Monday 26 October 2015

Tuesday 27 October 2015

Seven myths about dyslexia put to rest - Stuff.co.nz

As a result, some children who appear to have a form of dyslexia are struggling because of classroom teaching methods. Phonics helps children learn to read by teaching them how to convert letters into sounds and then blend those sounds into words.

School visit brings back memories - Stuff.co.nz
There was the classroom in which we accused our new male teacher of being too touchy-feely. The toilet block where I was bullied by a girl with outrageous hair and Black Power connections. There was the courtyard where I bullied a small boy named after ...

International education providers move into Wellington's commercial property scene
However, training providers often faced hurdles when trying to lease space for their businesses, as some landlords were reluctant to have certaineducation providers in their buildings, Bayleys national director commercial real estate John Church said.

Minister meets with education experts in UK
Education Minister Hekia Parata says that her meetings with leading British education experts have confirmed the critical importance of good data and school to school support. Ms Parata met with several leading education experts in London this week, including Chief Inspector of Schools Sir Michael Wilshaw; Minister of State for Schools Nick Gibb; and former Chief Advisor for London Schools Professor David Woods CBE. ...

Waikato-Tainui releases new Poukai App - Māori Television
It was developed in collaboration with the Ministry of Education. The App is an interactive digital story-book that focuses on poukai through the eyes of a kuia which shares its history and proceedings in reo Māori sentences. Any of the words that are ...

Nine of 30 inaugural Kupe Scholarships go to Wellingtonian high achievers - The Press West Coast
The Miramar resident is one of nine Wellingtonians who took out prestigious education scholarships - the inaugural Kupe Scholarships - last month. The scholarships celebrate the top 30 Maori and Pasifika student teachers in New Zealand, and support ...

Assessment practices – an early childhood perspective - Scoop.co.nz (press release)
The speaker said that the aim of her research was to explore NZ EC teachers' understandings in their assessment of four year old children's learning, and spoke about why she thought assessment of four year old children is important. She called it a tool ...

University of Auckland students rally against fee rises
Carrying lunches and the occasional placard, the students crowded the quad to protest those increases. A stage and PA system were set up for speakers, who included student representatives and politicians. 

Wellington College student dies in tree fall
Wellington College headmaster Roger Moses today faces his grimmest task - telling the school a friend and classmate has died.
Rohan Watts, 15, was climbing a tree at a friend's rural property in Makara on Sunday when he fell. He never regained consciousness, Moses said.

Former Salford School principal Marlene Campbell awarded $158,000
The former principal of Invercargill's Salford School has received more than $158,000 after court battles to clear her name.

Aiesha Ross is working to create a new normal and make a more accepting society
After being bullied so badly she had to change schools, Aiesha Ross is working to create a "new normal".

No hiding another tertiary provider going belly up - Scoop.co.nz (press release)
"Cynically dumping news of the liquidation of rort-ridden AgribusinessTraining Ltd (ABT) over a long weekend can't hide the fact that the tertiarysector is in a compliance crisis", Labour's Tertiary Education spokesperson David Cunliffe says. ABT has ...

How to build a learning worker mindset | Learning in the Social ...
Participants on the workshop automatically become members of the MWL Association, which provides an opportunity for ongoing discussion of the wider implications of ModernWorkplace Learning with learning professionals ...

Teacher deregistered for sexual comments - Auckland stuff.co.nz
The committee's just-released decision said Palmer's classroom sexual "banter" included repeatedly talking about his penis, talking about sexual positions, talking about celebrities in a sexual way and telling students he watched too much pornography.

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