Pegasus Post: November 05, 2019
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6 Tuesday <strong>November</strong> 5 <strong>2019</strong><br />
Latest Canterbury news at starnews.co.nz<br />
PEGASUS POST<br />
Every Day is Open Day<br />
At the heart of our city since the founders laid the<br />
first roads and planted the first trees, St Michael’s<br />
has held dear those early aspirations and visions,<br />
while unleashing our own dreams for a lofty future.<br />
Indeed, for 168 years, St Michael’s has been<br />
educating and nurturing the visionaries and<br />
dreamers who<br />
continue to shape our<br />
city and the world<br />
beyond. For our<br />
young pupils have<br />
limitless potential<br />
to lead exciting and<br />
generous lives, and we<br />
have the responsibility<br />
to educate and inspire<br />
them, to encourage<br />
every child to flourish<br />
in mind, body and<br />
spirit.<br />
St Michael’s is a prep<br />
school for girls and boys in Years<br />
1-8. ‘Prep’ as in preparation for<br />
secondary school, a foundation<br />
for a fine life. For at the heart of St<br />
Michael’s are the essential values of<br />
Christian faith and good citizenship:<br />
respect, integrity, community, faith,<br />
hope and love.<br />
An independent school education<br />
at the primary level is a great gift.<br />
Our classes are small, with year-groups of 20 pupils,<br />
ensuring your child is an individual, well known by<br />
staff and fellow pupils alike.<br />
Traditional foundations in English and Maths are<br />
assured. This academic rigour then underpins<br />
our wider curriculums in History, Geography,<br />
Science and Spanish.<br />
IT literacy is taught,<br />
not assumed, and<br />
computer use is<br />
measured. We like<br />
teaching and talking to<br />
our pupils!<br />
A prep education<br />
offers balance. St<br />
Michael’s cultural and<br />
sports’ programmes<br />
further develop<br />
your child’s<br />
foundation, as<br />
creativity and<br />
problem-solving<br />
come in many<br />
forms. Specialist<br />
art and music<br />
classes are enjoyed<br />
weekly. We have<br />
three choirs,<br />
and most pupils<br />
participate in<br />
instrumental or<br />
speech & drama<br />
lessons with our<br />
ten itinerant staff.<br />
Located in the<br />
heart of the city,<br />
opposite the<br />
new Riverside<br />
Farmers’ Market,<br />
our extended<br />
campus is<br />
spectacular:<br />
the Art Gallery<br />
and Museum,<br />
Tūranga, our new<br />
central library,<br />
and Hagley Park<br />
are frequent<br />
haunts.<br />
Many of our parents now work in the thriving city<br />
centre or Lincoln and Riccarton Road hubs, but<br />
they live city-wide. They comment on the benefit of<br />
knowing their children are in school nearby and the<br />
convenience of popping over for an hour to catch a<br />
performance or watch a race. With the new central<br />
exchange only a block away, senior children arrive<br />
by bus from all corners of the city.<br />
You and your child are warmly welcome to discover<br />
our purposeful, wholehearted and inclusive prep<br />
school. Every day is open day, so please contact<br />
registrar, Bec Hitchcock, to book your personal<br />
tour: 03.379.9790.<br />
St Michael’s School<br />
Your school at the heart of the city<br />
✓ Co-educational, Years 1-8<br />
✓ Small classes<br />
✓ Specialist teachers<br />
✓ Musical excellence<br />
✓ Christian values<br />
✓ Traditional classrooms; academic rigour<br />
✓ Before & after school care: 7.30am - 5.30pm<br />
✓ Central city location; easy access<br />
Taking enrolments for 2021.<br />
Some places available for 2020.<br />
Every day is Open Day.<br />
www.saintmichaels.school.nz 249 Durham Street Phone (03) 379 9790 to book your tour.
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