St Bernard's School - Brooklyn
St Bernard's | Catholic Primary School Wellington - Stbernards.school.nz
St Bernard's is a Catholic primary school with small class sizes and excellent academic results, welcoming children from Year 1 to 8.
About St Bernard's School
On 5 February 1911 St Anthony's School Brooklyn was opened in the Catholic Church on the hill at the top of Jefferson Street. The church building was opened and blessed on 11 June 1911, and after a meeting of parishoners it was decided unanimously that a convent school school would commence in the church building. This was during the term of Father J F O'Connor SM as parish priest of St Mary's of the Angel. Brooklyn was at that time linked to the St Mary's parish.
There were forty four Catholic children attending the local state school and the Sisters of Mercy generously offered two sisters to begin the new school. They were Sisters Boniface and Fabian. Opening day brought forty three pupils but by the end of the year the numbers had risen to sixty nine. There were many difficulties for the sisters and the pupils - the building remained as one big church hall although a temporary partition about six feet high made some semblance of division for a second classroom during the week. Every Friday evening a band of men removed desks and substituted them with kneelers and pews for Sunday Mass. After Mass, the process was reversed.
The playground space on top of the hill was composed of hard clay and was very exposed. But the sisters and the pupils accepted their lot and worked hard and prayed well under these conditions for fourteen years. Exam results were good and the annual concert of a very high standard.
A later parish priest, Father Paul Kane, procured land in Taft Street. The church was resited there in 1949 and a new school built. The school was called St. Anthony's but this name was changed in 1961 and the parish and school became St Bernard's. The Sisters of Mercy continued to run the school until they withdrew in 1972 and the first lay principal was appointed in 1973, Miss Doreen Barry.
Contact St Bernard's School
| Address : | St Bernard's School 40 Taft Street, Brooklyn, Wellington 6021, New Zealand |
| Phone : | 📞 +89977 |
| Postal code : | 6021 |
| Website : | http://stbernards.school.nz/ |
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Helloworld Loveisbest on Google
★ ★ ★ ★ ★ someone will be benefit from Small school, but not everyone.
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Douglas Smith on Google
★ ★ ★ ★ ★ A small school where children can grow great bonds with eachother.
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Simon McLellan on Google
★ ★ ★ ★ ★ A small Catholic school in central Wellington, packs a punch for great learning experiences. Close-knit community that allows students to reach their potential.
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LEGO YODA on Google
★ ★ ★ ★ ★ great school for the parents and children alike, and the teachers are superb! and more time for teachers to get to know the students. plus, the children know everybody in just a few days. 5 stars :D
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Nara I on Google
★ ★ ★ ★ ★ i hates this place it was academically good but very mentally damaging and lowered every bit of self esteem i had, the principal would get involved in all the “drama” and make it worse which was stuff like body shaming,ed’s and so much other stuff bc that was her form of entertainment
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Ivan Moss on Google
★ ★ ★ ★ ★ The best little school in Wellington? Definitely maybe :) Small classes, a strong community, great teachers and very happy kids. Our kids are really happy here and have settled in really really well.
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Seraphina Tausilia on Google
★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Small in size and location (a positive for us), and huge in their commitment to learning and community. My eldest attended this school so I can't compare it to bigger schools but I always found that response, action and feedback from the teachers were immediate.
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Derek Bond on Google
★ ★ ★ ★ ★ This little school is doing a great job of providing a vast array of learning opportunities for our children.
Small classn sizes with dedicated staff who know every student and family.
The range of learning programnes, the variety of experiences and the personalised teaching is really working out for our children.
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