Wednesday 22 April 2015

Thursday 23 April 2015


NZ schools to welcome more Penguins 

Steven Joyce | Tertiary Education, Skills and Employment
Tertiary Education, Skills and Employment Minister Steven Joyce today announced New Zealand has been chosen as the preferred destination to host secondary school students from Chile on the Chilean Government’s scholarship scheme ‘Penguins Without Borders’. In July approximately 80 students will be welcomed to at least 40 schools in Wellington, Christchurch and Auckland. ...

New $53 million Rolleston School unveiled

Stuff.co.nz
The school is expected to start with a roll of 225 year 9 students, with 1040 students by 2021. It will have a 500 seat theatre and an international netball sized gym. Establishment Board chairwoman Jackie Freeman said the board felt plenty of pressure ...

Peter Hughes: Parents can place their trust in early childhood education

There has been a lot of debate about how good New Zealand's early childhood education is in these pages this week. That's a good thing. You are entitled to hear every side of the story when it comes to the care of your kids. But not...

Mum forced to re-enrol boy

A mum who removed her 3-year-old from childcare because he hated it so much he was making himself sick was warned by Work and Income to re-enrol him or have her benefit cut.The woman was so stressed about finding a new place for...

Why some kids are more likely to be popular at school

Stuff.co.nz
Children who are good at predicting what people are thinking and feeling are more likely to be popular in school, says a new Australian study. Lead author Virginia Slaughter, professor of psychology at the University of Queensland said: "Our findings...
Thousands of students in Auckland suburbs including Ellerslie, Lynfield and Te Atatu will be part of a radical education reform that aims to spread the best teaching and leadership.Education Minister Hekia Parata has announced another...

Teachers continue to reject controversial $359m education pl

Scoop.co.nz (press release)
The latest announcement that just 129 further schools have expressed interest in the Government's controversial $359 million Investing in Educational Success scheme is a clear indication of the lack of confidence that teachers and principals have in ...

Hutt secondary schools lifting student achievement

Scoop.co.nz (press release)
The New Zealand Qualifications Authority recently published student NCEA achievement data for every school in the country. “It's great to see an increased number of students in the Hutt achieving NCEA Level 1. That's a vital first step on the road to ...

College students build Gallipoli into a video game

Dozens of Auckland teenagers have spent thousands of hours painstakingly recreating a virtual 1915 Gallipoli.

Teachers continue to reject controversial $359m education pl

Scoop.co.nz (press release)
The latest announcement that just 129 further schools have expressed interest in the Government's controversial $359 million Investing in Educational Success scheme is a clear indication of the lack of confidence that teachers and principals have in ...

Aged 15 – 18? Want to make a difference?

The free programme aims to increase confidence, provide job opportunities and develop new friendships for young people, via a variety of team activities and creative projects that will provide challenges and opportunities for attendees to develop key life ...

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