Connecting students with the wider world

Connecting students with the wider world

9 years ago

Whether it’s as simple as a walk around the local town centre or as elaborate as a night at the…

Gisborne schools trial new life skills programme

9 years ago

The odds have long been stacked against the children of Gisborne, a city with the highest rate of childhood obesity…

Planning the playground for ultimate learning

9 years ago

Educators recognise that children do their most important work through play, which means planning a school playground involves a series…

Win trees for your school to plant

9 years ago

As Matariki draws near, Trees That Count is joining the Māori New Year celebrations by offering community groups, schools and…

Gender inequality hampers students’ progress

9 years ago

A New Plymouth student who applied for an internship at a local engineering company and was told ‘no girls allowed’…

Fundraising – keeping it simple

9 years ago

Fundraising - it’s the gritty reality of education today, plugging the gap between state funding and the cost of running…

Transforming the school library for innovative learning

9 years ago

The joy of reading is something that stays with someone for life and for many, this joy has its roots…

Avondale College dominates at national Microsoft competition

9 years ago

Avondale College has won every place on the team to represent New Zealand at next month's Microsoft Office Specialist World…

New teaching approach accelerates bilingual learning

9 years ago

New research from the University of Auckland has shown that pupils in kura kaupapa Māori-language immersion schools who have English…

Why we need phonics more than ever in the digital age

9 years ago

Modern phonics is about explaining the history of English and how our spelling became the way it is, that there…