gift and the first three icons were unveiled in 2009. The first grouping were all Marist priests and each played a Read more
Henry Walsh, St Pat’s Silverstream’s cricket star saved his best for last when he signed off his school career in spectacular fashion last week.
Walsh, a powerful right-hand batsman, was playing his last game for St Pat’s Silverstream when he scored 225 – out of a total of 369 – from 245 balls in the traditional fixture against St Bede’s College in Christchurch.
Walsh’s mammoth effort, which included seven sixes and 24 fours, took Silverstream from a precarious position to one of dominance.
It included a 186-run eighth-wicket partnership with Gareth Hitchman, with Hitchman’s contribution 36.
Read the article...The rector of one of ChristChurch’s Catholic schools is disgusted with eight students who directed racist taunts at Polynesian rugby players after being beaten in the national secondary schools rugby tournament.
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On Sunday St Bede’s College in Christchurch relaunched its centennial celebration which had been put on hold earlier this year as consequence of the earthquake. To mark the occasion a Mass was celebrated, followed by a dinner and the launching of the centennial book, The Faith of Our Fathers, the History of St Bede’s College. It is Read more
A new international report says single sex schooling offers no benefits and may be socially harmful. The article, published in Science magazine by researchers from the American Council for CoEducational Schooling, says biological differences between the sexes have no significant effect on learning. It says there is no scientific support for single-sex education, and that Read more