Education
Students happy to be back as schools reopen under level 2
More than half a million children returned to classrooms today as schools outside of Auckland reopened.
Students told RNZ they are happy to be back after three weeks of lockdown learning in alert… Audio
School community split between Alert Levels two and four
There's been excitement and anxiety among both kids and their parents, as hundreds-of-thousands of students returned to school today. But 10km south of the Bombay Hills, the Mangatawhiri School… Audio
Anxious kids - what can parents do?
Clinical Psychologist Sarb Johal talks about why rates of anxiety in children have gone up so much recently. He answers listeners' questions about children and anxiety during lockdown. Audio
Anxiety 'normal' as students head back to school across much of the country
Anxiety may be a common feeling as pupils head back to school across the country - except for Auckland - today, but that's normal, a psychologist says. Audio
Covid-19: School principal on reopening after lockdown
Schools outside Auckland are reopening their doors, and probably windows, on Thursday.
Wellington College is one of those welcoming back its students.
Wellington College principal Gregor Fountain… Audio
Covid-19: Wellington schools reopen
Schools outside Auckland are reopening their doors, and probably windows, on Thursday.
Wellington College is one of those welcoming back its students.
Education correspondent John Gerritsen is… Audio
Covid-19: Handling anxiety for kids back at school
The school bells will chime again today - outside Auckland that is - as thousands of primary and secondary school students return to class.
More than three weeks of lockdown learning is over and with… Audio
Covid-19: Auckland mum facing more home learning
Parents across much of the country are having to get back into the routine of making school lunches again this morning.
But bear a thought for those in Auckland who are facing a week or two more of… Audio
Returning to school poses a risk for children with respiratory illness - report
A new report on New Zealand's respiratory health shows that huge inequity persists for Māori and Pasifika and returning to school can pose a risk for children with respiratory issues.
Screen time and child development - the latest NZ research
Sir Peter Gluckman joins us to talk about a new report into screen time and its effects on children's emotional, social and cognitive development written by him and the team at Koi Tu: The Centre for… Audio
Students call for more help
Some students outside Auckland say they need more help to recover from the impact of Covid on their learning. NCEA exams have been delayed two weeks, and students who have missed 20 days of school or… Audio
Teachers' TikTok and class karaoke among ways to keep students going
From karaoke to TikTok, Auckland's teachers are using every trick they can think of to keep their pupils interested in learning through the lockdown.
Covid-19: Locked down teachers turn to TikTok, karaoke
From karaoke to TikTok, Auckland's teachers are using every trick they can think of to keep their pupils interested in learning.
They say motivation is a big problem during lockdown for some… Audio
Digital divide hurting new cohort of kids
School and iwi trust leaders are having to intervene - paying for devices and internet for families - to prevent a new wave of children falling behind this lockdown.
Covid-19: Schools step in to bridge digital divide
Schools and iwi trusts have stepped in to buy devices and internet for families struggling with distance learning over the past three weeks.
They want to stop a new wave of children falling behind… Audio
Covid-19: Teacher turns to TikTok over lockdown
As Auckland's lockdown continues, teachers are figuring out how to keep a quarter of a million children engaged with their school work.
Glenfield College teacher Rena Zhu told education correspondent… Audio
Masks in schools encouraged, but not all principals enforcing
The real world school classroom is back in action from this Thursday for all schools outside of Auckland.
But schools are expecting some added anxiety among students, who will have to socially… Video, Audio
Kindergarten relief teachers go without pay during lockdown
Kindergarten relief teachers aren't being paid in lockdown because their government-funded employers can't afford it.
School mask-wearing: 'Easier to follow a rule than decide what to do'
The recommendation for mask-wearing at schools at level 2 will be more difficult to manage than if it was compulsory, the head of the Secondary Principals' Association says. Audio
1 in 10 university students have cheated: Australian study
A new Australian study has found around one in ten university students have cheated, and the vast majority were never caught. Academics at the University of Western Australia surveyed students about… Audio
