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Working in partnership with Coactive Education and Ngāi Tai ki Tāmaki, Te Uho o te Nikau Primary School embarked on a journey of telling the local iwi story of Manawatere. This project empowered us to access local history and stories, authentically linking the story to learning while seamlessly connecting it across the curriculum. Reflections from…

FEATURED IN: Woods Furniture Website Collaborative learning spaces and how Woods Furniture accommodates the new style of teaching and learning Principal Mel Bland discusses changes in pedagogy and how furniture has had to become more flexible in order to accommodate this. Woods Furniture NZ worked alongside Te Uho o te Nikau School to develop flexible,…

FEATURED IN: Tārai Kura | July 2022 | Pānui 9 By Mel Bland & Bev Aerenga. Photo by: Te Uho o te Nikau Flat Bush is a new town rapidly developing on the border of Botany. Our area will house an anticipated population of 40,000 by 2025. The Ormiston Town Centre will form the retail…

FEATURED IN: Times Online. By Farida Master. Times photo: Wayne Martin From posh kids to those a little rough around the edges, she has taught at some of the best international schools all over the world as well as worked with decile one schools in New Zealand and helped turn them around. Mel Bland takes…

FEATURED IN: AKO – The Journal for Education Professionals. Issue: Winter 2019 Writer: Melissa Schwalger. Photography: Distant Sea Photography “The interplay between a school and its community is complex and rich with potential – for personal connection, professional support and building capability. A range of schools throughout the country illustrate the myriad ways – and…

FEATURED IN: Botany and Ormiston Times By Farida Master “Whenever I’m at this type of events I think of the wonderful quote from Winston Churchill. ‘First we shape our building then they shape us,’ – particularly true where schools are concerned,” Chris Hipkins, Minister for Education.

Thoughts of a cultural concept for the bridges connecting the carpark to the school, a Nikau design plan was offered by Reuben Kirkwood of the local iwi Ngāi Tai ki Tāmaki. This then fed the narrative from which a new name grew.

For the first time principals of seven different schools in Flat Bush came together along with around 250 teachers and 95 support staff to share their knowledge and resources.

By Education Gazette editorsISSUE: VOLUME 97, NUMBER 11 A Future Education conference held earlier this month at Ormiston Junior College in Manukau and attended by 350 staff from seven schools aimed to build collaborations, share expertise, and show the community that there’s an effective and progressive education pathway for students. “I feel very lucky –…