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Otago Branch held an education forum in Dunedin and we attracted about 60 people.  We were thrilled with the outcome and the lively debate during our open session of questions.  I think some MPs were surprised at the negative response to National Standards by teachers.  Attending the forum were 2 Labour, 2 National, 2 Mana and 2 Greens, we were pleased with the response.  

My Year 3 class are working on the elections in our class, amazing when you use the staff at school and split…

NZEI what a great annual meeting. Napier Branch really enjoyed every part of it...thank you National Exec superb job xx

Speak up for Education week starts tomorrow...get those posters up and those conversations going challenge each other in your own schools.Don't forget to add your conversation numbers onto our NZEI website total...100 000 here we come!

Morning everyone

Hope you are all enjoying the holidays!! Rest up we have a busy term ahead...Speak up for Education, World Teachers Day, Branch Activities, Network meetings...and this is our voluntary job! We still have to teach for a living...ENJOY :)

Last one for the night....

Thoughts and prayers are with you all once again Christchurch....and I do wish our Minister would show some compassion!

Here's a good idea to use at your branch activities to get those conversations moving ahead....it was given to us at our AC meeting so can't take the credit for it but it is a goody....

Buy a pack of cards for the game 500, this gives you cards with 12, 13, 14 ect... Shuffle them and get your members to pick one. That is how many conversations they need to have in a week.( You can make up your own rules for Jack's and ace ) Have one there and then with the person they are…

The American movie Waiting for Superman has been doing the rounds on the NZ film festival circuit prompting comment and coverage about the need to implement similar educational reform here. The film champions Charter Schools, an initiative that establishes publically funded schools with significant autonomy from the exisiting public system. 

The arguments behind the initiative are compelling - Charter Schools will result in innovations in schooling, greater efficiency, higher levels…

Sometimes we need to put cuts into context. Here's a story...

So out in this centre is four staff. One is outside looking after a group of students exploring and learning on the equipment out there. He's helping them develop gross motor skills and exploring what happens to water in sand.

By the water trough is another teacher talking about floating and sinking, heavy and light. Chatting about why the water wheel turns like so.

 In the library, there is a group…