Kia ora koutou katoa,

Please find attached an e-poster which is a Green Party contribution to the National Standards debate. We want to contribute a positive vision of some great educational ideas as well as our critique of National Standards. This colourful poster is for your staffroom, your office wall, your facebook, your work networks and for anyone who cares about education.

You can also download the poster from our website: http://www.greens.org.nz/node/22728

We realise not everyone has access to a colour printer for A3 so if you would like to receive a colour copy or copies please contact frances.mountier or phone 04 8178252 with your address and we will send you copies.

We would be very interested in your views on our ideas.

Best wishes

Catherine Delahunty
Green Education Spokesperson

Green Party of Aotearoa New Zealand

Room 15.10, Bowen House
Parliament Buildings
Wellington

Ph: + 64 4 817 8250
Email: catherine.delahunty

<<NatStandardsposter.pdf>>

NatStandardsposter.pdf

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RELIEF FUNDS FOR EARTHQUAKE VICTIMS IN SOLOMON ISLANDS

The Pacific Islands Forum Secretariat has paid FJ$20,000.00 from the Regional Natural Disaster Relief Fund to the victims of a series of earthquakes which struck the Western Province of Solomon Islands on 4th January 2010.

“As the region is prone to natural disasters, Forum Leaders established the Regional Natural Disaster Relief Fund several years ago to assist member countries who experience natural disasters such as cyclones or earthquakes. This is to assist in the relief and rehabilitation of the disaster victims,” says Feleti Teo, Acting Secretary General of the Pacific Islands Forum Secretariat.

Mr Teo expressed sympathy for those who were affected by the earthquakes in Solomon Islands.

The money has been paid to the Solomon Islands National Disaster Management Office in Honiara which has been coordinating relief supplies to the victims of the earthquakes.

A total of seven earthquakes measuring up to 7.2 on the Richter scale shook the islands of Rendova and Tetepari in the Solomon Islands Western Province in the early hours of 4th January damaging houses and food gardens. About 500 houses were destroyed and an estimated 2,000 people were left homeless. There were no casualties reported.

ENDS.

Resource

This week we are changing tack and starting a focus on engaging learners whose first learning experience was unsuccessful. So this week’s resource tells the stories of Iridescent Learning in the US. They work with the whole family in a range of ways to ‘foster curiosity and inspire self-confidence in young people with limited access’. They enlist support from the community e.g. volunteer engineers, and have even arranged with local universities for engineering students to get credit for involvement in their education programmes. Go to http://akoaotearoa.ac.nz/acenet/engaging-learners to read all about it and hear the stories of some of those who have been involved.

Second online workshop planned for last week of February

Because our first online workshop was so well-received by those who were there, we are planning a second one in the last week of February. I will give more details next week.

Spread the word

If you are already forwarding these resource of the week emails to a friend or colleague, or believe someone you know may find these resources interesting, please email me their details and we can add them to our database.

General

To join ACEnet, which now has 43 members, go to http://akoaotearoa.ac.nz/acenet. This will take you to the home page for ACEnet. You can view everything in the community immediately. However, you need to follow a two step process to contribute i.e.

- join Ako Aotearoa’s site

- then join the ACEnet community.

You also need to make sure you are logged in (look in the box on the upper right of the Ako Aotearoa screen) to be able to get involved in the discussions. Please email me if you have any problems.

If you wish to stop receiving the ACEnet resource of the week emails, please reply to this email with ‘Please unsubscribe’ in the subject line.

See you online soon.

Terry

Terry Neal
ACE Aotearoa

Phone: 04 473 6622

Mobile: 021 322 332

Skype: terryneal60

Visit ACEnet, the online community for ACE practitioners, at http://akoaotearoa.ac.nz/acenet

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