by Claire Howison | Nov 6, 2024 | Community, Curriculum, Parent Information
Te Mātaiaho | The New Zealand Curriculum Curriculum Refresh Updates, Term 4 2024 The New Zealand Curriculum is currently undergoing a review and refresh. The English and Mathematics and Statistics curricula have been released on 31 October and must be taught from Term...
by Claire Howison | Jul 29, 2024 | Community, Curriculum, Parent Information
Learning through play is a key approach in education in today’s world. While most common in early childhood education, it also benefits students throughout their school years. This blog post explores the importance of learning through play in a primary school...
by Claire Howison | May 1, 2024 | Community, Newsletter, Parent Information
During the last week of term 1 and into the term break I had the wonderful opportunity to be part of an Education Delegation to China. This was organised by Hangzhou University of Science and Technology (HUST), Wuhan and the Confucius Institute University Canterbury...
by Claire Howison | Mar 18, 2024 | Curriculum, Newsletter, Parent Information
As part of the 100-day plan, the new National Government announced the change to mandate an hour of reading, writing and maths every day. In reality, this is not very different from what your child is already experiencing at Ararira. The teaching of reading, writing...
by Claire Howison | Feb 12, 2024 | Community, Curriculum, Newsletter, Parent Information
Ararira Springs’ Balanced Scorecard The Springboard Trust offers a suite of fantastic professional learning for school leaders and late in 2022 we took part in the Balanced Scorecard for Schools in Aotearoa programme. This asks schools to think long-term and...
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