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Administration
Growing young Māori leaders in Te Tai Tokerau
Te Kawa Matakura will be a three year extension programme available to 15-25 year olds skilled in te reo and…
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News
Government invests in additional classrooms for 300 students
Minister of Education Chris Hipkins has announced $9 million to build more classrooms at six schools around the country with…
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Education
A guide for teachers: what to do if a teenager watches violent footage
Students are finding and watching disturbing footage of the Christchurch Mosque attack. There are a few things we know about…
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Activities
Aspirations of Māori students boosted by Waikato initiative
Experiencing subject learning in a workplace context is having “positive and profound” effect on secondary school students throughout Waikato, with…
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Events
Sports Day planning: everyone’s chance to shine
Love it or hate it, bring the eggs and spoons, rally up the rounders team and oil up the wheelbarrows.…
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Education
MoE support for schools post-Christchurch attack
"While we remain very focused on Christchurch schools, kura and early learning services, we know children and young people around…
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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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Education
$1.27m funding for gifted education starts this term
One-day schools bring gifted children together for one day each week, so they can engage in different types of challenging…
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Industry Voices
Vocational education reform: Keep the baby, change the bath
Will the Minister’s vision for vocational education lead to equally learner-centric solutions? No. My belief is that the vital relationships…
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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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Education
Making up their minds: students need executive function
Teaching children how to cope with stress provides tools they can use to overcome wider problems. Study skills could be…
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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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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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News
Hundreds of teacher vacancies as schools reopen
Some principals said they had been forced to take measures such as hiring retired teachers, using several part-timers to cover…
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Education
Education needed to reduce impact of pornography on youth
“Young people themselves have said they need better education to support critical thinking around sex and sexuality rather than allowing…
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News
Choosing the right shade structures to meet need
The Ministry advises that schools carefully consider whether an open-sided structure will serve your school’s requirements.
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Education
Waikaretu School celebrates edtech success
To participate in the Promethean Grant, schools were encouraged to submit a video entry to explain why they would benefit…
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Health & Safety
Managing mental health in primary vs. secondary students
By using simple techniques that can be implemented anywhere and at any time, teachers can help to set up life-long…
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Administration
Students designing the future with lasers and CNC routers
The machines now used in schools to help students create artful design masterpieces are quite different from that particular tool…
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Education
$23m boost for in-school cycling programmes
New funding for Bikes in Schools will be increasingly targeted towards low-decile primary schools.
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Health & Safety
Abuse survivors encouraged to speak as inquiry scope widens
"We need to stand up and be counted because until today, it was looking really, really dire because we were…
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Administration
Government comp rallies student awareness on dangers of antibiotics
Antibiotics are not always the answer. That’s the message from 12-year-old Libby Thompson from Cust School in Rangiora, winner of…
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