Shirley Boys’ High School returns to original site

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Anne Tolley | Earthquake Recovery
Education Minister Anne Tolley has welcomed the return of Shirley Boys’ High School to its original site in Christchurch, after 26 weeks of site-sharing following the February earthquake. From tomorrow, 1300 Shirley Boys’ High students will be able to return to their home site, which suffered significant damage and liquefaction. The Government has invested $2 million in repairing the site, making five damaged blocks safe and bringing in eight relocatable classrooms to replace the administration block and library which remain unusable...

Closer ties with UK on science and innovation

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Wayne Mapp | Science and Innovation
Stronger links with the United Kingdom on science and innovation matters will result from an agreement signed today, Minister of Science and Innovation Wayne Mapp said. UK Secretary of State Jeremy Browne and Dr Mapp have given Ministerial support for a New Zealand-United Kingdom Science and Innovation Working Group to be set up. “The United Kingdom has always been one of New Zealand’s most significant science and innovation partners,” said Dr Mapp...

National standards protests called off | Otago Daily Times Online ...

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Protests by hundreds of schools against national standards in reading, writing and maths have been called off.

One in five children in severe hardship - report

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A report on child poverty says at least one in five children experience severe hardship that compromises their health, education and future.

Real-world science experiences for primary school teachers - Scoop.co.nz (press release)

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Scoop.co.nz (press release)
As well as working with their host organisations, the teachers have leadership and curriculum development days so they can become confident science education leaders in their schools. “We're finding that past teacher fellows have gone back to schools ...

TEU Tertiary Update Vol 14 No 33 - Scoop.co.nz (press release)

URL: TEU Tertiary Update Vol 14 No 33
Scoop.co.nz (press release)
Education Minister Anne Tolley has announced the ten new Trades Academies, which are to open around New Zealand from 2012, providing practical skills training for secondary school students while allowing them to study for NCEA credits and tertiary ...

Copyright Act 1994

URL: Copyright Act 1994
Status: Modified
ID: act/public/1994/0143/39.0
Version: as at 01 September 2011
Information type: act
Legislation type: public
Year: 1994
No: 143
Current as at date: 01/09/2011

Our enviro schools are winners - Gisborne Herald

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Gisborne Herald
WAIKIRIKIRI and Te Hapara Schools have earned national awards by proactively reducing the amount of harmful waste they produce. Environment teacher for Waikirikiri Tui Foster says she enlisted 12 students to find innovative ways to reduce, ...