Passage of Education (Update) Amendment Bill into Law The Education (Update) Amendment Bill passed its third reading in Parliament on 11 May 2017. The Private Schools Conditional Integration Act 1975 is now subsumed into this Act as Part 33. The Ministry of Education and APIS will work to provide appropriate updating of schools’ Integration Agreements [...]
Dame Georgina Kingi, Principal St Joseph’s Maori Girls’ College, Napier, who was made a Dame Companion of the Order of New Zealand for services to Maori and education, in the New Year Honours. The honour recognises her decades of work championing quality education and teaching te reo and tikanga Maori at St Joseph’s Maori [...]
Congratulations Holy Family School, Porirua featured in the NZ Gazette of 5 Dec 2016 with a two page article about the school’s new Family So’otaga programme which will enhance parent/school relationships. Dr Kevin Shore, principal of Cullinane College, Whanganui, has had a research paper on ‘The characteristics and career trajectories of assistant /deputy principals in [...]
Ki ngā tumuaki, kaiako, poari me ngā mātua, ngā mihi nui ki a koutou mō te wā nei No More Bullies This is a new adventure in the series of Chainey and Marty books. The cost is $14.95 each or $8.00 each if you purchase a class set (20 books or more). For [...]
All of these publications are accessible on the ERO website. School Trustees Booklet: Helping You to Ask the Right Questions Focuses on the role the board plays in student achievement and wellbeing and includes questions and information to guide board discussion. Communities of Learning / Kāhui Ako Resources: Collaboration to Improve Learner Outcomes Summarises [...]
Congratulations Integrated Schools’ Sporting and Academic Achievements March 2017 Carmel College, Milford: Andie Quirke competing at the Surf Lifesaving New Zealand Pool Championships, winning two gold medals and two U19 team New Zealand records, along with a silver and three bronze medals. Lola Wood competed at the Trans-Tasman Athletics Competition and won two gold [...]
As schools return to another academic year people begin to focus on the cost of education to families and the government. There is no doubt that there is a real cost for education. The question is how do we know it is a good investment. Most societies understand that resourcing or investing in education is [...]
In the recent issue of NZ Principal, Emeritus Professor Warwick Elley says that the Minister exaggerates the potential of schools to reduce the gap between high and low achievers. He notes that the opposition from Primary Teachers is now having an influence on the way the Investing in Educational Success is iterating from its first [...]
In recent years some hospitals have paid particular attention to supporting a culture of "doing no harm". It might seem strange for places that we associate with healing and restoring health to have such a focus when their intention and motivation is to restore people to health and participation in life. In fact this "no [...]
The New Zealand Catholic Education Office (NZCEO) is pleased to announce that a replacement CEO has been appointed for Sir Brother Patrick Lynch, to start on February 1st, 2016. The new CEO for the state-integrated schools' National Office will be Mr Paul Ferris QSM. Mr Ferris has come from a strong background in school leadership [...]
