02:00pm Tue 12 Mar, 2024
Western Bay of Plenty youth have been able to learn a skill to explore the depths of the underwater world thanks to the generosity of strangers from their own... Read More
08:00pm Mon 11 Mar, 2024
Principals are warning the $107 million a year they get to maintain school buildings is not enough and flash new classrooms are making the problem worse. They... Read More
03:00pm Mon 11 Mar, 2024
A black market for vapes has sprung up in schools, while toddlers are getting their hands on their older siblings' vapes. These are just some of the shocking... Read More
06:45am Sun 10 Mar, 2024
Oropi School Year 7-8 students are strengthening their leadership skills via a novel type of camping. ‘Cardboard Camp' - a new idea created by the teachers... Read More
07:00pm Fri 08 Mar, 2024
Some licensed companies have been doing such a poor job of removing asbestos in schools, the Ministry of Education is looking at tighter controls. The ministry... Read More
08:00pm Thu 07 Mar, 2024
The Labour Party has launched a petition to stop the Government from scrapping the free lunches in schools programme, and more than 16,000 people have signed... Read More
09:10am Wed 06 Mar, 2024
Owhata Central Kids Kindergarten in Rotorua has been named the winner of the Daltons Late Bloomers Awards today. This marked the final phase of the much-loved... Read More
07:00pm Tue 05 Mar, 2024
A school leader says he is worried truancy will increase if school meals are limited to certain students next year. Associate Education Minister David Seymour... Read More
10:10am Tue 05 Mar, 2024
Pāpāmoa College is swiftly implementing measures to address a disturbing incident captured on video, where two students were filmed in February assaulting... Read More
10:00am Sun 03 Mar, 2024
There is little evidence that requiring schools to teach maths, reading and writing for an hour a day will improve children's achievement, a briefing paper... Read More
05:00pm Thu 29 Feb, 2024
Some teachers refused offers of $5000 to help the government fast-track critical guidance for new NCEA standards just days before Christmas. With a late-January... Read More
06:30am Thu 29 Feb, 2024
Pāpāmoa College's emphasis on higher standards has resulted in significant NCEA improvement across all levels based on their provisional NCEA data from 2023.... Read More