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In my opinion one of the skills that elevate principalship from a job into an art form is the ability to bravely and skilfully tackle difficult conversations. It is a rare week in the world of school leadership when there isn’t at least one difficult conversation on our to do list – on Monday I […]
From Murray’s Bay, on Auckland’s North Shore, what do you see? Rangitoto! The cone shaped island stretches to 260 meters at its highest peak and lounges majestically off shore, quietly dominating the sprawling Hauraki Gulf. It dwarfs the little boats and yachts that bob about in the Gulf ’s waters and nurtures the largest pōhutukawa […]
Mr Ward makes a surprise visit to the junior class Distracted by the splendour of the surrounds, you could easily miss the ‘Patoka’ sign as you zigzag through the intrepid Hawke’s Bay hill country roads, where sheep runs and Charolais cattle stations rule. It is an area with a history as steep and deep as […]
WE’RE STOKED The Editor takes a trip to Nelson’s Stoke School to see why ‘whānau’ is top of the school’s values list and what that means for the multi-cultural Nelson school . . . Liz Hawes Editor Stoke School sits between Richmond and Tahunanui on the fringes of the charming little city of Nelson. It is […]
Principal, Cashmere Primary School The re-elected National Government has said it intends to immediately begin work to develop more effective teacher and principal appraisal. My wonderings are why make this a priority and why the urgency? Where are the gaps and what in the opinion of the writer would make principal and teacher appraisal more […]
Editor Principal David Mossop Gully planting, paper recycling, composting, native tree restoration, liquid vermicast sales, waste management plans, environmental impact reports . . . sounds much like an action list from a DOC focus group or a Regional Council meeting. Yet, at Hukanui School in Hamilton, this is normal language and typical activity. What’s more […]
Editor Learning about perspective through pictures of pork The children arrive for the first day of term The entrance to the Enrich Centre is adorned with tiles hand made by the foundation children The converted pub becomes the centre for the gifted Liz Hawes investigates what prominence talented and gifted children have in New Zealand […]
KaihautŪ MĀori, CORE Education Te Marautanga o Aotearoa, affectionately known as TMoA, is a curriculum framework, and the ‘other half ’ of the New Zealand Curriculum. Essentially designed for Mäori-medium schools and classrooms, it encourages the development of localised curriculum that suits the particular needs of students, whänau and communities. Mäori Medium is defined as […]
former Associate Principal, Gifted Kids In the last issue of NZ Principal, we ran the story of a programme for gifted children in Invercargill called Enrich@ILT (see ‘Enriching the Southern Stars’, March 2012, 27(1), pp. 6–8).The programme is fully funded by the Invercargill Licensing Trust with a small contribution from parents. This article outlines a […]
State-of-the-art schooling in a Wellington suburb Liz Hawes meets with Dr Lesley Murrihy, principal of Amesbury School in Wellington, one of the newest schools in the country. They discuss the vision for the school and how that impacted on the design and building process and they explore the learning spaces to observe how they have […]
