SchoolNews - New Zealand

6 strategies to juggle work and young kids at home: it’s about flexibility and boundaries

Surviving lockdown once schools close today... The line between teacher and parent will blur! Self-care is essential.

Principals want calm during COVID-19 crisis

5 ways to keep human connections when moving learning online due to coronavirus

Your stories: Omakere School’s journey to Environmental Manaakitanga

What is the process for installing solar in schools?

PM Jacinda Ardern explains new measures to tackle coronavirus

Video conferencing & distance learning ideas to liven up lockdown

We toiled through Twitter to find some of the coolest, simplest strategies teachers are using around the world.

Education Secretary given emergency powers during lockdown

Checklist for successfully implementing remote learning in NZ schools

How to talk to children about COVID-19

6 strategies to juggle work and young kids at home: it’s about flexibility and boundaries

Education Secretary given emergency powers during lockdown

Schools no longer have a vote in whether they can reopen, move online or shutdown, based on the latest government announcement to combat coronavirus.

Checklist for successfully implementing remote learning in NZ schools

Principals want calm during COVID-19 crisis

Op-Ed: How to optimise online learning in the age of Coronavirus

Coronavirus, kids and school closings: A public health expert answers 4 questions

Your stories: Omakere School’s journey to Environmental Manaakitanga

Omakere's normal school year centres around a whole-school inquiry into its environment: "Most of our class work, including literacy and maths, activities, and artwork focuses on caring for the environment.”

The challenges and benefits of outdoor recreation during NZ’s coronavirus lockdown

Disrupting a person’s attachment to a place, caused by events like war or natural disaster (or, indeed, national lockdown!), can result in identity discontinuity and feelings of loss and mourning.

5 ways to keep human connections when moving learning online due to coronavirus

Learning through adventure: the many skills that can be taught outside the classroom

Secondary students can now compete for prestigious literary mentorship

Why Aotearoa’s teachers need to get out more

5 ways to keep human connections when moving learning online due to coronavirus

It’s not realistic to think that instructors can rejig their face-to-face course into a fully robust online format in a matter of days, or to expect students will have unlimited time for learning.

How can video assist your classroom?

Climate change resource a good start but more work to do

A book in every school to get more girls in science

How to implement new digital technologies content

‘Sugar in Schools’ project has many benefits

Dr Dewes says one of the key aims of the project is to encourage young Pacific students to think about a career in science.

How to talk to children about COVID-19

Children take their cues from you. If you display anxiety, they will pick up on it.

Principals want calm during COVID-19 crisis

Op-Ed: How to optimise online learning in the age of Coronavirus

Answering questions about coronavirus? Here’s an expert round-up

Coronavirus, kids and school closings: A public health expert answers 4 questions

The challenges and benefits of outdoor recreation during NZ’s coronavirus lockdown

Disrupting a person’s attachment to a place, caused by events like war or natural disaster (or, indeed, national lockdown!), can result in identity discontinuity and feelings of loss and mourning.

Are maintenance costs jeopardising school swimming lessons?

Get your gym flooring into shape

What is the process for installing solar in schools?

Once, not so long ago, switching to solar power was all about cutting costs and embracing clean energy....

Hidden allergens, colour psychology and zoning floor trends

Are maintenance costs jeopardising school swimming lessons?

Maintaining school grounds shouldn’t be this hard

Schools welcome maintenance boost, criticise allocation