Education

Review of early childhood education funding

A group reviewing funding for the early childhood sector has been told to consider making trade-offs between the quality of early learning and its cost. Associate... Read More

When the Irish came to town …

You don't have to scratch too deep to find the Northern Ireland connection in Katikati. Stand at any intersection and look up. The street names are innocuous... Read More

BOP benefits from surge in new teaching

The Bay of Plenty is among the regions gaining from the largest annual increase in the teaching workforce in more than 20 years. New government data show... Read More

Community mahi helping to restore school gully

More than 40 Katikati primary students will be keeping an eye on a ruru nesting box in their school's Te Awaawa gully come spring after it was installed this... Read More

New librarian's journey from daycare to library

There's a new face looking after Te Puke's younger library-going community. Robyn Baker is the new children and teens librarian at Te Puke Library. She... Read More

New classroom plan unveiled for BOP schools

Students at Maungatapu School in Tauranga will benefit from new classrooms as part of a major government investment that delivers 32 safe, warm and dry learning... Read More

Rapt about creative writing adventure

Bookrapt - Bay of Plenty Children's Literature Association - is gearing up for a storytelling extravaganza as it sets to host a morning of inspiring, fun, and... Read More

Te Puke Primary's winning performance at Showquest

Imagine it - no TV, no tablets, no tech. Te Puke Primary School students took to the Baycourt stage in Tauranga last week and, with their imagining of what... Read More

Feeling hard done by?

Are you feeling hard done by - frustrated at earning less than other people? In a recently published study, people feeling that way tended to develop a diminished... Read More

Toddler's fatal head injury after fall at daycare

A toddler who suffered a fatal but 'invisible” head injury after a short fall at preschool might have survived if he had received treatment sooner. A... Read More

Victoria Seymour to represent BoP in Beijing

After representing the Bay of Plenty at the Chinese Proficiency competition in Wellington on May 24, Tauranga Intermediate student Victoria Seymour, 12, is off... Read More

Mount College bands pursue Rockquest success

The head of Mount Maunganui College's Music department is 'thrilled” with the results from students competing in the heats of a national music competition. 'Mount... Read More