Education
Gain valuable insights into the New Zealand education sector through informative articles.
Discover the unique characteristics of the country’s educational system, including its teaching methods, curriculum frameworks, and student support initiatives.
Whether you are an educator, parent, or interested in the field of education, these articles provide a comprehensive overview of New Zealand’s commitment to promoting knowledge, creativity, and cultural diversity in its schools.
The articles below allow you to explore the challenges and successes of the education sector, and gain a deeper understanding of the factors that contribute to New Zealand’s reputation for excellence in education.
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Education
Manchester Street School robotics team wins global award
Receiving the coveted ‘Judges Award’ for exemplary effort and perseverance, the Year 5/6 MSS robotics team has gained an international…
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Administration
Physical violence against principals must stop
Cormick said principals are now 11.79 times more likely to be subject to physical violence at work than the rest…
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Health & Safety
Wellbeing: What’s it about?
We need to be mindful that giving everything for others and leaving nothing in the tank for ourselves can leave…
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Administration
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…
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Education
What’s so hot about STEAM?
One of the challenges facing the STEAM movement is the many different conceptions of what STEAM learning might look like.
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News
One in three high-school students spends too much time on social media
The insight comes from CensusAtSchool TataurangaKiTeKura, a non-profit, online educational project that brings statistics to life in both English and…
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Education
Secondary schools need more support for student wellbeing
School-based supports may include in-school counsellors, Resource Teachers: Learning and Behaviour (RTLB), and health professionals based at schools.
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Administration
Growing young Māori leaders in Te Tai Tokerau
Te Kawa Matakura will be a three year extension programme available to 15-25 year olds skilled in te reo and…
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Education
Waikino School celebrates $10K solar STEM prize win
“We’ve installed a kitchen powered by solar panels and the children can use the data from the solar panels to…
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Administration
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.
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Education
Teacher Supply update: more teachers in our classrooms
Ellen MacGregor-Reid, Ministry of Education Deputy Secretary for Early Learning and Student Achievement, said the Ministry of Education 2018 data…
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News
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…
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News
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.
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Administration
MoE “remains available to negotiate” with NZEI balloters
Now that NZEI members have voted to reject almost $700 million in pay increases, Deputy Secretary Early Learning & Student…
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Administration
Primary teachers and principals reject latest offers
“We will be going straight back to talk to the Government with that message - that it’s time to get…
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Health & Safety
Socio-economic data shows low decile schools holding own
"About 85 percent of [schools] are doing a really good job and a comparable job so all the differences come…
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Administration
Learning from the Christchurch school lockdown
Because this lockdown was for a significant period of time, covered a large area of a major city, affected a…
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News
Self-directed play inspires rich learning
“Play that is open-ended nurtures so much more of a child’s holistic learning than instructional, teacher-driven activity for this age…
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Administration
How to create your own STEAM programme
In Years 9 and 10, Howick students take four courses - Future Studies (English and science) Community Action (social studies…
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Administration
NZEI urges government to properly resource any school reform
Educators strongly agree with the Tomorrow's Schools taskforce’s conclusion that the overall amount of resourcing for schools is not sufficient
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Administration
Should screen-use be legislated in schools?
Some New Zealand primary schools have near full digital immersion, with one-to-one iPad initiatives starting even as early as Year…
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Activities
Aspirations of Māori students boosted by Waikato initiative
Experiencing subject learning in a workplace context is having “positive and profound” effect on secondary school students throughout Waikato, with…
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Administration
5 self-care tips for grieving teachers
Make sure your own ‘oxygen mask’ is firmly in place before you try to help anyone else.
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Property
Solar power: sun, STEM & stimulating cost savings
Case studies and insights: Meet the schools ahead of the solar curve and hear from leaders in the solar sector…
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Administration
Trailblazing role brings Te Reo to digital classrooms
In a first for New Zealand education, a cluster of Northland schools now has its own Rumaki and Reo Rua…
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