Ministers open new special education school for Wellington region

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Anne Tolley | Education
Education Minister Anne Tolley and Associate Education Minister Rodney Hide have today officially opened a new $6.3 million special education facility in Lower Hutt. Kimi Ora School, which has relocated from Thorndon, has been specifically designed to meet the needs of students with physical disabilities. “Students, families, specialists and teachers will all benefit from the new facilities which include a hydrotherapy pool, sensory room, and state of the art learning and therapy spaces,” says Mrs Tolley...

Government needs to be called to account for National Standards Sector Advisory Group

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The education sector union NZEI Te Riu Roa says serious questions need to be asked about what the government’s National Standards Sector Advisory Group is actually achieving. The group is meeting for the fourth time today after it was set up by the Education Minister in September last year. It was supposed to provide an opportunity for sector groups to share experiences, identify issues and then feedback to the Education Minister...

Rosslyn Noonan: School bullying reveals gap in natural justice - New Zealand Herald

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New Zealand Herald
Prime Minister John Key has called for a "national conversation" on how to reduce bullying in our schools. Political leadership is welcome on an issue that is complex and too often dismissed as unimportant and, at any rate, insoluble. ...

Bullying lessons in Parliament - Otago Daily Times

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Otago Daily Times
In Parliament, Labour's Sue Moroney asked questions about Education Minister Anne Tolley's recent letter to schools demanding action on bullying after serious assaults on students. Associate Education Minister Rodney Hide answered for Ms Tolley, ...

bullying fight taken to the top - Stuff.co.nz

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URL: bullying fight taken to the top Stuff.co.nz A Morrinsville College student is taking her fight against school bullying straight to the top - requesting a sit-down with the prime minister. Victoria McAuley, 13, was friends with a group of girls who in February attacked a fellow student in the ...

Drop in donations puts pressure on schools - Marlborough Express

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URL: Drop in donations puts pressure on schools Marlborough Express Marlborough school principals have had a mixed response to a call by Waikato principals that fewer parents are paying school donations. Most non-private schools ask for a donation from parents to make up shortfalls in operational funding, ...

Nurses slam school health review - New Zealand Herald

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New Zealand Herald
A school nursing group is aghast that state-funded school health services in poor areas are to be reviewed, after previous evaluations confirmed their importance in improving teenagers' access to health care and advice. ...

Kiwi discovers mother of language - Stuff.co.nz

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The claims by Quentin Atkinson of the University of Auckland have appeared today in the prestigious journal Science, winning extensive coverage in the world's major media. Atkinson said the world's 6000 languages descended from a single ancestral ...

Tolley says exception will not be made here - Gisborne Herald

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Gisborne Herald
EAST Coast MP and Education Minister Anne Tolley is sticking to her guns over provision of free school bus services for rural students only. Extending this to cities would take millions of dollars out of the education budget, she says. ...

Red Cross grant to see Chch kids through winter - 3News NZ

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URL: Red Cross grant to see Chch kids through winter 3News NZ The Red Cross has announced a new grant for the parents of 7000 pupils, who have to travel to another school because their own is earthquake damaged. The $500 one-off payment is meant to ease the inconvenience of the commute. ...

Red Cross pays out despite free buses - 3News NZ

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URL: Red Cross pays out despite free buses 3News NZ Even though Christchurch students enrolled in closed schools can get free buses to their new one, their families will be the first to receive an earthquake pay out from the Red Cross. Five hundred dollars is to be granted to the families of each ...

Makoura College calls for trustees - Wairarapa Times Age

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URL: Makoura College calls for trustees Wairarapa Times Age Makoura College will elect a new board of trustees after returning from the brink of closure and the resignation of its last board a little over two years ago. In the latest school newsletter, principal Tom Hullena said the election date for a new ...

Schools 'free to decide' on facial piercings - New Zealand Herald

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URL: Schools 'free to decide' on facial piercings New Zealand Herald By Vaimoana Tapaleao Some students will be able to express themselves freely after their school waived a rule against facial piercings. New Plymouth Girls' High School this week announced it would drop a rule where students were only allowed to have ...

Exchange student chosen for Anzac service - Stuff.co.nz

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URL: Exchange student chosen for Anzac service Stuff.co.nz The AFS Intercultural Programmes exchange student, 17, has been chosen as the young Turkish representative for the national service on Anzac Day in Wellington. Appearing at the National War Memorial in front of the Prime Minister, Governor-General and ...

Pupils give PM the lowdown on earthquake safety - Stuff.co.nz

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URL: Pupils give PM the lowdown on earthquake safety Stuff.co.nz SAFETY DRILL: Woodend School pupil Jesse Jacobs-Mitchell, 5, checks that his classmates are doing the "turtle" earthquake safety position correctly. Prime Minister John Key has received a down-to-earth lesson in earthquake safety from North Canterbury ...

Students' achievements get support from the top - Hawke's Bay Today

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Hawke's Bay Today
"We also celebrated the success of a large number of our trainees who, as a result of their training with AgITO and along with some additional support, also achieved their NCEA Levels 1, 2 and, in some cases, Level 3, certificates. ...