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Education
How welcoming are your school environments?
Have you ever walked through your school and asked yourself, “Who would feel welcome and comfortable here?” I am sure…
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Administration
Meet the primary & secondary school teachers inventing their own tools
From a group of Taupo teachers developing a programme to encourage young Māori women to enrol in STEM subjects, to…
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Administration
Primary teachers and principals vote to strike
Will you be taking part? NZEI revealed that frustrated primary teachers and principals voted overwhelmingly in favour of a three-hour…
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Education
School principals launch full-page ad against Minister of Education
Nearly forty secondary school Principals have formed a coalition to challenge the Minister of Education, Chris Hipkin’s review of NCEA.
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Education
Māui and Mahuika inspire teachers and kaiako
The legend of Māui and his kuia Mahuika discovering the source of fire, is being used to inspire teachers and…
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Food & Beverage
Rising school-age obesity rates reverse promising preschool trend
Auckland’s level of obesity in under-fives has continued to fall for the third year in a row but new data…
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News
3 Christchurch students win international journalism comp
The winning submission, by Molly McKinstry, Tessa Marshall and Romane Wesener from Ao Tawhiti Unlimited Discovery school, was one of…
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News
Evolving with the times: teaching sexuality post-2018
While the amount of content accessible online is, quite literally, infinite and children can scroll through endless keywords, half-truths, opinions…
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News
There’s no maths problem quite like student engagement…
Perhaps more than ever before, mathematics is an interdisciplinary subject. We are seeing digital evolution manifest across all industries and…
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Education
OPINION: Government’s offer to principals is nothing but an insult
The offer received this month is the biggest Claytons Offer I have ever seen: a non-offer, an insult. It treats…
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News
$5000 personal development award applications now open
Applications for YHA New Zealand’s $5000 Cora Wilding Award are now open.
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News
“Alarming number of young NZers leave school and go on to do nothing,” says Chris Hipkins
On the issue of pay the Minister told Q+A’s Corin Dann, "there’s a bargaining round coming up. I think teachers…
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News
Educators clap back at budget announcement
Should the government be doing more? Many people, from teachers and teaching aides, to associations and education groups have voiced…
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News
Teacher shortages worst since surveys began
An annual survey of secondary school principals has found that schools right around the country are experiencing significant teacher shortages,…
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News
But what does it actually mean?
How often, as teachers, do you come across written words that just don’t make sense, or in which the meaning…
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News
Need for funding of special needs role in schools
A new survey shows that many children are missing out at school because there is not enough funding to give…
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News
Benefits for non-Māori students: Kapa haka in mainstream schools
Kapa haka provides an avenue for Māori students to access the Māori world and be culturally-connected learners.
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News
Scholarships doubled to help NZ primary sector grow
As an industry, education and government alliance, GrowingNZ is on a mission to attract 50,000 more people needed by New…
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Education
When play is doing what comes naturally
It used to be just called ‘play’ – that glorious time when you’d be outside, splashing in puddles, climbing trees,…
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News
NZ Spanish language teachers off to Colombia
High school Spanish language teachers from across New Zealand are about to add a Colombian accent to their teaching techniques.
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News
The downhill highlight of the whole school year
For many students, a School Ski Trip often comprises not just one of the highlights of the whole year, but…
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News
Proposed Education Bill could be disastrous for disadvantaged children
Child Poverty Action Group says that, if passed, it could put schools serving income poor and materially deprived communities at…
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News
Research throws new light on school-entry age
New research suggests that a child’s age on entry to school, be it around 5 years or later at 6,…
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News
Change is afoot with dyslexia
Choosing to flag difficulties through screening puts the control back into the hands of the school...
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Education
Your say: An 18-year apprenticeship in teaching?
The thought occurred to me numerous times, while undertaking a postgraduate primary teaching course at the University of Auckland way back in the year…
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