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Murchison school at heart of its community

14 October 2021

In spite of its remote location, Murchison Area School has found many ways to play to its strengths and make the most of opportunities.

Education environments

Warm, rich memories from long history of Te Kura

14 October 2021

Over the past 100 years The Correspondence School has undergone some remarkable transformations.

Cutting-edge digitech education in South Taranaki

14 October 2021

Principal Lorraine Williamson has marched to the beat of a different drum since she began teaching as a 19-year-old in Hawke’s Bay in the 1970s.

Health and wellbeing Inclusive education

“No child is left on the sidelines"

23 September 2021

Whether a child has a disability, a temporary injury, or is just not into sport and physical activity, there is a range of inclusive programmes

Health and wellbeing

Take time to kōrero

23 September 2021

It’s important to prioritise our mental health, especially as we continue to grapple with the effects of Covid-19.

Curriculum and assessment

NZQA online support welcomed for internal assessment

15 September 2021

NZQA has produced a series of free online resources that aim to support teachers/assessors with internal assessment in a range of subjects and standards.

Health and wellbeing

Learning through sport

2 September 2021

As the country hosts a series of major sporting events over the next few years, Sport New Zealand is leading a project with four national sporting organisations

Health and wellbeing

Nurturing the future

2 September 2021

A programme that nurtures children and helps them express their emotions and needs has been effective at a Rotorua school for the past five years.

Curriculum and assessment

Cross-curricular course takes flight

2 September 2021

A cross-curricular NCEA science and maths course at ASHS has resulted in deep learning about the physics involved in the principles of flight.

Education environments

Deep, rich history at Otago Peninsula school

21 July 2021

Otago Harbour and the surrounding countryside has been the classroom and playground for generations of children at one Dunedin school

Education environments

Girls can do anything

21 July 2021

Education Gazette visits Whanganui Girls’ College, one of the oldest single sex schools in New Zealand, finding a rich history and a bright future

Resources

Inside the covers of the School Journal – World of imagination and ideas

21 July 2021

For more than 100 years, New Zealand’s School Journal has been an introduction, not only to literacy and reading, but also to a world of imagination and ideas.

Māori and Pacific education

Nurturing young Māori in the Deep South

21 July 2021

An Invercargill wharekura founded 30 years ago is now the largest in the South Island – and is going from strength to strength.

Education environments Māori and Pacific education

Collecting back our knowledge

21 July 2021

Education Gazette profiles celebrated Māori leader Mina Pomare-Peita, with a focus on her mahi with rangatahi and the environment.

Education environments

Rena – how a shipwreck inspired learning

21 July 2021

The stranding of the MV Rena in 2011, widely acknowledged as New Zealand’s most significant maritime pollution emergency

Education environments Māori and Pacific education

Connection and resilience in close-knit Kaikōura community

21 July 2021

Located between sea and mountains, Kaikōura is susceptible to the vagaries of nature, most recently with the 2016 Kaikōura earthquake, and in 1993 a flood

Resources

Providing the right support

21 July 2021

Sue Nimmo has been a teacher aide for 40 years. Here she reflects on the highs and lows and changes she has seen in the role in that time.

Māori and Pacific education

Matariki inspires creativity and learning

30 June 2021

Matariki is providing creative learning opportunities for students at St Mary’s College in Wellington

Education environments

A little magic helps recovery from devastating fire

30 June 2021

An outpouring of support has helped a Whakatāne school recover from a devastating fire.

School service partnership broadens horizons

30 June 2021

On the face of it, Saint Kentigern Boys’ School and Saint Kentigern Girls’ School in Auckland have little in common with Tāneatua School in the Bay of Plenty

Education environments