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News of March 2020
Learning from home
24/3/2020
The Ministry of Education's Learning from home website has advice and resources for parents and whānau, teachers and leaders that spans early learning through to senior secondary to support learning at home.
More resources will be added in the coming days and weeks.
The resources include activities that parents can use with their children and young people alongside what teachers provide.
The resources will also support teachers to plan activities for children and young people to work on from home.
The resources are sorted into age groups and year levels to help you find things that you can use or adapt for your children’s learning.
Take home kits will also be provided and you will be advised how to access these when they are available.
Refer to the website's menu to access information for Getting Ready, Wellbeing and Supporting Learning.
If your tamaiti is learning Te Reo Māori or you would like resources in Te Reo Māori, visit the Kauwhata Reo website.
If your child or young person is engaged in NCEA this year, you can also visit the NZQA website for more information.
Diversity resources available
16/3/2020
One year on from the Christchurch terror attacks many communities and schools will pause and reflect on what happened to remember those who were lost and those who continue to be affected to this day.
There are a number of resources that support safe, welcoming, and inclusive environments for all students, while celebrating the diversity of our nation.
Additionally they can support students to appreciate the diverse cultures, ethnicities, nationalities, and languages which comprise New Zealand.
Resources are available from this page of NZ Curriculum Online.
Digital technologies implementation support tool
16/3/2020
The new Digital Technologies implementation support tool is a resource to help you with teaching the revised technology learning area.
The tool provides a model and process of steps to follow to take you from not yet started, through to leading and innovating.
You can find the support tool on the Technology Online website along with the complementary guide.
Dyslexia resource kete
3/3/2020
These Ministry of Education resources provide specific strategies for supporting students with dyslexia in phonological awareness, reading, and writing. They include:
- About Dyslexia: Supporting literacy in the classroom
- information about a pamphlet for parents
- a link to the Māori medium resource for kaiako and whānau – Tīpaopao
- other supporting information
Updated EOTC Learning Modules
3/3/2020
Redesigned learning modules aimed at improving knowledge and processes for planning Education Outside the Classroom experiences are now available on TKI's EOTC website. .
The nine modules include information on staffing and preparing for emergencies, as well as legal responsibilities and codes of practice for taking students into the outdoors.
The modules may be of particular interest to school leaders, EOTC co-ordinators and boards of trustees, and could be used to support EOTC-focused staff meetings, or when providing information for parents.