School trips victims of tough times
School trips victims of tough times
School trips are being cancelled and claims for financial assistance are on the rise as parents begin to feel the pinch of the present financial climate.
John Lewis
Schools in Otago carry on camping
Schools in Otago carry on camping
While health and safety concerns and increased costs are prompting many schools around the country to cancel the traditional school camp, Otago schools are bucking the trend.
Kings High teacher to take up Corrections post
Kings High teacher to take up Corrections post
After three years' teaching at Kings High School, Lawrence Tagaloa is taking his work behind bars.
Young inventor off to Taiwan fair
Young inventor off to Taiwan fair
Ben Mulholland's iPod Super Dock may have been nothing more than "a means to an end" when he started building it, but the invention has won the Taieri College pupil a trip to the International Science and Technology Fair in Taiwan.
Balloon project widens pupils' view
Balloon project widens pupils' view
There was not a little green man in sight when Port Chalmers pupils had the photos from their upper atmosphere developed yesterday, but they did capture New Zealand from a height.
Project gives budding scientists a lift
Project gives budding scientists a lift
Children's log, star date 13-12-08: Port Chalmers School pupils have taken one giant leap for primary education and sent a probe to the final frontier - space.
Flatmates in the pink
Flatmates in the pink
"All in all, it's just another coat of paint on the door."
First silver for Otago Girls
First silver for Otago Girls
Seldom does a silver award qualify you to say you are first. But Otago Girls High School showed it could be done at the Otago EnviroSchools Awards ceremony at the Skeggs Gallery yesterday.
Bid for pupil assessment standards 'unnecessary'
Bid for pupil assessment standards 'unnecessary'
The New Zealand Principals Federation has labelled the Government's bid to set national literacy and numeracy standards "totally unnecessary" and wants to work with the Ministry of Education to make sure no extra testing is put in place.
Will has a way with the woollies
Will has a way with the woollies
"She's gotta have good conformation - that means she has to be structurally sound, able to walk well, have good feet, good legs . . . and good wool."
Taieri bullying 'invading community'
Taieri bullying 'invading community'
Taieri Community Facilities Trust deputy chairman Geoff Woodcock and several parents of children being bullied at Taieri College believe antisocial behaviour inside the school is beginning to spill out into the local community.
Disabled teen 'whipping girl' of bullies
Disabled teen 'whipping girl' of bullies
Donna Munro, the mother of a 16-year-old girl with cerebral palsy, said she was forced to remove her daughter from Taieri College in July because the school failed to protect her from bullying.
Pair of feigned call-outs for Armed Offenders Squad
Pair of feigned call-outs for Armed Offenders Squad
A fight which led to an armed offenders squad (AOS) call-out in Port Chalmers on Sunday afternoon resulted in two family members being arrested, Dunedin police say.
Fears over 'violent' pupil
Fears over 'violent' pupil
Parents of pupils at Tomahawk School are concerned about the safety of their children as the Ministry of Education forces the school to re-enrol a "dangerous" pupil.
Bullying not accepted culture: Taieri College
Bullying not accepted culture: Taieri College
While denying there is a culture of bullying at Taieri College, the chairman of the school's board of trustees chairman is concerned about pupil safety and has pledged to investigate the alleged assault of a pupil at the school on Tuesday.
Mother fears for teen son's safety
Mother fears for teen son's safety
"They said they would climb in his bedroom window, tie him up and torture him. He was worried about it - he was worried that it could happen."
School bus inquiry request welcomed
School bus inquiry request welcomed
Several Otago bus companies gave a cheer yesterday as Education Minister Anne Tolley requested the Auditor-general initiate an inquiry into the Ministry of Education school bus transport tendering process.
NZQA fails to placate exam blunder pupils
NZQA fails to placate exam blunder pupils
The New Zealand Qualifications Authority has tried to come to the rescue of 75 Taieri College pupils affected by the NCEA level 1 mathematics exam blunder but parents and pupils are not convinced its intervention is a solution.
And with one bound they were free
And with one bound they were free
Otago Girls High School pupils (from left) Sarah Walker (16), Melinda Yee (15) and Aki Nagao (16)leap out of the school gates in celebration following their NCEA dance theory exam yesterday, their last NCEA exam for 2008. Photo by Stephen Jaquiery.
"Yay! It's holiday time now."
Otago Girls High School pupil Sarah Walker was jumping with excitement yesterday, with fellow dance pupils, after her final NCEA exam - level 1 dance theory.
She was one of 6335 Otago pupils who sat NCEA exams this year and for many, yesterday was the last day.
Glowing results for Otago schools: ERO
Glowing results for Otago schools: ERO
Otago's primary and secondary schools have scored a near-perfect zero in the number of supplementary reviews completed by the Education Review Office in the past year.