Notices

Asia New Zealand Foundation – Experience Asia

Listed by: Asia New Zealand Foundation

AsiaNew Zealand schools now have the opportunity to receive funding for holding an event that enables students to experience Asian cultural activities and/or increases students' understanding of Asia.

Funding can be used:

-To cover the cost of organising cultural activities and events
-To fund Asian country events, festivals or language weeks
-To fund a single event or a series of workshops and activities.

Three levels of funding are available: $500, $1,000, $1,500.

Application rounds 2020:

Term 1: 29 January–19 February
Term 2: 4 May–22 May
Term 3: 27 July–14 August
Term 4: 19 October–6 November 

For more information: www.asianz.org.nz/education/experience-asia-funding.

Special U18 Rowing Regatta ANZAC DAY in Malta 25/4/21

Listed by: Malta ANZACs

Small teams of girls and boys required to form  U18, U17 and U16 to represent NZ for 25 April 2021.

Great educational experience for approx. one week stay, visiting special WWI sites, attending the ANZAC service where NZ soldiers are buried, training before ANZAC Day event and more.

Amazing opportunity representing NZ plus bringing awareness across New Zealand communities – forgotten chapter of WWI.

For details contact: John Calleja +61 4149 32481 / email:
malta.anzacs@gmail.com.

Participants Needed for a User Study – Teacher-training in VR!

Listed by: HIT Lab NZ, University of Canterbury

We are looking for pre-service and in-service teachers to participate in a study for assessing if virtual reality (VR) is an effective tool to de-escalate disruptive student behaviours. The goal of this study is to understand the cognitive impact of training in virtual reality.

The expected duration of the study is approximately 1 hour. A $25 voucher will be given at the end of the experiment.

This study is being conducted at HIT Lab NZ, University of Canterbury.

For more details, or to participate in the study, please contact the researcher: Aishvarya Gopalakrishnan aishvarya.gopalakrishnan@pg.canterbury.ac.nz.

FreshMoves BOP Dance Festival 2020

Listed by: BOP Dance

BOP Dance invites you to enter the 20th FreshMoves BOP Dance Festival

A non-competitive celebration of dance in our primary schools.

• Teams of 20–50 Y3–8 students present a 5–7minute dance based on the festival theme (to be announced at the Festival launch early next year)
• Students lead the creative process using the STRANDS and ELEMENTS of dance
• The focus is dance; props are to be kept at a minimum, no sets, signs, pre-recorded voices
• Each team rehearses, observes and supports other students during the day and performs in the evening.

For further information email: bopdancecoordinator@gmail.com.

Bay of Plenty

16 June 2020 – 18 June 2020

NCEA Panels - Expressions of Interest

Listed by: Ministry of Education

Full details  

Review of Achievement Standards Subject Expert Groups – Further Expressions of Interest

Listed by: Ministry of Education