Friday, March 11, 2011

110 Christchurch schools to re-open by Monday

URL: 110 Christchurch schools to re-open by Monday
Anne Tolley | Earthquake Recovery
Education Minister Anne Tolley says that 80 schools in Christchurch have now re-opened for students, with that number set to rise to at least 110 by the start of next week. “This has been a marvellous effort by everyone involved,” says Mrs Tolley. “Principals, teachers, parents and the Ministry have worked incredibly hard to re-open schools and get students back into education, and this fantastic progress is continuing at other schools...

Kids Loving Church: Resources for families and children in ...

URL: Kids Loving Church: Resources for families and children in ...
The free download has been made available by the New Zealand Council for Educational Research.Peter Stanley and Sarah Williams are registered psychologists. The guide contains research-based information to help teachers, librarians and ...

Cost of quake expected to be $20m for education - Newstalk ZB

URL: Cost of quake expected to be $20m for education
Newstalk ZB
The cost of rearranging Christchurch school facilities and the movement of students is expected to be about $20 million. Eighty Christchurch schools have re-opened and by next week about 110 are expected to do so. Education Minister Anne Tolley says ...

School calls for money injection - Southland Times

URL: School calls for money injection
Southland Times
The school's board wants to set up a Wakatipu High School Foundation Trust as soon as possible to fund areas it says are vitally important but under-resourced. These include alternative education for disruptive "at risk" students, who would otherwise ...

New school journals tell Moriori history - TVNZ


Voxy

URL: New school journals tell Moriori history
TVNZ
New school journals featuring stories and illustrations about Moriori will be rolled out across New Zealand schools. Education Minister Anne Tolley presented the new school journals to students at Kopinga Marae on the Chatham Islands today. ...

Standing up to bullies - Times Online - Auckland


Times Online - Auckland

URL: Standing up to bullies
Times Online - Auckland
Howick College's Big Stand campaign has celebrated its second year, and has upped the ante by asking pupils to make a pledge against bullying and anti-social behaviour. The week of events is designed and organised by a 60 to 70-strong body of students ...

TEU Tertiary Update Vol 14 No 7 - Scoop.co.nz (press release)

URL: TEU Tertiary Update Vol 14 No 7
Scoop.co.nz (press release)
"If that happened, the polytechnic would give priority to protecting those of its programmes and schools that relied on second semester enrolment for their future economic and educational viability". About 40 people from the Wellington Pay Equity ...

Regional school build worth $5.6m - SunLive


The Bay of Plenty Times

URL: Regional school build worth $5.6m
SunLive
“National is committed to building a quality education system for our children, and I'm pleased we are seeing the benefits of this here in Tauranga. “Upgrading schools in the Tauranga electorate has also kept construction firms going at a time when ...