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Students Benefitting From Record Number Of New Teachers
Tue, 10 Jun 2025 10:28:53 +1200 | New Zealand Government
Budget 2025 includes $53 million to cover teacher registration fees through to 2028, alongside expanded training pathways for aspiring principals and support for returning and overseas-trained teachers.More >>
Govt Retains Funding For ‘Crucial’ Out-of-School Classes
Tue, 3 Jun 2025 18:21:44 +1200 | Max Frethey - Local Democracy Reporter
Despite months of angst about the future of Enriching Local Curriculum funding, Nelson Tasman providers have welcomed the funding’s retention. More >>
Science Kits Launched, Curriculum Overhaul To Come – Expert Reaction
Fri, 30 May 2025 15:45:19 +1200 | Science Media Centre
The 2025 Budget included almost $40 million over four years on science kits for Year 0 to 8 students, which the Education Minister today announced will “support teachers to confidently deliver practical science learning, aligned with the new science curriculum.”More >>
Two Environmental Powerhouses Unite: Beautification Trust To Welcome Tread Lightly Charitable Trust From July 2025
Fri, 30 May 2025 11:17:57 +1200 | The Beautification Trust
The move will strengthen environmental learning and behaviour change initiatives across Tāmaki Makaurau (Auckland) and ensure the programme’s financial sustainability and long-term delivery.More >>
Teaching Council Urges Caution — Qualified Teachers Are The Heart Of Quality Early Childhood Education
Fri, 30 May 2025 11:09:31 +1200 | Teaching Council of Aotearoa NZ
This comes in the wake of changes to the pay parity opt-in scheme for education and care services that have raised concerns from the profession. More >>
Hundreds Of School Students Receive Laptops Through Spark Partnership With Quadrent’s Green Lease
Wed, 28 May 2025 09:20:22 +1200 | Spark
Through the arrangement with Quadrent’s Green Lease, Spark leases the laptops its employees use. Once the lease has ended, the laptops are then donated to schools, helping to bridge the digital divide for students without access to essential learningMore >>
BestStart Named New Zealand’s Most Trusted Childcare – For The Fifth Year!
Mon, 26 May 2025 10:47:08 +1200 | BestStart
Tony Ryall, BestStart Chief Executive says, this recognition belongs to our amazing centre teams across the country. Their passion, care, and dedication create the strong relationships that build trust in our centres. More >>
School Lockdowns ‘The New Normal’: Kiwi School Communities Urged To Prepare Ahead Of Emergency Events
Mon, 26 May 2025 10:37:16 +1200 | Skool Loop
From security threats to natural disasters, today's educational institutions face a challenging reality: emergency situations are no longer unexpected events. They are regular occurrences that require systematic preparation.More >>
‘Kids Do Dumb Things’: Principal Speaks Out Against Keyboard Warriors
Sat, 24 May 2025 15:50:49 +1200 | David Hill - Local Democracy Reporter
Schools speak up on "challenging student behaviour" in the wake of an incident at Oxford Area School this week. More >>
Pay Equity Setback: ECE Sector Leaders Respond To Government Stealth Move
Fri, 23 May 2025 14:51:44 +1200 | ECNZ
ECE employers, teachers, and sector organisations invested four and a half years of time and unfunded resource into this process because they believed in its value and the importance of achieving a just and evidence-based outcome. More >>
'We just awhi them': Iwi-led initiative tackles school attendance crisis
Thu, 22 May 2025 16:45:57 +1200 | Moana Ellis - Local Democracy Reporter
The initiative helped to re-engage more than 250 children with education last year. More >>
Funding For ECE Going Backwards, As Budget Cost Adjustment Lags Miles Behind Inflation
Thu, 22 May 2025 15:37:08 +1200 | Office of Early Childhood Education
The 0.5% cost adjustment for early childhood education funding lags far behind the level of inflation New Zealand has seen in the last year (2.5%), meaning funding has essentially been cut.More >>
Supporting School Choice
Thu, 22 May 2025 14:33:32 +1200 | New Zealand Government
Budget 2025 will invest $15.7 million over four years to increase the subsidy available for independent schools. This increases the yearly funding for independent schools by 11 percent, from $41.6 million to $46.2 million.More >>
Mayor In Schools Programme Visits Waiouru Primary School
Mon, 19 May 2025 08:39:53 +1200 | Ruapehu District Council
Students shared their concerns about the need to safely cross State Highway 1 on their way to and from school and were eager for an update on the new Waiouru playground planned for behind the Police Station.More >>
Early Childhood Education Sector Confidence Survey Results 2025
Mon, 19 May 2025 08:00:27 +1200 | Office of Early Childhood Education
The results of the 2025 confidence survey, which the Office of Early Childhood Education (OECE) conducts annually in the last few weeks before the Budget is released, show that the sentiment in the sector is at an all-time low.More >>
Extra Maths Help For Students Who Need It
Mon, 12 May 2025 17:46:01 +1200 | New Zealand Government
From next year, every child will have their maths ability checked in their first two years of schooling. The check will identify students who would benefit from additional support, early on in their schooling journey. More >>
Gisborne Mayor Invites Act Leader David Seymour To Witness Mayors’ Role In Schools And Community
Fri, 9 May 2025 20:41:09 +1200 | Zita Campbell - Local Democracy Reporter
Stoltz has participated in a campaign promoting school attendance with posters being put up at most schools and around town. More >>
Kiwi Kids Once Led The World In Reading – This 1950s Primary School Syllabus Still Has Lessons For Today
Fri, 9 May 2025 18:54:41 +1200 | The Conversation
Compared with today’s structured literacy and standardised testing, the 1953 reading syllabus was a remarkably non-prescriptive blueprint for both teachers and pupils. More >>
Principals At Odds Over New Relationships And Sexuality Framework
Fri, 9 May 2025 17:46:18 +1200 | RNZ
Consultation on the draft relationships and sexuality framework for school is closing, and some primary principals worry it is too explicit for their pupils. More >>
Early Teen Stress Tied To School And Identity, Study Finds
Thu, 8 May 2025 13:02:41 +1200 | University of Canterbury
The significance of the high school transition was reflected in the teens’ responses. Workload or getting good grades, making new friends, and trying to fit in were the most common sources of stress.More >>
