Updated Bullying Prevention Guide welcomed
Hekia Parata | EducationEducation Minister Hekia Parata has welcomed the update of a successful anti-bullying guide, which incorporates suggestions from schools and boards of trustees. “The 2015 edition of Bullying prevention and response: A guide for schools will help schools prevent and respond to bullying to keep students safe and give them the best opportunities to learn,” says Ms Parata. ...
Budget 2015: Who gets what
New Zealand Herald
Total spending of $10.8 billion in 2015/16 on early childhood, primary and secondary education. New operating spending of $442.9 million includes: • $74.9 million for early childhood education to enable more children to attend early childhood education ...
Govt tightens education purse strings Radio New Zealand
Budget 2015: Live SunLive
Hon Bill English Budget Speech 2015 Scoop.co.nz (press release)
... child poverty requires action across a range of areas, including addressing disparities, ensuring adequate income and affordable housing, supporting parents, strengthening communities, and providing accessible and quality early childhood education ...
Total spending of $10.8 billion in 2015/16 on early childhood, primary and secondary education. New operating spending of $442.9 million includes: • $74.9 million for early childhood education to enable more children to attend early childhood education ...
Govt tightens education purse strings Radio New Zealand
Budget 2015: Live SunLive
Hon Bill English Budget Speech 2015 Scoop.co.nz (press release)
Budget positive but more needed to end child poverty
Scoop.co.nz (press release)... child poverty requires action across a range of areas, including addressing disparities, ensuring adequate income and affordable housing, supporting parents, strengthening communities, and providing accessible and quality early childhood education ...
Budget will cost average early childhood centres $15,000
Budget 2015 will cost average early childhood centres $15,000 a year and increase parent feesBudget 2015: Reining in of university fees 'paltry'
University fee hikes are to be reined in by the Government - but a student union has dismissed any savings as paltry.Tertiary Education, Skills and Employment Minister Steven Joyce announced yesterday as part of Budget 2015 that...Budget 2015: Autism NZ says funds badly needed
Autism New Zealand has welcomed a funding boost to assist children with special needs at school, but says there will still likely be an unmet need.The Budget assigns an additional $63 million over the next four years to assist children...No pay rises for educators in Budget 2015?
Educators NZ“Therefore it needs to ensure it can deliver on its side of the bargain and ensure teaching is fairly paid and that good teachers are attracted to and encouraged to remain in the classroom.” He explains, “While no one enters the teaching profession...
Budget 2015 cold comfort for early childhood education
Scoop.co.nz (press release)Budget 2015 has disappointed early childhood education (ECE) providers who received no increase to funding rates. $75m extra funding over four years has been allocated to ECE, however this is to pay for the increased number of children attending ECE ...
Education budget focuses on learners says NZSTA
Scoop.co.nz (press release)The additional funding for vulnerable children and students with special educational needs is very welcome. NZSTA is also pleased to see that there has again been a price adjustment to the Operations Grant. The budget is a sensible and steady one for ...
Kids who turn 5 to wait before starting school
The time-honoured tradition of starting school on your fifth birthday is increasingly being dumped.A growing number of primary schools are looking to adopt new policies that will see children begin at preset dates throughout the...Rate your child's school report
Stuff.co.nz
Children will next month begin arriving home with a school report stuffed in their bag. The mid-year progress report should provide insight into your child's achievement and progress. National Standards was designed to make it easier for parents to ...
The Ministry of Education has spent the past two months reviewing special education, seeking feedback from parents, disability groups and teachers on how to create a simpler funding system, make services easier to access and have more involvement ...
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 everything that's...
... of all children in NZ having attended early childhood education before they start school despite a lack of evidence that participation is better for every child and that the more time children spend in ECE the higher their educational achievement ...
Born and raised in Masterton he grew up in the Te Kōhanga Reo (Māori language nest) and Kura Kaupapa Māori (Māori language total immersion school) movements, and is a fluent speaker of te reo Māori. “I love my culture and my language. It defines a big ...
There are two ways to do that - a kohanga or a puna reo. A puna reo is funded and supported by the Ministry of Education. A kohanga reo is chartered through Te Kohanga Reo National Trust. "They both worked with our curriculum but have a different way ...
Children will next month begin arriving home with a school report stuffed in their bag. The mid-year progress report should provide insight into your child's achievement and progress. National Standards was designed to make it easier for parents to ...
Special needs education boost won't solve the problems, says dad
Stuff.co.nzThe Ministry of Education has spent the past two months reviewing special education, seeking feedback from parents, disability groups and teachers on how to create a simpler funding system, make services easier to access and have more involvement ...
Peter Hughes: Parents can place their trust in early childhood education
New Zealand HeraldThere 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 everything that's...
More childcare the focus for early education budget
Scoop.co.nz (press release)... of all children in NZ having attended early childhood education before they start school despite a lack of evidence that participation is better for every child and that the more time children spend in ECE the higher their educational achievement ...
New role focuses on University's Māori development
Scoop.co.nzBorn and raised in Masterton he grew up in the Te Kōhanga Reo (Māori language nest) and Kura Kaupapa Māori (Māori language total immersion school) movements, and is a fluent speaker of te reo Māori. “I love my culture and my language. It defines a big ...
Gate Pa first to open Maori immersion preschool
New Zealand HeraldThere are two ways to do that - a kohanga or a puna reo. A puna reo is funded and supported by the Ministry of Education. A kohanga reo is chartered through Te Kohanga Reo National Trust. "They both worked with our curriculum but have a different way ...
Classroom finances: Banqer
We visit a school where 10 year olds are earning hundreds of thousands of dollars using a virtual financial system called Banqer that's training them in financial literacy. With teacher Jolene Butson of Churton Park School and her class, and Kendall Flutey of Banqer.Iwi leader believes education the key to a better future
Top of the south iwi Ngati Apa ki te Ra To, in partnership with Computers In Homes (CIH), has further extended its Learning and Development strategy with a pilot programme that will impact the lives and homes of 10 iwi members and families across Marlborough.
Apart from on Marae and at specific cultural events like Chinese New Year, Diwali and the Pasifika Festival, English dominates nearly every aspect of public life. "We would like to see a comprehensive, across-government, languages policy that would ...
“All eight universities are well placed to support the government's dual goals of achieving sustainable, long-term economic growth through innovation, and of enhancing outcomes for young people, including Māori and Pasifika.” Currently universities ...
Personally I think the whole issue is being exaggerated and misstated, both by the Secular Education Network and the media. This is not Bible study being taught in the school curriculum. The lessons are largely stories, and suggest moral principles ...
Growing diversity 'increases need for national languages policy'
VoxyApart from on Marae and at specific cultural events like Chinese New Year, Diwali and the Pasifika Festival, English dominates nearly every aspect of public life. "We would like to see a comprehensive, across-government, languages policy that would ...
Student union critical after little movement on tertiary fee increases
A reduction in the fee increases tertiary institutions can charge is likely to save the average student $60 a year, but student unions say this is unlikely to help solve student debt or counter the growing price of rent. Currently...Universities a key part of the solution
Scoop.co.nz (press release)“All eight universities are well placed to support the government's dual goals of achieving sustainable, long-term economic growth through innovation, and of enhancing outcomes for young people, including Māori and Pasifika.” Currently universities ...
Religious education lessons 'are not punishment'
Stuff.co.nzPersonally I think the whole issue is being exaggerated and misstated, both by the Secular Education Network and the media. This is not Bible study being taught in the school curriculum. The lessons are largely stories, and suggest moral principles ...
The case for Apple in the classroom
Educators NZ
The Mac computer has been in classrooms since 1984. “With Mac in the classroom, students have access to a wide range of applications that can help keep the classroom productive,” Apple says. The Mac App Store is packed with education apps that help ...
We removed all pressure on him about speaking while encouraging play dates with trusted friends and other interactions - such as hanging out after school in his classroom - that would expand his comfort zone. It took a long time, but his words ...
New Zealand may end up with hundreds fewer doctors if student loan rules are not changed, a student association says. New Zealand Medical Students' Association president Elizabeth Berryman said the present seven-year cap on student loans would make ...
The Government has allocated $2.2 million to the trial for assigning educational mentors, or “champions”, to 80 to 100 of the most vulnerable students in the region. ... The Budget also included an additional 500 Maori and Pasifika trades training places.
The Mac computer has been in classrooms since 1984. “With Mac in the classroom, students have access to a wide range of applications that can help keep the classroom productive,” Apple says. The Mac App Store is packed with education apps that help ...
A preschooler suddenly goes mute - and it's not just shyness
Stuff.co.nzWe removed all pressure on him about speaking while encouraging play dates with trusted friends and other interactions - such as hanging out after school in his classroom - that would expand his comfort zone. It took a long time, but his words ...
Student loan rules threaten medical degrees
3News NZNew Zealand may end up with hundreds fewer doctors if student loan rules are not changed, a student association says. New Zealand Medical Students' Association president Elizabeth Berryman said the present seven-year cap on student loans would make ...
More study for Manawatu prisoners in the past five years
The number of prisoners to receive a student loan for tertiary study at Manawatu Prison has been increasing but numbers remain low.Gisborne gets trial for education programme
Gisborne HeraldThe Government has allocated $2.2 million to the trial for assigning educational mentors, or “champions”, to 80 to 100 of the most vulnerable students in the region. ... The Budget also included an additional 500 Maori and Pasifika trades training places.
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