The Arts

Our Years 4 – 8 are fortunate to be attending some International Festival of the Arts performances.  Year 5-6 students loved Echoa last week and are currently experimenting with various percussive moves accompanied by their own amazing sound effects. 
Year 7-8 students are really looking forward to hearing Neil Gaiman speak on Friday.  We rather enjoy his [...]

Creativity with Andrew Chinn

On Tuesday 2 March we were very fortunate to have Andrew Chinn working with us.  Students took part in singing and movement workshops during the morning, celebrating the joys of living and the presence of God in our lives.  In the afternoon we polished our performance skills and our work culminated in the eveningwith an energy filled [...]

Financial Literacy

On a recent Friday, Years 2-6 took part  in some fun, but useful “financial literacy” classes facilitated by Jeffrey Crosby.  Students learned a bit about how to make your money work for you and the value of savings.  Perhaps a small increase in participation in our ASB School Banking is a sign of effectiveness.

Term 1 begins

All students have arrived back at school, well prepared and ready for the interesting and challenging range of learning experiences planned for the next eight weeks.  They include: Aquatics, attending International Festival of the Arts performances, some interesting visitors from the community and more.
Watch this space for reports of some of the things we’ve done.

2010

We welcome you  back to the new year at Cardinal McKeefry School.
For new enrolment enquiries please email us or phone the school office.

End of School Year

On a recent Thursday evening Cardinal McKeefry School community gathered in St Teresa’s Church to celebrate the year’s efforts and successes in prayer, song and movement .  The reflective and peaceful ceremony was a wonderful way to help bring the end of the  school year to a close.
The  final assembly of the year acknowledged the effectiveness [...]

EOTC 2009

Year 1-6 EOTC programme was another great success this year. 
Three of the highlight days:
Year 4-6 five hour tramp along the ridge of Johnson’s Hill.
Year 1-3 exploring treasures of Wellington – Te Papa, City Gallery and Wellington Public Library. 
Year 4-6 orienteering, bush craft and archery.

Camp 2009

Year 7 and 8 students have returned from their Camp at Otaki.

Mathematics Success

Congratulations to this year’s Mathswell team, who achieved fourth place in the Wellington Year 8 Mathswell Competition.

Technology Champions

The Timelords, Michael H, William V and Nathan L, took first place in the Junior Dance Category in the recent Wellington Region Junior Robocup championships at Scots College. Congratulations to you all.

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