Bullying-Free Awards:
Performance category: Joint Winner: Year 4, Elim Christian College, Auckland, Highly Commended: Year 6, St Joseph’s Catholic School, Matamata, link here.
Print category: Special Merit: Siobhan Taylor, Year 8, St Bernadette’s School, Christchurch, link here.
PowerPoint category: Winner: Kate Timbers, Gina Devcich, Grace Coxhead & Molly O’Sullivan, Sacred Heart Girls’ College, Hamilton, link here.

Holy Family School, Porirua: The Education Gazette of 21 June 2018 featured a story on the school’s project the Family So’otaga, which has been running since since 2016. The project fosters strong relationships between the school, parents and whānau to create a sense of community that supports educational involvement and achievement for their Māori and Pacific students. Read more.

St Bernard’s College, Lower Hutt: Pfuma Mahowa and Seth Fitzgerald, both 15, are to attend a youth summit in Boston on creative technologies and how they can be applied to important social issues, both now and in the future. Read more. Jack Tetley, 13 years old, has been invited to the Trust for Sustainability Living school debate in the Seychelles to debate ocean conservation. Read more.

Garin College, Nelson: Tiare Donelan was selected to go to Chile on a Business field trip as part of a partnership between the Lion Foundation Young Enterprise Scheme (YES) and the Latin America Centre for Asia Pacific Excellence. Read more.

Click here to read about the many more impressive results from teachers and students in Catholic schools.