Page 9 - Perry Rush News Today : Breaking News, Live Updates & Top Stories | Vimarsana

Mould discovery at Hutt Valley HS 'not surprising', says Principals' Federation, as school plans return to remote learning 13 Apr, 2021 09:28 PM 4 minutes to read The Principals' Federation said they believed there had been 'warning bells' at Hutt Valley High School. Photo / Supplied The Principals' Federation said they believed there had been 'warning bells' at Hutt Valley High School. Photo / Supplied NZ Herald By: Jack Crossland, Sophie Trigger A forced return to remote learning for a Lower Hutt high school after the discovery of mould last month is "not surprising", says the New Zealand P...

LAWRENCE SMITH/Stuff Halaevalu Tu’ipulotu Halanukonuka has a passion for maths and voluntarily gives her time to teach to lower decile students from her home in Panmure, Auckland. A decile 10 school in central Auckland says the gap is widening between it and lower decile schools because of the Government’s donation scheme. But the principal of a decile one school in another part of the city disagrees, saying her students are better off under the current arrangement. Since 2020, decile 1-7 schools have had the option to receive $150 per student, per year instead of asking their families ...

Education Minister Chris Hipkins has defended the ministry's handling of serious problems that forced Hutt Valley High School (HVHS) to close an entire block of classrooms. Education Minister Chris Hipkins says he does not necessarily think that the ministry has been slow to act in this particular case. Photo: RNZ / Samuel Rillstone The school said officials knew about defects in the 50-year-old building for several years and it should be knocked down and rebuilt anew. Photo: Supplied HVHS board of trustees former chair Peter Stevens told RNZ the school had long wanted to replace the buildin...

Hawke's Bay school suspensions, stand-downs on sharp rise before Covid 9 Apr, 2021 06:00 PM 8 minutes to read NZPF president Perry Rush wants to see increased Government support and options for schools dealing with students experiencing crisis and trauma. Photo / File NZPF president Perry Rush wants to see increased Government support and options for schools dealing with students experiencing crisis and trauma. Photo / File A Hawke's Bay principal is calling for more support from the Government to help deal with challenging children as new data shows the number of suspensions and sta...

The recently reported decline in student performance in international tests for literacy, science and maths confirmed a view in some quarters that New Zealand’s curriculum is in need of an overhaul. Notably, the New Zealand Principals’ Federation called for increased leadership and direction from the Ministry of Education. Federation president Perry Rush said: We need more clarity when it comes to the knowledge that teachers and principals use when they’re engaged in teaching and learning, so that’s about what is in the curriculum. This is a complex debate, but one area where greater...