NZC Update 10 - Engaging with families from diverse cultural and linguistic backgrounds

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This Update focuses on partnerships between schools and diverse families and communities. It builds on Update 1 (September 2010), which focused on engaging with whānau and Māori communities.
NZC Update issue 10 (PDF, 1,011 KB)

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Insight: National Standards

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Insight investigates primay school National Standards...

I think someone needs to explain *National* Standards ...

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The New Zealand Educational Institute has put out a press release today complaining about the Ministry of Education enforcing the National Standards that were brought into Primary Schools. I would have thought members of ...

Critics hit out at 'child farms' - New Zealand Herald

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New Zealand Herald
Even before the July 1 change, three companies have signalled to the Education Ministry they're keen to boost their centre sizes three-fold. But critics are dubbing the big centres "child farms", as a survey finds 9 out of 10 parents and teachers ...

College plans on hold - Times Online - Auckland

Times Online - Auckland

URL: College plans on hold Times Online - Auckland Education Minister Anne Tolley has announced the construction of Thurston Place College has been “put on hold” to allow full consultation with neighbouring schools and local residents. The decision comes in the face of fierce opposition from members of ...

'Misinformation and malice' puts Bucklands Beach school on hold - 3News NZ

3News NZ

URL: 'Misinformation and malice' puts Bucklands Beach school on hold 3News NZ A controversial college for teenagers in Child, Youth and Family care in the Auckland suburb of Bucklands Beach has been put on hold. Thurston Place College's development was halted after parents of pupils at local schools raised ...

Transfield to hire up to 450 people - Stuff.co.nz

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Stuff.co.nz
Government-backed training organisation Infratrain said it was ready to help people get skilled-up for that part of the project. Chief executive Philip Aldridge warned UFB network builders would be competing for construction workers from the same pool ...

Waikato appoints new Deputy Vice-Chancellor - Scoop.co.nz (press release)

Scoop.co.nz (press release)

URL: Waikato appoints new Deputy Vice-Chancellor Scoop.co.nz (press release) His former positions have included Research Fellow at King's College London, and Directorships of Waikato University Research Centres. He is an Adjunct Professor at Kasetsart University in Thailand, and an Honorary Professor at Hong Kong Institute of ...

Schools in eastern suburbs face 50% drop in rolls - Radio New Zealand

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Radio New Zealand
Schools in the eastern suburbs of Christchurch face a drop in enrolments, and staff cuts, as thousands of residents leave their quake-damaged homes. February's earthquake has already has an impact on school rolls, with some cut by up to 40%. ...

Co-location To Improve Outlook For Education In Northland - Voxy

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Voxy
A co-location and educational partnership has been formed between Te W?nanga o Aotearoa (TWoA) and NorthTec to enhance students' participation in tertiary education in the region. The partnership offers a new approach to the ongoing educational needs ...

Hub `first light' in health education - Auckland stuff.co.nz

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Auckland stuff.co.nz
The $9.8 million project is a partnership between Counties Manukau District Health Board, Middlemore Hospital and Manukau Institute of Technology, AUT University and Auckland University. Medicine, health and nursing students will rotate through the ...

New vision classroom in a flash - Hawke's Bay Today

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Hawke's Bay Today
The need for a new classroom at Patoka School was the inspiration behind ground-breaking "classrooms of the future" built by Hastings company Cottages New Zealand. Cottages New Zealand managing director John Roil said Patoka School wanted little ...

Girls make a beeline for top in US - Stuff.co.nz

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URL: Girls make a beeline for top in US Stuff.co.nz Principal Fraser Smith said the students had no idea what to expect from the competition. "They are kids from a decile one school who have never been on a plane before." Ayvran Mackie, Teina Snowden, Manaaki Jakobs TePaa and Annaleah Cassidy-Taylor ...

Rotorua students fight suicide problem - The Daily Post

The Daily Post

URL: Rotorua students fight suicide problem The Daily Post PREVENTION: Rotorua Girls' High School student Mamaeroa Merito, left, 16, and Rotorua Boys' High student Jordi Webber, 17, have launched two initiatives to help combat suicide among youth. Photo / Andrew Warner 220611aw15 Two Rotorua youths have ...

Robbing Peter to pay Paul or meeting a need? - Stuff.co.nz

Stuff.co.nz

URL: Robbing Peter to pay Paul or meeting a need? Stuff.co.nz This year the automotive engineering student is technically still enrolled at Naenae College although she's there only on Tuesday and Thursday nights when she has kapa haka practice. Hune, a 17-year-old with a "real obsession" for cruiser motorbikes, ...

Reading really does compute with these pupils - Southland Times

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Southland Times
A new computer-based learning programme which uses gaming controls has pupils at Longford Intermediate, in Gore, turning on to reading like never before. Southland's only intermediate has introduced the Lexia program this term and it has received great ...

Genius teens offer clever exhast emissions fix - New Zealand Herald

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New Zealand Herald
Albany Senior High School (ASHS) Year-13 students Alec Wang (left) and Jun Bing were chosen as semi-finalists in the inaugural Google Global Science Fair. Photo / Supplied Two North Shore City high-school students have caught the attention of the ...

Franchised maths tutoring a winner - Waikato Times

Waikato Times

URL: Franchised maths tutoring a winner Waikato Times No problem: Tutor Lesley Ashman helps student Ashley McWhannell, 13, through games and activities to learn essential skills. Photo: DONNA WALSH When funding for her rural school dried up during the early 2000s, Tokoroa principal Kathy Redwood was ...