Students learning Korean with the VLN Primary and students from Kiwitea School recently enjoyed a Korean Cultural Day to expand their knowledge of the culture. Students experienced a variety of traditional events, such as games, fan making, calligraphy, playing instruments and savouring Korean foods.

WOW - stands for Work of the Week - a tradition shared in the Rural & Remote Schools project. This term they share their webpages, made with Google sites, that showcase their cool schools and the unique places they live.

Tauriko School children share their experience of learning visual arts online with Sofie, and proudly share their favourite work.

Chinese Language Week was celebrated in the VLN Primary with schools celebrations and attendance at Confucius Institute Auckland's 10 th birthday celebrations.

Te Tiriti (The Treaty of Waitangi) was taken around Aotearoa back in 1840. Let us take you back to where it all began through a personalised virtual visit with our Education Team at the Waitangi Treaty Grounds.

Effective student support is a key to learners achieving success. Rick Whalley discusses his research findings and shares a resource for schools.

We'll be at ULearn in the October term break. If you are there too, make sure you come along to one of our presentations or seek us out for a chat! Check out breakouts from our team:

Kudos to Melanie & Olivia who presented at ULearn this year. They shared findings from their study of how the VLN Primary is working in their school.

Did you know there are approximately 10,000 Filipino students attending New Zealand schools? As a result of the employment of a large number of Filipino's in the agricultural sector, their children will be attending rural schools, and are often isolated from their home language and culture.

VLN Primary ALLiS teachers had their first PLD session of 2017. They not only explored the tools for teaching online, but shared their experiences unique to teachers who work in the online environment.

Dr Mikami works for ILEP (International Languages and Pathways) and came to see how the VLN Primary is promoting Japanese to young people throughout New Zealand.

Teachers Nicki Fielder and Sunny Yang experienced Seoul first hand and made valuable connections during a week long trip attending the event.

Filipino students connecting across the country - your students are invited too!

Chinese Language week is a Kiwi led initiative aimed at encouraging New Zealanders to discover Chinese language and culture. 

Having been asked often, “How do you establish and maintain your global connections?” Geoff Wood details the nuts, bolts and issues relating to this.

This year some of our eTeachers have been using Google Classrooms to share activities and resources with students and as a tool to collate and evaluate student work. eTeacher, Sofie Jacobs, shares her experiences so far.

Moanataiari School are the new host school for the VLN Primary. Rachel was recently welcomed with a whole school Powhiri.

The VLN Primary School recently held its annual AGM and are delighted to welcome new governance members Michael Brick and Hinerangi Murphy.

The VLN Primary is really pleased to announce that we have recently become an approved institution through the Education Council to attest for our eteachers renewal of registration.

Thanks to the support of our fabulous partners Hail, we are excited to launch our brand spanking new website!

New to us or just looking for a refresher? Here you will find all the essential information you need about how we work.