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Bird's Eye View: Natural Standards v Budget announcements
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Andrew Bird's blog about education and leadership. Thursday, May 24, 2012. Natural Standards v Budget announcements. We know that our children are all different. That is one of the great joys of being part of the school environment. We know that children grow at different rates and enjoy different things. They are not the same and they are not widgets. Mandarins and oranges while similar, are different. Posted by Andrew Bird. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). THOUGHT FOR THE DAY.
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Bird's Eye View: Parents donate $250 million annually to state schools
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Andrew Bird's blog about education and leadership. Monday, February 27, 2012. Parents donate $250 million annually to state schools. I found this article long overdue. It was on STUFF in the weekend and really presents more questions than provides answers. It also goes hand in hand with my previous post about. It doesn't really fall within the Education Act. In reality though these questions fall back onto the Board of Trustees to choose between 3 very expensive categories which fall outside the oper...
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Bird's Eye View: Public funding of private schools
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Andrew Bird's blog about education and leadership. Tuesday, April 17, 2012. Public funding of private schools. As a state school principal who sits at the knife edge of decision-making around just the basics of what we can or can't have for the children of our community I find this handout to Collegiate unacceptable, particularly in the context of my last post on special needs funding. The discussions clarifies many myths around the private and state education divide. Posted by Andrew Bird.
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Muritai Primary School
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Board of Trustees Newsletter. Muritai students will be the best that they can be. The vision for everyone involved with Muritai School is that the children's education will help them develop their potential to be the best that they can possibly be. Our focus as a school is to reflect on and review our achievements and develop new goals and strategies to enhance our school learning environment to improve outcomes for each and every student. Website written and designed by simantics.net.
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Muritai Primary School
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Board of Trustees Newsletter. Board of Trustees Information. National standards results 2014. Assessment Glossary for parents. Board of Trustees Key Policies. Website written and designed by simantics.net.
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Bird's Eye View: Final speech to year 8 leavers of 2012
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Andrew Bird's blog about education and leadership. Friday, December 21, 2012. Final speech to year 8 leavers of 2012. Ira Hayes, a Native American Indian once said – no one complains about a speech being too short…I don’t like complaints so I’ll do my best here. Thank you to all of you for coming tonight for our 2012 year 8 dinner. To our students - this is your evening. I am very proud of you. I am sure you mums, dads and family are very proud of you…I know your teachers are proud of you a...As you move...
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Bird's Eye View: School Days....
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Andrew Bird's blog about education and leadership. Wednesday, February 26, 2014. I really like the pace of Muritai School at the moment. A few years ago we were getting tied in knots trying to get so much done through the school day. We thought that the more we did, the more the children would be educated. Click here to read the blog. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). THOUGHT FOR THE DAY. Visit the free hit counters. CARE - to be the best that you can be. Curriculum. Other countries.
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Bird's Eye View: Special Needs funding in the media
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Andrew Bird's blog about education and leadership. Thursday, March 15, 2012. Special Needs funding in the media. I really appreciated this well written comment on special needs education funding from Paul Drummond, president of the NZ Principals' Federation. Paul has given approval for to share his article. T cover what is required for high needs children to access the full curriculum. Decreasing support assumes that because the child is a year older they no longer need it! The challenge for us is to fin...
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Bird's Eye View: The teacher and the child...that's is the difference
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Andrew Bird's blog about education and leadership. Thursday, June 23, 2011. The teacher and the child.that's is the difference. On May 18th 2011, Stanford University professor Linda-Darling Hammond was awarded the Teacher's College medal for devoting her life to a long and dedicated career in education reform. Below is a transcript of her acceptance speech, as posted on the Nation. As you might expect, she's got some pretty powerful things to say. Click to read this very powerful speech.
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Bird's Eye View: The Brain in Action
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Andrew Bird's blog about education and leadership. Wednesday, June 13, 2012. The Brain in Action. I am really enjoying learning about the current work around neuroscience. There is some stunning new research work about the brain, in particular around the notion of plasticity of the brain - the ability of the brain to regrow or change. A useful read around this is Norman Doidge's book called "The Brain that changes itself.". Posted by Andrew Bird. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). THOUGHT FOR THE DAY.
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