How Deaf teacher Phillip King runs his primary school classroom
King was born Deaf and uses New Zealand Sign Language full-time, leading the primary school class using every tool in his kit ...
School phone ban one year on: our student survey reveals mixed feelings about its success
The phone ban was meant to improve learning by reducing distractions. But students report feeling left out of decisions, and ...
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Teacher's astonishing reaction after two New Zealand schools are plunged into lockdown over gun threat
Imitation guns have been seized and a person is in custody after students at two New Zealand schools were plunged into lockdown on Wednesday. Students at Hamilton schools Hillcrest High School ...
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Will New Zealand's school phone ban work? Let's see what it does for students' curiosity
With the coalition government's ban of student mobile phones in New Zealand schools coming into effect ... the current level of distractions in the classroom. On top of that, many young people ...
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Farmer Time for Schools expands, connecting more students with farmers
In the past year, the Farmer Time for Schools programme which seeks to connect New Zealand school students with farmers, has ...
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New Zealand banned phones in schools 12 months ago. Here’s what happened
The guiding principle everywhere has been to help students do better in school. When New Zealand’s ban came into effect in April 2024, Prime Minister Christopher Luxon said it was time to cut the ...
Farmer Time for Schools keeps growing
An innovative programme connecting New Zealand students with farmers has continued to grow during the past 12 months. Farmer ...
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National standards by stealth? Why the government’s latest plan for schools might fail the history test
The New Zealand government’s plan to purchase a standardised tool to assess reading, writing and mathematics for school ...