Thursday 16 October 2014

Friday 17 October 2014


Schools failing to report standards

Stuff.co.nz
About a quarter of Maori language schools are still not reporting national standards data four years after it was introduced. There are 203 schools legally required to report the Maori version of achievement data - Nga Whanaketanga - to the Ministry of ...

New payroll company takes over 

A new Government-owned company will begin running the schools’ payroll service from today.
Ownership of the much-maligned Novopay school payroll system passes from Australian company Talent2 to the government today.

Principals' Federation welcomes govt taking charge of Novopay 

The Government is taking over control of the trouble-plagued school payroll system, Novopay, from today.

Harawira defends 'food in schools'

Mana Movement leader Hone Harawira says Treasury advice which suggests the food in schools programme does not work is ridiculous.

The problem of hunger in our schools

Scoop.co.nz (press release)
The students at Windley School are lucky to have a breakfast club, run most days by volunteers from Arise Church and school staff, but many low decile schools are missing out or receive support and funding on an ad hoc basis from various NGOs and ...

Hair we go again

Stuff.co.nz
A High Court judge found a suspension based on Lucan's actions in breaking the school's hair rules was unlawful and non-compliant with theEducation Act. Dylan said his stand-down, which in the end lasted for only one school period, had initially upset ...

Should schools rule your kid's looks?

Where do you stand on school rules that define your child's appearance?

School mufti days a 'commercial virus'

It's late, around 10pm, and my daughter is crying, stressed and sitting on her bedroom floor.

Students fly high at Massey's Pasifika Experience Day

Massey News (press release)
Pasifika secondary school students from the Manawatū region had a taste of what it's like to be a pilot in a flight simulator during a PasifikaExperience Day at Massey University. The students sampled the high-flying sensation as part of an ...

More than words needed to win spelling bee

3News NZ
Some of the county's brightest young minds will take the stage tomorrow to compete in this year's New Zealand Spelling Bee final. Scots College students are sharpening their skills ahead of tomorrow's final, but a voluminous vocabulary will only get ...

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