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Principals across the country are desperate for staff. If you live on the West Coast (see story p.6 of this issue), in Auckland or Northland, very few, if any teachers are applying for advertised vacancies. So fraught is the staffing situation that recently, Kyle Brewerton, the Auckland Primary Principals’ Association President said, ‘Some schools may […]
School attendance has been a leading news topic stretching back to last year. It came to prominence in the wake of Covid-19 lockdowns but has been on principals’ radars as far back as 2015. Principals did not need to be told by the most recent research, that around 40 per cent of parents are comfortable […]
Editor If we had to pick just one thing that would symbolise a healthy many who can benefit. Those in small, rural, or isolated areas society, I would pick connections. If we are connected, we belong. are generally excluded because of the travel demands and rarely We can build relationships, communicate, share, be supported, have […]
The New Zealand education system is one of the most devolved in the world. At a time when other jurisdictions developed more layers of education organisation, New Zealand moved to fewer – national, regional and local levels. The current Te Mahau MOE restructure will add a fourth layer between the national and regional levels, to […]
Term three has just begun. Principals are worried about staff shortages and sickness. They say teachers and students were at breaking point before the end of term two and could do with some respite this term, but that’s unlikely. Winter illness will get worse and there are no relievers. Richard Dykes, principal of Nelson College, […]
Every five-year-old wants to go to school. They can’t wait to get there and paint pictures, make things, read books and count things. They acquire a new teacher and inherit a whole group of new friends. They play, have fun, squeal loudly, and run. School is bliss. They may not realise when they are five, […]
Many years ago, I worked with Paul. Paul was about half my age and extremely intelligent. He didn’t brag but I knew he scored 90%+ for Mathematics in his university entrance examination. These were the early days of the internet and as the world-wide web crawled its way into our millennial lives, Paul was ready […]
Editor I used to play club netball. Netball is a wonderful sport scrutiny. These groups are responsible for undermining the where you make life-long friends. You play strenuously and efforts of the majority who are trying to stay the course, do the competitively, until it’s time for the knee or hip replacement right thing, listen […]
Editor Education and politics co-exist in the likeness of is rarely seen as a mechanism for recognising individual talent conjoined twins. The difference is that every effort is made to and drawing that talent out for development, irrespective of separate conjoined twins so each can thrive independently. Not political imperatives. so with politics and education. […]
Editor This year’s NZPF Moot was an uplifting occasion. Regional presidents had turned out in force knowing that the major discussion of the day was a topic close to their collective hearts. The day would be dominated by the recently announced ‘Curriculum Refresh’. Teaching and learning have been in the public spotlight of late, given […]
Editor Global pandemics are not common. In our history, we Late last year, Mediaworks ran a series of articles on Stuff, have been infected by the Spanish Flu (1918), killing 9,000 New acknowledging and apologising for the part that media plays in Zealanders, the polio epidemic (1920s–1960s), with an estimated contributing to the misrepresentation of […]
