Education

Year 3s teach fire safety

A Year 3 led student fire safety programme at Bethlehem College is coming to a close after about 450 students visited it this week.All classes from the college's... Read More

Education growth plans made

Western Bay of Plenty business and civic leaders have produced a tertiary education plan they say will assist in the creation of more opportunity and reason for... Read More

Papamoa kindergarten scrapped

Kindergarten waiting lists at Papamoa are going to get longer, after the government cut funding for a planned Papamoa East kindergarten. Tauranga Regions Kindergarten... Read More

TBC for a UK connection

Tauranga Boys' College old boys living in London or Europe have the chance to catch up for the association's inaugural overseas function on July 15. Principal Robert... Read More

School zone concerns MP

Bay of Plenty MP Tony Ryall says the government is exploring options to alleviate concern over new school zones in Papamoa. Papamoa College and Golden Sands School... Read More

Promoting future links with China

A group of Chinese young leaders visited Tauranga on Friday to learn more about the region's economy and its links with China. Chinese Young Leaders delegation... Read More

$10k helps OTC old boy

A $10,000 scholarship is helping 18 year old Otumoetai College old boy Cory Malbon achieve his dream to study medicine at Otago University. Cory won the Maori... Read More

Cross city friendships

Merivale and Bethlehem teenagers are teaming up to learn from each other and build across-city friendships. It is part of a Merivale Community Centre mentoring... Read More

Wharekura will continue

The interim Board of Trustees for the proposed full-immersion Maori school in Bethlehem are confident it will go ahead, despite an appeal to the Environment Court... Read More

Bay principal endorses vetting

Western Bay of Plenty principals are supporting new government legislation that makes police vetting of non-teaching staff compulsory. Parliament has passed the... Read More

Countdown for leaky school

Papamoa's Tahatai Coast School is counting down the five weeks left until it gets the first new classrooms that are part of its multi-million dollar repair. The... Read More

Enviroschool first for BOP

Pongakawa School is the first school in the Bay of Plenty and is just one of 17 schools around the country to achieve the Green-Gold Enviroschools Award. To achieve... Read More