URL: Work to begin on two schools in greater Christchurch
Hekia Parata | Education
Education Minister Hekia Parata has today announced that work will begin on building two schools in greater Christchurch in April. Work will begin on building the new Waikuku School in Pegasus Town, north of Christchurch, and on the complete rebuild of the earthquake-damaged Halswell Primary School in April.
Work is expected to be completed on both schools by early next year...
Monday, February 11, 2013
Weaving Evidence, Inquiry and Standards to Build Better Schools ...
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Every school leader and teacher knows that the challenges of change are constant and ongoing. Expectations have risen. The material for Weaving Evidence, Inquiry and Standards to Build Better Schools is based on the authors' involvement ...
Every school leader and teacher knows that the challenges of change are constant and ongoing. Expectations have risen. The material for Weaving Evidence, Inquiry and Standards to Build Better Schools is based on the authors' involvement ...
Cap Kiwi class sizes - Stuff.co.nz
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This can only effectively happen with a class size that is less than what many schools obviously have to cope with. A smaller class size helps provide the safe learning environment in which kids can be supported and feel as though they have a voice.
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This can only effectively happen with a class size that is less than what many schools obviously have to cope with. A smaller class size helps provide the safe learning environment in which kids can be supported and feel as though they have a voice.
Parata on Novopay: 'We are responsible' - New Zealand Herald
 Stuff.co.nz | URL: Parata on Novopay: 'We are responsible' New Zealand Herald But as she stood on a bare plot where a new $15 million primary school will be built this year, Ms Parata fielded questions over the flawed schools payroll system, and whether she took responsibility for its continued failings. "Oh look, we are ... |
'Omnishambles' describes Novopay perfectly - The Press
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Around the same time, the education ministry decided to restructure its payroll services unit. All this as thousands of errors have continued to cause school staff to miss out on wages, fortnight after fortnight. Omnishambles is a neologism coined by ...
The Press
Around the same time, the education ministry decided to restructure its payroll services unit. All this as thousands of errors have continued to cause school staff to miss out on wages, fortnight after fortnight. Omnishambles is a neologism coined by ...
Maths could be taught better, says report - Stuff.co.nz
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Takaro School principal Helena Baker said maths was a subject that many children struggled to learn and incorporating real-life problem-solving into the classroom was a solution used at her school. "We are amazing at literacy in this country but we're ...
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Takaro School principal Helena Baker said maths was a subject that many children struggled to learn and incorporating real-life problem-solving into the classroom was a solution used at her school. "We are amazing at literacy in this country but we're ...
Issue taken with critique of maths teaching - Otago Daily Times
 Otago Daily Times | URL: Issue taken with critique of maths teaching Otago Daily Times Otago Primary Principals' Association immediate past president Brent Caldwell said it might be a sign National Standards had already started to negatively impact on children's learning. Ensuring classroom programmes were tailored to meet the individual ... |
Schools must be more inclusive to solve math problem - The Bay of Plenty Times
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The Bay of Plenty Times
Louise Green, of Khandallah Primary, said National Standards were "an inflexible tool" and resulted in a system where educators were being forced to teach-to-test. "Teachers have been concerned for some time that the result of testing and measuring ...
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Louise Green, of Khandallah Primary, said National Standards were "an inflexible tool" and resulted in a system where educators were being forced to teach-to-test. "Teachers have been concerned for some time that the result of testing and measuring ...
Teachers 'need more development time' - MSN NZ News
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The head of the Principals' Federation says the time spent on the implementation of National Standards may be hampering maths teaching. An Education Review Office (ERO) report into mathematics teaching in years four to eight - which covers late primary ...
MSN NZ News
The head of the Principals' Federation says the time spent on the implementation of National Standards may be hampering maths teaching. An Education Review Office (ERO) report into mathematics teaching in years four to eight - which covers late primary ...
Teachers make a difference - Stuff.co.nz
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I think not, for kids frequently referred to things I'd said or fun classroom incidents that I'd long since forgotten. Sometimes positive feedback can arrive even later in unexpected ways. During 1986 in apartheid South Africa I was one of three white ...
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I think not, for kids frequently referred to things I'd said or fun classroom incidents that I'd long since forgotten. Sometimes positive feedback can arrive even later in unexpected ways. During 1986 in apartheid South Africa I was one of three white ...
Welcome to the world of a teacher-less classroom - Stuff.co.nz
 Stuff.co.nz | URL: Welcome to the world of a teacher-less classroom Stuff.co.nz The committee has set out 48 recommendations from 90 submissions and if adopted in full, every student will learn from their own device, possibly in their own time and potentially in a different location to their digital teacher. ... "We already have a ... |
Pat Walsh: Value of uni education extends beyond income
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The Ministry of Education report on how much graduates earn after completing university is only one part of the puzzle.Everyone would agree that it is beneficial for students to have as much information as possible to help them...
The Ministry of Education report on how much graduates earn after completing university is only one part of the puzzle.Everyone would agree that it is beneficial for students to have as much information as possible to help them...
6 new schools revealed - Stuff.co.nz
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Six new schools are likely to be built in Canterbury over the next 10 years, Education Minister Hekia Parata has announced as she prepares to announce the fate of 31 others. Principals, teachers, students and parents have only 10 days left to wait ...
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Six new schools are likely to be built in Canterbury over the next 10 years, Education Minister Hekia Parata has announced as she prepares to announce the fate of 31 others. Principals, teachers, students and parents have only 10 days left to wait ...
Our Graduates Really Are The Best In The World
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Our Graduates Really Are The Best In The World AUCKLAND, 11 FEBRUARY 2013 - On the very day that they graduated from AdSchool, Anna Paine and Owen Bryson's topical ad for Mammoth Insulation was chosen as one of the best interactive ads in the world ...
Our Graduates Really Are The Best In The World AUCKLAND, 11 FEBRUARY 2013 - On the very day that they graduated from AdSchool, Anna Paine and Owen Bryson's topical ad for Mammoth Insulation was chosen as one of the best interactive ads in the world ...
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