Teaching Resources

Meet the schoolboys spearheading flipped learning

We interviewed Simon and Aidan about their passion for all things digital tech and the awesome learning resource they’ve created…

Building capability in teachers’ Te Reo welcomed

A $12.2 million pilot programme to assist teachers and support staff use te reo Māori has been rolled out.

Game-based learning: it’s rocket science!

What I am talking about is scrolling platform games, like Super Mario, and top-down adventures, explorations, and simulations. The emphasis is…

How schools lift achievement in literacy

While the six primary schools in the study each took a different approach, the analysis identified three common elements.

Sports Day planning: everyone’s chance to shine

Love it or hate it, bring the eggs and spoons, rally up the rounders team and oil up the wheelbarrows.…

MoE support for schools post-Christchurch attack

"While we remain very focused on Christchurch schools, kura and early learning services, we know children and young people around…

Op-ed: The librarian, my students, and I

When I first started teaching research skills I noticed that students, who were supposedly digital natives, did not know how…

Exploring sustainable school ideas

If anyone has a vested interest in environmental sustainability, it’s today’s youth. Unfortunately, they are growing up in a society…

Vocational education reform: Keep the baby, change the bath

Will the Minister’s vision for vocational education lead to equally learner-centric solutions? No. My belief is that the vital relationships…

Replicating the red carpet: school balls to impress

GIF booths, party props and budget glam: how to make your school ball Oscar-worthy.

$50,000 in STEM and solar equipment available to schools

Solar packs will include panels and monitoring equipment and the school will be linked to the long running School-gen solar…

Māori history curriculum already available

The New Zealand School Trustees Association supports the teaching of New Zealand history in schools but is bewildered by calls…

Why early diagnosis of autism should lead to early intervention

New Zealand takes an inclusive approach to education. The main goal of the research programme therefore is for children with…

Students designing the future with lasers and CNC routers

The machines now used in schools to help students create artful design masterpieces are quite different from that particular tool…

Resource for teaching stats investigations receives funding

Mathematics and statistics educator Dr Pip Arnold’s winning proposal is for a resource to support statistics teaching and learning in…

Primary schools visit Antarctica

Primary school children from all around New Zealand will be able to learn about the work undertaken by Ryan’s team…

High school students build tiny houses!

“At the start I had no idea what I was doing…it was all pretty challenging to be honest, but I…

Spreydon School Christchurch, an accredited SharpReading School

The consequence of successfully implementing the SharpReading programme has not just been about producing confident readers; students are also more…

Industry experts to show teachers all about tech this week

“It will give teachers an insight into practical application of computational thinking, how computer science principles/topics are relevant in the…

Ministry of Education Pacific language books recognised

There are 123 flip-books available. Each has a story in either Cook Islands Māori, Tuvaluan, Tokelauan, Tongan or Samoan with…

Beyond Gallipoli: 10 WW1 insights to share with students on Armistice Day

November 11 marks the centenary of the end of the First World War (1914-1918) and schools around the country will…

5 spooky, ooky STEM activities for Halloween

Whether you're teaching chemistry to senior schoolers, or want to inspire young primary students with fun STEM activities, here's a…

Are We There Yet? goes into classrooms

This funding will enable Auckland Museum to deliver an additional 500 discovery kits to classrooms nationwide.

This school wrote a book to raise money

Baboons on Balloons was written by Point Chevalier student Elodie Gibbs, 8, and illustrated by all 671 students.

What’s in my lunchbox – Part 2