Education

A fight for better pay

Local teacher aides will be voting on a new collective employment agreement over the next few weeks that will kick-start pay equity talks in the school support... Read More

Students launch their own rockets

Pupils at St. Mary's Catholic School were chuffed today when they had the opportunity to launch their own homemade rockets into the atmosphere. The ‘rockets'... Read More

Children learn the importance of water

Tahatai Coast Primary School children are learning real-life skills like compassion and empathy in their latest hands on project where every drop counts. Five classes... Read More

New classrooms for Bay schools

Three Bay of Plenty schools will get flash new classrooms after a $33 million school investment was announcement this week. The 2017 budget has provided around... Read More

College has a crack at breaking records

Teeth brushing and marshmallow eating are two world records Otumoetai College is hoping to break this Thursday. The school will be trying to break two records involving... Read More

New court surface for Coromandel school

Two multipurpose sports courts at Coromandel Area School will soon be back in play, with resurfacing expected to be completed by the end of next week. The asphalt... Read More

All that glitters is....trash

All that glittered at Baycourt Theatre yesterday wasn't gold - it was trash. The Sustainable Art Challenge featured plenty of sparkly, glittery materials on stage... Read More

Never too old to learn

Brian Dilworth left school 65 years ago in 1952. Now he's back studying aged 80. He'd rather be working if he could, but it didn't work out that way. 'If people... Read More

Quiz night in Papamoa

Droopy drawers and fairy lights. Ducks, snails and paper darts in flight. These were some of the artistic, competitive endeavours in Papamoa on Friday night. School... Read More

How to not get bitten by a dog

Preventing people from being bitten by a dog is the number one priority of Tauranga City Council's animal services education coordinator Cheniel Powell. Cheniel... Read More

Twins sets second time winners

Twins power and experience paid off for Made Alive from Whakatane and Trident High Schools when they took out the Bay of Pleny regional final of Smokefreerockquest... Read More

Too sexy too soon

Australian ‘sexploitation' expert Melinda Tankard Reist is bringing her message about the link between pornography and violence to Bay parents, educators... Read More