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Editor What an astonishing year! It started out much like any There is no doubt that when school learning occurs in authentic other year, with the summer holiday season; swimming, surfing, contexts it has sharper meaning for children. Many would bush-walking and barbecues all transpired as usual. argue that strong effective leadership is the key […]
photos Last term’s NZ Principal magazine featured an article by Professor Peter O’Connor of Auckland University, on the value of the Arts for addressing trauma in young people. He described how drama and the Arts can be used to assist young people to confront and overcome disturbing emotions evoked by experiencing terrifying disasters such as […]
Editor The coronavirus pandemic and subsequent lock down There is a disconnect between what principals need to be great gave us opportunities to slow down, reflect, enjoy family time leaders and the Ministry’s distribution of resources. Here are just together and indulge in a new appreciation of our immediate a few initiatives that principals say […]
Editor January 2020. Lead stories in New Zealand included that Australia was burning out of control; Our concert radio fans were fighting to retain their musical fix and ardent royalists were reeling from the bombshell news that the Duke & Duchess of Sussex were retiring as senior royals. Throngs of carefree holiday makers surfed the […]
Editor We know we are living in unprecedented times, when the In many cases the connections between home and school world’s media channels are completely consumed by one piece became stronger than ever. We were all in this together. As we of news. Coronavirus – COVID-19 has been headline news have seen before, during the […]
Editor A new decade, a General Election, and for NZPF, a new no such specialization in ITE right now. president! President, Perry Rush, will be known to many of you as Further, they are skeptical about the promise of an influx in a fierce supporter of the BTAC (Boards Taking Action Coalition) specialist teachers to […]
Editor The teaching of ‘Aotearoa New Zealand History’ will be own country’s history, were young people exposed to a different compulsory in our schools from 2022. Hooray! Congratulations version. to those leaders of schools, political groups, and historians who Every New Zealander will now grow up with a balanced, not have been promoting this idea […]
Editor Kicking back in the lounge area of an airport hotel, I from such an early age and for so many hours a day they have no observed an infant child. He was safely strapped into his time to experiment with language. It’s easy for parents to ignore highchair, his little legs barely visible beneath […]
Editor Canadian writer, Laurence J Peter, once said, ‘Some characterising our current school system and its strengths and problems are so complex you have to be highly intelligent and weaknesses.’ well informed just to be undecided about them.’ It certainly has achieved that. Recent debates and discussions The quote reminded me of the Tomorrow’s Schools […]
Editor Since the launch of the Tomorrow’s Schools Task Force of supply. The work force cannot release them, in the current report, the sector’s collective minds have nudged into overdrive. climate, so where will they come from? Their worried response is exacerbated by the urgency with which Fears are growing that hubs may become another […]
Editor There is nothing quite like leaving home to polish the lens Teaching professionals in New Zealand have long complained through which you view your own country. In June, I attended that our curriculum, under the standardised system, was the EduTECH conference in Sydney (see page 21 for full eroding. As the focus on high […]
Editor Famed New Zealand poet and former teacher, Lauris Edmond, has inspired many with her lyrical stanzas. Despite her passing some eighteen years ago, her words continue to have influence and relevance. Take the following from her poem, ‘The Active Voice’ (1994) ‘It’s true you can’t live here by chance, You have to do and […]
