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Social Workers in Schools

Published: 29 Nov 2019

This ERO qualitative case study report undertaken on behalf of Oranga Tamariki captures the voices of children and their whanau who were recipients of the Social Workers in Schools (SWiS) service. SWiS is a government funded, community social work service provided in most English and Māori medium, decile 1-3 primary and intermediate schools.

Audience:: Academics; Education; Parents; Schools

Content type:: Research

Topics:: Social Workers in Schools (SWiS); Social workers; Primary; Intermediate; Pastoral care; Case study; Resilience; Therapeutic care and education (TEC)

Kiwisport in Schools - 2010

Published: 26 Nov 2010

Kiwisport is a government initiative aimed at increasing opportunities for school-aged children to participate in organised sport.

In Terms 2 and 3, 2010, the Education Review Office evaluated the use primary and secondary schools made of Kiwisport funding, and the benefits and challenges of the initiative identified by schools.

Audience:: Parents; Schools

Content type:: Research

Topics:: Kiwisport; Sport; Regional Sports Trusts

KiwiSport in Schools - 2012

Published: 18 Oct 2012

KiwiSport is a government initiative established in 2009 to increase opportunities for school-aged children to participate in organised sport. This report presents the findings of a questionnaire ERO gave to schools about the impact of KiwiSport funding.

Audience:: Parents; Schools

Content type:: Research

Topics:: Kiwisport; Sport; Regional Sports Trusts

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)

Wellbeing for Young People's Success at Secondary School

Published: 19 Feb 2015

This report presents the findings of ERO’s evaluation of how well 68 secondary schools in Term 1 2014 promoted and responded to student wellbeing.

Audience:: Education; Parents; Schools

Content type:: Research

Topics:: Wellbeing; Mental health; Resilience; Responding to issues

What drives learning in the senior secondary school?

Published: 30 May 2018

This evaluation studies effective practice in schools’ senior curriculum. It contributes to the review being undertaken by the Ministry of Education (the Ministry) of the National Certificate of Educational Achievement (NCEA). The Ministry-led review focuses on the implementation of NCEA as the national assessment system for the senior years of secondary schooling.

Audience:: Education; Parents; Schools

Content type:: Research

Topics:: Secondary; Curriculum; Pedagogy; National Certificate of Educational Achievement (NCEA); Learning; Pathways

Learning in a Covid-19 World: Supporting Secondary School Engagement

Published: 19 Jan 2021

This report explains strategies for supporting secondary students’ engagement during the Covid‑19 pandemic. These strategies include re-engaging students who present with wellbeing concerns or show signs of disengagement. The report also includes some innovative actions schools used to promote student engagement after the first lockdown in 2020.

Audience:: Education; Schools

Content type:: Research

Topics:: COVID-19; Secondary; Engagement; Te Ihuwaka | Education Evaluation Centre

Te Tāmata Huaroa: Te Reo Māori in English-medium Schooling

Published: 18 Jun 2020

This report gives a snapshot of the current provision of te reo Māori teaching and learning in a representative sample of English-medium primary and secondary schools. The education sector is seen as an important lever in the Government’s Maihi Karauna strategy for language revitalisation.

Audience:: Academics; Education; Māori-medium; Parents; Schools

Content type:: Research

Topics:: Te reo Māori; English-medium; Language; Māori; Bilingual; Ngā Whanaketanga Rumaki Māori; Te Pou Mataaho | Evaluation and Research Māori

Learning in a Covid-19 World: How schools have stepped up to support students and whānau

Published: 10 Dec 2020

The ongoing coronavirus pandemic has caused significant disruption for students across New Zealand, due to lockdowns, social distancing and ongoing uncertainty. The Education Review Office interviewed 750 schools and surveyed over 2500 principals and teachers across the country, from May through to September 2020, to understand how they have responded. This summary highlights how schools have supported students and their whānau in the face of Covid-19.

Audience:: Parents; Schools

Content type:: Research

Topics:: COVID-19; Schools; Parents; Whānau; Students

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

Te Muka Here Tangata – The strand that binds people

Published: 06 May 2021

This case study explores the impact of the 2020 Covid-19 events on Māori learners in English-medium schools, and the response of leaders, schools and communities in the Bay of Plenty and East Coast regions.

Audience:: Academics; Education; Māori-medium; Parents; Schools

Content type:: Research

Topics:: Bicultural curriculum; Bilingual; East Coast region; English-medium; Cultural diversity; Māori student achievement; Māori parents and whanau; Schools; School community; Te reo Māori; Whānau; Wellbeing; Māori immersion; Māori; Manaakitanga; Inclusive practices; Inclusion; COVID-19; Principals' performance; School leaders; Teachers | Kaiako; Whanaungatanga

A guide to learning in a Covid-19 world - Supporting parents into 2021

Published: 19 Jan 2021

This short guide is for parents of children in early childhood education, and of school-aged children. It covers that we learnt from talking to schools and early childhood education services in 2020 about the impact of Covid-19. It also sets out some recommendations for how parents can continue to support their child’s learning this year.

Audience:: Early learning; Education; Parents; Schools

Content type:: Research

Topics:: COVID-19; Parents; Guides for parents

Responding to Covid-19: Supporting Auckland NCEA students - Summary

Published: 25 Aug 2021

This short summary accompanies the full report Responding to the Covid-19 crisis: Supporting Auckland NCEA students. It outlines the key findings from ERO’s evaluation of three Te Kura programmes aimed at supporting Auckland NCEA students following the lockdowns in 2020. This summary briefly lists who these targeted programmes reached, their impact, and lessons for responding to future lockdowns.

Audience:: Academics; Education; Parents; Schools

Content type:: Research

Topics:: Te Ihuwaka | Education Evaluation Centre; Whānau; COVID-19; English-medium; Learning; Māori; Māori ākonga / learners; Māori and Pacific learners; National Certificate of Educational Achievement (NCEA); Pasifika; Students; Teaching; Wellbeing

Te Kahu Whakahaumaru: Māori continue to show resilience across Māori-medium education

Published: 10 Dec 2020

In Aotearoa, Māori-medium education experienced significant disruption when the outbreak of Covid-19 forced kura to close their doors, and whānau and kaiako to adjust to home schooling and distance learning. Among the many challenges were access to technology and resources with Māori communities among the most affected.

Audience:: Education; Māori-medium; Parents; Schools

Content type:: Research

Topics:: COVID-19; Early Childhood Education (ECE); Schools; Māori-medium; Teachers | Kaiako; Resilience; Te Pou Mataaho | Evaluation and Research Māori

Responding to the Covid-19 crisis: Supporting Auckland NCEA students

Published: 25 Aug 2021

In 2020, Auckland students were particularly affected by Covid-19 and extra support was provided to them. Following this, ERO undertook an evaluation of three Te Kura programmes aimed at supporting Auckland NCEA students. This report outlines the findings of this evaluation - including the reach and impact of the programmes, and lessons for future responses.

Audience:: Academics; Education; Parents; Schools

Content type:: Research

Topics:: Te Ihuwaka | Education Evaluation Centre; Whānau; COVID-19; English-medium; Learning; Māori; Māori ākonga / learners; Māori and Pacific learners; National Certificate of Educational Achievement (NCEA); Pasifika; Students; Teaching; Wellbeing

ERO welcomes Budget 2022 announcements supporting revitalisation of te reo Māori

Published: 23 May 2022

The Education Review Office | Te Tari Arotake Mātauranga (ERO) welcomes the announcement of targeted investment aimed at supporting the revitalisation of te reo Māori.

Audience:: Education; Māori-medium; Parents; Schools

Content type:: News article

Topics:: New Zealand Curriculum; Māori; Parents; Schools

New ERO research finds targeted programmes successful in supporting NCEA students after lockdown

Published: 25 Aug 2021

A new report from the Education Review Office (ERO) has found that tailored programmes were successful in supporting Auckland NCEA students learning after lockdown last year.

Audience:: Academics; Education; Parents; Schools

Content type:: News article

Topics:: Te Ihuwaka; Whānau; COVID-19; English-medium; Learning; Māori; Māori ākonga / learners; Māori and Pacific learners; National Certificate of Educational Achievement (NCEA); Pasifika; Students; Teaching; Wellbeing; Whānau

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.

Audience:: Education; Parents; Schools

Content type:: Research

Topics:: Engagement; Achievement; Curriculum; Raising achievement

Partners in Learning

Published: 25 Aug 2016

Strong connections between schools and parents and whānau are essential to accelerating the achievement of our kids, particularly those at risk of underachieving. This booklet helps parents, families and whānau to form effective relationships and educationally powerful connections.

Partners in Learning sets out what parents can expect from their child’s school and more importantly, how they can help their child do well at school. It describes what parents can do if they are concerned about their child’s learning and progress and what they can expect the school to do to help.

Audience:: Parents

Content type:: Research

Topics:: Aiga; Parents; Whānau; Progress; Guides for parents

Current Provision of Pacific Bilingual Education

Published: 16 Aug 2019

Based on surveys and interviews of 25 schools, this report describes the current state of Pacific bilingual units in New Zealand: their philosophy, curriculum, teaching, assessment and transition practices, tracking of learners’ pathways and outcomes, and the support they receive.

Audience:: Parents; Schools

Content type:: Research

Topics:: Pacific Reset; Pacific bilingual; Bilingual