Education Noticeboard
Please find below our community noticeboard, containing education surveys or information that may be of interest to you and your school.
Please note the bulletins below are not associated with SPANZ and if you have any queries regarding these please contact the person in the listing.
If you would like to include your educational survey/notice* on our Noticeboard please contact us via: office@spanz.school.nz
*Please note, SPANZ reserves the right to remove any notice or decline at our discretion
Sir David Levene Essay Competition
Following the death of Sir David Levene KNZM OBE last August, the Astor Foundation is this year running an essay competition to acknowledge his contribution to New Zealand. The Astor Foundation is a charitable organisation co-founded by Sir David to further his mission to empower young people, and communities, to achieve all they can.* The Sir David Levene Essay Prize is open to all students currently in Year 12 and 13 in any secondary school in New Zealand.
The inaugural theme reflects his commitment to social cohesion: Discuss how barriers between people or communities in New Zealand can be broken down in order to achieve greater social cohesion.
Sir David’s legacy includes establishing Outward Bound, co-funding a professorship in neurology at the University of Auckland, bursaries for students at Massey University experiencing financial hardship, and the support of about 300 charities including North Shore Hospice and the Halberg Trust.
Governor-General Dame Cindy Kiro is being invited to be the Patron of the essay competition and there will be a formal prizegiving event to announce the winner in October 2022.
There are substantial prizes of $5,000 for the winner and $2,500 for second and third place. The winning essay will be published in the NZ Herald.
To find out more click here
Everyone Likes Passive Income - now is your opportunity
Attainable Trust is a Charitable Trust looking after people with disabilities mainly intellectual and learning. They provide work for people who would not necessarily get employment in mainstream.
A number of our customers, along with other well-known brands, have provided us with high quality products, which we are marketing under the Mighty Kind website. Mighty Kind is marketing direct to schools, clubs and other not for profit organisations.
Basically, your school will receive passive income on all purchases made through the website and where your school is selected as a recipient. Apart from the initial sell in, where your input is minimal, NO ADDITIONAL WORK IS REQUIRED BY YOUR ADMIN STAFF, BUT PASSIVE INCOME WILL FLOW YOUR WAY.
What better way to generate income for your school and at the same time provide employment opportunities for these less fortunate individuals employed by Attainable Trust.
For further information look at the attached flyer.
FujiFILM Business Innovation - Programme Printing
You rely on teachers and support staff for a huge range of duties, so requesting and choosing quotes for print services shouldn’t be one of them! FUJIFILM Business Innovation NZ already work with an array of New Zealand schools, so have an intimate knowledge of the requirements and considerations of the education sector.
They will look at a range of quotes and choose the most cost effective solution for each project, whether it’s yearbooks, prospectuses or other marketing collateral, exams, course books, sporting and cultural materials, signage, and display boards. They can even help source return-to-school Covid-19 safety materials. FBNZ have a network of production partners around the country as well as their own print facilities so can access the most cost-effective print solution tailored to your school’s budget.
Let FBNZ help your school focus on its core work; call Eden Nielsen on 021 261 1527 or email eden.nielsen@servicecentral.net.nz
Dealing with the news media when the stakes are high (Webinar)
After many questions from school leaders about how to deal with the news media if they get a Covid case (or other negative issue like cultural complaints, bullying allegations and uniform policies), school leaders media trainer Pete Burdon has put together a free Webinar on this.
The 40 Minute Masterclass looks at exactly what to say to reporters if you get a Covid case or other negative issue, how to avoid traps with high stakes media interviews and how to easily prepare a plan to be ready for a Covid case and other situations. These days you need to be ready before the media come calling, otherwise it's too late. For example, what would you do if 10 reporters appear in reception?
You can access "The School Leaders Online Masterclass to Dealing with Negative Media" at this link.
Papa Taiao Earthcare
In terms 2 & 3, Papa Taiao Earthcare are offering short courses to year 11-13 ākonga all over Aotearoa in Predator Control and Fencing & Wai Restoration.
In these two day courses, with NCEA credits available, ākonga discover the extraordinary endemic biodiversity of Aotearoa and the significance of protecting our species and awa through predator control and fencing. The courses offer hands-on, real life skills, as well as getting our rangatahi outdoors, into nature, and in connection with ecology & regeneration. The courses are a fantastic taster of careers in restoration that they may not otherwise know about or consider.
The Predator Control courses include an overnight stay, and both courses can be arranged throughout Aotearoa (you can even combine a course with other schools in your area to meet the minimum number of ākonga required - 15). Schools can utilise STAR and Gateway funding for these courses. Transport needs to be organised by the school. This link will take you to our short courses page.
Anton Blank invitation
Racism, bias and wellbeing in the classroom. A series of one-hour zoom modules for secondary school staff. More than 40 schools have now taken part in these aspirational workshops. The learning is energising, inspirational and solutions-focused. Teachers emerge with new skills to embrace diversity in the classroom, and engage all students in learning.
Please refer to flyer for session times and booking information - flyer.
Make way programme for students - Ellie Bambury (year’s 11-13)
The Make Way Programs are designed to help students connect with their personal story and inner voice, in an exciting, non-threatening way, that will empower them to make more authentic and purposeful decisions in their lives - particularly as they navigate the end of their school journey and future. For more information please check out Ellie Bambury at the Big Sister Project.
Linewize webinar
Linewize are hosting a webinar next week in association with the NZPF, to register click here: https://www.linewize.io/student-wellbeing-in-the-digital-world-lp
Billy Guard
Do you know someone being cyber bullied? Go to - billyguard.com and click the “Red Button” Anonymous, Free, Gets Results, Stops Cyberbullies in their tracks!!!
“If you are neutral in situations of injustice, you have chosen the side of the oppressor” Desmond Tutu
Crisis Management in High Schools
We were contacted by Daniel Laufer, PhD MBA who is the Associate Professor of Marketing at the Wellington School of Business and Government. He gave a presentation to commerce teachers in Auckland about teaching Crisis Management in high schools which we believe will be of interest to our members. He writes a column in the New Zealand Herald on the topic of Crisis Management (https://www.nzherald.co.nz/business/news/article.cfm?c_id=3&objectid=12208055), and the column can be a valuable resource for commerce teachers to teach the topic. Below is a link to my PowerPoint presentation:
https://www.wgtn.ac.nz/business/engage/commerce-teacher-resources