ERO online tools launched
The series, Improvement in Action/Te Ahu Whakamua, illustrates how successful schools achieve equity and excellence for children and young people.The videos were produced with the assistance of a range...
View ArticleTeach NZ Scholarships for Science, Technology and Maths open now
The scholarships were created as part of a $1.8 million investment announced in 2016, to boost the number of teachers in areas and subjects where the demand for teachers was high. Around 100...
View ArticleTe Rangai Kahui Ako ā Iwi – strengthening Maori medium pathways
The importance of finding high quality and sustainable pathways for students in Māori Medium education was at the forefront of a hui hosted by our Te Reo Māori Group recently and attended by a number...
View ArticleUniversity Entrance achievable for students on Māori medium pathway
The New Zealand Qualifications Authority (NZQA) has announced that University Entrance now includes Te Marautanga o Aotearoa (TMoA) subjects.Te Marautanga o Aotearoa is the foundation curriculum...
View ArticleLearning support update and pilot extension
The extended pilot will also test new approaches to alternative education in 5 Communities of Learning.The 3 Bay of Plenty Communities of Learning that took part in the initial pilot saw increased...
View ArticleNew mental health initiatives announced
The Government has announced a new social investment fund for mental health. The fund will be invested in a package of 17 new initiatives aimed at helping New Zealanders suffering from mental health...
View ArticleParents should keep in contact with schools and ECEs after further bad...
With heavy rain and snow forecast to continue falling over parts of Canterbury parents are being advised to keep in touch with their local school or early learning services in case flooding or heavy...
View ArticleTwo lifetimes of learning and sharing
A relentless and passionate focus on improving Māori education, health and wellbeing was acknowledged at the recent Prime Minister’s Education Excellence Awards.Distinguished Professor Graham...
View ArticleDuffy Books in Homes set to expand
The Duffy Books in Homes programme is set to expand starting term 3 in 2017, offering decile four schools the opportunity to participate in the successful literacy scheme.Duffy Books in Homes was...
View ArticleEmpowering young minds through Holocaust education
Its founding chairperson Steven Sedley shares his story and explains what the centre offers to New Zealand teachers and students.As his parents were taken by Nazis from their Budapest home, Jewish...
View Article2016 Public Achievement Information (PAI) data has been released
In 2016 increasing numbers of students left school with a qualification. Around 85% of 18 year olds achieved NCEA Level 2 last year and the gaps between Māori and Pasifika students and the national...
View ArticleSurvey tool gives a full picture
Louisa Barham of Peachgrove Intermediate is always on the lookout for ways to help do things simply and well. Helpfully, a new survey was able to provide her with information to fulfil that need and...
View ArticleKua puta ngā raraunga o Ngā Mōhiohio Paetae Tūmatanui (PAI) 2016
I te tau 2016 i piki haere te maha o ngā ākonga e wehe ana i te kura me te whai tohu. Tata ki te 85% o ngā ākonga 18 ngā tau i whiwhi i te NCEA Taumata 2 i tērā tau, ā, kei te whāiti haere ngā wehenga...
View ArticleTe Ao Tūroa - primary sector science roadmap and school resources
The Primary Sector Science Roadmap – Te Ao Tūroa webpage includes a video that shows some "absolutely fantastic high-tech innovative researchers" in the sector. This could be of interest to school...
View ArticleTe Aho Ngārahu
We’re looking for stories to form new resources for learners aged 0-18 years. These will be used across Communities of Learning|Kahui Ako, early learning (kōhanga, puna reo and ECE centres etc),...
View ArticleNew rules for using physical restraint in schools
Schools should be, and usually are, a safe and happy place. But there are times when things risk getting out of control and someone needs to step in.On rare occasions a student may need to be...
View Article13 new Communities of Learning announced
The $359 million Investment in Educational Success initiative, is starting to pay dividends as more teachers, education leaders and learners come together in Communities of Learning | Kāhui Ako, to...
View ArticleExtension of Learning Support trials
"All learning support students will benefit from the trialing of more flexible and accessible approaches to learning support in 30 Kāhui Ako. This will be regardless of whether their school or early...
View ArticleStorytellers wanted to bring Māori history to life for te reo Māori learners
Papa Hemi Epiha (Ngāti Rēhia) is in the 11% of Māori adults who, according to the last census, are fluent in te reo.He loves it. Uses Māori in his work place, at home, when he’s socialising... at every...
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Representing hope for the future: Te Whāriki champions
In April 2017 Te Whāriki – He whariki mātauranga mō ngā mokopuna o Aotearoa Early Childhood Curriculum was updated to better reflect the changes that have occurred in early learning services and wider...
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