Working with the community

Feed the Mind | More Than Words: Adult literacy strategy | Family literacy

These are the programmes that have been developed under the Literacy and Numeracy Strategy to build the capability of the community to work with its learners.

Some of the programmes described here have been developed to help schools build stronger partnerships with homes, other programmes focus directly on the community, see Home–School partnership.

The intention of this Ministry of Education public information campaign was to show parents and other family and community members how they can help children develop literacy and numeracy skills. It operated through television, radio, and roadside advertisements during 1999–2001.

See details of the campaign and available publications.

Read the document that sets out the government's plan for improving New Zealand's adult literacy rates.

More Than Words – PDF file, (1359kb)

Team-Up programme
Team-Up provides a range of information and resources to help parents, caregivers and whanau to support their children’s learning, from tips on how to assist with their child's reading, to understanding the assessment process and getting the most from parent-teacher interviews.
http://www.teamup.co.nz/