Wednesday 5 August 2015

5-6 August 2015

'Te Ahu o te Reo' to examine the health of te reo Māori in homes and communities
Māori Television
The New Zealand Council for Education Research (NZCER) and Te Taura Whiri i te Reo Māori will use the research to build on a Māori language survey conducted by Richard and Nena Benton in 1970 which highlighted the perilous state of the Māori ...

What is the state of te reo Maori in homes and communities?
Scoop.co.nz
The project is called 'Te Ahu o te Reo' and is led by Te Wahanga from the New Zealand Council for Educational Research (NZCER), in a contract with Te Taura Whiri i te Reo Maori. Twenty four researchers will work in eight areas to measure the health of ...

NZ-Viet Nam education relationship set to grow
Steven Joyce | Tertiary Education, Skills and Employment
Education collaboration between New Zealand and Viet Nam is set to grow following the signing this afternoon of a renewed Education Co-operation Arrangement. Tertiary Education, Skills and Employment Minister Steven Joyce and Viet Nam’s Minister for Education and Training Pham Vu Luan signed the arrangement today in Ha Noi at the second New Zealand-Viet Nam Education Forum. ...

Early childhood services fall short
A report into education for under-3s has found almost half of early childhood services are not doing enough to help babies and toddlers learn.The review of 235 early childhood services providers shows while they are good at establishing...
Early childhood report 'very sobering' - academic
ERO's latest report on how well early childhood services are supporting infant

Too many babies and toddlers getting a raw deal in ECE
A new government report showing that 46 per cent of early childhood services are not doing enough to help under-twos learn is no surprise to those teaching in the sector.

Another excellent settlement for tertiary sector 
TIASA (Tertiary Institutes Allied Staff Association) agreed a settlement of the collective agreement that covers Allied Staff at Southern Institute of Technology (SIT).

Massey's shrinking council could see hushed student voice 
Massey University's shrinking council may see fewer student representatives, putting the student voice at risk, a campus leader says.

School uniforms: Why are we hearing so much about them?
All it took was a single pinhead-sized nose or lip stud to create a moral panic.

College tell ministry 'don't rush site decision'
Marlborough Express
Board chairman Tony de Reeper said there was no news from the ministry on the future site of the Marlborough Girls' and Marlborough Boys' Colleges more than 12 months after the board vetoed a co-educational college. The board's preference is two single ...

Do students need more cash for course-related costs?
Stuff.co.nz
"You have students who spend hundreds of dollars building their own 3D printer, for example," he said. Victoria University of Wellington's Student Association president Rick Zwaan supports a raise in the loan sum. "We don't want people to be chained to ...
the school pickup war zone
Stuff.co.nz
Thanks to the rapid changes in technology especially smart phones, well-meaning parents are much more easily distracted in their day-to-day lives than parents used to be. Hey, even without a smart phone, I once forgot to collect one of my four sons ...

Auckland schools struggle with roll growth
Auckland stuff.co.nz
St Thomas's School in Kohimarama has a new two-storey, 12-classroom block. However this was primarily to upgrade outdated classrooms. Maher says many schools need new classrooms as well as modern upgrades to existing facilities. "We're hoping that ...

Group offers support for Maori pupils
Wairarapa Times-Age
Mrs Bradnam spent five years developing university programmes and lecturing at the Wellington College of Education, where she became head of school, Te Kura Maori, when the college merged with Victoria University. During her time at the university, Mrs ...

'Absolutely exhausted' Garin College principal calls time on career
Stuff.co.nz
Boyce joins a long list of changes at the top in schools through Nelson and Tasman. From Golden Bay High School through to Hira school, this year has seen retirements and career moves in primary and secondary schools through the region. In total, there ...

New principal for Berkley Normal Middle School after a yearStuff.co.nz
Current Morrinsville Intermediate principal Nathan Leith said he was honoured to step into the role at Berkley Normal Middle School - although the start date still needs to be set. "I've had a long association with Berkley School, my children have gone ...

Witt at the bottom of polytechnic performance
Taranaki's Western Institute of Technology has the worst course and qualification completion rates out of New Zealand's polytechnics,

School closer to return to Christchurch CBD
Stuff.co.nz
Ao Tawhiti Unlimited Discovery school, which was formed by the merger of primary school Discovery One and secondary school Unlimited Paenga Tawhiti, is operating from two sites. One operates from Halswell and the other on the University of Canterbury ...

Inspired teacher on mission to help others
Teacher Jessica Weller’s life is rich with experiences for someone who has only just turned 30. After achieving her goal to become a teacher she then followed her dream to travel. But she was diagnosed with an aggressive form of breast cancer, ...

Wellington's top readers are three kids who read more than 1600 books in a year
The Chung children have no internet, television or playstation, instead they read about five books a day.

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