DualPathways secondary-tertiary Pilot
It builds on sector feedback about the Secondary-Tertiary Programme (STP) Pilot, a smaller pilot that finishes in December 2016. From 2017, the DualPathways Pilot will help students achieve...
View ArticleMajor upgrade for two Flaxmere schools
Flaxmere College and Kimi Ora Community School will both undergo major redevelopments, which will support each school’s vision for delivering education and improved outcomes for students.Around $14...
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Gisborne puna reo ‘honoured’ to receive top education award
Te Puna Reo o Puhi Kaiti was named the winner of the Excellence in Teaching and Learning – Atatū Award in the June ceremony.Curriculum manager Erana Haerewa, who accepted the award on behalf of the...
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Historic school bus makes a stop at Parliament
The bus, built by volunteers from the Piopio College Trust, is a replica of a Ford Model T, which were used for New Zealand’s first ever school bus service.Volunteers from the trust travelled from...
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Work begins on $23.5m Southern Cross Campus upgrade
Construction has started on the $23.5 million second stage of the redevelopment of Southern Cross Campus, a Year 1 to 13 school in Mangere. Construction has started on the $23.5 million second stage of...
View ArticlePM’s Education Excellence Awards open for 2017
Prime Minister’s Education Excellence Awards open for 2017.The annual awards celebrate and recognise the outstanding work taking place in schools, kura and among early learning providers throughout New...
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Game of Awesome wins design award
Game of Awesome is a fun card game designed to inspire Year 5-8 students (particularly boys) to develop their writing skills.Designed for up to 6 players, the cards can be used to quickly generate and...
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Rangiora’s Fernside School to get extra classrooms
Around $750,000 will go towards building 2 new classrooms at Fernside School, which first opened its doors in 1886.Principal David Taylor says the school’s students were excited to hear the news at a...
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Strong new design for Gisborne school
Principal Billie-Jean Potaka Ayton says the new block was built to resemble the wharenui on a marae.She says the Year 1 – 6 school has gone from 160 kids to 340 over the last 5 years.They had gone from...
View ArticleTelling our story – The Release of our 2016 Annual Report
The Annual Report shows that, in 2015/16, we were responsible for a budget of over $13.7 billion. This investment helped over 1.5 million New Zealanders to learn, to train, and to achieve educational...
View ArticleStatement re Miramar seclusion complaint
Acting Secretary of Education Katrina Casey is apologising to parents for the Ministry’s handling of the complaint about the use of seclusion at Miramar Central School.“It is clear that the Ministry...
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Ellerslie School officially opens $10.4m block
Last Friday staff, students and the school community gathered to celebrate the official opening of a new 24 learning space block.Ellerslie School’s $10.4 million transformation. PHOTO CREDIT:...
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Kura rebuild a ‘dream come true’ – principal
Last week it was announced that the redevelopment of the kura had been upscaled by $5.9 million to $21.7 million.The additional investment will enable the Mangere based kura to relocate to a larger...
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Northland College opens its first new building
While the college’s Trades Centre will ultimately be used for the school’s trades academies, including Agriculture, Forestry and Beekeeping, it is initially being used as a flexible learning space for...
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Award winning school’s journey to learn NZSL
School principal Donna McDonald says she was ‘blown away’ when St Theresa’s was named the winner of the NZSL in Schools award at May’s NZSL Awards.“We were humbled and blown away when we won the...
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Global recognition for Wairoa kura design
The combination is quite awesome – and now the building is winning awards as well.Since opening in April 2015, Te Kura Kaupapa Māori o Ngāti Kahungunu o Te Wairoa won the education prize in the 2016...
View ArticleNew premises and Education Service Hub in the mid north
Te Wae o te Wheke, is the name of the new Education Service Hub, opened on Wednesday by Ngapuhi kaumatua and kuia at Northland College in Kaikohe.Te Wae o te Wheke is a collaboration between the...
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PM’s Pacific Youth Awards open for entries
The awards recognise outstanding achievements by young Pacific New Zealanders in the areas of sport and fitness, creativity, leadership, business and enterprise and STEM (Science, Technology,...
View ArticleHelping to shape our early childhood curriculum (Te Whāriki)
We’re updating our early childhood curriculum, Te Whāriki, in response to sector feedback and are inviting feedback on the proposed changes.A series of nationwide hui will take place from 4 November...
View ArticleGlobal experts to learn from NZ school design
The 17 visitors are members of an Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) working group that examines and shares information on effective learning environments.While the visitors...
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