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Shadi Club supports language and culture

30 June 2021

Young children from Iranian and Afghani backgrounds in Auckland have the opportunity to learn about Persian culture and Farsi/Dari language

Māori and Pacific education

Revitalising vagahau Niue strengthens learning

10 June 2021

Students in New Zealand’s first Niue language bilingual unit are finding courage, confidence and community through cultural connections.

Māori and Pacific education

'Let’s Learn Samoan’… and a whole lot more in the process

31 May 2021

Children from Christchurch's Bromley School created a prototype Samoan language app to plug a need in their school and wider community

Māori and Pacific education

Providing a language pathway

27 April 2021

A Samoan language pathway in Auckland starting at early childhood has helped affirm the importance of language and culture from the very beginning of a child’s

Curriculum and assessment Resources

Tuakana/teina approach helps oral language development

5 November 2020

A tuakana programme to support oral language development in which tamariki mentor their younger peers

Curriculum and assessment Māori and Pacific education

Talking Together, Te Kōrerorero

5 November 2020

A new resource for kaiako braids together western and Māori knowledge bases around talking and communication

Curriculum and assessment Māori and Pacific education

Bilingual approaches open linguistic spaces

8 October 2020

Children and their families are benefitting from the Pasifika Early Literacy Project (PELP)–and some Auckland teachers are finding the programme has transformed

Māori and Pacific education

Celebrating language and diversity

18 September 2020

Language weeks are an opportunity for students from different ethnic groups to be proud about their cultural identities: if done well, they can foster diversity

Māori and Pacific education

Delivering a vision for Pacific education

31 July 2020

The Action Plan for Pacific Education 2020-2030 was launched at Ōtāhuhu Primary School in late July.

Māori and Pacific education

Refreshed Māori education strategies launched

31 July 2020

The refreshed Ka Hikitia and Tau Mai Te Reo strategies will be front and centre of New Zealand’s education system.

Scholarship helps teachers support English language learners

10 October 2019

As the number of English language learners in our schools continues to grow, a scholarship aims to help more teachers gain tertiary TESSOL qualifications

Language weeks can create culture of acceptance

10 October 2019

Language weeks in schools are an opportunity for students from different ethnic groups to be loud and proud about their cultural identities.

Māori and Pacific education

Community-built waka reflects school’s shared history

30 May 2019

Each morning as students walk through the entrance of Kaiwaka School in Kaipara, Northland, they pass a waka – Te Waka Rangimārie o Kaiwaka

Student-led signing club creates inclusion

2 May 2019

A student-led sign language club is helping Wellington students communicate while also raising awareness of one of New Zealand’s three official languages.

Nationwide conversations on curriculum

25 January 2019

A shared commitment to great curriculum learning outcomes for students saw educators from around the country getting together in 2018.

PowerUP programme boosts Pacific students’ learning

22 November 2018

The Pasifika PowerUP Plus programme is helping Pacific parents and adult family members navigate the education system

Intermediate student learning fifth language

8 November 2018

You might think that speaking or studying four languages would be enough for a student in intermediate school, but an Auckland student has proved he can handle

Bargaining and food selling puts language learning into practice

24 September 2018

Using Mandarin vocabulary in class and in a cultural context helps Cambridge students create a deeper understanding of the language.

Championing Chinese language in Kiwi classrooms

24 September 2018

Mandarin Language Assistants are helping to bring Chinese language learning to life in New Zealand schools.

Role switch turns student into teacher of Mandarin language

24 September 2018

An Auckland teacher learning Mandarin at a school where almost all the children are bilingual, and most are from Asian families

Connecting with international and local communities through language

24 September 2018

Mandarin language learning is opening up opportunities for students and staff at Tarawera High School.

新西兰中文周 Chinese Language Week (23-29 September) – Building bridges between countries, cities and classes

24 September 2018

By participating in an exchange project, students are helping to consolidate a new sister-city relationship between Nelson and Yangjiang, China.

Teaching and learning language to grow global citizens

27 August 2018

Learning another language helps students gain the knowledge and skills they need in order to live, work and learn globally.

Bringing mahi tahi into Hindi Language Week

27 August 2018

Hindi Language Week is one of many opportunities schools have to celebrate diversity.