Te Kainga Huarahi - 27 April 2018
Published: 27 Apr 2018
ERO visited Te Kainga Huarahi in February 2018.
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Keeping children engaged and achieving through rich curriculum inquiries
Published: 29 Nov 2018
This Education Review Office (ERO) report is one of a series of reports on teaching strategies that work. It features strategies and approaches that we observed in 40 primary schools selected from across New Zealand. These schools came from a database of 129 schools, all with rolls of 200 or more, in which the proportion of students in the upper primary years (Years 5 to 8) achieving at or above the expected standard had increased. In each case, achievement levels were also above average for the decile.
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- Education
- Parents
- Schools
- Content type:
- Research
- Topics:
- Engagement
- Achievement
- Curriculum
- Raising achievement
Directions for Learning: The New Zealand Curriculum Principles, and Teaching as Inquiry
Published: 22 Jul 2011
In November 2007, a revised curriculum was launched for use in New Zealand schools. The New Zealand Curriculum is a statement of official policy related to teaching and learning in English-medium schools in New Zealand. The requirement for schools to implement The New Zealand Curriculum came into effect on 1 February 2010.
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- Parents
- Schools
- Content type:
- Research
- Topics:
- Curriculum
Purposeful education pathway
Published: 04 Sep 2017
The setting of academic goals that build toward purposeful educational pathways and career options begins early at McAuley High School and supports student choices throughout their schooling.
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- Research
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- Improvement
- Relationships
- Evaluation
- Curriculum
- Teaching
- Video
- Improvement in Action Te Ahu Whakamua
The New Zealand Curriculum Principles: Foundations for Curriculum Decision-Making
Published: 19 Jul 2012
This is ERO’s second national evaluation report looking at the extent to which the principles of The New Zealand Curriculum are evident in schools’ curricula and enacted in classrooms. The curriculum principles are intended to be the basis of curriculum decision-making at schools.
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- Parents
- Schools
- Content type:
- Research
- Topics:
- Curriculum
- Diversity
- Community
- Demographics
Te Kura Huanui : Ko ngā kura o ngā ara angitu
Published: 08 Jul 2021
I roto i Te Kura Huanui: Ko ngā kura o ngā ara angitu, ko ngā uiui me ngā whānau Māori, kaiārahi, kaiako, kaimahi, kaumātua hoki e tūhura ana i te ngākau titikaha o ngā hapori ki te whakarauora, ki te whakapakari hoki i te reo Māori me ngā tikanga Māori mō ā rātou mokopuna, tamariki, uri whakatupu anō hoki.
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- Māori-medium
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- Research
- Topics:
- Best practice
- Community
- Diversity
- Equitable outcomes
- Immersion
- Inclusion
- Identity
- Kōhanga Reo
- Kauapapa Māori
- Kura
- Knowledge building
- Māori-medium
- Mātauranga Māori
- Māori student achievement
- Māori parents and whanau
- Māori learners
- Māori immersion
- Māori Education Evaluation
- Manaakitanga
- Māori
- Literacy and numeracy
- Methodology
- Te Kōhanga Reo
- Te Kōhanga Reo National Trust
- Te reo Māori
- Te Rūnanga Nui o ngā Kura Kaupapa Māori o Aotearoa
- Teachers | Kaiako
- Teaching
- Tikanga Māori
- Te ao Māori
- Wellbeing
- Whānau
- Whanaungatanga
- Children's success
Professional inquiry
Published: 04 Sep 2017
Inquiry is at the heart of what drives improvement and innovation at McAuley High School.
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- Research
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- Improvement
- Professional development
- Evaluation
- Knowledge building
- Evaluation indicators
- Professional capability
- Video
- Improvement in Action Te Ahu Whakamua
Working with the National Standards within the New Zealand Curriculum
Published: 09 Aug 2010
ERO evaluated preparedness to work with the National Standards within The New Zealand Curriculum in 228 schools during Terms 1 and 2, 2010. ERO found that most schools were well prepared or had preparation under way, and in many cases the preparations focused on aligning existing benchmarks and expectations with the standards.
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- Education
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- Content type:
- Research
- Topics:
- Curriculum
- Self-review
Learning leadership
Published: 04 Sep 2017
The team structure in this school supports the professional learning and development of leaders and teachers. Team members discuss their roles, responsibilities and the reciprocal nature of their interactions.
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- Research
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- Improvement
- Learning
- Equitable outcomes
- Evaluation indicators
- Professional capability
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- Improvement in Action Te Ahu Whakamua
Visible professional learning
Published: 04 Sep 2017
At McAuley High School, classroom teacher observations are a frequent occurrence and students report how they regard this as teachers actively modelling learning behaviour.
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- Content type:
- Research
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- Improvement
- Professional development
- Professional capability
- Evaluation indicators
- Video
- Improvement in Action Te Ahu Whakamua
Opportunity to learn: a sense of urgency
Published: 04 Sep 2017
In responding to its unique context Invercargill Middle School adopted a range of approaches to accelerate learning. Teachers share a collective commitment to making the most of every learning opportunity.
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- Education
- Schools
- Content type:
- Research
- Topics:
- Improvement
- Leadership
- Curriculum
- Teaching
- Evaluation
- Video
- Improvement in Action Te Ahu Whakamua
Mathematics in Years 4 to 8 Developing a Responsive Curriculum
Published: 01 Feb 2013
This report is one of a series of evaluations ERO has undertaken on how schools are working with the National Standards within The New Zealand Curriculum. In this evaluation ERO used the mathematics learning area and associated standards to look at what schools were doing to raise the achievement of students in Years 4 to 8.
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- Education
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- Content type:
- Research
- Topics:
- Mathematics
- Curriculum
- Raising achievement
- Achievement
Progressions
Published: 04 Sep 2017
Students and teachers at Stonefields School describe how they use ‘learning progressions’ to build students assessment capabilities and teachers opportunities to be responsive to learner needs.
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- Improvement
- Curriculum
- Teaching
- Evaluation
- Video
- Improvement in Action Te Ahu Whakamua
Strengthening curriculum: inquiry maths
Published: 04 Sep 2017
An analysis of achievement data and a desire to introduce more culturally responsive pedagogies into the classroom were triggers for introducing an inquiry -based approach to the teaching of mathematics at Manurewa Central School.
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- Education
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- Improvement
- Curriculum
- Inquiry
- Teaching
- Evaluation
- Professional capability
- Evaluation indicators
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- Improvement in Action Te Ahu Whakamua
Professional learning
Published: 04 Sep 2017
Professional learning reflects the approach that has been established for students. Learning is differentiated with multiple opportunities for engagement and structure in manageable steps.
This video was filmed at McAuley High School.
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- Content type:
- Research
- Topics:
- Improvement
- Professional development
- Professional capability
- Evaluation indicators
- Video
- Improvement in Action Te Ahu Whakamua
Working with National Standards: Good practice
Published: 18 Jun 2012
ERO has released a series of reports about the National Standards since their introduction in 2010. This latest report focuses on eight schools that are working well with the standards.
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- Schools
- Content type:
- Research
- Topics:
- Good practice
- National Certificate of Educational Achievement (NCEA)
- Curriculum
- National Administrative Guidelines (NAGs)
Your child's education
Published: 14 Mar 2014
These booklets have been written for everyone who parents a child - those who have care and responsibility for children attending a school. The booklets include questions you can ask, as well as general information that you may find useful. Click on the booklet to read and download.
Your child's education is an overview of education in New Zealand, from early childhood education through to secondary school. The information and questions are a useful insight into what education looks like in New Zealand and the opportunities available to your child.
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- Early learning
- Parents
- Schools
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- Research
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- Parents
- Aiga
- Māori parents and whanau
- Early Childhood Education (ECE)
- Primary
- Intermediate
- Secondary
- Alternative education (AE)
- Kaupapa Māori
- Kōhanga Reo
- Ngā puna kōhungahunga
- Ngā Whanaketanga Rumaki Māori
- State schools
- Integrated schools
- Kindergartens
- Education and care services
- Home-based education
- Playcentres
- Playgroups
- Guides for parents
Teacher collaboration: professional learning in modern learning environments
Published: 04 Sep 2017
Working together to determine what the collaboration and teamwork looks like on a day-to-day basis has been a critical and continued focus of professional learning and team dialogue at Stonefields School.
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- Parents
- Schools
- Content type:
- Research
- Topics:
- Improvement
- Teachers | Kaiako
- Professional development
- Professional capability
- Evaluation indicators
- Video
- Improvement in Action Te Ahu Whakamua
Teaching as Inquiry: Responding to Learners
Published: 19 Jul 2012
This is ERO’s second national evaluation report on the extent to which schools have processes in place to support teaching as inquiry. It also looks at the specific inquiry approaches teachers use in classrooms.
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- Schools
- Content type:
- Research
- Topics:
- Inquiry
- Evaluation
- Curriculum
- Collaboration
Shared values
Published: 04 Sep 2017
Culturally responsive relationships and practices support and promote the development of learners’ confidence in their identity, language and culture. These relationships are explicitly acknowledged and understood by teachers and learners and contribute to an inclusive learning environment in which there are equitable opportunities to learn. This video was filmed at Invercargill Middle School.
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- Education
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- Research
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- Improvement
- Curriculum
- Teaching
- Evaluation
- Relationships
- Leadership
- Equitable outcomes
- Video
- Improvement in Action Te Ahu Whakamua