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Hekia Parata | Education
Education and Pacific Island Affairs Minister, Hekia Parata, encourages parents everywhere to take time out to have fun with their kids on Children’s Day this Sunday 4 March.
“Children’s Day is important because it’s the day we stop to reflect on what our children mean to us, and what we can do for them, everyday,'' says Ms Parata. The nationwide event has been celebrated for 11 years with events around the country. This year's theme is ‘treasure our children'...
Monday, March 5, 2012
The unbearable lightness of making an OTJ on National Standards ...
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I've had a number of problems National Standards in the past but now I'm having to make an overall teacher judgement about whether I think my kids will be at standard by the end of the year I've run into a huge set of ethical ...
I've had a number of problems National Standards in the past but now I'm having to make an overall teacher judgement about whether I think my kids will be at standard by the end of the year I've run into a huge set of ethical ...
Land of opportunity? - New Zealand Herald
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New Zealand Herald
"That's why I'm big in support of charter schools, where kids can learn by doing. If they're no good in the classroom, they can do these other things. In the classroom they may just be seen as a loser." Falkenstein takes students from the business ...
New Zealand Herald
"That's why I'm big in support of charter schools, where kids can learn by doing. If they're no good in the classroom, they can do these other things. In the classroom they may just be seen as a loser." Falkenstein takes students from the business ...
Breakfast: Monday, March 5 - TVNZ
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TVNZ
Waipareira Trust chief executive John Tamihere has voiced his support for Charter Schools in New Zealand, Breakfast asks him why he is in favour of the scheme. The balance between economic and environmental concerns has proved a tough one for this ...
TVNZ
Waipareira Trust chief executive John Tamihere has voiced his support for Charter Schools in New Zealand, Breakfast asks him why he is in favour of the scheme. The balance between economic and environmental concerns has proved a tough one for this ...
Education, rehabilitation central to reducing recidivism - The Dominion Post
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The Dominion Post
In the last term, she drove controversial education reforms, including national standards and early education changes, and weathered fierce criticism. And as she gets into her stride with her new roles as police and corrections minister, she is facing ...
The Dominion Post
In the last term, she drove controversial education reforms, including national standards and early education changes, and weathered fierce criticism. And as she gets into her stride with her new roles as police and corrections minister, she is facing ...
Pacific teen unemployment figures alarming - TVNZ
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TVNZ
Now, the community is being rallied to get young people into training to counter the possible devastating effects. "Other countries who are taking it seriously are calling it a ticking time bomb," said Mangere MP Sua William Sio.
TVNZ
Now, the community is being rallied to get young people into training to counter the possible devastating effects. "Other countries who are taking it seriously are calling it a ticking time bomb," said Mangere MP Sua William Sio.
Education revolution hits South Auckland - Auckland stuff.co.nz
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Auckland stuff.co.nz
E-learning professional development teacher Dorothy Burt calls them the ''post-2005 babies'', the year YouTube started. That's the point; it's about children completely differently wired to their parents, living in a world which is about sharing ...
Auckland stuff.co.nz
E-learning professional development teacher Dorothy Burt calls them the ''post-2005 babies'', the year YouTube started. That's the point; it's about children completely differently wired to their parents, living in a world which is about sharing ...
Hekia Parata visits Otangarei kids - Northern Advocate
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Northern Advocate
Otangarei community members told the new Minister of Education Hekia Parata about the challenges of raising and educating children during a whistlestop visit to a Whangarei playcentre. Otangarei community members told the new Minister of Education ...
Northern Advocate
Otangarei community members told the new Minister of Education Hekia Parata about the challenges of raising and educating children during a whistlestop visit to a Whangarei playcentre. Otangarei community members told the new Minister of Education ...
Younger children causing trouble - Stuff.co.nz
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Stuff.co.nz
Schools could try to modify behaviour but much of that work was undone in the home. Where parents were found to be responsible for a student under 14 taking drugs to school, they should be punished, Walsh said. The Ministry of Education figures show ...
Stuff.co.nz
Schools could try to modify behaviour but much of that work was undone in the home. Where parents were found to be responsible for a student under 14 taking drugs to school, they should be punished, Walsh said. The Ministry of Education figures show ...
Herald on Sunday Editorial: Schools should be open to all - New Zealand Herald
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New Zealand Herald
The other school had the decency to admit that "if you bring your child to this school a lot of parents will remove their children". In sad point of fact, that last statement is probably correct, but schools, which are in the business of dispelling ...
New Zealand Herald
The other school had the decency to admit that "if you bring your child to this school a lot of parents will remove their children". In sad point of fact, that last statement is probably correct, but schools, which are in the business of dispelling ...
Proposed teacher training institute 'a first for NZ' - Manawatu Standard
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Manawatu Standard
Proposed changes to teacher training at Massey University would be among the most significant in half a century, says the plan's architect. College of Education pro vice-chancellor James Chapman said the proposed new institute of education would be a ...
Manawatu Standard
Proposed changes to teacher training at Massey University would be among the most significant in half a century, says the plan's architect. College of Education pro vice-chancellor James Chapman said the proposed new institute of education would be a ...
More city schools get broadband - Stuff.co.nz
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Stuff.co.nz
Enable, the Government's broadband partner for Christchurch, already has 60 schools connected to the broadband network. Communications and Information Technology Minister Amy Adams said today the eleven new schools would take the number of pupils with ...
Stuff.co.nz
Enable, the Government's broadband partner for Christchurch, already has 60 schools connected to the broadband network. Communications and Information Technology Minister Amy Adams said today the eleven new schools would take the number of pupils with ...
Parents to blame for drugs in school - top principal - TVNZ
URL: Parents to blame for drugs in school - top principal
TVNZ
Last year 241 students were expelled for drug offences, and 2174 suspended, with 198 of them 12 or under. In a 2010 case, a 12-year-old took a kilogram of cannabis to school to sell, reportedly for a family member. Walsh dismisses the idea that kids ...
TVNZ
Last year 241 students were expelled for drug offences, and 2174 suspended, with 198 of them 12 or under. In a 2010 case, a 12-year-old took a kilogram of cannabis to school to sell, reportedly for a family member. Walsh dismisses the idea that kids ...
Maureen Woodhams: maths and children
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Mother, mathematician, and co-president of Playcentre, who written about how mathematical concepts are learnt through children's play.
Mother, mathematician, and co-president of Playcentre, who written about how mathematical concepts are learnt through children's play.
Initiative developing capabilities of rural women - Otago Daily Times
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Otago Daily Times
The 2011 graduates will join this year's participants in April for combined professional development, a knowledge exchange forum and networking with the aim of increasing knowledge, networks and support across the sector - all part of the trust's ...
Otago Daily Times
The 2011 graduates will join this year's participants in April for combined professional development, a knowledge exchange forum and networking with the aim of increasing knowledge, networks and support across the sector - all part of the trust's ...
Youth of today 'incredible', says leadership course co-ordinator
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Dozens of student leaders from the upper North Island have gathered in Hamilton for the third annual day of inspirational leadership talks and activities.
Dozens of student leaders from the upper North Island have gathered in Hamilton for the third annual day of inspirational leadership talks and activities.
Stopping the summer reading slide
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Massey University literacy specialist Professor Tom Nicholson, who has set up a programme that saw 11,000 free books delivered to 600 year-three children in Auckland over the summer holidays.
Massey University literacy specialist Professor Tom Nicholson, who has set up a programme that saw 11,000 free books delivered to 600 year-three children in Auckland over the summer holidays.
Top student site turns eight - Voxy
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Voxy
Studyit www.studyit.org.nz began supporting NCEA students on March 1 2004. Studyit is a free, safe online support site developed and managed by CWA New Media, a business unit of Learning Media. Studyit is a great success with up to 60000 students using ...
Voxy
Studyit www.studyit.org.nz began supporting NCEA students on March 1 2004. Studyit is a free, safe online support site developed and managed by CWA New Media, a business unit of Learning Media. Studyit is a great success with up to 60000 students using ...
Maui had hook, kids have net - Stuff.co.nz
 Stuff.co.nz | URL: Maui had hook, kids have net Stuff.co.nz The $4.5 million trust – funded through a mix of public, philanthropic and commercial donors – has, along with parents, come up with a way for every pupil from years 5 to 13 to have a computer netbook and, eventually, 24/7 access to high speed wireless ... |
Teacher-training pioneer calls it quits - Northern Advocate
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Northern Advocate
Bringing a teacher's college to Whangarei was an important part of providing quality teachers to the Northland region, Ms Peters said. "Northland people were asking to be taught in Northland. The more mature students were saying they could never get ...
Northern Advocate
Bringing a teacher's college to Whangarei was an important part of providing quality teachers to the Northland region, Ms Peters said. "Northland people were asking to be taught in Northland. The more mature students were saying they could never get ...
Academy teaches pride, discipline - Hawke's Bay Today
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Hawke's Bay Today
MILITARY MAN: Napier-based 7th Battalion Warrant Training Officer Pita Lloyd takes Flaxmere College students through basic military drills as part of the school's new Service Academy. Twenty local high school students have volunteered for a taste of ...
Hawke's Bay Today
MILITARY MAN: Napier-based 7th Battalion Warrant Training Officer Pita Lloyd takes Flaxmere College students through basic military drills as part of the school's new Service Academy. Twenty local high school students have volunteered for a taste of ...
Film royalty opens $15m Scots block - Stuff.co.nz
 Stuff.co.nz | URL: Film royalty opens $15m Scots block Stuff.co.nz Sir Richard Taylor walks up the Scots College driveway led by a Scots College bagpiper with Lady Tania Taylor, left, and Scots College headmaster Graeme Yule. A Scots College student works on a robot in the robotics suite. Scots College Students Stuart ... |
DCC buys school from Ngai Tahu - Otago Daily Times
 Otago Daily Times | URL: DCC buys school from Ngai Tahu Otago Daily Times Other Dunedin schools still awaiting disposal by the Ministry of Education are Waldronville School (closed April 2010), Corstorphine School (closed July 2010), High Street School (closed February 2011) and Forbury School (closed December 2011). |
School's bike track a gift from firms, community - New Zealand Herald
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New Zealand Herald
A tie, dress shirt and shiny leather shoes aren't normally the recommended attire for cyclists, unless you're christening Auckland's first cycle track on school grounds. Mayor Len Brown opened the track at Nga Iwi Primary School in Mangere last week.
New Zealand Herald
A tie, dress shirt and shiny leather shoes aren't normally the recommended attire for cyclists, unless you're christening Auckland's first cycle track on school grounds. Mayor Len Brown opened the track at Nga Iwi Primary School in Mangere last week.
Giant leap for Bret McKenzie - The Dominion Post
 The Dominion Post | URL: Giant leap for Bret McKenzie The Dominion Post Rather than being a training ground for actual models, Clifton Terrace is so named for being "modelled" on the classroom size and philosophy of smaller, country schools. The years the McKenzies attended, the school and its close-knit community was a ... |
The Big Play Out
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After the renowned success of our Playcentre “Play In” last year the above Playcentre Associations would like to thank its volunteers, politicians and members of the press who helped support and spread the word about Playcentre. All five Associations would ...
After the renowned success of our Playcentre “Play In” last year the above Playcentre Associations would like to thank its volunteers, politicians and members of the press who helped support and spread the word about Playcentre. All five Associations would ...
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