John Lewis

St Mary's school in Mosgiel is moving, the Dunedin Catholic Diocese has confirmed.

Otago schools appear to have a good grasp on dealing with pupils with severe behaviour, the latest Ministry of Education school disciplinary figures show.

The Octagon sounded a little like Hell's kitchen on Saturday afternoon as protesters smashed dinner plates and yelled their discontent at the Government's plan to part-privatise state-owned assets.

Pupils at Kaikorai Valley College are looking forward to the look of times past.

Bruce Callister says what goes around, comes around.

Either the cowboys and cowgirls were not getting the job done and needed some help, or some children just felt better about dressing as witches, Harry Potter or Indiana Jones.

An increase in police numbers at peak times in the Dunedin CBD is beginning to pay dividends, Dunedin police community relations co-ordinator Sergeant Matt Scoles says.

It is hoped new research into the benefits of early childhood education centres with 100% qualified teachers will be used to direct the Government's future education policy and teacher training.

The Ministry of Education is still investigating further budget cuts, after abandoning plans to increase teacher-pupil ratios earlier this month.

Burglaries of Dunedin schools have almost doubled in the past year, prompting police and Neighbourhood Support to provide strategies for keeping schools secure during holidays.

Despite the generally "clean" image of New Zealand's primary, intermediate and secondary education sector, an Office of the Auditor-general survey into fraud has found 8% of respondents were aware of at least one incident of fraud or corruption in their school within the past two years.

The Ministry of Education will review its communication procedures after Rotary Park School was inadvertently informed of its closure before a ministry representative had had a chance to give official notification.

After spending more than six months recovering in Dunedin and Auckland Hospitals, Shania Hutton says it was a "weird" feeling to drive over the pedestrian crossing where she was hit by a car last year.

A decision by Minister of Education Hekia Parata to close Dunedin's Rotary Park School at the end of this year was relayed to school officials yesterday, catching them by surprise.

It wasn't the longest night of the year, but it didn't make the Dunedin Midwinter Carnival giant lantern procession any less spectacular.

The lyrics from one of teen heart-throb Justin Bieber's love songs have been turned into a more intellectual song about science.