John Lewis

A piece of land 10m x 24m. You could play a game of tennis on that, park a truck on it, even build a small holiday house.

Sitting still for 15 minutes after notching up a perfect score in the 2013 International Competitions and Assessments for Schools (ICAS) spelling exam is one of the hardest things Kaea Roberts has ever had to do.

A new underpass linking Abbotsford School to the new Grand Vista Estate on the other side of the main south railway line in Abbotsford, had prompted the school to plan for unprecedented roll growth in the next five to 10 years.

Being able to read is the gift that keeps on giving.

Mosgiel Intermediate has been gone for nearly a decade, but parts of the school's culture and some of its international relationships remain.

On any given day, Kavanagh College's top pupils would probably give you the shirts off their backs, if you were in need - except when they are wearing their ''Good One'' T-shirts, and then they might not.

Life may be about to return to the vacant High Street School site, but as yet, it is not known what the majority of the site will be used for.

Stanley can be a temperamental character at times.

While the number of disciplinary measures handed out to wayward pupils continues to fall in Otago schools, the number of primary school pupils displaying violent behaviour is growing.

Every year, Class Act award winners are encouraged to go out into the world and fulfil their ambitions.

Do you fancy yourself as a bit of a Tom Cruise or Cameron Diaz lookalike?

Dunedin's second-oldest school has been sold after nearly two years on the Ministry of Education's disposal list.

A King's High School chemistry teacher is preparing for his return to Nepal as a volunteer teacher by raising funds to buy books for Nepalese children, and practising the pronunciation of important Nepalese words.

It was a nail-biter of a finish.

Are you tired of your shopping bags bursting when you do a big shop?

It has been about six weeks since David Hunter took over the hot seat at Otago's largest school, and he is already starting to make changes to the school's philosophies about education.

Walking into an Argentinian supermarket and asking for a loaf of bread and some milk is far more educational than repeating ''Donde esta la leche? - Where is the milk?'' from a sound recording in a classroom.