Latest Post Primary Education Headlines

Importance of gifted education

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 12:24:11 +1200 | Gifted Kids Programme

Gifted Kids Rotorua class is supporting Gifted Awareness Week by creating their own gifted awareness projects to be shown on local websites. The projects will focus on giftedness and the issues surrounding being gifted as told by the students of ...More >>

College places third in International Competition

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 11:52:44 +1200 | Queen Margaret College

The Sweet Margaritas, Queen Margaret College’s Barbershop Chorus, pulled off an exciting third place in the inaugural Young Women in Harmony Chorus Competition, run by the women’s barbershop parent organisation Sweet Adelines, and open to entries ...More >>

Iwi advocate concerned about teachers against karakia

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 10:27:38 +1200 | Nga Kaikokiri Matauranga

Nga Kaikokiri Matauranga is concerned that Maori pupils at Auckland’s Kelston Intermediate School may not be safe being Maori following opposition by teachers at their school to prayer being delivered in the Maori language. More >>

Gifted Awareness Week set to challenge ‘tall poppy syndrome’

Fri, 14 Jun 2013 11:58:58 +1200 | Gifted Education Centre

An initiative by the Gifted Education Centre is set to launch across New Zealand next week, with the aim of helping parents and teachers recognise the qualities of gifted children and provide them with opportunities to meet their unique educational ...More >>

Gifted Kids celebrates Gifted Awareness Week

Fri, 14 Jun 2013 11:56:12 +1200 | Gifted Kids

Gifted Awareness Week occurs annually in June with organisations nationwide participating to draw attention to gifted people, the nature of giftedness and gifted education in New Zealand.More >>

Anti-Bullying Success with Kiwi Kids Not Just an Illusion

Wed, 12 Jun 2013 16:16:21 +1200 | TrustPower

Having performed for over 700,000 students Elgregoe has become of New Zealand’s top school performers and most celebrated magicians and he is about to visit Dunedin schools to reinforce his anti–bullying message. More >>

Minister Confused Over National Standards Test

Wed, 12 Jun 2013 08:54:04 +1200 | New Zealand First Party

New Zealand First says the Education Minister’s denial the National Standards e-asTTle writing test was altered shows yet again a dysfunctional Ministry in crisis. More >>

Private funding of Aranui school may mean loss to community

Tue, 11 Jun 2013 17:36:21 +1200 | NZEI

Government plans to allow private companies to build and own the new supersize Aranui school development could severely compromise the concept of it as a community campus, NZEI Te Riu Roa warns.More >>

NZCER comments on National Standards aggregated data

Tue, 11 Jun 2013 16:09:42 +1200 | NZ Council for Educational Research

The aggregated National Standards data released today provides some indicative information about student achievement but it is far too early to be definitive about national trends. More >>

National Standards Data as Ropey as Ever

Tue, 11 Jun 2013 16:05:56 +1200 | New Zealand Principals' Federation

Today’s claims by the Prime Minister about national standards data are as ropey as the data itself, claims the President of the New Zealand Principals’ Federation, Philip Harding.More >>

Resignation won’t fool anyone

Tue, 11 Jun 2013 16:04:56 +1200 | New Zealand Labour Party

Another day, another official from the Ministry of Education falling on their sword, and yet there is still no sign that the Ministers responsible for the Novopay debacle are being held to account, Labour’s Education spokesperson Chris Hipkins says.More >>

PM Post-Cabinet Press Conference 10 June 2013

Mon, 10 Jun 2013 18:26:48 +1200 | Hamish Cardwell

Prime Minister John Key's regular post-cabinet press conference was dominated by questions about Peter Dunne who resigned as a Minister on Friday May 7. Mr Dunne had refused to cooperate with an inquiry into a leaked report on the Government Communications ...More >>