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Help us teach life skills, say parents

New Zealand parents want their children to be taught life skills at school, according to a new study.
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What would it take to reach educational Everest?

The global research on education effectiveness is now stronger than ever, with more than 1.5 million books and articles on how to teach, how to manage schools, how to design curricula, and how to progress students best in their learning. Good times indeed.
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STAEDTLER NZ Artists of the Year Competition

STAEDTLER have been part of Kiwis lives for over 60 years, providing the educational & creative tools children are using to build their skills across many disciplines.
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Making User Friendly Resources even more user friendly!

As teachers we know the scenario. You’re looking for more material on a subject so you can give your students a better understanding of a topic you’re teaching.
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Prioritising wellbeing with Pause Breathe Smile

The last two years have tested students and teachers alike. Now it is more important than ever to prioritise staff wellbeing, children wellbeing AND our own personal wellbeing.
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From curious to empowered: A teacher’s journey to her Masters

Jamie Leckie is a New Entrants Teacher at Coromandel Area School, and completed The Mind Lab’s Postgraduate Certificate in Digital & Collaborative Learning, then continued on with her Master of Contemporary Education.
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Samsung Solve for Tomorrow – Back to inspire more Kiwi kids to change the world for good

Many Kiwis have a desire to change the world in some way. Whether it’s a little thing like picking a piece of plastic out of the ocean, or in a big way, like increasing equality, protecting the environment against climate change or even curing cancer.
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SALTO leads the way in electronic access control

Security is a high priority for schools. They have a duty of care to provide a safe working and learning environment for staff and students and need to protect valuable school assets, such as IT and sports equipment…
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Celebrating 30 years of creating exceptional sportsfields and green spaces

As New Zealand’s largest parks and turf management specialists, Recreational Services are proudly responsible for more than 11,299 parks and reserves across the Aotearoa landscape today.
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Dee Dawson
No, entries can be both through the school or an individual....
Margaret Huria
Does this competition have to be entered through the school...
Bridget Lamphee
Yes as long as it included all Education collectives and not...
Hilton Ayrey
I get nervous when I hear these sorts of comments ... “Unive...
Trudy Pankhurst
I would like to know if the 1 year teacher programmes coinci...
Lala
I totally agree. There is so much to learn and apply. I am p...
Bruce McDonald
Although these sentiments are welcome, our system needs to m...
campbell ngata
why has it taken so long to do anything about it? ask any ma...
Raiha Huata
Kia ora mai rā, Do you have any STEM programmes which are in...
Rana Huata
Very keen on learning about STEM...