Tamariki and technology: Integrating tech into the ECE curriculum
The children at Botany Downs Kindergarten love Skyping their friends in the new entrant class at Botany Downs School, where many of them will start school in the coming weeks and months.
As they prepare...
Make space for makerspaces
From 3D printers and lasers, to robotics and coding, as well as the more traditional activities like woodwork and art, the philosophy encompasses a wide array of skills and interests.
MakerBox founder Jess Weichler says...
Rotorua Boys’ High bags Supreme Award at PM’s Education Awards
Rotorua Boys’ High School in the Bay of Plenty region emerged as the biggest winner of the night at the Prime Minister’s Education Excellence Awards ceremony held in Parliament, as it took home the...
Kiwi researchers enhancing ECE in Indonesia
Senior lecturers Dr Donella Cobb and Dr Sonja Arndt from the Early Years Research Centre (sited in the Wilf Malcolm Institute of Educational Research at Waikato) have been working in partnership with UNICEF Indonesia...
Calls to halt Learning Support Coordinator roll-out
The initial allocation of Learning Support Coordinators has been described as flawed and unfair by some in the sector, prompting calls to halt the roll-out.
Measles outbreak: Number of cases rise to 804 in Auckland
A total of 804 measles cases have been confirmed in Auckland, with an increase of 26 from Saturday.
In a media stand up this afternoon, Auckland Regional Public Health Service (ARPHS) medical officer of health...
Alternative curriculum engages college students
Every Friday during term 2, students at Porirua College headed into town or the great outdoors or learnt a new skill as part of the school’s Ko te Hapori programme. The trial saw students...
Shakespeare experience awaits student actors and directors
Witches, fairies and soldiers will fire up the stages in the culminating performances at Pipitea Marae on 5 October and the Legislative Chamber at Parliament on 6 October by the 46 young actors and...
Low decile students need greater access to sporting events
The results of the University of Auckland and National Institute for Health Innovation research which analysed perceptual data from more than 2,400 New Zealand parents, found families from lower socio-economic areas were more likely...
Secondary principals ratify deal
Secondary principal’s council chair James Morris is pleased that principals now have an agreed collective agreement.
"We can now focus on what matters; supporting each of our students to reach their full potential.”
“The main components...
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