Much loved singing teacher, Sister Mary Winefride Blake RSM QSM, has been awarded one of the highest papal honours ever given to religious and lay people.
Sr Winefride, who celebrated her Diamond Jubilee earlier this year, last week received a medal
The St Catherine’s College senior basketball players defied all odds to win the Wellington Girls Division One Championship finals against Onslow College last August.
In the midst of the numerous pressures on teachers it is easy to lose sight of their value. Teachers are committed to young people and have an enormous influence on their young lives. It is through their teachers that children will come to meet the God wh
At times in the privacy of my own home, like every parent, I sound off about teachers. Things like ‘what the heck did they tell the kids that for’, or more often ‘why are they charging that much!’ and sometimes ‘why don’t they teach english/maths/science/
Teachers are taonga who turn over the paua shell of children’s lives to reveal the beautiful colours of the potential/good news that is within.
Every morning approximately 8,500 young people in our diocese set off to be educated in a Catholic school environment which can unashamedly proclaim that ‘Christ is the reason for this school’. We feel blessed that our schools are imbued with ‘Jesus’ valu
The workload for teachers seems to be increasing year by year as the fixing of one social ill after another is laid at the door of the school. I wonder if they are not a handy, captive group on which we can all lay our responsibilities.
This poem talks about when a child’s central reference point moves from the parent to the teacher.
‘Teachers are creatures different from other humans. They have all the personalities you could possibly think of. They can make you laugh or even cry. But just remember, my fellow New Zealanders, they help us learn.’
‘Teachers are good because they
From letters written in praise of teachers.
Teachers have brought precious gifts to our children’s lives – it seems that the right person is there at the right time – the teacher who brought them love and self-esteem, who encouraged and built their c