St Peter's College, Gore

School News

All News
From the Principal

​
Subscribe to Newsletter
  • Home
  • Our School
    • Curriculum >
      • Year 7-10 Curriculum
      • Year 11-13 Curriculum
    • Our Staff
    • Special Character
    • Culture
    • Sport & Outdoors >
      • Overview
      • Sports Draws
      • Sport Forms
      • Sport Contacts
    • Pastoral
    • History
    • Governance
  • Boarding
  • International
    • Learn about St Peters
    • International Accommodation
    • Southern New Zealand
    • Apply Now
    • Resources for International Students
    • International Team
    • International Parent Dashboard
  • News
  • Contact
  • Dashboard
    • Parent Dashboard
    • Student Dashboard

9/2/2018

Comments from the Principal

0 Comments

Read Now
 
Picture
Greetings

The first few days of term one have been special in many ways. I was privileged to spend time in the company of our Year 13 students and staff at the Year 13 Retreat in Edendale. I am certainly confident that these young men and women are going to be very good ambassadors for our college and wonderful role models for our youngest students. These same students received their leadership badges on Wednesday at our Opening Mass, celebrated by Bishop Colin Campbell. We were very pleased to have Fr Damian, Fr Aidan Cunningham and Fr Liam (visiting from Ireland) assisting Bishop Colin on the altar. Thank you to all the parents who attended this Mass; it is always a very special one for us as we welcome our new students and their families, and our leaders are commissioned for the new school year. Thank you to Brendan Terry (DRS) and his team who coordinated this special occasion.

Waimumu Field Days

Next week, St Peter’s College and Rosmini Boarding House will have a site at the Waimumu Field Days. Please encourage any families you may know who are considering St Peter’s as a secondary school option for their children, to visit us for a chat. Because the field days are an important event on the Southland calendar, we will be closing next Thursday at 12:50pm (end of period 4). Any children who need to remain behind to wait for buses may stay in the library where they will be supervised (please inform the office if you need this to happen). Our staff work hard to prepare effective lessons for a full class of students and therefore we ask that parents take their children to the Field Days in the time we have set aside on Thursday afternoon and ensure that your children are at school for the rest of the three days.

Ash Wednesday

Next week sees the Lenten season begin. We will be having a Liturgy on Wednesday morning in the school hall to commemorate Ash Wednesday, the first day of the forty days of Lent. As always parents are welcome to join us for this at 8:45am. Lent is forty-six days long but generally we don’t count the Sundays, which brings it back to forty days that represent the time Jesus spent in the wilderness, enduring the temptation of Satan and preparing to begin his ministry.
50th Anniversary Celebrations
We are looking forward to St Peter’s 50th next January, 2019. Organisation is well underway, but we would love to hear from anyone who would like to lend a hand – big or small - to make this a fantastic reunion weekend. If this sounds like you and you can spare a few hours during the coming year, please let the office know and someone from the committee will contact you.
​
Dates for Your Calendar
​

This year we have changed the timing of our annual Work Day. Please note that this will be held on the 7th March. All students are expected to contribute to this day, so this is advanced notice to start thinking about this.
Our Year 7-10 Whanau Evening will be held on Monday evening March 12th, 6:30 – 8:30pm. We are pleased to let you know that John Parsons (cybersafety and internet expert) will be part of this evening which also includes an information session and a meet and greet with your child’s learning tutor and form teacher. I encourage everyone with children in years 7-10 to attend this important evening.
Enjoy your weekend,

Nga mihi
 
​Kate Nicholson

Share

0 Comments



Leave a Reply.

Details

    Archives

    December 2022
    November 2022
    October 2022
    September 2022
    August 2022
    July 2022
    June 2022
    May 2022
    April 2022
    March 2022
    February 2022
    December 2021
    November 2021
    October 2021
    September 2021
    August 2021
    July 2021
    June 2021
    May 2021
    April 2021
    March 2021
    February 2021
    December 2020
    November 2020
    October 2020
    September 2020
    August 2020
    July 2020
    June 2020
    May 2020
    March 2020
    February 2020
    December 2019
    November 2019
    October 2019
    September 2019
    August 2019
    July 2019
    June 2019
    May 2019
    April 2019
    March 2019
    February 2019
    December 2018
    November 2018
    October 2018
    September 2018
    August 2018
    July 2018
    June 2018
    May 2018
    April 2018
    March 2018
    February 2018
    January 2018

    Categories

    All
    From The Principal
    Newsletter

Dashboards

Student Dashboard
Parent Dashboard
Staff Dashboard
International Dashboard

Enrolment

Enrolment information
​Enrolment form
​Diocese of Dunedin Attendance Dues Form

Donations

Make a donation

© St Peter's College, Gore. All rights reserved. Privacy.
Site by Ripple Creative

Admin
  • Home
  • Our School
    • Curriculum >
      • Year 7-10 Curriculum
      • Year 11-13 Curriculum
    • Our Staff
    • Special Character
    • Culture
    • Sport & Outdoors >
      • Overview
      • Sports Draws
      • Sport Forms
      • Sport Contacts
    • Pastoral
    • History
    • Governance
  • Boarding
  • International
    • Learn about St Peters
    • International Accommodation
    • Southern New Zealand
    • Apply Now
    • Resources for International Students
    • International Team
    • International Parent Dashboard
  • News
  • Contact
  • Dashboard
    • Parent Dashboard
    • Student Dashboard