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Kalman fellowship application extended

Kalman fellowship application extended

Get your applications in  over the holiday break for ether the teacher excellence prize of the year long fellowship. Teacher Excellence awards & Teacher fellowships available The Margaret and John Kalman Trust are generously sponsoring four $5,000 prizes for...

Te wiki o te reo Māori

Te wiki o te reo Māori

How are you using te reo Māori in your classes? If you want help finding the right translation for a maths word, try looking it up on http://paekupu.co.nz/. For te reo Māori maths & stats content have a browse of nzmaths. Did you know nzmaths may be viewed in te...

Mathex 2022

Mathex 2022

A fantastic turnout of teams and a keenly fought competition by all who took part. Well done everyone. Thanks to everyone who helped get the students ready and contributed to the smooth running on the night. Access All results plus questions and answers  1st Place 2nd...

Assessment news from NZQA

Assessment news from NZQA

Two things New document published, Aromatawai and the Principles of Assessment  Bite sized modules and online workshops on Pūtake   Aromatawai and the Principles of Assessment  “High quality assessment supports qualifications which are credible, reliable and...

Draft action plan for Literacy, Communication Maths strategy

Draft action plan for Literacy, Communication Maths strategy

Following the release of the Literacy, Communication and Maths strategy earlier this year the Ministry has now released the draft Action Plan for Hei Raukura Mō te Mokopuna (for kaupapa Māori and Māori medium educational pathways) and the Literacy & Communication...

Learning Recognition credits announced for 2022

Learning Recognition credits announced for 2022

Today the Minister announced that learning recognition credits will be available for students working towards NCEA Level 1, 2 and 3. Read the full press release here In summary: Students will be able to receive Learning Recognition Credits, with one Learning...

Level 2 Statistics draft curriculum  materials published

Level 2 Statistics draft curriculum materials published

This week the Ministry of Education published the draft curriculum for NCEA Level 2 Statistics along with supporting resources. Have a browse of the 6 big ideas Observations can be transformed into data which has whakapapa and is a taonga Tāiringa kōrero allows for...

YouCubed: new tasks for a week of inspirational maths

YouCubed: new tasks for a week of inspirational maths

In 2015, the team at YouCubed started a tradition called Week of Inspirational Maths (WIM) by releasing free lessons and videos designed for the first week of school, to get students excited about  mathematics.  New WIM resources have been added every year since then....

Maths Week 2022

Maths Week 2022

 Monday 8 to Friday 12 August. This year is the 25th anniversary of Maths Week. To mark the occasion, we are having a “Design a Maths Week Logo” competition for all students in Years 1 - 11. Entries will be made on the Maths Week website during Maths Week. There will...