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Back-to-school stress to be 'amplified' this year
The budget advisory service is busier this year as families prepare for back to school.
Schools preparing for Covid-19 lockdown
Schools have not even reopened for the year and they are already making lockdown plans.
Back to School: How to build a healthy lunchbox your kids will eat
Not having to make school lunches is one of the parental highlights of the holidays.
Reading between the lines
Opinion: Ignore the naysayers, let's stick to the facts on the science of reading.
War of words as experts clash over how to teach kids to read
Debate raging between experts on whether phonics is the way to teach reading or a "fad".
Roll estimates give Tauranga a new biggest school
Principals of fast-growing schools complain the ministry is moving too slow on new builds.
Revealed: The Rotorua schools expecting growing rolls
More than 300 new students are set to join Rotorua classrooms this year.
Mark Bracey: Why phonics isn't the silver bullet to improved reading
Opinion: Learning to read can come naturally as a child is exposed to text in a fun way.
Shock after much-loved Canterbury school principal's sudden holiday death
Alan John Sutton died of a heart attack while in Ashburton on Sunday.
Local Focus: Building future scientists, technologists, engineers and mathematicians
Getting kids to solve problems "from the ground up". Made with funding from NZ On Air.
Sneak peek given for Pāpāmoa's Te Ōkūroa Drive School ahead of 2022 opening
The school is on track to open in about 16 months but the zone is yet to be finalised.
'Shameful': A third of New Zealand 8-year-olds say they are bullied
'This is the children telling us in their own words that this is happening.'
Seven years in the making: Tauranga Primary unveils new pou
'The pou connect us to Tauranga Moana.'
Adam Duchac on New Zealand's truancy problem
A report has found that chronic absence rates have doubled in secondary schools and nearly tripled in primary schools since 2015. Video / Newstalk ZB
New carpark, pool, playground for Whanganui Intermediate
The school has multiple property improvement projects on the go.
Primary school principals back breakaway union
Dissatisfaction with the NZEI has lead to approval to break away from the union.
Top tips for getting term 4 ready
It's been a rough year for our kids - here's how you can help them navigate term 4.
Auckland school locked down after two people try to remove child
A staff member received minor injuries.
Big Read: How Dilworth historic abuse case was blown open
The Dilworth investigation started after an approach from a former student two years ago.
Mum 'furious' it took two days for parents to be told of positive Covid-19 school case
All staff and students have been urged to get tested for Covid-19 following the exposure.
Primary school Covid case: All students, staff asked to get a test
Official advice comes after an infectious student briefly attended on Monday.
Child at primary school linked to Botany Covid-19 sub-cluster
The Chapel Downs School pupil who tested positive on Monday is linked to the Botany cases.
Focus Live: $600m boost for childcare teachers, promise to replace decile system
Education Minister Chris Hipkins announced an extra $600m for childcare teachers and promised to replace the decile system with a system based on an "equity index". Video / Mark Mitchell
Labour's $600m for childcare teachers' pay, replace decile system
Labour promises $600m for ECE teachers' pay, but no expansion of fees-free study.
'There is still anxiety': Principals go doorknocking as kids slow to return
Anxious Auckland parents are still wary about sending kids back to school.
Election quiz: Do you know the basics of NZ's political system?
Do you know what the three levels of government in NZ are? Test yourself here.
'Huge difference': Free lunches for thousands of Rotorua children
"This will improve attendance, concentration and make sure they are having healthy meals."
Andrew Webber: Studies show early learning makes a big difference
Decades of research have given us a good idea of what really matters to promote learning.
Positive Covid-19 case attended fitness class at West Auckland primary school
The positive case was at the Edmonton Primary School at 5.15am on August 10 and 11.
Covid case confirmed at South Auckland primary school
Anyone who has been near this person will be contacted as a close contact this afternoon.
Covid 19: US school boards at heart of reopening debate
Schools in the US have been forced into an 'impossible decision' around reopening.
NZ classroom app hits 11 million users worldwide - and we can have it for free
Digital classroom app made in NZ has 11 million users overseas and is free here for 2020.
Auckland high school student tests positive for Covid - parents, staff alerted
"We have already notified the students and staff who are considered close contacts."