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Weekly News 20th May 2013

Disappointed educators cane Budget
There are predictable brickbats among a sprinkling of grudging praise from the education sector for the Government’s latest Budget allocations. Read more...
Cheating exaggerated says student leader
There is a risk that the exposure of an exploitative firm selling ghost-written assignments targeted at international students is being over-exaggerated, says the NZ Union of Students’ Associations (NZUSA). Read more...
Schools invited to join Peace Week celebrations
Schools around New Zealand are being invited to participate in the National Schools' Peace Week, a campaign aiming to raise awareness about peace education and building peaceful communities, August 5-9. Read more...
Two doctors fly north for winter
Two of New Zealand’s most exciting creative doctors will soon be giving the Far North a creative injection. Read more...
Killer asthma snatches Charlie
Just after his ninth birthday Charlie Temel suddenly stood up from what he was doing, said he couldn’t breathe and collapsed. Read more...
Life guide booklet helps troubled teens
All Year nine students across New Zealand have received the Blue Light ‘Kidsmart Guide to Life’. Read more...
More National News
Maori entrepreneur focused on children’s digital drama
Voters reject unregistered teachers and charter school profit
Big boost for Maori and Pasifika trades training
 
 
 
Regional News
School’s future hangs in the balance
A judicial review of the future of Christchurch’s Phillipstown Primary School is still a possibility but it depends on a final decision to be made at the end of the month, says the Dean of University of Canterbury’s School of Law, Associate Professor Chris Gallavin. Read more...
More Regional News
Fonterra Milk For Schools rolls Into Southland and Otago
Gifted Kids explore deeper patterns at art exhibition
 
Regular Features
Annie's War on Stains for Teachers

Here’s a simple, natural, hypo-allergenic solution to cleaning away bathroom scum. Read more...
From Debbie's Catering Kitchen:

Quick and Easy Bulk Recipes for the Tuck Shop/Canteen and Cake Stall. Read more...
Wine Review

Trinity Hill 2009 Gimblett Gravels Tempranillo.
Read more..
 
Pick of the Month

Helga's Diary by Helga Weiss translated by Neil Bermel

Helga's Diary is a riveting account of life in a concentration camp through the eyes of young Czech Jewish girl. This is more than just a diary of life in a concentration camp however. Read more...
School Library Books:
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- Bang by Leo Timmers
- Rainbow Magic: Alexandria The Royal Baby Fairy by Daisy Meadows
- The Day My Father Became A Bush by Joke van Leeuwen
- Ghosts of Parihaka by David Hair
- Gladiator: Son of Spartacus by Simon Scarrow
 
Fiction Reading For Adults:
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- A World of Other People by Steven Carroll
- The Golem And The Djinni by Helene Wecker
 
Non Fiction and Reference Books:
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- Collins Pocket Guide To Minibeasts by Terence Lindsey and Rod Morris
- Anatomies by Hugh Aldersey-Williams
- The Last Train To Zona Verde by Paul Theroux
- White-collar Radical: Dan Long and the rise of the white-collar unions by Mark Derby
- Common Lives: An uncommon tale of friendship, food and two very different gardens by Janice Marriott and Virginia Pawsey
- Inside The Medium by Kelvin Cruikshank
- Helga's Diary by Helga Weiss translated by Neil Bermel
   
 
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2013 school terms and holidays

2013 school term dates for state and state-integrated primary, intermediate, secondary and composite schools.

See the Other holidays section below for more information on school holidays, public holidays and Anniversary Day holidays.

Primary and intermediate schools
 Primary and intermediate schools
Term Start date End date
2 Monday 6 May Friday 12 July
(98 half-days)
3 Monday 29 July Friday 27 September
Monday 14 October No later than Friday 20 December
(98 half-days)*
* Or to a day in December which ensures that the school has been open for instruction for 384 half-days in 2013.
 
  Secondary and composite schools
Term Start date End date
2 Monday 6 May Friday 12 July
(98 half-days)
Monday 29 July Friday 27 September
(90 half-days)
4 Monday 14 October Wednesday 18 December
(94 half-days)*
* Or to a day in December which ensures that the school has been open for instruction for 380 half-days in 2013.
 
 Other holidays
Section 65C of the Education Act 1989 states that every board shall ensure that all schools it administers are closed on Saturdays, Sundays and on the following days:
  • New Year's Day
  • 2 January
  • Waitangi Day
  • Good Friday
  • Easter Monday
  • Easter Tuesday
  • Anzac Day
  • the Sovereign's birthday
  • Labour Day
  • Christmas Day
  • Boxing Day
  • and the day observed in the locality in which the school is situated as anniversary day.
New Zealand public holiday dates 2013
  Actual Date 2013
New Year's Day 1 January Tuesday 1 January
Day after New Year's Day 2 January Wednesday 2 January
Waitangi Day 6 February Wednesday 6 February
Good Friday varies Friday 29 March
Easter Monday varies Monday 1 April
ANZAC Day 25 April Thursday 25 April
Queen's Birthday 1st Monday in June Monday 3 June
Labour Day 4th Monday in October Monday 28 October
Christmas Day 25 December Wednesday 25 December
Boxing Day 26 December Thursday 26 December
  
 Anniversary Day holidays 2013
 Province  Actual day  Date observed in 2012
Auckland 29 January Monday 28 January

Taranaki

31 March

Monday 11 March

Hawkes' Bay

1 November

Friday 25 October

Wellington

22 January

Monday 21 January

Marlborough

1 November

Monday 4 November

Nelson

1 February

Monday 4 February

Canterbury

16 December

Friday 15 November

Canterbury (South)

16 December

Monday 23 September

Westland

1 December

Monday 2 December

Otago

23 March

Monday 25 March

Southland

17 January

Monday 14 January

Chatham Islands

30 November

Monday 2 December

Provincial Anniversary Days are generally observed on the Monday nearest to the actual day.

Provinces relate to the former Provinces of 19th Century New Zealand and are not related to or determined by present-day Districts or Regions.

Our schooling system is moribund and regressive. Posted 20th May 2013
I don't believe teaching in New Zealand is a profession in the true sense of the word, says Peter Lyons. Our schooling system can best be described as moribund in its current structure and regressive in the status of teaching. Read more and have your say…
May Issue
More men wanted in child care centres

Early childhood educators backed by parents are determined to see more men enter early childhood teaching, a role traditionally viewed as low-paid women’s work. Read more...

Scholarships, Funding and Awards
One thousand ECE grants on offer

Tim Holgate is proof that you can hold down a demanding job and study towards an early childhood teaching degree.
Read more...
The Arts
Creativity is icing on Purple Cake

The Purple Cake Day charity’s recent M.A.D Show in Nelson was a celebration of children’s creativity. Read more...
Literacy and Language
New book for angry teens

Many parents know that living with a teenager can sometimes be like sharing a house with an angry beast. Read more...
Science
College’s agricultural academy targets rural skills shortage

Waikato school St Paul’s Collegiate is creating a $1m academy to train students for careers in the agricultural industry. Read more...
Health
Modern life manipulating kids to be fat

A child’s environment is the chief villain in making them fat, more destructive than genetics or lazying in front of video games, according to new overseas studies. Read more...
Lifestyle
Strong support for dads’ paid parental leave

A nationwide poll of New Zealanders commissioned by Family First NZ has found strong support for paid paternal leave of two weeks for fathers, but a split in support for expanding paid parental leave for mothers to 26 weeks. Read more...
Information Technology
Te Reo Māori app goes global

Could an application with its genesis in the desire to help immigrants to New Zealand learn Māori become a globally significant smart tool for business, tourism and learning 200 languages? Read more...
 
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Children's health service takes a Stand
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A statistical path to happiness
 
 

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