St Heliers - CathNews New Zealand https://cathnews.co.nz Catholic News New Zealand Thu, 13 Feb 2014 00:20:45 +0000 en-NZ hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.1 https://cathnews.co.nz/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/cropped-cathnewsfavicon-32x32.jpg St Heliers - CathNews New Zealand https://cathnews.co.nz 32 32 70145804 Bible in Schools battlers denying our heritage https://cathnews.co.nz/2014/02/14/bible-schools-battlers-denying-heritage/ Thu, 13 Feb 2014 18:07:24 +0000 http://cathnews.co.nz/?p=54320 What a divine irony. At the same time that remnants of the country's first mission school were being excavated in Kerikeri, St Heliers School decided to remove religious education classes from its school day - part of a slow but seemingly inexorable trend to purge Christianity from the remaining crevices where it is found in Read more

Bible in Schools battlers denying our heritage... Read more]]> What a divine irony. At the same time that remnants of the country's first mission school were being excavated in Kerikeri, St Heliers School decided to remove religious education classes from its school day - part of a slow but seemingly inexorable trend to purge Christianity from the remaining crevices where it is found in our state institutions.

It seems that the aggressive moral outrage from the serious-sounding Secular Education Network was sufficient for the St Heliers School's Board of Trustees to capitulate on the long tradition of Bible in Schools. continue reading

Bible in Schools battlers denying our heritage]]> 54320 Religious instruction in schools in spotlight again https://cathnews.co.nz/2014/02/04/religious-instruction-schools-spotlight/ Mon, 03 Feb 2014 18:29:06 +0000 http://cathnews.co.nz/?p=53822

Christian education in state schools is in the spotlight again after to parents laid a complaint with the Human Rights Commission about bible lessons at St Heliers primary school in Auckland New Zealand. A third parent is considering laying a complaint as well. The Education Act allows a school to close for up to 60 Read more

Religious instruction in schools in spotlight again... Read more]]> Christian education in state schools is in the spotlight again after to parents laid a complaint with the Human Rights Commission about bible lessons at St Heliers primary school in Auckland New Zealand. A third parent is considering laying a complaint as well.

The Education Act allows a school to close for up to 60 minutes a week for religious instruction, if its board of trustees approves.

St Heliers School surveyed the school community following the complaint.

Figures supplied by the board of trustees show that only 41 per cent of parents voted. Of those, 67 per cent were in favour, 18 per cent were against and 13 per cent were neutral.

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