Do you teach Y7–13 students?
YRE Litter Less New Zealand is a national enviro-journalism education programme that gives young people the opportunity to be part of the solution by producing creative and engaging environmental journalism.
Participants investigate and report on environmental issues relating to litter, and propose solutions by using video, photography or writing.
Students submit their projects to the national competition in July to win fantastic prizes.
The competition is open to students aged 11–18 years who attend a school that is registered for the YRE programme.
Find out more at www.yre.org.nz.
The Teacher Education Refresh (TER) programme is currently funded by the Ministry of Education for those teacher required by the Teaching Council to complete a TER.
The Kohia Centre programme can be completed in 2–3 months. It is delivered through a combination of 4 face-to-face workshop days, online modules/tasks and a 4 week practicum in a school. (Teachers already employed in long term teaching positions can use their current position to demonstrate effective teaching practice).
Find out more at: tinyurl.com/y4gjvmsp or email kohia@auckland.ac.nz.
Registrations are invited from schools wishing to participate in the VLN Primary School programmes in 2020. Prepare to participate now!
Online programmes include: te reo Māori, kapa haka, a wide range of languages, extension maths, literacy, digital technology, gifted and talented, science, web design, future planning - life skills, logo design, investing in the stock market, visual art, and astronomy.
Enrolments close 17 February 2020, starting mid term 1.
Find out more about our online programmes and how to register here
https://tinyurl.com/y2nlre68.
The Kohia Centre retail store has supplied a wide range of educational and teaching resources for over 20 years.
These include: curriculum resources; educational publications; classroom support materials and teaching accessories such as stickers, borders, posters, etc.
Call us, visit our store or shop online. We offer a nationwide delivery service.
http://store.educationcentre.auckland.ac.nz.
Kohia Centre, Faculty of Education and Social Work, The University of Auckland, Gate 1, 78 Epsom Avenue, Epsom, Auckland 1023;
ph (09) 623 8977; email kohiasales@auckland.ac.nz.
Shop hours: Monday to Friday 8am–4pm (parking at Gate 2).
The time has come for primary school students across the country to get their teams of three together for the AgriKidsNZ regional finals!
Entries have just opened for the 2020 season which runs alongside the FMG Young Farmer and FMG Junior Young Farmer Contest regional finals.
Students aged 8 to 13 years old are eligible to enter in teams of three, where they compete in eight different modules based on the primary sector.
This will be held in Christchurch on 3–4 July.
To enter: https://my.youngfarmers.co.nz/AgriKidsRegionals.
AutonoMate: Future of Mobility enables Y9–10 students to collaborate on a design thinking project. Students respond to challenges and opportunities of emerging mobility technologies, such as autonomous vehicles or the first and last mile of journeys.
Suggested hardware and software lessons leverage existing technology and free platforms so students can build and code model self-driving vehicles.
Lesson plans are mapped against Level 5 achievement objectives in digital technologies, social studies and English.
Download for free here: education.nzta.govt.nz/autonomate
The Teacher Education Refresh (TER) programme is currently funded by the Ministry of Education.
The Kohia Centre programme can be completed in 2–3 months. It is delivered through a combination of 4 face-to-face workshops, online modules/tasks and a 4 week practicum in a school. (Teachers already employed in long term teaching positions can use their current position to demonstrate effective teaching practice).
The TER programme covers a wide range of topics including planning and assessment in the New Zealand Curriculum, teaching as inquiry, working with priority learners, and cultural competencies.
Find out more at: tinyurl.com/y4gjvmsp or email kohia@auckland.ac.nz.