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Growing Curiosity Teaching Strategies to Engage Years 5 to 11 Students in Science

Published: 12 Apr 2021

This report shares teaching approaches and strategies for Year 5 to Year 11 that ERO has identified in a range of schools where students were found to be highly engaged in science. This report should be seen as a resource for leaders and teachers looking to strengthen their teaching of science. It looks at Years 5-11 as they are the critical years for science engagement before learners make final choices on whether to continue in science.

Audience:: Academics; Education; Parents; Schools

Content type:: Research

Topics:: Science; Guidance; Te Ihuwaka | Education Evaluation Centre

Wellbeing for success: a resource for schools

Published: 21 Mar 2016

Wellbeing for success: a resource for schools has been developed to help schools evaluate and improve student wellbeing. It highlights the importance of schools promoting the wellbeing of all students as well as the need for systems, people and initiatives to respond to wellbeing concerns for students who need additional support.

Audience:: Education; Parents; Schools

Content type:: Research

Topics:: Wellbeing; Mental health; Resilience; Whanaungatanga; Hauora; Health and Physical Education; Resource Teachers: Learning and Behaviour (RTLB)

Guidance and Counselling in Schools: Survey Findings

Published: 30 Jul 2013

This report presents the findings of three online surveys about the current provision of guidance and counselling in schools with students in Years 9 to 13. This is the first phase of work being undertaken by ERO as part of the Prime Minister’s Youth Mental Health Project.

Audience:: Parents; Schools

Content type:: Research

Topics:: Guidance; Counselling; Child wellbeing

Improving Guidance and Counselling for Students in Secondary Schools

Published: 10 Dec 2013

The Prime Minister’s Youth Mental Health Project aims to improve the mental health of young people aged 12 to 19 years. One initiative of this project is a national evaluation of the current provision of guidance and counselling in schools.

The Education Review Office (ERO) evaluated how well 44 schools and five wharekura provided guidance and counselling for students.

Audience:: Education; Parents; Schools

Content type:: Research

Topics:: Guidance; Counselling; Secondary; Mental health

Stories of Resilience and Innovation in Schools and Early Childhood Services Canterbury Earthquakes 2010-2012

Published: 16 Jun 2013

This national report gives an insight into what Canterbury schools and early childhood services experienced during and after the earthquakes. It tells their stories and gives good advice about emergency planning for others in the education sector.

Audience:: Education; Parents; Schools

Content type:: Research

Topics:: Resilience; Canterbury earthquakes; Emergency planning; Employment practices; Community; Wellbeing

How ERO reviews

Published: 04 Mar 2021

ERO reviews all early childhood services, kōhanga reo, schools and kura to help their learners flourish. We focus on what’s working well for learners/ākonga and what can improve.

Audience:: Academics; Early learning; Māori-medium; Parents; Schools

Content type:: Basic page

Topics:: Kōhanga Reo; Kura; Early childhood services; Evaluation; Schools; School hostels; International students

Stand-alone hostels

Published: 08 Apr 2021

The Chief Review Officer under Sections 470 to 473 of the Education and Training Act 2020 has the authority to review all hostels as long as there are boarders in the hostel from one or more schools where they are enrolled.

Audience:: Education; Parents; Schools

Content type:: Basic page

Topics:: School hostels

Samuel Language Academy - 19 April 2018

Published: 19 Apr 2018

ERO visited Samuel Language Academy in March 2018.

Audience:: Education; Parents; Schools

Content type:: Basic page

Topics:: School hostels

W Education Hostel - 27 April 2018

Published: 27 Apr 2018

ERO visited W Education Hostel in February 2018.

Audience:: Education; Parents; Schools

Content type:: Basic page

Topics:: School hostels

Tū Toa Hostel - 27 April 2018

Published: 27 Apr 2018

ERO visited Tū Toa Hostel in March 2018.

Audience:: Education; Parents; Schools

Content type:: Basic page

Topics:: School hostels

Te Kainga Wānanga - 27 April 2018

Published: 18 Apr 2018

ERO visited Te Kainga Wānanga in March 2018.

Audience:: Education; Parents; Schools

Content type:: Basic page

Topics:: School hostels

Te Kainga Huarahi - 27 April 2018

Published: 27 Apr 2018

ERO visited Te Kainga Huarahi in February 2018.

Audience:: Education; Parents; Schools

Content type:: Basic page

Topics:: School hostels

Reading and Writing in Years 1 and 2

Published: 02 Dec 2009

This Education Review Office (ERO) evaluation focused on how effectively reading and writing was taught in the first two years of schooling, and on how well teachers used assessment information to plan and evaluate their teaching.

Audience:: Early learning; Parents; Schools

Content type:: Research

Topics:: Reading; Writing; Curriculum; National Administrative Guidelines (NAGs); Instructional teaching

Keeping children engaged and achieving in writing

Published: 11 Jun 2019

This report shares some of the strategies and approaches used by schools who had focused on improving achievement in writing. It also shares some simple strategies used in classrooms where achievement in writing had been accelerated.

Audience:: Education; Parents; Schools

Content type:: Research

Topics:: Engagement; Achievement; Writing