URL: PPTA deserts Labour? Supports National? —
She has stared down endless and noisy criticism of her flagship national standards to the point that she is confident enough to show up at this weekend's meeting of the Principals' Federation and tell them all about a ...
Tuesday, May 31, 2011
Commissioner: Speak out against child abuse
URL: Commissioner: Speak out against child abuse
The Children’s Commissioner is urging people to have the confidence to speak out when it comes to the welfare of under-fives.
The Children’s Commissioner is urging people to have the confidence to speak out when it comes to the welfare of under-fives.
Maori punishment research challenged by historian - Radio New Zealand
URL: Maori punishment research challenged by historian
Radio New Zealand
The research will form the basis of a pilot training course for Maori parents being rolled out around the country in conjunction with Plunket. Te Kahui Mana Ririki director Anton Blank says Maori myths and legends as well as the accounts of early ...
Radio New Zealand
The research will form the basis of a pilot training course for Maori parents being rolled out around the country in conjunction with Plunket. Te Kahui Mana Ririki director Anton Blank says Maori myths and legends as well as the accounts of early ...
Research says Maori only hit children after European arrival
URL: Research says Maori only hit children after European arrival
An historian is challenging new research which says Maori only began using physical punishment on their children once Europeans arrived in New Zealand.
An historian is challenging new research which says Maori only began using physical punishment on their children once Europeans arrived in New Zealand.
Help parents choose, urge preschool reviewers - New Zealand Herald
URL: Help parents choose, urge preschool reviewers
New Zealand Herald
Spending on high-quality early childhood education has been shown to help children at school and in their adult lives. Photo / APN A major review of early childhood education will urge the Government to overhaul performance reporting ...
New Zealand Herald
Spending on high-quality early childhood education has been shown to help children at school and in their adult lives. Photo / APN A major review of early childhood education will urge the Government to overhaul performance reporting ...
College of Education agreement with Indonesian university - Massey News (press release)
 Massey News (press release) | URL: College of Education agreement with Indonesian university Massey News (press release) The College of Education last week signed a memorandum of understanding with delegates from Semerang State University in Indonesia, formalising the ongoing relationship between the two universities and representing a deepening of Massey's overall ... |
University shaken but stirred to fight back - Marlborough Express
URL: University shaken but stirred to fight back
Marlborough Express
OPINION: Canterbury University has nearly 2000 fewer students this year than it did in 2010 – down to 15566 from 17415 at the same time last year. Of the total, 650 have withdrawn this year, presumably because of the February 22 earthquake. ...
Marlborough Express
OPINION: Canterbury University has nearly 2000 fewer students this year than it did in 2010 – down to 15566 from 17415 at the same time last year. Of the total, 650 have withdrawn this year, presumably because of the February 22 earthquake. ...
School of the Week: Northern Health School - The Bay of Plenty Times
URL: School of the Week: Northern Health School
The Bay of Plenty Times
Northern Health School, with a school zone extending over the upper North Island, is one of three state special schools set up by the Education Ministry to provide educational support for students who have high health needs and are unable to attend ...
The Bay of Plenty Times
Northern Health School, with a school zone extending over the upper North Island, is one of three state special schools set up by the Education Ministry to provide educational support for students who have high health needs and are unable to attend ...
More Chinese students for SIT likely - Southland Times
 Southland Times | URL: More Chinese students for SIT likely Southland Times The Southern Institute of Technology is set to add to its international student roll after an agreement with China's Hubei University of Education. Representatives from the university spent yesterday at the Invercargill campus and will take in the ... |
Almost $2 million student debt recovered from overseas - Radio New Zealand
URL: Almost $2 million student debt recovered from overseas
Radio New Zealand
Online advertising campaigns have helped the Government recoup almost $2 million owed by graduates living overseas. The money has been repaid since a series of campaigns started in October last year, targetting graduates living in Australia. ...
Radio New Zealand
Online advertising campaigns have helped the Government recoup almost $2 million owed by graduates living overseas. The money has been repaid since a series of campaigns started in October last year, targetting graduates living in Australia. ...
Monday, May 30, 2011
Update on Educational podcasts
URL: Update on Educational podcasts
NOTE: URL: http://country_info.info-gate-now.com/go?article_group_id=4483079&article_id=16417277&article_pos=1
If you want to read up on the first year of this debacle the, this survey published by the New Zealand Council for Educational Research in 2010 has some fascinating graphs which show that many Boards of Trustees ... Jet Man Does a Loop! ...
Ten years on NCEA still confuses - TVNZ
URL: Ten years on NCEA still confuses
NOTE: Features new book from NZCER Press "Understanding NCEA"
TVNZ
Auckland University has released a book to explain the NCEA education system nearly a decade since we first began using it. Although the NCEA is nearly ten years through since its inception, confusion still reigns and people are still struggling to ...
Auckland University has released a book to explain the NCEA education system nearly a decade since we first began using it. Although the NCEA is nearly ten years through since its inception, confusion still reigns and people are still struggling to ...
Shortlist announced for first schools PPP
URL: Shortlist announced for first schools PPP
Associate Minister of Education Rodney Hide today announced the three high quality private consortia, shortlisted by the Ministry of Education, for the first school property public private partnership (PPP) in New Zealand. Expressions of interest were called for in April and, following a robust selection process, the following consortia have been selected to proceed to the next stage of the tendering process...
Plans to increase education access - Newstalk ZB
 Newstalk ZB | Newstalk ZB The Government wants to increase the number of children accessing Early Childhood Education from lower socio-economic communities. That is what Minister of Education Anne Tolley told the Early Childhood Council's annual conference which underway in ... Children missing out on early educationStuff.co.nz Early childhood sector seen as easy target for budget cutsRadio New Zealand Let Funding Follow The ChildScoop.co.nz (press release) all 20 news articles » |
Research debunks Maori abuse - Stuff.co.nz
URL: Research debunks Maori abuse
NOTE: A new parenting programme targeted at Maori tells them they are inherently loving and nurturing caregivers and family violence has arisen only because of European missionaries.
The Office of the Children's Commissioner is releasing its "Maori Parenting" report on Thursday in a bid to curb violence.
Stuff.co.nz
The researchers suggested abuse arose only after Maori were introduced to corporal punishment in missionary-run classrooms. Te Kahui Mana Ririki, the child advocacy group which commissioned the research, has reported a reduction in child abuse after ...
The researchers suggested abuse arose only after Maori were introduced to corporal punishment in missionary-run classrooms. Te Kahui Mana Ririki, the child advocacy group which commissioned the research, has reported a reduction in child abuse after ...
The Office of the Children's Commissioner is releasing its "Maori Parenting" report on Thursday in a bid to curb violence.
It's the learning that matters, not where - The Dominion Post
 Stuff.co.nz | URL: It's the learning that matters, not where The Dominion Post Do parents fight to retain the schools at which they and their parents were educated or do they accept the mounting evidence that pupils perform better in schools that have critical mass. The latest schools to hear the fateful knock on the door are ... |
Editorial: Applause for school reports - Hawke's Bay Today
 Hawke's Bay Today | URL: Editorial: Applause for school reports Hawke's Bay Today These reports and pictures came from students at Waimarama School, who went out into their village and tracked down stories of escape, bravery, and community bonding in the face of a true natural disaster. The torrential rain, flooding and slips that ... |
Ian Fletcher: work has been a passion - The Bay of Plenty Times
 The Bay of Plenty Times | URL: Ian Fletcher: work has been a passion The Bay of Plenty Times A representative from the Ministry of Education, invited guests, parents, staff and students celebrated Mr Fletcher's contribution to the school after he retired at the end of Term 1. Mr Fletcher said his passion for teaching had not faltered in his 32 ... |
Lack of sleep for children key factor in obesity - New Zealand Herald
 Myjoyonline.com | URL: Lack of sleep for children key factor in obesity New Zealand Herald The long-term Otago University study is following nearly 250 children born in Dunedin in 2001 and 2002. A paper in the British Medical Journal says the study found that each additional hour of sleep a night between ages 3 and 5 was linked to a reduced ... |
Terror toddlers in kindy 'gangs' - Stuff.co.nz
 3News NZ | URL: Terror toddlers in kindy 'gangs' Stuff.co.nz It helped his mother develop parenting techniques and the boy went back to kindergarten and on to school. Though increasing aggression was a problem in low socio-economic areas, it was not confined there. Another three-year-old boy from an "excellent ... |
Germ Spread in Schools Need to be Addressed - TopNews New Zealand
 The Daily Post | URL: Germ Spread in Schools Need to be Addressed TopNews New Zealand According to reports, students across the country fight with the effects of cold and wet winter every year, as the school environment is known to be filled with germs. Even cold and flu viruses are said to become very rampant if preventative measures ... |
Students vote for reading hero - Wanganui Chronicle
 Wanganui Chronicle | URL: Students vote for reading hero Wanganui Chronicle Mrs Vanderschantz was named one of the 20 winners this week and her students are all thrilled. Feeling overcome yesterday, Mrs Vanderschantz said winning was more about her keen and eager students than her. "They are the ones that are so good and are ... |
Student support group beats bullying - Wanganui Chronicle
 Wanganui Chronicle | URL: Student support group beats bullying Wanganui Chronicle Photo / Tracey Grant 240511wctgbullying01 Student members of the Wanganui Collegiate Peer Support Committee say the best way to ensure a bullying-free school is to keep all communication channels open. Every student is encouraged to talk often with the ... |
Hastings students serve hot choc for Fair Trade - Hawke's Bay Today
 Hawke's Bay Today | URL: Hastings students serve hot choc for Fair Trade Hawke's Bay Today The Hastings Girls' High School humanities and social studies teacher, Regina Carroll, said the event was organised by her Year 11 class for an NCEA assessment. "One achievement standard we are doing this year is to participate in social justice or ... |
School e-watse recycling programme extended to Wellington - Computerworld New Zealand
 Computerworld New Zealand | URL: School e-watse recycling programme extended to Wellington Computerworld New Zealand By Comptuerworld Staff | Auckland | Friday, 27 May, 2011 Technology leasing specialist Equico launched its Equico Eco initiative in Wellington yesterday, expanding the school e-waste recycling programme from Auckland. ... |
Dale Williams: youth in Otorohanga
URL: Dale Williams: youth in Otorohanga
Mayor of Otorohanga, which has had great success in recent years with its youth programmes, minimising youth offending and unemployment.
Friday, May 27, 2011
Big boost for marketing of international education
URL: Big boost for marketing of international education
Steven Joyce | Tertiary Education
New Zealand's new international education agency will start operations with nearly double the budget of its predecessors, and with most of the increase directed to marketing. The new agency, which is scheduled to commence operations on 1 September will have a total operating budget of $84 million over four years, compared to the $44 million that was previously split across the Ministry of Education, NZTE, and the Education New Zealand trust...
Steven Joyce | Tertiary Education
New Zealand's new international education agency will start operations with nearly double the budget of its predecessors, and with most of the increase directed to marketing. The new agency, which is scheduled to commence operations on 1 September will have a total operating budget of $84 million over four years, compared to the $44 million that was previously split across the Ministry of Education, NZTE, and the Education New Zealand trust...
Understanding NCEA: A relatively short and very useful guide for secondary school students and their parents
URL: Understanding NCEA: A relatively short and very useful guide for secondary school students and their parents
NZCER Press
If you are a Year 9 or10 student, or a parent new to NCEA, this book is for you. It explains in plain language just how NCEA works – everything from standards, levels and credits to subject choice.
NZCER Press
If you are a Year 9 or10 student, or a parent new to NCEA, this book is for you. It explains in plain language just how NCEA works – everything from standards, levels and credits to subject choice.
http://www.nzcer.org.nz/default.php?products_id=2770
Rose Hipkins – The shape of curriculum change
URL: Rose Hipkins – The shape of curriculum change
Rosemary Hipkins presented this session at the CORE Breakfast seminar in Dunedin, March 2011, which sketched the overall shape of curriculum change in CIES schools.
A PowerPoint, used during the session, and link to the full Curriculum Implementation Exploratory Studies 2 report is included, as well as a discussion paper covering the key findings from the CIES project – The Shape of Curriculum Change summary.
Video, powerpoint and 2 reports are linked to at
http://nzcurriculum.tki.org.nz/Curriculum-stories/Keynotes-and-present
Rosemary Hipkins presented this session at the CORE Breakfast seminar in Dunedin, March 2011, which sketched the overall shape of curriculum change in CIES schools.
A PowerPoint, used during the session, and link to the full Curriculum Implementation Exploratory Studies 2 report is included, as well as a discussion paper covering the key findings from the CIES project – The Shape of Curriculum Change summary.
Video, powerpoint and 2 reports are linked to at
http://nzcurriculum.tki.org.nz/Curriculum-stories/Keynotes-and-present
Agency will benefit tertiary institutes - Otago Daily Times
URL: Agency will benefit tertiary institutes
Otago Daily Times
"The sale of our education expertise overseas is estimated to be worth at least $100 million annually," he said. University of Otago international pro-vice-chancellor Prof Sarah Todd said the extra funding would raise awareness about the quality of New ...
Otago Daily Times
"The sale of our education expertise overseas is estimated to be worth at least $100 million annually," he said. University of Otago international pro-vice-chancellor Prof Sarah Todd said the extra funding would raise awareness about the quality of New ...
New Zealand Curriculum Reading and Writing National Standards wall charts
URL: New Zealand Curriculum Reading and Writing National Standards wall charts
MoE
Classroom wall charts were recently sent to every teacher of students in years 1–8 (distributed to schools 9 May 2011), who are learning within The New Zealand Curriculum. They summarise The New Zealand Curriculum Reading and Writing Standards for Years 1–8 and The Literacy Learning Progressions...
MoE
Classroom wall charts were recently sent to every teacher of students in years 1–8 (distributed to schools 9 May 2011), who are learning within The New Zealand Curriculum. They summarise The New Zealand Curriculum Reading and Writing Standards for Years 1–8 and The Literacy Learning Progressions...
We've refreshed Educational Leaders!
URL: We've refreshed Educational Leaders!
You will see that the home page of Educational Leaders is looking a bit different! The website is now two years old so we wanted to refresh its look and add in some new features and functions.
You will see that the home page of Educational Leaders is looking a bit different! The website is now two years old so we wanted to refresh its look and add in some new features and functions.
We hope these improvements will make the site even more useful for you. For example, we have highlighted the Leadership Development section in the centre of the home page and grouped its content into Leadership Programmes and Other Professional Information.
We are still in the process of making some final adjustments to our refresh. Most of the amendments should be completed in the next few days. Please feel free to give us feedback on the new look: contact@educationalleaders.govt.nz
Getting kids into trades
URL: Getting kids into trades
Stella Clyde, teacher at Otamatea High School in Maungatoroto in the Kaipara District of Northland; Matt Turner, Owner of GAS Maungatoroto, a petrol station and workshop; and Brandon Moring, teenage apprentice mechanic at GAS Maungatoroto, former student of Otamatea High School, Maungatoroto.
Stella Clyde, teacher at Otamatea High School in Maungatoroto in the Kaipara District of Northland; Matt Turner, Owner of GAS Maungatoroto, a petrol station and workshop; and Brandon Moring, teenage apprentice mechanic at GAS Maungatoroto, former student of Otamatea High School, Maungatoroto.
hi-tech skills in demand - Stuff.co.nz
 Stuff.co.nz | URL: hi-tech skills in demand Stuff.co.nz Scots College year 12 pupil Michael Moore-Jones, 16, will spend six weeks as an intern at MyCube, a company founded by Swede Johan Stael von Holstein. In 1995, Mr Holstein founded internet consultancy Iconmedialab International, which grew to employ ... |
Skilled labour shortages loom after Budget cuts - New Zealand Herald
URL: Skilled labour shortages loom after Budget cuts
New Zealand Herald
The Industry Training Federation believes an expensive crisis is around the corner. Photo / Paul Estcourt Industry training organisations say skilled labour shortages are looming again after Budget cuts in industry training stretching ...
New Zealand Herald
The Industry Training Federation believes an expensive crisis is around the corner. Photo / Paul Estcourt Industry training organisations say skilled labour shortages are looming again after Budget cuts in industry training stretching ...
Campaign to kick-start bargaining at five polytechnics
URL: Campaign to kick-start bargaining at five polytechnics
TEU members at five polytechnics will launch a major campaign on Friday evening to convince their employers that it is time to give up the legal challenges and start bargaining for site collective agreements as the Employment Court agreed should happen ...
TEU members at five polytechnics will launch a major campaign on Friday evening to convince their employers that it is time to give up the legal challenges and start bargaining for site collective agreements as the Employment Court agreed should happen ...
An educational voyage on cutter - Marlborough Express
URL: An educational voyage on cutter
Marlborough Express
Most similar vessels used for education, such as the Spirit of Adventure, are often not ideal for school groups, because they sometimes involve several days at sea, he said. Steadfast, a replica based on French pilot cutter from 1913, gave the students ...
Marlborough Express
Most similar vessels used for education, such as the Spirit of Adventure, are often not ideal for school groups, because they sometimes involve several days at sea, he said. Steadfast, a replica based on French pilot cutter from 1913, gave the students ...
Bullying forcing young nurses out of hospitals
URL: Bullying forcing young nurses out of hospitals
Bullying is forcing younger nurses out of the profession.
Bullying is forcing younger nurses out of the profession.
Govt urged to take over school food programme - New Zealand Herald
 New Zealand Herald | URL: Govt urged to take over school food programme New Zealand Herald Child poverty campaigners want the Government to take over feeding hungry children in low-income schools after the supermarket chain Countdown torpedoed a Red Cross breakfast programme. Child Poverty Action Group co-director Alan ... |
Area schools want more funding - Radio New Zealand
URL: Area schools want more funding
Radio New Zealand
Area schools say they need more funding to help provide primary and secondary education to children in rural communities. About 90 area school staff and trustees are attending a two-day Area Schools Association conference in Wellington from Thursday. ...
Radio New Zealand
Area schools say they need more funding to help provide primary and secondary education to children in rural communities. About 90 area school staff and trustees are attending a two-day Area Schools Association conference in Wellington from Thursday. ...
New clinic caters for 7000 children - Waikato Times
 Waikato Times | URL: New clinic caters for 7000 children Waikato Times OPEN WIDE: Dental therapist Sue McFarlane attends to student Oscar Smith's teeth at the new dental clinic at Frankton Primary School. A new dental clinic in Hamilton is to become a hub for 7000 children as nine other clinics close. ... |
New media, young minds and Chch's green future
URL: New media, young minds and Chch's green future
New media is being used by people around New Zealand to post and discuss creative and exciting ideas for the Christchurch rebuild.
New media is being used by people around New Zealand to post and discuss creative and exciting ideas for the Christchurch rebuild.
High note for young musos - Auckland stuff.co.nz
 Auckland stuff.co.nz | URL: High note for young musos Auckland stuff.co.nz Mrs Pearson was the founding principal of KingsWay School, and was also the founding director of Laidlaw College School of Education. "She brings to the school a wealth of educational knowledge and experience," Mahurangi Christian School board of ... |
Pasifika Students Celebrate Graduation - Voxy
URL: Pasifika Students Celebrate Graduation
Voxy
One hundred and thirty four Pasifika students from Manukau Institute of Technology (MIT) graduated with their peers, friends and family this week with celebrations taking place over two nights due to an increase in graduating numbers. ...
Voxy
One hundred and thirty four Pasifika students from Manukau Institute of Technology (MIT) graduated with their peers, friends and family this week with celebrations taking place over two nights due to an increase in graduating numbers. ...
Thursday, May 26, 2011
Reinventing the Curriculum | Learning Emergence
URL: Reinventing the Curriculum | Learning Emergence
Rose is chief researcher at the New Zealand Council for Educational Research. Here we present her paper in which she draws on dynamic complexity theory to describe how teachers learned collaborativey and pioneered new ...
Link to paper: http://learningemergence.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/Hipkins-2011-Learning-to-reinvent-the-school-curriculum-Final-May-24.pdf
Link to paper: http://learningemergence.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/Hipkins-2011-Learning-to-reinvent-the-school-curriculum-Final-May-24.pdf
School board 'appalled' at Ministry of Education - Auckland stuff.co.nz
 Auckland stuff.co.nz | URL: School board 'appalled' at Ministry of EducationAuckland stuff.co.nz PRIMARY CONCERN: Cameron Astill, front, with parents, students and board of trustees members at the Pigeon Mountain Primary School boundary that will back on to Thurston Place College. Opposition to a special needs college due to open at Bucklands ... |
Student planks on railway tracks - Stuff.co.nz
 Scotland Courier | URL: Student planks on railway tracks Stuff.co.nz Some New Zealanders are taking the planking craze to dangerous territory, with one student caught lying on a railway line in front of an approaching train. Authorities have not released details about the planking incident, fearing it could lead to ... |
Wednesday, May 25, 2011
UFB will transform education system
URL: UFB will transform education system:
Anne Tolley | Communications and Information Technology
Government Ministers Anne Tolley and Steven Joyce say ultra fast broadband to schools will transform the education system by enhancing the way teachers teach and children learn. Their comments follow the award today of the final two contracts for the roll out of ultra fast broadband around New Zealand and the award last month of a contract for the roll out of broadband in rural areas. Combined, the plans will see all state and state-integrated schools given a broadband boost by 2016. ... read more
Anne Tolley | Communications and Information Technology
Government Ministers Anne Tolley and Steven Joyce say ultra fast broadband to schools will transform the education system by enhancing the way teachers teach and children learn. Their comments follow the award today of the final two contracts for the roll out of ultra fast broadband around New Zealand and the award last month of a contract for the roll out of broadband in rural areas. Combined, the plans will see all state and state-integrated schools given a broadband boost by 2016. ... read more
School to elect new board of trustees - Auckland stuff.co.nz
URL: School to elect new board of trustees
Auckland stuff.co.nz
Education Minister Anne Tolley sacked the Sir Edmund Hillary Collegiate board in 2009 after claims teachers had been physically and verbally abusing students. At the time Tolley said the abuse of students by a few teachers - including hitting, ...
Auckland stuff.co.nz
Education Minister Anne Tolley sacked the Sir Edmund Hillary Collegiate board in 2009 after claims teachers had been physically and verbally abusing students. At the time Tolley said the abuse of students by a few teachers - including hitting, ...
Training courses underway for building professionals - Scoop.co.nz (press release)
URL: Training courses underway for building professionals
Scoop.co.nz (press release)
AUCKLAND, 23 May 2011 – Building industry professionals wanting to educate and qualify themselves in incorporating the NZ Green Building Council's new Homestar™ rating tool into their work and practice can now sign up for a range of training ...
Scoop.co.nz (press release)
AUCKLAND, 23 May 2011 – Building industry professionals wanting to educate and qualify themselves in incorporating the NZ Green Building Council's new Homestar™ rating tool into their work and practice can now sign up for a range of training ...
Low uptake for after-school care subsidies - report - Radio New Zealand
URL: Low uptake for after-school care subsidies - report
Radio New Zealand
A report commissioned by the Government says low income parents are not getting the out-of-school care they need for their children because they don't know financial help is available. The report by the Families Commission shows 40% of parents are ... and more »
Radio New Zealand
A report commissioned by the Government says low income parents are not getting the out-of-school care they need for their children because they don't know financial help is available. The report by the Families Commission shows 40% of parents are ... and more »
Programmes and initiatives
URL: Programmes and initiatives:
MoE Website
Information about the behaviour programmes and initatives to support parents, teachers and schools including Incredible Years, Behaviour Crisis Response and Intensive Wrap-Around Service
MoE Website
Information about the behaviour programmes and initatives to support parents, teachers and schools including Incredible Years, Behaviour Crisis Response and Intensive Wrap-Around Service
Dunedin secondary schools face uncertain future
Dunedin secondary schools face uncertain future:
A declining school-age population and an apparent preference for single-sex education are creating uncertainty at some Dunedin secondary schools.
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Dunedin secondary schools face uncertain future - Radio New Zealand
URL: Dunedin secondary schools face uncertain future
Radio New Zealand
The Ministry of Education says it has no plans to reorganise the schools, but principals say there might be one school too many in the city. They say co-educational schools have been hardest hit and some expect further roll drops in the next few years. ...
Radio New Zealand
The Ministry of Education says it has no plans to reorganise the schools, but principals say there might be one school too many in the city. They say co-educational schools have been hardest hit and some expect further roll drops in the next few years. ...
School works to combat drinking culture - NZ City
 Newstalk ZB | URL: School works to combat drinking culture NZ City Kings College Principal Bradley Fenner says a lot of work has been done at his school since the death of boarder James Webster, who died of alcohol poisoning a year ago. "I think it has had quite an impact. It's had an impact on our students but it's ... |
Hard lessons - Sunday Star Times
 Sunday Star Times | URL: Hard lessons Sunday Star Times Other schools which have had to relocate are Heaton Intermediate, Discovery One, Unlimited Paenga Tawhiti, St Mary's, St Paul's, Catholic Cathedral College and Christ the King's senior school. The Education Ministry has made an additional about $20 ... |
Tuesday, May 24, 2011
Youth Week events happening around New Zealand
URL: Youth Week events happening around New Zealand
Paula Bennett | Social Development and Employment
Youth Affairs Minister Paula Bennett welcomes the 2011 Youth Week theme for young New Zealanders to ‘Step Up, Be Heard, and Take Responsibility’. Youth Week runs from 21 to 29 May 2011. “Youth Week is about young people stepping up to the challenges before them and taking responsibility for their own futures,” says Ms Bennett...
Paula Bennett | Social Development and Employment
Youth Affairs Minister Paula Bennett welcomes the 2011 Youth Week theme for young New Zealanders to ‘Step Up, Be Heard, and Take Responsibility’. Youth Week runs from 21 to 29 May 2011. “Youth Week is about young people stepping up to the challenges before them and taking responsibility for their own futures,” says Ms Bennett...
Maori broadband group has mandate extended
URL: Maori broadband group has mandate extended
Steven Joyce | Communications and Information Technology
The mandate of Nga Pu Waea, the Maori working group on rural broadband, is to be extended to include the UFB network, the Government announced today. Maori Affairs Minister Dr Pita Sharples and Minister for Communications and InformationTechnology Steven Joyce made the announcement, together with a name change to the National Maori Broadband Working Group, as the outcome of the UFB tender was announced...
Steven Joyce | Communications and Information Technology
The mandate of Nga Pu Waea, the Maori working group on rural broadband, is to be extended to include the UFB network, the Government announced today. Maori Affairs Minister Dr Pita Sharples and Minister for Communications and InformationTechnology Steven Joyce made the announcement, together with a name change to the National Maori Broadband Working Group, as the outcome of the UFB tender was announced...
Ministry investigates staff advice over national standards - Radio New Zealand
URL: Ministry investigates staff advice over national standards
Radio New Zealand
The Ministry of Education is investigating allegations its staff left a Nelson school with the clear impression it could say it is using the national standards when it is not. Radio New Zealand News reported the claims and similar allegations by ...
Radio New Zealand
The Ministry of Education is investigating allegations its staff left a Nelson school with the clear impression it could say it is using the national standards when it is not. Radio New Zealand News reported the claims and similar allegations by ...
Critical links between breakfast-in-schools and achievement - Scoop.co.nz (press release)
URL: Critical links between breakfast-in-schools and achievement
Scoop.co.nz (press release)
The government also continues to throw even more money into its flawed National Standards policy, despite the fact schools have no confidence in them. “National Standards will do nothing to raise student achievement because they don't take account of ...
Scoop.co.nz (press release)
The government also continues to throw even more money into its flawed National Standards policy, despite the fact schools have no confidence in them. “National Standards will do nothing to raise student achievement because they don't take account of ...
Child Protection Training Programme adds new dates - TangataWhenua.com: Maori News & Views
URL: Child Protection Training Programme adds new dates
TangataWhenua.com: Maori News & Views
New Zealand is one of the only OECD countries that does not have mandatory child protection training for people working with children. Many of the key people in NZ working with children have not had sufficient training in knowing how to identify ...
TangataWhenua.com: Maori News & Views
New Zealand is one of the only OECD countries that does not have mandatory child protection training for people working with children. Many of the key people in NZ working with children have not had sufficient training in knowing how to identify ...
Low uptake for out of school care subsidies - report
URL: Low uptake for out of school care subsidies - report
Low income working parents are not getting the after school care they need for their children, according to a new report.
Low income working parents are not getting the after school care they need for their children, according to a new report.
After-school care out of reach - Stuff.co.nz
 Stuff.co.nz | URL: After-school care out of reach Stuff.co.nz CHILDCARE BURDEN: Solo mother Isobel King and her children, from left, Jonathon, 8, Stephanie, 6, Georgina, 10, and Charlotte, 12, who go to after-school care. Parents who most need the support of out-of-school services to help care for their kids are ... |
Build A Solid Foundation Through Educational Opportunities That Come Your Way ... - Voxy
URL: Build A Solid Foundation Through Educational Opportunities That Come Your Way ...
Voxy
As the new manager of Sunshine FM in Kaitaia, past NorthTec carpentry student, Paul Andrew, is eager to point out to others in the Far North that similar opportunities exist for them too, through seeking out courses in further education. ...
Voxy
As the new manager of Sunshine FM in Kaitaia, past NorthTec carpentry student, Paul Andrew, is eager to point out to others in the Far North that similar opportunities exist for them too, through seeking out courses in further education. ...
Educator: Send bad pupils to jail - Stuff.co.nz
URL: Educator: Send bad pupils to jail
Stuff.co.nz
Pukekohe Intermediate pupil Lily Lynden, 12, said she was bullied to the point of anxiety-induced stomach aches, by a large group of girls in her class. The bullying, which was never physical, included name-calling, teasing and exclusion. ...
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Pukekohe Intermediate pupil Lily Lynden, 12, said she was bullied to the point of anxiety-induced stomach aches, by a large group of girls in her class. The bullying, which was never physical, included name-calling, teasing and exclusion. ...
School drugs and weapons search rules on agenda - New Zealand Herald
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New Zealand Herald
Teachers will know by the end of this term what rights they have to search students who they suspect are carrying drugs or weapons at school. Education Minister Anne Tolley has written to principals confirming they will receive clarification on search ...
New Zealand Herald
Teachers will know by the end of this term what rights they have to search students who they suspect are carrying drugs or weapons at school. Education Minister Anne Tolley has written to principals confirming they will receive clarification on search ...
Future in good hands - Taranaki Daily News
 Taranaki Daily News | URL: Future in good hands Taranaki Daily News Veteran Taranaki oilman Peter Vause is so concerned that not enough young people are being sufficiently trained to replace his generation, that's he's started his own training centre. Rob Maetzig backgrounds. In the old days when Peter Vause was a ... |
College invites teachers to retire - Stuff.co.nz
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A Christchurch college is asking its teachers to consider retiring as it attempts to cut costs. In a letter to staff, Linwood College principal Margaret Paiti said the school had no choice but to reduce expenditure. Last night, she said the school had ...
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A Christchurch college is asking its teachers to consider retiring as it attempts to cut costs. In a letter to staff, Linwood College principal Margaret Paiti said the school had no choice but to reduce expenditure. Last night, she said the school had ...
School of the Week: Pukehina Primary - The Bay of Plenty Times
 The Bay of Plenty Times | URL: School of the Week: Pukehina Primary The Bay of Plenty Times Paige Manning (bottom), 5, and Harmony Te Whata, 6, play on the school playground at Pukehina Primary School. Photo / John Borren. Imagine a school where there is one laptop per student, classes are small and children get one-on-one teaching. ... |
Critical links between breakfast-in-schools and student achievement
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The loss of a crucial breakfast-in-schools programme raises serious questions about the government’s priorities for education and social spending, says the education sector union NZEI Te Riu Roa.
The loss of a crucial breakfast-in-schools programme raises serious questions about the government’s priorities for education and social spending, says the education sector union NZEI Te Riu Roa.
'Business as Usual' Not Realistic for Canterbury Academics
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The Tertiary Education Commission has told academics today at the University of Canterbury, Lincoln University and CPIT that it will be business as usual for their Performance Based Research Fund (PBRF) quality evaluations.
The Tertiary Education Commission has told academics today at the University of Canterbury, Lincoln University and CPIT that it will be business as usual for their Performance Based Research Fund (PBRF) quality evaluations.
Monday, May 23, 2011
More funding for children in care
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Social Development Minister Paula Bennett has announced $43.7 million for services for children in care as part of the Government’s focus on children. My heart sings when I think about the massive investment we are putting into some of our most vulnerable children,” says Ms Bennett. Our youth justice system and jails contain individuals who were abused and neglected as children, so putting resources into this vulnerable group is vital...
Budget 2011 - New initiative to support community-led development
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Tariana Turia | Budget 2011
Community and Voluntary Sector Minister Tariana Turia today announced a new initiative to support community-led development.
The announcement was made on Radio Waatea this morning. Community-led development puts communities at the centre of funding decisions and it allows the Government opportunity to invest in communities in a holistic way, rather than merely funding individual organisations and projects. It empowers local communities to generate local solutions to local problems.
The announcement was made on Radio Waatea this morning. Community-led development puts communities at the centre of funding decisions and it allows the Government opportunity to invest in communities in a holistic way, rather than merely funding individual organisations and projects. It empowers local communities to generate local solutions to local problems.
Workshops for Teachers in Dubai - from LifeWorks Counselling Dubai
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It suggests ways in which educators can reflect on the quality of their own interactions, and use those reflections to improve their practice. Based on research from the New Zealand Council For Educational Research conducted by Di ...
NOTE: Based on research from the New Zealand Council For Educational Research conducted by Di Dunkin.
NOTE: Based on research from the New Zealand Council For Educational Research conducted by Di Dunkin.
Principals wary of boost in free tertiary places - Radio New Zealand
 Radio New Zealand | URL: Principals wary of boost in free tertiary places Radio New Zealand The Government is shifting funding from training programmes that prepare 16- and 17-year-olds for jobs to programmes preparing them for further training and education. It is not clear how many more students will leave secondary school because of the ... |
Analysis of the 2011 Budget
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Sir Paul Callaghan, physicist, entrepreneur, Royal Society of London Fellow and New Zealander of the Year; and Shamubeel Eaqub, the NZ Institute of Economic Research senior economist.
Whanau Ora set for $103 million expansion - New Zealand Herald
 Wanganui Chronicle | URL: Whanau Ora set for $103 million expansion New Zealand Herald "These initiatives help teachers to engage with whanau to improve Maori achievement at school through better support for student identity, language and culture - ingredients for educational success which are often missing." One educationalist, Victoria ... |
Funding increases not enough, say education groups - Radio New Zealand
Radio New Zealand | URL: Funding increases not enough, say education groups Radio New Zealand Education groups say the funding increases in Thursday's Budget will not keep up with rising costs. The Government has promised $1.4 billion extra spending for schools and early-childhood education over the next four years, but early-childhood leaders ... |
Part Time Students Unfairly Forced To Pay - Voxy
 Voxy | URL: Part Time Students Unfairly Forced To Pay Voxy Massey University students, many of whom study part-time, are angry that they can no longer borrow up to $1000 course-related costs to continue their education. Many part time students raise families and pay mortgages, and like full-time students, ... |
Network learning communities case studies
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The Ministry of Education carried out an evaluation of the Network Learning Communities (NLC) initiative in 2010. NLCs are one of the PLD opportunities offered in 2011 by the Ministry and delivered by School Support Services. Further information on the NLC evaluation is included in the right hand menu.
These ten case studies outline how school leaders have made connections and learned together to shape their school curricula.
http://nzcurriculum.tki.org.nz/Curriculum-stories/Case-studies/NLC
Schools join in enviro scheme - Taranaki Daily News
 Taranaki Daily News | URL: Schools join in enviro scheme Taranaki Daily News TREE HUGGERS: Jackson Cox, 9, with tree, and Sami Taylor, 11, from Stratford Primary School plant a tree as part of Enviroschools day at Highland's Intermediate. Four schools demonstrated the Enviroschools programme is alive and well during a regional ... |
Tech news: broadband plan and copyright
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Paul Brislen on important changes to the government's ultra fast broadband initiative. Plus libraries threaten to stop offering internet access because of changes to copyright law that come into force in September.
Govt broadband plans miss out 100000 students - TechDay.co.nz
 TechDay.co.nz | URL: Govt broadband plans miss out 100000 students TechDay.co.nz InternetNZ acknowledged that underlying limitations on the data might mean there are errors in the analysis but said it is clear that a "substantial" number of schools and students will be sharing an inadequate connection. InternetNZ's site also noted ... |
Pupils preparing for a ball of a time - Otago Daily Times
 Otago Daily Times | URL: Pupils preparing for a ball of a time Otago Daily Times Broad Bay School pupil Jemma Gordon (6) practises her seed ball throwing technique while envious classmates look on. Photo by Gerard O'Brien. School principals might not usually smile at pupils making 1874 mud ... |
How many teens have Internet addiction? - Stuff.co.nz
 Stuff.co.nz | URL: How many teens have Internet addiction?Stuff.co.nz In addition, the study of more than 3500 high school students in the state of Connecticut found that those students with "problematic internet use" were more likely than their peers to be depressed and aggressive, and to use drugs. ... |
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