Latest Post Primary Education Headlines
Unite Union Offers Support To Freyberg Students Facing Disciplinary Action Over Protest
Fri, 15 Mar 2024 19:51:54 +1300 | Unite Union
Unite Union has offered professional advice and assistance to any Freyberg student facing disciplinary action over the recent protest at the school. “A school strike and protest in 2006 over youth rates drew very similar criticism at the time. In ...More >>
2024 ASB Polyfest Gets Underway Next Week
Thu, 14 Mar 2024 19:53:43 +1300 | ASB Polyfest
The Manukau Sports Bowl will burst into life in a week’s time with the 49th staging of the ASB Polyfest. From Wednesday, 20 March to Saturday, 23 March the Sports Bowl will reverberate with traditional song and dance from Auckland’s youth. ASB Polyfest ...More >>
Columba College Wins The Otago Regional Schools’ Debating Championships
Thu, 14 Mar 2024 19:52:03 +1300 | NZ Schools' Debating Council
Columba College has won the Otago Regional Schools’ Debating Championships, which were hosted at the University of Otago’s Hunter Centre over the weekend. The Columba College team of Jessica Mundy, Clara Ballantyne and Emily Roy beat King’s High ...More >>
New Trustees Appointed To The Education Partnership & Innovation Trust Board
Mon, 11 Mar 2024 17:29:33 +1300 | Education Partnership and Innovation Trust
We welcome four new Trustees to our board - Debbie Burrows, Luella Linaker, Rob McIntosh, and Tim Gander who join existing Trustees Lorraine Mentz, Hana O’Regan and Liz Gibbs. Co-Chair Lorraine Mentz said “the new appointments to the Education ...More >>
New Zealand Children Love Arts, Culture And Recreation - But Still Make Time For Homework And Chores!
Sun, 3 Mar 2024 13:51:08 +1300 | Ministry For Culture And Heritage
New research from Growing Up in New Zealand and Manatū Taonga Ministry for Culture and Heritage found that more than 90% of 12-year-olds regularly took part in recreational activities. The report is the latest from University of Auckland’s Growing Up in ...More >>
The Turnaround Of Auckland Girls' Grammar School
Fri, 9 Feb 2024 15:35:38 +1300 | Auckland Girls' Grammar School
Auckland Girls’ Grammar School has delivered outstanding academic results for 2023. All its numbers have sky-rocketed but the school’s big “boast” number has it pushing 80 percent (78.5 at time of writing) for University Entrance success ...More >>
Minister Congratulates NZQA Top Scholars
Fri, 9 Feb 2024 14:46:55 +1300 | New Zealand Government
Education Minister Erica Stanford congratulates the New Zealand Scholarship recipients from 2023 announced today. More >>
Leaders Conference paves the way to ASB Polyfest 2024
Sat, 20 Jan 2024 17:48:13 +1300 | ASB Polyfest
The annual Student Leader’s Conference returns this week with guest speakers, cultural workshops, and connecting with more than 150 student leaders who are preparing for another ASB Polyfest season. This year’s leaders conference is sponsored by ...More >>
High Hopes For A Smooth 2024 NCEA Exam Round
Wed, 17 Jan 2024 09:49:17 +1300 | The Secondary Principals' Council of NZ
As NCEA results are released today for about 140,000 young people in Aotearoa New Zealand, secondary principals are hopeful that this year’s exam round will be completely free of disruptions. “Today will be a very memorable one for thousands of young ...More >>
Government Needs To Address Secondary Teacher Shortage Urgently
Fri, 15 Dec 2023 11:49:58 +1300 | PPTA
The Government needs to go where successive governments have failed – and solve the secondary teacher shortage crisis in Aotearoa New Zealand, says Chris Abercrombie, PPTA Te Wehengarua acting president. “The worsening shortage of secondary teachers ...More >>
NZPF Welcomes New Minister Of Education
Fri, 24 Nov 2023 12:12:35 +1300 | New Zealand Principals' Federation
The New Zealand Principals’ Federation (NZPF) President, Leanne Otene, congratulates the new Minister of Education, Erica Stanford and looks forward to working with her. "We realise that today’s announcement gives only a taste of the education ...More >>
PPTA Seeks Urgent Meeting With NZQA About Exam Issues
Fri, 10 Nov 2023 15:37:03 +1300 | PPTA
PPTA Te Wehengarua is seeking an urgent meeting with the NZ Qualifications Authority (NZQA) to express teachers’ serious concerns about the issues with this year’s exams so far. “Running exams is NZQA’s core business and the issues being experienced ...More >>
Mayoral Scholarship Awarded For 2024
Wed, 8 Nov 2023 18:49:50 +1300 | South Waikato District Council
South Waikato District Council is proud to announce the recipients of the 2024 Mayoral Scholarship Fund. Maia Putoko from Forest View High School and Shaun-Leigh Davey from Putāruru College were each awarded a $10,000 scholarship towards their studies. ...More >>
Low Participation Decreases Meaningfulness Of International Education Results
Wed, 1 Nov 2023 13:46:46 +1300 | Post Primary Teachers' Association
New Zealand students’ low participation rates in the latest international reading, maths and science assessments shows its increasing irrelevance to many countries, says Chris Abercrombie, PPTA Te Wehengarua acting president. He was commenting in ...More >>
Whanganui Attracts International Students
Tue, 10 Oct 2023 05:55:06 +1300 | Whanganui and Partners
Whanganui’s international education delegation has completed the Japanese portion of its assignment, meeting more than 40 agents and visiting six schools over a five-day period. The group also held a meeting with the Tokyo Board of Education and visited ...More >>
Who Teaches The Teachers?
Sun, 17 Sep 2023 05:04:08 +1200 | The New Zealand Initiative
Being an effective teacher is one of the most important and difficult jobs there is. It is essential that we prepare teachers well for the classroom. In a new report by The New Zealand Initiative, authors Dr Michael Johnston and Stephanie Martin highlight ...More >>
2022 Vaping Stand Downs Just 0.44% Of All School Students
Mon, 11 Sep 2023 06:53:04 +1200 | Sunny Kaushal
Dairyowners are pointing to a parliamentary answer that puts the vaping “epidemic” in new light, with violence, a much larger issue in schools and something dairy owners say is reflected in youth crime. “No kid should vape, period, but if kids were ...More >>
Rangatahi Māori Can Now Earn Achievement Standards On Financial Education For The First Time
Mon, 11 Sep 2023 05:45:33 +1200 | Te Ara Ahunga Ora Retirement Commission
Te Ara Ahunga Ora Retirement Commission has developed the country’s first te reo Māori Achievement Standard learning and assessment resources for financial education as part of its Te whai hua – kia ora, Sorted in Schools programme. Te whai hua ...More >>
Confronting New Zealand’s Inconvenient Writing Problem
Tue, 5 Sep 2023 09:22:25 +1200 | Writers' Toolbox
Company developed government-coined ‘common practice’ standards for writing years ago The issue of New Zealand’s youth literacy rates has been met with a range of contentious solutions—from the NCEA pilot programmes, to the government's recent ...More >>
Over Half Of NZ Parents Won’t Allow Children To Use AI For Schoolwork
Thu, 24 Aug 2023 11:48:13 +1200 | Fred Russo
Only 46% trust school technology policies and online security measures. Nearly two-thirds of Kiwi parents worry children post things on social media that could impact them later in life. Large language models like ChatGPT have captured the world’s attention ...More >>