Volume 91 Number 8. 7 May 2012
Latest articles
The junior school at East Gore School has brought together a range of programmes to help their learners progress with reading. Reporter KATE BLEASDALE found out what they did to get results. Following an Education Review Office report that revealed learners were not making fast enough progress with their reading, East Gore School Reading Recovery teacher Leah Heaps went back …read more
Annual reporting 2012 The annual report is a key reporting document and an important part of the planning and reporting cycle for schools and kura. It provides an opportunity for your board to reflect on how it is delivering on the needs of learners, particularly for the priority groups including Māori learners, Pasifika learners and learners with special education needs. …read more
Councils and various government agencies around the country are helping educate schools and early childhood centres on what to do if a natural hazard occurs. KATE BLEASDALE found out how some groups are getting the message across. When it comes to relaying an important message, keeping it simple is usually the most effective form. Peter Walker, who works as an …read more
When Ngāti Whakaue in Rotorua decided to focus on education for their people, they never guessed it could lead to the creation of a tribal-based early childhood education curriculum. Reporter KATE BLEASDALE spoke to ECE centre pouārahi Aroha Hicks about the journey. A tribal curriculum with links to their whakapapa (genealogy) is what the tamariki at Te Puna Akoranga o …read more
An amputated leg has not kept Murray Bay School teacher WILLIAM PIKE from his love of enjoying the outdoors. He has developed the William Pike Challenge Award, which encourages learners to complete a range of outdoor activities over a school year. William Pike and his friend James Christie were mountaineering near the crater of Mt Ruapheu in September 2007 when …read more
Easy-to-use database lets schools find out when they will get fibre Schools can now easily find out when they will be connected to fibre via the government’s ultra-fast broadband initiative. School Connection, a searchable database tool to show individual schools when they are likely to get connected to fibre, has been developed by the Ministry of Education. The database …read more
Upgraded NCEA on TKI The changeover to the upgraded NCEA pages on the TKI site took place on 20 April, 2012. The pages have the same ‘look and feel’ as other resource pages for senior secondary. The ‘landing page’ – www.ncea.tki.org.nz – opens with two options: resources for aligned standards, and resources for non-aligned standards. Clicking on the resources …read more
Educate Website: New material on ICT in early childhood New additions to the Educate website include information on good practice around the use of Information and Communications Technologies (ICT) in early childhood education (ECE). You can also find practical information and examples of digital storytelling and digital literacy. The articles also show services how ICT can help share a child’s …read more
New videos Aligning the standards in mathematics at St Hilda’s Collegiate Anna Cox, head of mathematics at St Hilda’s Collegiate, describes how she worked with her department to align the standards in mathematics. The benefits were a greater emphasis on thinking and independent use of mathematics. http://nzcurriculum.tki.org.nz/Aligning-mathematics-standards Leading e-Learning at St Margaret’s College Brian Woods, the digital learning facilitator …read more
Board Alert Amalgamating SLS and RTLB services The Ministry of Education has released a discussion document about amalgamating the Supplementary Learning Support (SLS) and Resource Teacher: Learning and Behaviour (RTLB) services. Two proposed options for the amalgamation are outlined in the document and we invite feedback from boards, principals and staff to the questions in the document’s introduction. The …read more