Wellbeing at School Project
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The Wellbeing@School website provides schools with self-review tools to build a safe and caring climate that deters bullying.
This project involves the development of the Wellbeing@School website and is a contract for the Ministry of Education. This website will support schools to engage in a whole school self-review process, as they work on further building a caring and saf . . . more
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What is Meaningful Assessment?
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If you were trying to teach kids about floatation, how would you go about it? How would you know that the concepts you are trying to impart on the kids are being transfered? If they can recite the principles of floatation, do they really understand them? Could they apply them? In other words, what is meaningful assessment?
I have two students I am thinking about. One is a very bright, a . . . more
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Auckland Museum School Programme 2007
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The new Auckland Museum Education Program outlining the services to schools for 2007 is now available. We present a mix of innovative new programmes and some old favourites.
New Stevenson Learning Centr . . . more
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Starting School.
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Starting School.
Starting school for the first time or beginning a new school is a big step in your child�s life and for your family. This checklist covers some of the important things to remember to help the first days run smoothly.
In your child�s school bag
Sunhat and sunblock (or you can apply sunblock at home before they leave)&nb; . . . more
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Steps to Literacy
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Steps to Literacy Steps to Literacy is a new remedial literacy course designed for pupils of 8 years and upwards with a reading/spelling age of between 7 and 10 . . . more
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Future Problem Solving
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What is FPS?
Future Problem Solving is a year long programme where students, working in teams, learn and apply a six-step problem solving process which provides them with the tools to tackle problems which they will meet throughout their life. Throughout the year, students apply the process to consider the challenges and issues contained within complex social and . . . more
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Education Marketing Starts in the Elevator
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Education Marketing Starts in the Elevator The new school year has started. Many school managers are scratching their heads and wondering. Where have the forecasted extra students gone? Why do we have more students than budgeted for? . . . more
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Assessment Tools for Teaching and Learning (asTTle)
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asTTle stands for Assessment Tools for Teaching and Learning � He P�naha Aromatawai m� te Whakaako me te Ako.
These are tools for assessing literacy and numeracy in years 5, 6, and 7, in English and te reo M�ori. They have been developed for the Ministry of Education by the University of Auckland.
These tools enable teachers to track the progress and achievement of both . . . more
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Why Spelling Is Crucial for Reading
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From the English-orthography-in-a-nutshell description above, it is clear that not only is good spelling essential for recognizing words, good spelling is critical for decoding meaning from the plethora of English words that don't adhere to strict phonetic rules. Students who work at increasing their familiarity with spelling patterns are well on their way to developing automatic word recognitio . . . more
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Transient Children
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This is an excerpt from a paper written by Anna Lee. Some schools-based suggestions to support transient children made by previous studies included:
1. The implementation of social processes in the playground to facilitate inclusion of transient children.
2. Welcoming systems.
3. The establishment of a "buddy system" to assist the child to establish friendships easily and to dis . . . more
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