How does the Tomorrow's Schools Today (www.tstnz.com) Home Page work?

On the homepage you can see and enter freely any of our entertaining and regularly updated weekly news, magazine or resource pages via either the descriptive icons or the main menu buttons leading to the following sub-menu buttons on all www.tstnz.com's pages.

CONTACT US BUTTON as well as our company details leads to a sub menu
Testimonials from advertisers and schools
Advertising Info and Costs menu as per these pages you are currently viewing

PUBLICATIONS BUTTON leads to sub-menu of Weekly News, SchoolLife Magazine, The Staffroom Magazine & E-letter

What is the Weekly News Page?

The equivalent of a hardcopy NZ teacher’s weekly newspaper this is up to date and completely fresh each week. Interesting and varied educational news articles are featured on this page. The headlines are emailed to all schools on the headlines news bulletin every Monday night during termtime.

What is the Staffroom Magazine Page?

The Staffroom Magazine page, produced with completely new material every month, contains highly relevant content, often thought provoking and encouraging comment from its editorial content. It promotes product awareness with the global theme of education and publishes comments from professionals, politicians, parents and students. A great place to publish an advertorial complete with photographs and links.
The Staffroom Magazine is also filled with life-style tips especially pertinent to a teacher’s day to day life in NZ. Clothing, food, health and leisure products & services can be successfully exhibited here.
Readers link from e-letter or homepage via front cover image or headline of choice or simply use the main publications button on the menu on all pages of www.tstnz.com.
 

What is the E-letter?

We send a twice weekly e-newsletter to 98.2% of all schools in New Zealand which provides schools with the latest news and happenings in the education sector. This links back to our website which in turn receives over 500,000+ hits per month during the school-year.    

SUPPLIERS & RESOURCES BUTTON is linked to a sub menu containing the following:

What is the A - Z of Products & Services Page?

Speaks for itself, a comprehensive directory of educational suppliers of products and services.
All listings have 10 lines under suitable categories for each advertiser and are hyperlinked to any material requested by the advertiser. As a rule it is a direct link to an advertisers website form or ‘cameo page’ (see below for an explanation of this useful advertising feature).

What is the A - Z of Teaching Resources  Page?

A comprehensive directory of suppliers of teaching resources for the NZ Curriculum.
All listings have 10 lines under suitable categories for each advertiser and are hyperlinked to any material requested by the advertiser. As a rule it is a direct link to an advertisers website  form or feature ad for teachers and principals (see below for an explanation of this useful advertising feature).

What is the Virtual School Shopping Mall?

This is a bird’s eye view of a school. For instance click onto the playground or any classroom and you will find products and services relating to this area. It is a shopping mall with links via the logos to advertisers’ websites or cameo pages for all who enter. So if as an advertiser, you provide a product/service you wish to promote into several ‘rooms’ this is the ideal place to endorse it.

School Links Page contains banners from schools that TSTNZ has more than just a reader or viewer relationship with.

Conference Page

Contains a calendar of educational conferences specifically for NZ School teachers, principals and school managers. Banner advertising for your services or products and high priority positions for a conference you may be holding can be purchased on this page.  

Where does the COMPETITIONS' BUTTON lead to?

Exactly what it says, a page giving opportunities for teachers and students alike to enter competitions to win wonderful prizes.
Tremendously popular with all our viewers the competitions' page is a wonderful place to stage a product campaign and draw attention to the competitions and giveaways on your company’s website. Once more an eye-catching image on the homepage and e-letter draws you into this page plus standard button links to it are on every main tstnz.com page making it easy to enter any and all of tstnz's competitions which we are happy to put together for you, the client, even to the point of receiving the entries for you and forwarding them on.

HOT DEALS BUTTON leads to a comprehensive menu:

Where companies can make special offers or discounts just to schools or to all our readers.
The Hot Deals Menu is very comprehensive and covers a wide range of suppliers in both the Teacher's Teaching Resources and General Buildings and Maintenance Areas  

Feature pages outlined below are four pages of special interest to most if not all principals and teachers in New Zealand. The tstnz team has created pages dedicated to these topics with links via colourful cover images on the homepage and are included in the regular buttons on all the main pages on tstnz.com. 
 

LEOTC BUTTON links to a sub-menu of:
1) Quick EOTC links on NZ Map,
2) Group Accommodation
3) Daytrips
4) Camps &
5) In-School Workshops and Entertainers

LEOTC = Learning Experience Outside the Classroom
aka EOTC = Education Outside the Classroom

This section is one of the most popular for sourcing the next Learning Experience Outside the Classroom (LEOTC) for a class or group of students. 

1) Quick EOTC links on NZ Map page is accessible by the main menu button LEOTC and the innovative school-trips RED bus image on homepage plus relative e-letters and in the virtual school car park. This page is becoming one of the most popular places for sourcing the next Education Outside the Classroom (EOTC) experience for a class or group of students. Everything from school-camp grounds and adventure sports to museums and harbour cruises are cleverly advertised here via logo links on the seats of regional buses for ease of sourcing.

2) Group Accommodation:  This section is for schoolgroups to simply source accommodation when visiting an area  and the advertiser publishes a short article on what they have to offer to schoolgroupsand is depicted on the homepage via a green bus.   

3) Daytrips Xpress - Advertorials on everything from adventure sports to museums and harbour cruises that can all be accomplished in one day.

4) The Camps section is where providers who offer educational programmes together with accommodation are advertised with a short article on what they have to offer schoolgroups  and the Camps page is depicted and linked on the homepage via a yellow bus. 
 
5) In-School Workshops and Entertainers - Advertorials for facilitators of In-school workshops and for entertainers to display their services.

FUNDRAISING BUTTON leads to:
A comprehensive menu on Fundraising filled with ideas and all the stationery needed by schools to sell products and services suitable for raising money for a new school venture.

LIFESTYLE BUTTON leads to a new sub-menu starting with:  

Health
NZ Teachers Getaways

Places of accommodation adjacent to bush walks, beaches and heritage spots that will appeal to the teacher market both in quality and price. After all many teachers go away for a much needed holiday during every end of term break.
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The other Lifestyle sub -menu pages Health and Home and Garden will be posted with content during Term 4 2008.

The Staffroom Magazine is also a part of the Lifestyle submenu.

What is a Special Feature Advertiser's Page?

If an advertiser has neither a website or is unable to post a current promotion on their own website or needs to separate information for the school market then the tstnz team can design a separate webpage or an advertorial on one of our special feature pages such as in Hot Deals where these points can be featured complete with links to wherever necessary.

Who are the Advertisers?

All providers of services/products/teaching resources used in all schools and other educational facilities.

To discuss your own company’s advertising and promotional needs please contact our sales team.