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Education
500 new te reo Māori champions in our classrooms
The Government aims to integrate te reo Māori into education by 2025, with over 500 teachers and support staff already…
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Administration
Teacher aides deserve higher earnings, unions pressure gov
"Teacher aides are highly skilled and have significant responsibilities for students' learning and often their physical care and safety as…
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Activities
Download our free te reo Māori resource for your classroom
School News worked closely with special contributor and te reo Māori advocate, Alice Patrick, to create these free, downloadable resources.
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News
Leveraging strengths: supporting teachers to flourish
Flourishing individuals experience positive emotions more frequently. Here's how to do it:
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Administration
Case Study: Auckland school overhauls library software
Busy teacher librarian, Patria Davis spoke exclusively with School News about the installation of Access-It Version 9 software in her…
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Education
Op-Ed: Teach kids the value of their data
Facebook has been buying personal data from 13-year-olds for $20 per month: teenagers need to be better informed.
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News
Teachers have been paid below minimum wage, confirms Auditor-General
A full-scale inquiry is not required because the Ministry is taking steps to rectify the situation, according to Auditor findings.
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News
How schools lift achievement in literacy
While the six primary schools in the study each took a different approach, the analysis identified three common elements.
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Health & Safety
Socio-economic data shows low decile schools holding own
"About 85 percent of [schools] are doing a really good job and a comparable job so all the differences come…
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News
Self-directed play inspires rich learning
“Play that is open-ended nurtures so much more of a child’s holistic learning than instructional, teacher-driven activity for this age…
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Administration
Should screen-use be legislated in schools?
Some New Zealand primary schools have near full digital immersion, with one-to-one iPad initiatives starting even as early as Year…
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Activities
Schools to Benefit from Million Dollar Grant to Community Programmes
Schools such as Titirangi Primary School and Waterview Primary School received funding to improve infrastructure which allowed them to teach…
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For Fun
The future of education in a tiny fruit sticker
The YES programme challenges students to create their own product or service and bring it to market.
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News
CensusAtSchool: a statistical experience for students
“Students get the whole statistical experience – from filling in the survey to delving into the data to gain valuable…
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Administration
Taskforce gathering intel on future schooling system
Is our current education system still relevant? Does it work for those that are parents, school board members or educators?
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Administration
Secondary teachers hoping for realistic government offer
National action has been pencilled in for April 3, the Post Primary Teachers' Association has revealed.
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Education
Proud Auckland principal as student tops New Zealand
"He gives his time freely, tutoring younger students at lunchtime, too. He really is an all-round high achiever," said principal…
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Administration
27% school leaders working more than 61 hours pw
An NZEI phone survey of 500 principals in the first two weeks of term found that 10% of schools were…
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Education
Green School gaining momentum in New Zealand
The non-profit New Zealand school will be founded by Taranaki couple Michael and Rachel Perrett, who experienced first-hand the success…
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Education
Māori history curriculum already available
The New Zealand School Trustees Association supports the teaching of New Zealand history in schools but is bewildered by calls…
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News
Teaching CPR in schools should be compulsory, right?
By 2020, basic first aid will be compulsory in state-funded British schools. Should New Zealand be moving in the same…
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Administration
Five key values of strong Māori leadership
Finding Māori leaders is no easy feat. Not because we lack leaders, but because they are reluctant to stand up…
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Op-ed
Why aren’t we teaching NZ history?
The History Teachers' Association claims we lag behind most other countries in one particular aspect: we do not, in any…
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Education
Police Studies now offered at 3 Kapiti-Mana high schools
The course will cover the context of policing in New Zealand, Mātauranga Maori and Police, leadership in Police, diversity of…
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Administration
7 positions on Teaching Council Board are wide open: nominate now
In September, the Government passed legislation changing the organisation’s name from the Education Council to the Teaching Council, and returning…
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