Education

Flat Stanley travels with the news

Flat Stanley is riding around Tauranga with SunLive photographer Tracy Hardy. Flat Stanley is getting a taste of the news business in Tauranga as he accompanies... Read More

Call for scouts in 2012

The Welcome Bay Scout Group is inviting everyone to join them on February 2 for its registration and open night. Scouts teach children valuable skills for the future,... Read More

Flat Stanley – a roar and a rest

Flat Stanley is looking forward to an action-packed stay in Tauranga after receiving many suggestions as to where he should go while staying in the city. He arrived... Read More

Preschool keeps cool in summer

Snow in warm temperatures may be something people joke about, but Village Preschool in Bethlehem made it a reality. Marion Topping says the preschool trucked in... Read More

Flat Stanley – where should he go?

Flat Stanley is in Tauranga and SunLive is hoping its readers can suggest what the best places are in town for him to visit so that he can educate a second grade... Read More

Scholarship student wins ‘th3sis in 3’

Bay of Plenty Polytechnic summer scholarship students Te Atarangi Sayers and Nicholas Elliott are the first and third place-getters respectively in a ‘th3sis... Read More

Kawerau school fight continues

Kawerau Intermediate is making another bid to retain its current status and not be amalgamated with Kawerau College. Supporters of the school, who want it to remain... Read More

NCEA results available online

Hundreds of thousands of students are visiting www.nzqa.govt.nz/ today to view their NCEA results. Last year more than 143,000 students sat 119 NCEA and NZ Scholarship... Read More

Polytechnic kaumatua retires

Bay of Plenty Polytechnic kaumatua, teacher and friend, Tamati Tata, is stepping into retirement after working at the institution for nearly 20 years. Bay of Plenty... Read More

Consolidation to strengthen schools

Education Minister Hekia Parata says the consolidation of schooling in Murupara will help strengthen education and raise student achievement levels in the area. ... Read More

Murupara schools set to merge

A new school is planned for Murupara which will cater for Years 1 to 13. Rangitahi College and Murupara Primary School will merge into one area school at the beginning... Read More

Teacher gives exam answers

Seventeen Otumoetai College Students had their NCEA results in Maori withdrawn last year after the NZQA found a teacher gave the students answers for internal assessments. Principal... Read More