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Read news about education resources and programmes supported by the NZ Transport Agency.

Includes stories about road safety activities from New Zealand schools and regions.

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Virtual field trip during Rail Safety Week 2019

6 August 2019 9:00 am |

Rail Safety Week starts August 12. All schools can get students involved via a LEARNZ virtual field trip.

Curriculum resource encourages students to take action

14 May 2019 10:00 am |

Enviroschools and the Greater Wellington Regional Council have created a curriculum resource encouraging students to think about sustainable travel.

Teachers at Education Portal workshop plan to boost student agency

2 April 2019 11:00 am |

Teachers and health promoters are teaming up to use Education Portal curriculum resources to support students learning about safe active travel.

Movin’March – Māehe Haere

19 November 2018 11:00 am |

Wellington region schools can sign up now. This month-long event celebrates the benefits of walking, scooting and biking to school.

Virtual trip full of in-depth learning

5 November 2018 9:00 am |

Secondary students who appeared in a virtual field trip talk about investigating our transport system. (+ videos)

New look Education Portal for New Zealand teachers

17 October 2018 9:00 am |

The NZ Transport Agency has streamlined its website for schools and is planning new road safety education resources.

Look out for daytime trains between Picton and Christchurch

9 October 2018 2:00 pm |

For the first time since the November 2016 Kaikōura earthquake, daytime freight trains are running on the Main North Line railway between Picton and Christchurch.

Parade celebrates school patrols

28 September 2018 9:00 am |

Wellington’s annual Orange Day Parade this month acknowledged the role of students in supporting safer journeys to and from school.

Here comes Rail Safety Week — always look for trains

7 August 2018 9:00 am |

Rail Safety Week 2018 gives schools an important reminder to share safety messages within their communities.

Virtual field trip focuses on design thinking behind transport system

23 April 2018 9:00 am |

Term 3 features a LEARNZ virtual field trip with scope to support student inquiry projects and other classroom learning.

Unicycle students learn about cycleways

18 October 2017 9:00 am |

Members of a school’s unicycle club are expanding their horizons by learning about urban cycleways.

How teachers can help young people question behaviour and identity

22 September 2017 9:00 am |

The ways people act on our roads may reflect the identities they want for themselves or feel pressured to adopt. Here’s how teachers can surface and challenge the ideas which influence identity.

Kea crossing adds to school’s safe routes

16 June 2017 9:00 am |

A Wellington primary school expands the role of its school patrol, and adds to safe routes available for students.

Essential reading: case studies by Rosemary Hipkins

13 June 2017 9:00 am |

An exploratory report by an NZCER researcher looks at how teachers are supported to use road safety as a rich context for learning.

Effective understandings about road safety learners

29 May 2017 9:00 am |

Here’s how a richer view of young people’s culture and lives can help with road safety education planning. Key questions for planning included.

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News within "Primary and Intermediate"

Virtual field trip during Rail Safety Week 2019

Curriculum resource encourages students to take action

Teachers at Education Portal workshop plan to boost student agency

Movin’March – Māehe Haere

Virtual trip full of in-depth learning

New look Education Portal for New Zealand teachers

Look out for daytime trains between Picton and Christchurch

Parade celebrates school patrols

Here comes Rail Safety Week — always look for trains

Virtual field trip focuses on design thinking behind transport system

Unicycle students learn about cycleways

How teachers can help young people question behaviour and identity

Kea crossing adds to school’s safe routes

Essential reading: case studies by Rosemary Hipkins

Effective understandings about road safety learners

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Virtual field trip during Rail Safety Week 2019

Curriculum resource encourages students to take action

Teachers at Education Portal workshop plan to boost student agency

Movin’March – Māehe Haere

Virtual trip full of in-depth learning

New look Education Portal for New Zealand teachers

Look out for daytime trains between Picton and Christchurch

Parade celebrates school patrols

Here comes Rail Safety Week — always look for trains

Virtual field trip focuses on design thinking behind transport system

Unicycle students learn about cycleways

How teachers can help young people question behaviour and identity

Kea crossing adds to school’s safe routes

Essential reading: case studies by Rosemary Hipkins

Effective understandings about road safety learners

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