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.
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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."
Schools to get $50m boost to help with student attendance
A $52m urgent response fund is aimed at helping schools get more students back to school.
Choosing childcare: How young is too young?
NZ children are going to ECE younger and for longer. Is that a bad thing?
Hundreds of Auckland pupils missing school each day due to sickness
At one Auckland school, about 130 kids and staff were off due to illness from colds.
The jobs Kiwis don't want: 1000 jobs on offer but employers can't fill them
Essential workers are screaming for help. But the borders are closed to foreign workers.
Why some Kiwi kids aren't starting school on fifth birthday
Under 'cohort entry' children begin school in groups on the first day of term or mid-term.
Flight attendant's contact with new Covid cases impacts schools, rugby training
Whānau affected by the exposure this morning learned the Covid test was negative.
Auckland primary teacher goes viral with lesson on racism
"Our class has never felt so warm and joyful."
Local Focus: Pāpāmoa Catholic school unveils principal
New school in Golden Sands on track for February 2021. Made with funding from NZ On Air.
Private schools pay back wage subsidy after Govt says they are ineligible
'People have said 'why are you applying for the subsidy? You guys are the rich ones'.'
Teaching Council considers complaints after teacher wears 'Make America Great Again' hat to protest
Concerned parents have complained to the school and to the Teaching Council.
Preschool teacher fee hike could leave centres short of staff: lobby
Preschools are on the hunt for teachers but fear they could be driven away by a fee hike.
Tararua school seniors conquer Tongariro
Ruahine School Year 8 students, traversed the Tongariro Crossing in early March.
Focus Live: $278 million funding boost for early childhood education centres
The Government will reinstate the 100 per cent funding band for teacher-led ECE services after it was scrapped by the previous Government in 2010, PM Jacinda Ardern said.
Focus: Back to school for NZ kids after lockdown
Focus: Some have the back to school blues and some are just happy to see their friends again as Flanshaw Road School kids get back in the classroom. Video / Michael Craig
Covid 19 coronavirus: Wait for the school bus nearly over
"The buses are just part of what's been a big lot of work."
Budget 2020 wishlist: School principals want funding maintained
Principals reveal what they hope to see come out of this year's Budget.
'School never safer for kids', say infectious disease experts
Children less susceptible to Covid-19 and lockdown limiting other viruses, say experts.
Editorial: Back-to-school nerves understandable
WE SAY: It is a big deal to start relaxing our mental programming of the past month.
Māngere Central School hands out Lego for students during lockdown
Māngere Central School student Isobel Latif, aged 6, deeply engaged in her new Lego set provided by the school. Video / Supplied
Should bus passengers wear masks: AT and health officials at odds
New Zealand's health boss and Auckland Transport at odds over passenger masks.