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Academic Freedom for Me, Not Thee

Academic Freedom for Me, Not Thee

“Academic freedom” is a funny old thing. Like Churchill’s characterisation of free speech, “Some people’s idea of it is that they are free to say what they like, but if anyone else says anything back, that is an outrage”. Case in point: Siouxsie Wiles and Shaun Hendy. These

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Mt Hobson Academy Connected (Online+)

Mt Hobson Academy Connected (Online+)

Mt Hobson Academy Alwyn Poole Firstly let me say – this is a wonderful project and I am loving the work. I am fully available during the holiday period for families and potential staff. Please don’t hesitate if there is anything that you need to know. Contact alwyn.poole@gmail.

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Hands off Our Kids!

New Conservative Co-Leaders New Conservative Helen Houghton, (Christchurch) Ted Johnston, BSc BA LLB (Auckland) New Conservative wishes to sound a note of caution against vaccinating healthy children for Covid. The equation is simple: what are the benefits, and what are the risks? The risks to healthy children who catch the

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Nationwide Private School Online Option Now Available

Nationwide Private School Online Option Now Available

Mt Hobson Academy The last two years have been incredibly disruptive in both days in school and the quality of teaching and learning in New Zealand. Children/young people deserve high-quality academic options and we offer them. Over the last 19 years, children who have been through our Mt Hobson

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Government Own-Goal Will Cost Students

As teacher shortages mount, National is again calling for COVID-19 Response Minister Chris Hipkins to urgently act and allocate MIQ spots for the teachers that he announced would be able to enter the country last July, National’s Immigration spokesperson Erica Stanford says. “National called on Minister Hipkins to allocate

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Mt Hobson Academy Connected (Online+)

Mt Hobson Academy Connected (Online+)

Mt Hobson Academy Alwyn Poole Firstly let me say – this is a wonderful project and I am loving the work. I am fully available during the holiday period for families and potential staff. Please don’t hesitate if there is anything that you need to know. Contact alwyn.poole@gmail.

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Nationwide Private School Online Option Now Available

Nationwide Private School Online Option Now Available

Mt Hobson Academy The last two years have been incredibly disruptive in both days in school and the quality of teaching and learning in New Zealand. Children/young people deserve high-quality academic options and we offer them. Over the last 19 years, children who have been through our Mt Hobson

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Worried about Your Child’s School and Vaccination?

Concerned Mum Many parents throughout New Zealand are grappling with uncertainty surrounding the government’s approval of the Pfizer vaccine rollout for 5-to-11-year-olds and the ongoing 12-plus rollout. For those of you who are thinking of writing to your school to seek clarity on whether the school intends to hold

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Nationwide Private School Online Option Now Available

Nationwide Private School Online Option Now Available

Mt Hobson Academy The last two years have been incredibly disruptive in both days in school and the quality of teaching and learning in New Zealand. Children/young people deserve high-quality academic options and we offer them. Over the last 19 years, children who have been through our Mt Hobson

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Nationwide Private School Online Option Now Available

Nationwide Private School Online Option Now Available

Mt Hobson Academy The last two years have been incredibly disruptive in both days in school and the quality of teaching and learning in New Zealand. Children/young people deserve high-quality academic options and we offer them. Over the last 19 years, children who have been through our Mt Hobson

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Mt Hobson Academy Connected (Online+)

Mt Hobson Academy Connected (Online+)

Mt Hobson Academy Alwyn Poole Firstly let me say – this is a wonderful project and I am loving the work. I am fully available during the holiday period for families and potential staff. Please don’t hesitate if there is anything that you need to know. Contact alwyn.poole@gmail.

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Mandates Are Not Yet Law

Currently, we have a number of groups of people, such as teachers and those in the healthcare sector, who are unaware of their legal rights. The key is to get good legal advice and to form support groups with others in your industry. **The following information is general in nature,

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Mt Hobson Academy Connected (Online+)

Mt Hobson Academy Connected (Online+)

Mt Hobson Academy Alwyn Poole Firstly let me say – this is a wonderful project and I am loving the work. I am fully available during the holiday period for families and potential staff. Please don’t hesitate if there is anything that you need to know. Contact alwyn.poole@gmail.

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Quick Update re Mt Hobson Academy Connected

Alwyn Poole Innovative Education Consultants I know I promised to hold off until the 10th but things are happening fast. Within the schools staffing/establishment: * We are signing with a Mt Hobson Academy Associate Principal who will have full oversight of the Connected (Online) nationwide programme. She is a brilliant

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Nationwide Private School Online Option Now Available

Nationwide Private School Online Option Now Available

Mt Hobson Academy The last two years have been incredibly disruptive in both days in school and the quality of teaching and learning in New Zealand. Children/young people deserve high-quality academic options and we offer them. Over the last 19 years, children who have been through our Mt Hobson

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