Education

National’s screen use policy for young children

National has dished up another policy this week that proposes to end screen use in early childhood education (ECE) centres and limit it in...

Release of the updated curriculum for Years 0-10

The updated New Zealand Curriculum for Years 0-10 has been fully released after Education Minister Erica Stanford recently shared the final two learning areas...

For calf and country…

Kicking off Calf Club season, Karaka School’s Agricultural Day and Mauku School’s Country Life Day set quite the standard for others to follow. As...

Winning words impress

  Speaking their native tongues and donning cultural garments, Pasifika pupils recently made their ancestors proud at the Franklin Schools’ Pasifika Speech Competition. Late last month,...

South Auckland skills school expanded

A recently completed $4 million expansion of a south Auckland campus will strengthen job opportunities across the region, Skills Group CEO Rosanne Graham expects. "This...

Sports camps kick off at Adair

As thousands of young athletes take part in the AIMS Games, other young Frankliner’s have flocked to Hunua for a sporting stint at The...

Volunteers for Mobile Innovation Lab

Following last month’s launch, Innovation Franklin are now on the hunt for volunteers to join their Mobile Innovation Lab programme. The mobile lab is designed...

Calf Club dates – rural pets on parade

Rural pet wranglers are hard at work across Franklin and North Waikato, preparing for the upcoming ag day season. Otaua School pupil Leonard Stichbury, 11,...

Locals take aim at AIMS

Some athletes have a lucky pair of socks, others listen to a certain playlist before a game, but for Pukekohe Intermediate School’s Year 8...

Principal in Person: Audrey Kippen, St Mary’s Catholic School

How long have you been an educator, and where did you train? I have been an educator for 35 years, spanning experience in South Africa,...