TheSchoolDaily for Friday, 02 June 2000
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EDUCATION NEWS
GST ACTION FOR PUBLIC SCHOOLS' FUNDRAISING WELCOME
http://www.theschooldaily.com/articleView.asp?articlePK=2933
The Democrats have welcomed the Australian Government's announcement that
fundraising in government schools will receive the same GST treatment as
fundraising in non-government schools.
NZ TEACHER TO ATTEND NASA SPACE CAMP
http://www.theschooldaily.com/articleView.asp?articlePK=2932
Carolyn Phillips the physics teacher at Rangitoto College, Auckland will
travel to America and take part in a Nasa space camp. Mrs Phillips is one
of 25 teachers from around the world selected for the camp next month and
the only one from New Zealand.
BIG BOOST FOR LITERACY
http://www.theschooldaily.com/articleView.asp?articlePK=2931
New Zealand Education Minister Trevor Mallard today announced two funding
injections supporting the Government's objectives to improve literacy
among Maori and Pacific communities.
NZ SCHOOL TRUSTEES ASSOCIATION ANNUAL CONFERENCE
http://www.theschooldaily.com/articleView.asp?articlePK=2930
NZSTA is holding its first conference of the millennium in Wellington,
June 15 to 18. It will be looking at the issues parent representatives,
teachers and students are facing in schools this year. The Minister of
Education Trevor Mallard will open the conference in his first public
address after the budget.
TREND SHOWS SHIFT TO PRIVATE SCHOOLS IN NSW
http://www.theschooldaily.com/articleView.asp?articlePK=2924
The Department of Education and Training has released figures stating
that more than 8,000 new students in NSW enrolled in non-government
schools in 1999 while government school numbers dropped slightly by 40
students to 765,332.
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BREAKFAST FOR THE BRAIN
BFTB: Breakfast for the Brain
http://www.theschooldaily.com/articleView.asp?articlePK=2914
1. Where in Europe is President Clinton?<BR>
2. Why was Luxembourg in the news?<BR>
3. When are the Olympic Games in Sydney(month?<BR>
4. Who is holding the hostages in Fiji?<BR>
5. Find a big sports event on this weekend.<BR>
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TEACHERS
LEARNZ2001 Teacher Wanted!
http://www.theschooldaily.com/articleView.asp?articlePK=2929
The LEARNZ programme is in the hunt for a teacher. This is a rare
professional development opportunity: a full year position in
Christchurch, working closely with the LEARNZ Team at Heurisko. Our
preferred candidate will be an enthusiastic, registered primary or
secondary teacher. They will apply for a Science Technology Teacher
Fellowship which will provide leave from school for the 2001 calendar
year. Further information at http://www.learnz.org.nz/2k/teacherwanted/
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GOVERNANCE
Last chance to vote for NZSTA president and national executive
(deadline Friday 2 June)
http://www.theschooldaily.com/articleView.asp?articlePK=2913
Please remind your school to use its vote in the NZSTA elections
(president, national executive, and remits). Your forms must be faxed to
NZSTA head office by Friday 2 June.
Fax: (04) 473-4706
NZ School Trustees Association is the only national organisation to cover
the full spectrum of NZ education - principals, teachers, parents,
students, primary, secondary, Maori and Pakeha. Your vote is important
for learning. Remember it's our children, our responsibility, and our
future.
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GOVERNANCE
Time Out Schools favoured by 71% of TSD readers in straw poll
http://www.theschooldaily.com/articleView.asp?articlePK=2888
How to best deal with "out of control" students became an issue with
readers of TheSchoolDaily.com. 26% were against the concept of Time Out
Schools and 3% didn't know or didn't care.
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GOVERNANCE
Adrian Picot attacks Brother Pat Lynch's views on cannabis legislation
http://www.theschooldaily.com/articleView.asp?articlePK=2867
Adrian Picot
School_name: NORML NZ Inc.
Email: norml@apc.org.nz
Article_name: NZ CATHOLIC EDUCATION OFFICE OPPOSES CANNABIS LEGALISATION
Article_date: 23-May-2000
Comments: Brother Pat Lynch misses the point. Reforming our cannabis laws
could hardly make cannabis more available - its availability and use is
ubiquitous in NZ society. It is easier to get than pizza and probably has
a greater clientele than most takeaway foods. Non-sensational aspects of
all of Mr Lynch's nightmare scenarios exist right now, here in NZ...
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GOVERNANCE
Hone Reweti answers Shirley Knuckeys question about book on Tomorrow's
Schools
http://www.theschooldaily.com/articleView.asp?articlePK=2841
Where can I purchase American book that analyses NZ's Tomorrow's Schools?
Shirley Knuckey.
Hone Reweti replies: If you are talking about "When Schools Compete - A
Cautionary Tale" by Ted Fiske and Helen Ladd, then it can be purchased
from the Victoria University Bookshop.[Sharing info is a big plus of TSD
-ed]...
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GOVERNANCE
Clarke, Craw & Partners offer advice to BoTs (#i) on property plans, and
donations
http://www.theschooldaily.com/articleView.asp?articlePK=2799
PROPERTY PLANS
There is a new focus on Asset and Property Management within schools. A
new trial is underway to decide how schools will be funded for Property
Maintenance in the future. From feedback we have had, there seems to be
some criticism of the current funding formulas proposed. They range from
a number of student base, to the number of classrooms being used, to decile
ranking. It appears none of the proposed bases are working.
We will have to wait and see what the final outcome is and see whether it
goes the same way as bulk funding. In essence the new property system is
going to do the same thing...
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GOVERNANCE
Clarke Craw & Partners offer advice to BoTs (#ii) computer leasing, ICT
grant
http://www.theschooldaily.com/articleView.asp?articlePK=2835
COMPUTERS TO LEASE OR OWN
We have noticed a new trend developing in recent months regarding the
ownership of computers. Some schools are opting to lease rather than buy
their computers. They believe that this option has a number of
advantages over ownership, not least of which is the replacement due to the
rapid technology changes occurring in this field...
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GOVERNANCE
Children of the Internet Dream #5- concluding Professor Edna Aphek's
Internet experiment
http://www.theschooldaily.com/articleView.asp?articlePK=2738
#5. The last session
In the last session, the "young teachers" spontaneously, came up with the
idea of taking a computer apart and showing its components to their
students, who have never seen the inside of a computer before.
This on the spot decision and the way it was carried out turned out to be
one of the highlights of the course. At the end of the last meeting the
older learners summarized their impressions of the course and tipped us
as to what future courses should look like:
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Clark Craw and Partners - chartered accountants for schools
http://www.theschooldaily.com/clarkcraw/
Victoria University - Master of Communications
http://vuw.scim.ac.nz/comms
The George Parkyn Centre
giftedednz@xtra.co.nz
SPECTRON - electronics suppliers to industry and schools
http://www.spectron.co.nz
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