Story Yoga: The Magical Zoo
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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.
Using Navigating the Journey (Y 9-10)
This half-day course focuses on utilising the new Navigating
the Journey Years 9 and 10 resources to deliver comprehensive
relationship and sexuality education programmes to Year 9 – 10
students, as well as in alternative education settings. (Note that
these resources are reviewed and updated versions of the Hei
Huarahi resources.)
The annual general meeting of NARTAM will be held on Monday 2 March 2020, starting at 1.45pm, at the Brentwood Hotel, Kilbirnie, Wellington.
Agenda details are available from the secretary, Neta Worsley; ph (027) 246 6886 or (06) 844 6600, Tamatea High School, Napier.
The ASB-Auckland Primary Principals’ Association (APPA) – Tai Tokerau Principals Association (TTPA) Travelling Fellowship Trust Board invites applications from primary principals in the Auckland and Northland areas for two types of awards tenable in 2021. One is for two terms with a grant of $35,000 and the other for one term with a grant of $20,000, both with leave on full pay.
Salaries for stepping up are also paid by the Ministry of Education.
Information packs are available from www.appa.org.nz
Applications close on Friday 1 May 2020.
Te Miro School and District would like to extend a warm welcome to all our past and present pupils, staff, board of trustees, whānau and community to join us to celebrate 100 years on Saturday 21 March 2020.
To register your interest, please email temirocentenary@gmail.com or visit our Facebook page – Te Miro School and District Centenary.
Please spread the word to all former students and staff.
We would love to see you there.
There are far too many students failing to achieve what they plan for or what they expect to achieve – this is underachievement and can be reduced, prevented or even overcome. All schools experience underachievement.
A recently published book by Dr Leonard Restall identifies causes of underachievement that can be changed within the classroom and gives proven strategies to change the problem. It is based on research and 40 years of teaching experienced.
Details can be obtained from Dr Leonard Restall: email restall@xtra.co.nz.
ZooVentures brings interactive workshops to your Auckland school with an amazing range of exotic creatures and pets, covering many of the 'living world' curriculum topics, as well as providing inspiration for art and creative writing plus animal careers workshops for seniors.
We deliver structured learning with high educational value.
Workshops facilitated by a zoology graduate with a passion for inspiring children about animals and the environment.
Choose a topic: animal habitats, animal diversity, endangered animals, animals and the environment, pets and petcare, life cycles, food chains, creative writing; or we tailor sessions to you, all featuring our extensive animal collection.www.zooventures.co.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.
SAVE THE DATE!
Our theme of balancing assessment and learning arises from current discussions about the role of assessment in learning. Questions like, 'How much is enough assessment?', 'Are we assessing the ‘right’ things?,' 'How do we empower our students in assessment?' are troubling educators. Hear educational experts, including classroom practitioners, give insights on how to address such questions.
Keynote speaker: Associate Professor Mary Hill, University of Auckland.
Location: Auckland.
Date: 23 April 2020.
Further information including registration will be available soon at www.nzai.org.nz/events-seminars.
As your 2020 planning takes shape, the Office of the Children’s Commissioner would like to recommend our FREE ‘Rights: Now! Engaging with children on matters that affect them’ education resource.
The Rights: Now! Level 2-3 education resource provides a great introduction to develop an understanding and practical application of children’s rights and the Children’s Convention, with a specific focus on a child’s right to have their say, participate and be heard.
Rights: Now! includes two sessions and hands-on activities as well as background information and resources.
For enquires about the Rights: Now! resource, please contact Sian Carvell: S.Carvell@occ.org.nz.
The book Taketakerau: The Millennium Tree by Marnie Anstis has free audio tracks www.themillenniumtree.com/audio
1) Koro and the Story of Taketakerau (20 minutes)
2) Grandma's Snippets of World History (40 minutes)
3) Page By Page (60 minutes) and
Teacher notes for Taketakerau www.themillenniumtree.com/reviews.
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).
Get the fees from the budget for this year and save your boss a headache for allocation of funds in 2020!
The 3rd SoTEL Symposium will be held at AUT University (City Campus) in February on the 19th and 20th, 2020.
Third call for papers has been announced. Closing date for all submissions is 12 November 2019.
Get all the information and any updates from:
https://sotel.nz.
Crofton Downs Primary School (formerly known as Chartwell School) invites all former students, staff and BOT members to join us in celebrating our 50th Jubilee from 8–9 May 2020.
Programme details will be posted on our school's Facebook page (@croftondownsprimary) once they are confirmed. You can register your interest from there as well.
Please spread the word to all former students and staff!
For further information please contact us at (04) 479 2429 or email us at office@cdps.school.nz.
Speaking With Children so They Can Think
In a very real sense, the language we use creates reality. Tom speaks about the specific words we use, and how and when we use them, shape reality for our students for both good and bad.
Tom 'Teacher Tom' Hobson is a preschool teacher, writer, speaker, artist, and author. He is best known for his blog 'Teacher Tom's Blog,' where he has posted daily for nearly a decade.
Join Tom and a range of other speakers (bit.ly/httc2020) who will stimulate your thinking and inspire new action in your Learning Through Play journey.
The Faculty of Education and Social Work at the University of Auckland has a one-time doctoral scholarship designated for an outstanding new, full-time applicant in the area of dialogic education.
- Valued at NZ$27,900 per year
- Open to qualified PhD applicants who have been accepted into the doctoral programme before 1 March 2020
- Closing date is 1 February 2020.
For more details: auckland.ac.nz/dialogic-education.
Apply for PhD study: auckland.ac.nz/apply.
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.
Created by Nelson-based Plink Software, Tipu is a language app that uses gamification to make learning Te Reo Māori easy and fun.
Tēnā koutou katoa.
Since release Tipu has taught more than half a million words and sentence structures!
In 2017, Tipu was recognised as a finalist in Excellence in Social Innovation at the New Zealand Innovation Awards and received highly commended in Innovation in Māori Development.
Teachers and parents can follow the progress of their tamariki online and Tipu is accessible through any device.
Ko tōku reo, tōku ohooho, ko tōku reo, tōku mapihi maurea.
For more information: melissa@plink.co.nz.
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
A new seven-part video series supports School Traffic Safety Team training. This covers school patrols, school wardens and bus wardens. The videos are hosted on the Education Portal website and replace an older DVD series.
The videos are published by the NZ Transport Agency in partnership with the New Zealand Police.
Police officers will use these videos when training your students. The videos represent current school patrol protocols and may be used to promote involvement to students or family and whānau.
Also online is the School Traffic Safety Teams Manual.
Access the videos here: www.education.nzta.govt.nz/STST
Come and visit Vanuatu in 2020!
We sponsor escorted teachers tours for those looking to extend their classrooms to the Pacific . We will provide hands on experience and skills to help plan a tour to return with a school group. While on ‘Famil’ with us you will participate in masses of activities and look at ways of giving back to the local community, with accommodation inspections and relationships with local providers established to give you the confidence to organise your own school trip and opportunity to assess risk management first-hand.
Contact Edventuretours; ph (07) 855 9499; email: robynh@edventuretours.co.nz
Talofa – Come and visit Samoa in 2020!
We sponsor escorted teachers tours for those looking to extend their classrooms to the Pacific. We will provide hands on experience and skills to help plan a tour to return with a school group. While on ‘Famil’ with us you will participate in masses of activities and look at ways of giving back to the local community, with accommodation inspections and relationships with local providers established to give you the confidence to organise your own school trip and opportunity to assess risk management first-hand.
Contact Edventuretours; ph (07) 855 9499; email: robynh@edventuretours.co.nz
We sponsor escorted teachers tours for those looking to extend their classrooms to the Pacific – Tonga and perhaps Vavau. We will provide hands on experience and skills to help plan a tour to return with a school group. While on ‘Famil’ with us you will participate in masses of activities and look at ways of giving back to the local community, with accommodation inspections and relationships with local providers established to give you the confidence to organise your own school trip and opportunity to assess risk management first-hand.
Contact Edventuretours; ph (07) 855 9499; email: robynh@edventuretours.co.nz
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.
We would like to invite all past and present students, staff, board members, PA families and community members to join us for our centenary celebrations which will be held on 9–11 April 2021.
For further information, please contact the school office and connect with others on the Centenary Facebook page where further details will be posted.
Avondale College invites all former students, staff and BOT members to join the 75th Jubilee celebrations from 8–10 May 2020.
Programme details will be posted on our website (www.avcol.school.nz) as they are confirmed, but in the meantime, please spread the word to all former students and staff.
We would love to see you there.
Toitoi: A Journal for Young Writers and Artists has just published its 17th issue. With over 100 pages of incredible writing and art by young New Zealanders aged 5–13, Toitoi is a fantastic resource for the classroom.
The next submission deadline is on 29 November. Email your writing and art to submit@toitoi.nz.
Every issue of the journal comes with teacher support materials.
For submission guidelines go to toitoi.nz.
Innovative Young Minds (IYM) is 2, week-long STEM programmes for female students in Y11–12. There are 40 places available in each week.
Held in Wellington in the first and second week of the July school holidays, students from all around New Zealand can apply to attend.
The programme introduces young women to the wide variety of STEM opportunities through visits to businesses, tertiary institutes and Crown Research Institutes. They hear from women in the STEM sector, learn to network, visit Parliament and complete an innovation challenge.
For more information and to apply, visit www.iym.org.nz.
43rd National Youth Jazz Competition, 2020 in Tauranga
Open to students Y7–13
Wednesday 8 April to Thursday 9 April 2020.
Registration form and competition rules: www.nationalyouthjazz.org.nz
Test pieces:
Combos: Mr PC (John Coltrane)
Big Bands: Groovemaker (Jeff Taylor)
Registrations close: Friday 28 February 2020 at 4pm, or once limited spaces have been filled.
Enquiries: Liam Ryan, Manager National Youth Jazz Competition
Liam mobile: (021) 042 1322 or Mandy (027) 453 3425
Address: Box 2057, Tauranga 3140.
If there are any former Riverina Primary School students in their final year at your secondary school, or already at your tertiary institutions, please encourage them to apply to the Riverina School Charitable Trust for financial help to further their educational or career opportunities in 2020. Grants of varying amounts are awarded annually.
Full details and application forms are available on the Riverina School Charitable Trust Facebook Group email riverinaschoolcharitabletrust@gmail.com or contact (021) 106 3347.
Emailed applications preferred; otherwise, mail/drop off to 2 Stanniland St, Pakuranga, Auckland 2010, by Friday 22 November.
The Science Roadshow will be touring the South Island during term 4.
It strongly supports the Nature of Science strand and the Five Foundational Science Capabilities.
The programme includes:
Two shows:
On The Move – Principles of Force and Movement
Elemental Chemistry – Building blocks of reactions
55–60 Interactive exhibits under the themes of:
Forces – Ngā tōpana
Comparisons – Ngā whakatauritenga
Observations using measurements – Te mātakitaki mā te ine
Patterns, grouping, classification – He tauira, he whakarōpu, he kōmakatanga
Materials – Ngā matū
Models – He tauira
Complimentary resources may be downloaded.
Further information: info@roadshow.org.
Bring your students to the Hamilton Zoo for a hands-on LEOTC experience, where they can ask questions of experienced zoo staff, experience animals and learn about conservation, science, or even art and maths!
We create education programmes tailored to the needs of you and your students.
Get in touch today to find out more: ph (07) 838 6887; email zoo.education@hcc.govt.nz.
Tickets are on sale for It's Business Time and we want to see you there!
It’s Business Time (IBT) is a 2-day conference showcasing NZ business stories, curated specifically to complement the current curriculum. IBT is designed to help educators foster enterprising people by sharing and developing best practice in integrating enterprise and financial education into their curriculum.
The programme is designed so that individuals can choose from a selection of speakers and workshops that best suit their interests so that every attendee can maximise the outcomes of the conference.
For more details visit: www.youngenterprise.org.nz/events.
Paparoa Primary School invites current or past students, parents, family or staff to help us celebrate our 150th Anniversary.
This event will be held in Paparoa on 8–10 May 2020.
This is your chance to catch up with old friends and see how the school is getting on.
Please see our School Facebook page for details and registration information.
A free resource for schools - The Wool Shed is a shipping container, packed with interactive learning tools for students.
It's an opportunity to educate students about the wonderful and unique properties of wool across the curriculum:
Science
Economics
Technology
Maths
English
Art
It is supported by a Curriculum Wool Based Activities Book.
Our South Island shed is fully booked for terms 1–2, 2020, accepting bookings for terms 3–4, 2020.
The North Island shed has spaces in term 4 and accepting bookings for 2020.
Book early to secure a visit www.woolinschools.nz.
Rosehill College invites past and present students, staff and BOT to join us in celebrating 50 years from 7–9 February 2020.
7 February – School in Action
8 February – Official Welcome
8 February – Chill Time BBQ by the pool
8 February – Celebrate with Friends
9 February – Staff lunch from
To register go to rosehillcollege50years.co.nz or visit our Facebook page Rosehill College 50th Anniversary.
For further information contact Janet Herst, ph (09) 295 0695.