Tuesday 28 July 2015

Wednesday 29 July 2015


Multi-million dollar classrooms opened at Ngaio School, Wellington
Nikki Kaye | Education
Associate Education Minister Nikki Kaye visited Ngaio School in Wellington this morning to formally open a block of eight new teaching spaces. “The new block is part of a $3.3 million upgrade, aimed at addressing a growing roll as well as weather-tightness issues in some buildings,” says Ms Kaye. “I’d like to acknowledge the community for their patience while the upgrade has been carried out, and in particular the school’s leadership for the way they’ve engaged with this project. ...

Hekia and biased promotion of charter school NCEA results
Scoop.co.nz (press release)
During Oral Question time in Parliament Hekia promoted the NCEA results of one of her charter schools, Te Kura Hourua o Whangarei Terenga Paraoa, using the school's recently released annual report to the public. The school had ... is on...

Secondary principals react to govt plans 
The president of the Secondary Principals Association, Sandy Pasley, says small schools could benefit from a government plan to let a principal run more than one school.

Greater transparency needed over major school changes
Scoop.co.nz (press release)
“The Government has already seen how its policies fail when it tries to implement major change before convincing parents and school communities. “It needs to remember the lessons learned over its increased class size debacle and its lack of ...
Stuff.co.nz
This is the second year Room 6, the bilingual unit, has created innovative ways to encourage te reo Maori in the playground and classroom. Walden said alongside encourage the use of language, the children have been involved in learning traditional...

Low number of students using te reo at Manawatu tertiary institutes

Manawatu Standard
Poutu teaches at Palmerston North's Te Kohanga Reo o Mana Tamariki, and has also worked as a television presenter, Maori language consultant and media producer. She said because Maori was her first language, it made sense to submit her thesis in te ...

Minister throws good money after bad 
NZEI Te Riu Roa is appalled that the Whangaruru charter school has the green light to continue operating and even been given up to $129,000 to implement its remedial plan. NZEI National Secretary Paul Goulter said Minister Parata’s argument that close...

Government proposes one principal to run several schools
Waikato Times
The Government is considering giving schools discretionary power to decide their opening hours, and putting one principal in charge of several schools. The proposals were contained in a document given to unions, principals and education sector ...

Urgent action needed on teacher oversupply crisis | Scoop News
Scoop.co.nz (press release)
"Many new teachers are now employed on day to day or short term relieving jobs where they don't get the professional development, skills and mentoring required to help them become great classroom practitioners. "So the long term consequences for...

Want a teaching job? Look outside of the city and move to the regions
Unwanted teachers should look further afield than Auckland and consider finding work in the regions, their Taranaki counterparts say.

Primary job shortages not mirrored in secondary
A survey from March 2015 shows that secondary schools are finding it difficult to recruit teachers for many positions.

NZEI Te Riu Roa has welcomed the news that a Member's Bill to extend paid parental leave to 26 weeks is back before parliament. Labour MP Sue Moroney has had a second bill for increased leave drawn from the ballot and since Winston Peters’ win in...

Govt considers Education Act changes
3News NZ
The Government is reportedly looking into changes to the Education Act, which could see one principal run several schools. Other proposals include giving schools more power to vary their opening hours and allowing them to own and operate early ...

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