Sunday 19 October 2014

Monday 20 October 2014


Schools must tread carefully with rules

Stuff.co.nz
I think the solution would be to inform parents of the guidelines before each school year via a newsletter, or when they register their child. If the child is inappropriately dressed or infringes on the rules regarding their hair, etc, an informal ...

Mass of support for boy's hair fight

The Feilding High School student briefly stood down for his haircut has received an outpouring of support, his mother says.

Treasury officials challenged to go without breakfast for a month 

The principal of May Road School in Auckland, Lynda Stuart, has challenged Treasury officials to go without breakfast for one month in order to share the experience of thousands of New Zealand children.

Stats show value of early reo 

Maori waateanews.com
Half of Maori who have ever been enrolled in both kohanga reo and kura kaupapa can speak te reo Maori well or very well. That's a finding from Statistics New Zealand's Te Kupenga household survey of Maori well being. A new report from the survey, ...

Gang feeds hungry school kids

Stuff.co.nz
They make between 450 and 500 sandwiches every school day and deliver them to 25 Waikato schools in Hamilton, Ngaruawahia, Huntly - as far north as Glen Massey. "When I was little we had no food," says Pink, "so I grew up a hungry little buggar and a ...

The problem of hunger in our schools

Scoop.co.nz (press release)
When it came out this week that Treasury had advised the government that school breakfasts had no measureable impact on educational performance, principals of low decile schools around the country were flabbergasted. It appears the officials at ...

OMG Tech gets kids playing with technology

3News NZ
"To get out there and learn hands-on, and be using these programs and making mistakes and learning from them, I think that is the future of what the classroom could be," says Timothy Dreadon of Manurewa High School. "It's amazing." This is not rocket ...

Auckland students protest fee hikes

Students at the University of Auckland have chained themselves to the Vice-Chancellor's office and the roof of his building, saying it represents how students are chained to debt.

Foundation for Youth Development Boosted by SAP Partnership

Scoop.co.nz (press release)
Career Navigator also provides an effective platform for employers to share real-world knowledge and offer mentoring and active learningopportunities for youth, and this aspect of the programme is what excited SAP. SAP New Zealand aims to address ...

Samoa Education CEO upset with teachers leaving

The chief executive of Samoa's Ministry of Education, Sports and Culture is upset with the 25 teachers from Samoa who have migrated to teach.

Dramatic rise in female teacher numbers in PNG

A survey has found the proportion of women working in Papua New Guinea's education sector has increased dramatically in the past decade.

Wipe your student loan: go bankrupt

Stuff.co.nz
One student loan debt advice website, studentloan.org.nz, run by Auckland-based Andersen Accountants, says: "If you are living overseas, a New Zealand bankruptcy may have no negative impact on you at all." Director Kristina Andersen said declaring ...

Forum focuses on work and education

Improving the quality of work-related education is the aim of New Zealand’s largest forum on vocational, professional, and skills-focused education - opening in Wellington today.


NZ Media Design School's film Crash Course is a hit

Techday NZ
Seven third year students from Media Design School's Bachelor of Art and Design degree programme put the film together. The students were involved in every part of the project, from pre-production design and conception to prop building and set-dressing ...

Spelling bee winner far from 'lugubrious'

Dunedin teenager George Sabonadiere has been crowned this year's National Spelling Bee champion.

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