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  • DodgyAgent
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    Originally posted by Rebecca Loos
    course it is bro', have you ever seen a Kiwi standing next to an English person?
    IRMC
    Standing behind him yes, alongside no

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  • Mailman
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    Originally posted by DodgyAgent
    So do you reckon the system in NZ is better than it is here?
    There are good and bad things about both systems Dodgy.

    One of the good things over here is how there are teaching assistants in just about every class in this country.

    Bad thing is how SATS and GCSE are still being carried out inspite of the fact that the majority of heads have told Ruthy the tests are crap.

    Mailman

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  • Gunnery Sergeant Highway
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    Originally posted by Rebecca Loos
    course it is bro', have you ever seen a Kiwi standing next to an English person?
    IRMC
    No, only in front of one with the Kiwi saying "would you like ice and lemon in that?".

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  • Rebecca Loos
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    course it is bro', have you ever seen a Kiwi standing next to an English person?
    IRMC

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  • DodgyAgent
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    Originally posted by Mailman
    Schools are rated by the education board (similar to oftstead reports) and the ratings take in more than mere exam results.

    While the school will receive a rating between 1 (being worst performing) and 10 (highest performing) the ratings are used by the Government to determine which school needs the most help. Tables certainly arent published like they are here.

    Having said that, kiwis understand that a decile 1 school can actually still be a very good school.

    Mailman
    So do you reckon the system in NZ is better than it is here?

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  • Mailman
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    Schools are rated by the education board (similar to oftstead reports) and the ratings take in more than mere exam results.

    While the school will receive a rating between 1 (being worst performing) and 10 (highest performing) the ratings are used by the Government to determine which school needs the most help. Tables certainly arent published like they are here.

    Having said that, kiwis understand that a decile 1 school can actually still be a very good school.

    Mailman

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  • DodgyAgent
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    Originally posted by Mailman
    There are so many things that go in to making a school "good" that its a travesty to base how good a school is purely on how the kids did in a bunch of meaningless exams!

    Mailman
    So what happens in NZ then mailman ?

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  • threaded
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    Sorry, they could not have tables for cleanliness or sportiness as they've sacked all the cleaners and sold off all the playing fields.

    There again, this is the New Lie we're talking about, they could deem these things I guess.

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  • wendigo100
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    Originally posted by Mailman
    There are so many things that go in to making a school "good" that its a travesty to base how good a school is purely on how the kids did in a bunch of meaningless exams!

    Mailman
    Exams are not meaningless, and they are the most popular way of measuring a school.

    If enough people's priority for a school were friendliness, sportiness or cleanliness, that information will be unearthed and turned into a table too. Then we'd have people complaining about that.

    There is nothing we can do about tables, other than try and hide the figures.

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  • vetran
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    Clean and tidy

    Some of the reasons I chose the school my kids go to were a friendly receptionist and clean classrooms. Not been proved wrong yet. And yes Mrs Goof those tables are tiny.

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  • Mailman
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    Originally posted by PRC1964
    Our local school has only around 250 kids. Comparing it to a school that has that many in each year is pointless.
    There are so many things that go in to making a school "good" that its a travesty to base how good a school is purely on how the kids did in a bunch of meaningless exams!

    Mailman

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  • MrsGoof
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    Went to parents evening recently, those tables in the nurserry class are really tiny.

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  • The Master
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    Originally posted by milanbenes
    yes Maestro,

    could be.

    Keep it quiet though.
    Don't worry, Milan, mum's the word. There's room for both of us in the second hand school furniture market.

    I've heard there's a guy with a shop in Bracknell who might be in the market for some if the price is right and the brass inkwell covers are still in place.

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  • milanbenes
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    yes Maestro,

    could be.

    Keep it quiet though.

    Milan.

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  • PRC1964
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    Our local school has only around 250 kids. Comparing it to a school that has that many in each year is pointless.

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