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I must have been at a different conference
As well as the propaganda aimed at dividing teachers and parents, many parents were upset that the conference could not muster a quorum for the AGM. There's trouble in NZSTA mooted.... more
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Tolley slams independent parliamentary research paper, then it is withdrawn
If you want further evidence that our education system is corrupted, then look at what has happened... more
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Southland backs Auckland, and spells it out further
It is the sincere belief of the Southland Primary Principals Association’s Executive that the Government needs to remove National Standards the legislation until such time proper assessment and trialling can be completed and the inherent flaws addressed.... more
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Teacher Diary 1
[Read this teacher's diary and weep. The teacher is identified after Part 7. I encourage you, though, to read the teacher's diary before you read who the teacher was.]
William had finished his poem; the topic was a thrush. There was the usual lack of spark in his writing made worse by his insistence on rhyming.... more
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Teacher Diary 2
Trevor's first coiled pot rose swiftly and largely, then slumped to the table. He pronounced it a huge success.... more
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Teacher Diary 3
A defining moment in my teaching occurred in my second term at the school.... more
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Teacher Diary 4
I consider the atmosphere that developed to be a sort of continuation of the playground discussions.... more
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Teacher Diary 5
In looking back, I can see I was sending a message to the children about programme differentiation, but hadn't fully conceptualised it myself.... more
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Teacher Diary 6
I was intrigued by the girl's poem in the way each line describes a separate image, but they added to a feeling of a whole. It was as though she was still drawing with words. Such moments in teaching are transcendent.... more
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Teacher Diary 7
'Mere dug up some of the paper cells and Ann carried them because she had a cold and couldn't smell the stink.'... more
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