Latest Primary Education Headlines

Government Releases Education Report Card

Mon, 12 Aug 2013 16:57:18 +1200 | New Zealand Government

Education Minister Hekia Parata says releasing comprehensive data on how New Zealand children are doing at school is an important part of this Government’s approach to raising the achievement of all our kids in education.More >>

School entranceway wins global award

Fri, 9 Aug 2013 14:18:54 +1200 | University of Auckland

An architectural project focusing on the promotion of healthy and sustainable eating has won an international award. Melanie Pau, Yusef Patel, and Stefan Panovski from The University of Auckland were awarded a 2013 Bentley Student Design Award for their ...More >>

NZ VEGEMITE Spelling Bee – Regional Competitions Are On

Wed, 7 Aug 2013 16:34:24 +1200 | Vegemite Spelling Bee

Year 9 and 10 spellers who placed among the pool of the top 200 spellers from around the country will be competing in Regional Spelling Bee competitions this month, with the first of the Spelling Bees kicking off in Christchurch on Tuesday 13 August. ...More >>

Sports stars and local community join to help fight diseases

Wed, 7 Aug 2013 15:02:36 +1200 | Joint Press Release

Vodafone Warriors players made a surprise appearance at Glen Innes Primary School to help launch Auckland DHB’s new rheumatic fever prevention programme that aims to reduce the incidence of the disease in some of central Auckland’s most vulnerable ...More >>

Mid, Far North schools collect $8400 NRC environmental award

Wed, 7 Aug 2013 13:39:11 +1200 | Northland Regional Council

Pakaraka School has become one of the first mid-North schools to receive its funding from this year’s $20,000 Northland Regional Council Environmental Curriculum Awards (ECAs). More >>

School Milk on the Moove to the Bay of Plenty And Gisborne

Fri, 2 Aug 2013 17:22:54 +1200 | Fonterra

Children in the Bay of Plenty and Gisborne regions are being treated to their first school milk packs from this week as Fonterra celebrates its fifth regional launch as part of the nationwide rollout of Fonterra Milk for Schools.More >>

Unveiling Female Muslim Teachers So Students See Their Lips

Fri, 2 Aug 2013 11:15:04 +1200 | Richard S. Ehrlich

The Philippines, Asia's only Catholic-majority country, has ordered Muslim women to remove their facial veils when teaching the government's experimental curriculum of Arabic language and Islamic values, because students benefit by "seeing the teacher's ...More >>

Youthtown encourages film-stars of the future with new clubs

Mon, 29 Jul 2013 11:43:55 +1200 | Youthtown

Budding young TV and film stars now have the opportunity to hone their acting, filming and production skills, with the launch of Youthtown Central’s new after school programme clubs today.More >>

Ministry expects schools to reopen following earthquakes

Tue, 23 Jul 2013 15:49:24 +1200 | Ministry of Education

The Ministry of Education expects schools in Wellington and Marlborough to be able to re-open as scheduled next week following Sunday’s earthquake. More >>

Ministry of Education Wellington Earthquake update

Mon, 22 Jul 2013 16:50:14 +1200 | Ministry of Education

The Ministry of Education has today started assessing damage to schools and other education facilities following Sunday’s earthquake. More >>

Social workers in an extra 385 schools

Sun, 21 Jul 2013 11:45:39 +1200 | New Zealand Government

All low decile primary schools will have social workers to help protect and support children, by the end of the next school term. More >>

Another pointless and costly National Standards exercise

Thu, 18 Jul 2013 16:23:26 +1200 | NZEI

The publication of unreliable National Standards data by region today is an expensive distraction that risks creating an unhealthy competition between regions but will do nothing to help lift the educational achievement of students.More >>

Regional education information good step forward

Thu, 18 Jul 2013 16:15:41 +1200 | Business New Zealand

The release of regional education achievement information today on the Ministry of Education’s website ( www.educationcounts.govt.nz ) has been welcomed by BusinessNZ. More >>

National focused on labelling – not lifting achievement

Tue, 16 Jul 2013 14:33:01 +1200 | New Zealand Labour Party

Labelling a third of Year 8 students as failures will do nothing to lift achievement and highlights many of the problems with the National Government’s approach, says Labour’s Education spokesperson Chris Hipkins.More >>

School trialling latest multi-touch system

Mon, 15 Jul 2013 14:54:50 +1200 | West Coast ICT Facilitator

Whataroa pupils had a taste of the future recently when they trialled a new multi-touch display. Dubbed the 'giant ipad' by students, the 40 inch multi-touch display runs three operating systems simultaneously - Android, Mac and Windows, along with an ...More >>

Minister thanks New Brighton schools for feedback

Wed, 10 Jul 2013 17:28:41 +1200 | New Zealand Government

Education Minister Hekia Parata has thanked the three New Brighton schools in greater Christchurch for providing feedback on the new proposals announced in May. More >>

David Street School – serious about caring for environment

Wed, 10 Jul 2013 16:15:02 +1200 | Conservation Volunteers

David Street School take their role as care takers of the environment very seriously. Tomorrow 150 9 and 10 year olds, their teachers and some parents, will take part in a ‘Let’s Keep New Zealand Beautiful Together’ litter clean-up which will ...More >>