Principals’ appraisals are usually interesting affairs but they don’t always come as intriguing for Michele Lafferty, manager of Catholic schools, as when she interviewed Bernadette Murfitt of St Francis Xavier School, Tawa, last month. The school was having a book character day and Bernadette was the wicked queen from ‘Snow White’. But she says her character did not influence her answers at all. The school had a week of celebration with inter-class activities, visits from politicians, quizzes and games, and a scholastic book fair to boost the library.
‘Suffrage in Stitches’
WelCom August 2021 After exhibiting in Wellington, Suffrage in Stitches exhibition is showing at Te Manawa Museum, Palmerston North, until 12 September. Suffrage in Stitches developed through a partnership between…
Parting Shot
WelCom August 2021 Days of grace The polar blast has pummeled us, now the sun makes its cartwheeling entrance. Peace hovers on the surface of the water.Let us stand upon the ground.Let…
O’Shea Shield 2021
WelCom June/July 2021 The Year of St Joseph In this special year of St Joseph, it is fitting Hato Hōhepa – St Joseph’s Māori Girls’ College, Napier, have won the…