literacy
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Education
Neurodiverse learners need better equipped teachers
Our society is weakened by its neglect of neurodiverse learners.
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For Fun
If you can read this headline, you can read a novel. Here’s how to ignore your phone and just do it
In 1980, 60% of 18-year-old school students read a book, newspaper or magazine every day that wasn’t assigned for school.…
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Events
2019 New Zealand Spelling Bee champion crowned
Year 10 student Sarah Wong has today triumphed over hundreds of students from more than 100 schools to win the…
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Education
Free literacy programme brings blogging to schools
Blogging at least twice a week has completely eliminated the summer literacy slump for the children who took part in…
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News
‘I’m in another world’: writing without rules lets kids find their voice, just like professional authors
Ask a child why they write and you might receive a common response: the teacher told me to.
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Education
10 ways to get the most out of silent reading in schools
We regularly hear from teachers and teacher librarians who are concerned about the state of silent reading in schools.
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News
Principals oppose NCEA tests for primary school children
Now the Ministry of Education is asking if children as young as Year 7 (about 11-years-old) should be allowed to…
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News
Op-Ed: Out of the mouths of babes
How can we create a more level educational playing field for children in Aotearoa New Zealand whose home language is…
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News
The reading revolution starts in our schools
We interviewed school librarians around the country about student reading habits, or lack thereof, and how teachers can turn it…
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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
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…
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Administration
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.
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Administration
NZ Book Council and Harry Potter publisher partner to inspire young Kiwis to read
New Zealand’s 2016 Social Report found that just 44% of Kiwi men aged 16-24 have achieved at or above level…
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Education
‘Sport of reading’ comp brings book-savvy young readers to Auckland
A Kiwi invention, the Kids’ Lit Quiz has been inspiring children around the world for 27 years to become life-long…
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News
Improve literacy, improve lives
Literate and numerate adults are better able to assist their children with their education and have the confidence to undertake…
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News
Why we need phonics more than ever in the digital age
Modern phonics is about explaining the history of English and how our spelling became the way it is, that there…
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News
Blogging students defy the summer learning slump
Student blogging is an effective tool to maintain reading and writing skills during the long summer break, according to new…
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