| Cyber bullying
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The video on this website is brilliant to show children, parents and teachers about bullying especially cyber bullying. It is created using year 5 and 6 students.
It is created using year 5 and 6 students. It clearly demonstrates how something something so small (to us) can turn into something so serious for children. When I watched this it made me reflect on how I hand . . . more
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| Author : KU
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Created : 10 Sep 2009
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| Maggie-The Floating Classroom
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| 16/2/2009 Maraetai�s Chris Shirley is passionate about our marine history � and it�s a passion he wants to help pass on to future generations. Chris featured in the PC Times about 18 months ago when he was involved in a bid to purchase the historic schooner, Te Aroha, for use as a floating classroom. Chris, a Teacher,Sailing instructor and Commercial Master Mariner, is deputy chairman of . . . more
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| Author : CS
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Created : 24 Mar 2009
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| A Good Literacy Start to School.
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| A Good Literacy Start to School. When children start school they come with a diverse range of knowledge and experiences from their own social and cultural contexts. Aspects of Literacy that children bring to school. � The ability to communicate their own experiences and to listen to and understand the expereinces of others. � Have the confidence to express their needs and ideas. � . . . more
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| Author : GS
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Created : 13 Jul 2008
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| The Montessori classroom
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The Montessori classroom
By Mary Anne Winslow
It's undoubtedly true that man has all the qualities that are needed to develop himself from the very moment of birth. Each and every one of us possesses within ourselves a unique psyche. Unlike animals, we do not have hereditary instincts that are passed down through generations, such that a kitten, puppy or a tiger cub behaves similarly to its pare . . . more
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| Author : By Mary Anne Winslow
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Created : 19 Aug 2007
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| What is a Stand Down?
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What is a stand-down?
A stand-down is the formal removal of a student from school, by the principal, for a specified period. Stand-downs of a student can total no more than 5 school days in a term or 10 school days in a year.
Stand-downs
For what reasons can a student be stood-down?
The principal has to be satisfied that:
the student�s bad behaviour is a harmful or dangerous exam . . . more
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| Author : Team Up
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Created : 15 Aug 2006
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| Term Dates 2008-2011
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This information is available on the Ministry of Education website at:
http://www.minedu.govt.nz/theMinistry/EducationInNewZealand/SchoolTermsAndHolidays/2009SchoolTermsAndHolidays.aspx
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| Author : Ed
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Created : 13 Jun 2005
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| Educational Kinesiology and Wellness
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Paul and Gail Dennison
January 23, 2004
Educational Kinesiology (Edu-K) is a distinct and dynamic branch of education, one founded on the principle that movement is the basis for all learning. The Latin root word educare (�to educate�) comes from educere (�to draw out�), and kinesis means movement. In Edu-K we say that movement patterns influence function, while function likewise influenc . . . more
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| Author : Edusearch
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Created : 19 Feb 2004
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| Determinants of Children's Academic Successes & Difficulties.
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What are the Determinants of Children's Academic
Successes and Difficulties?
Environmental factors can influence both the pre- and postnatal brain. Most of us are aware that in the Eastern world the concept of "intrauterine education" goes back in Chinese literature over 2000 years.
I could find one reference published in the Ming Dynasty in 1237 when women were advised to behave favor . . . more
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| Author : Marian Cleeves Diamond, Ph.D
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Created : 12 Feb 2004
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| A web-based directory of Waikato University academic staff
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Experts File
An excellent web-based directory of Waikato University academic staff who can be consulted on a range of topics ranging from Law, Computing, Mathematics, Management, Arts, Maori development, etc.
The web address for the Experts File is:
http://unipr.waikato.ac.nz/publicat
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| Author : Massey
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Created : 12 Sep 2003
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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 dissipate bull . . . more
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| Author : Edusearch
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Created : 03 Aug 2003
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