Retreats are an important way for teachers to recharge, and to foster faith formation and development. Based on the great feedback from our 2018 retreat in Mosgiel, NZCEO is delighted to be able to offer two retreats for 2019. Auckland: Saturday 8 June 2019 (middle of Term 2), The Mary MacKillop Centre, Mission Bay [...]
I-Can is an international project for children and young people from all over the world to meet the challenge of Laudato Si’: on care for our common home. The project is endorsed by Pope Francis, the Congregations for Catholic Education, and the OIEC (International Organisation for Catholic Education). OIEC leader, Philippe Richard, was at [...]
Delegates enjoying Convention 2018 We are delighted to announce that we will be partnering with teachers and leaders in Catholic education to hold a Catholic Education Un-Conference next year. Please mark your calendars, Wednesday 17 and Thursday 18 July 2019 (second week of the holidays). This will be held in Auckland. Mark your [...]
St Peter's College, Auckland: Angus Nicholson (Y9) has been selected in the NZ U15 Lacrosse team. Niko Jones has been named in the NZSS Rugby team to play Tonga, Australia Barbarians and Australian Schools. Leo Ngatai-Tafau has been named in the U18 NZ Maori Rugby Team. Semisi Tapa has been named in the NZ U18 Rugby League [...]
Cans for Christmas is an initiative with a simple goal - to put food on people's tables at an important part of the year. It is a project anyone can participate in, and they can contribute what they are able, be it 1 can or 10 cans; every small gesture makes a difference. Originally [...]
SCHOOL PAYMENT REQUESTS School payment requests may vary from school to school but there is no charge for education at a state integrated school for domestic students aged 5 – 19 years. Proprietors of integrated schools may charge attendance dues, which are enforceable, but the level of these must not be greater than the amount [...]
In a recent edition of the NZSTA monthly magazine STAnews, one of our state-integrated schools featured: Leadership and Vision in a state-integrated school Maria Adams, one of our NZSTA Study Award winners for 2018, is a proprietor’s representative on the board of trustees at St Joseph’s School, Kaikōura. Maria attended the Proclaim 2018 Conference held [...]
EDUCATION COUNCIL SEEKING PCTS FOR MENTORING PILOT The Education Council is launching a new induction and mentoring pilot. Tuakana Teina aims to harness the skills and knowledge of experienced mentor teachers and match them with a limited number of beginning teachers (PCTs) who are looking for a mentor. It went live on 15 August 2018. [...]
Daragh Bonnici, Carmel College, Auckland Carmel College, Auckland: Daragh Bonnici (Y7) has been selected from over 600 dancers nationwide for a child role in the Royal NZ Ballet production of The Nutcracker this December. Ava Fitzgerald (Y9) represented NZ at the Perth International Gymnastics Championships. She won a gold medal for her floor [...]
A recent paper published by the OECD, The Future We Want, describes the OEDC Learning Framework 2030. We have made note of some of the concepts in this paper that we thought were particularly relevant to New Zealand schools today: The children entering education in 2018 will be young adults in 2030. Schools can prepare [...]
