Marian School - CathNews New Zealand https://cathnews.co.nz Catholic News New Zealand Tue, 15 May 2012 09:14:48 +0000 en-NZ hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.1 https://cathnews.co.nz/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/cropped-cathnewsfavicon-32x32.jpg Marian School - CathNews New Zealand https://cathnews.co.nz 32 32 70145804 Thousands of students stood down from school https://cathnews.co.nz/2012/05/18/thousands-of-students-stood-down-from-school/ Thu, 17 May 2012 19:30:35 +0000 http://cathnews.co.nz/?p=25518 Children as young as five "with deep-set problems" are among more than 2000 Waikato students stood down from school last year for offences including sexual abuse, assault and drug use. Waikato Principals' Association chair and Marian Catholic School principal John Coulam said primary school students were not immune from being stood down for serious offences. Read more

Thousands of students stood down from school... Read more]]> Children as young as five "with deep-set problems" are among more than 2000 Waikato students stood down from school last year for offences including sexual abuse, assault and drug use.

Waikato Principals' Association chair and Marian Catholic School principal John Coulam said primary school students were not immune from being stood down for serious offences.

"Some five-year-old children come to school with deep-set problems that could be a result of being affected by drugs, alcohol," he said.

"They come to school and they haven't quite been socialised, they don't know boundaries and they can be extremely disruptive."

He knew of rare cases when primary students had been stood down for sexual misconduct.

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Thousands of students stood down from school]]> 25518 Marian School boy to lead the All Blacks http://www.stuff.co.nz/waikato-times/news/5591807/Local-boy-to-lead-the-All-Blacks Mon, 12 Sep 2011 19:30:20 +0000 http://cathnews.co.nz/?p=11049 Eleven-year-old Hamilton Marian school boy Nathan Carrasco won an ANZ competition to run out with a team captain at one of the 48 Rugby World Cup games around New Zealand - days later he learned he would be leading Richie McCaw in the All Blacks game against Japan at Waikato Stadium.

Marian School boy to lead the All Blacks... Read more]]> Eleven-year-old Hamilton Marian school boy Nathan Carrasco won an ANZ competition to run out with a team captain at one of the 48 Rugby World Cup games around New Zealand - days later he learned he would be leading Richie McCaw in the All Blacks game against Japan at Waikato Stadium.

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