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A big thank you to all teachers and students who have taken part in the 2023 survey. Cashmere High and Newlands Intermediate are the leading schools to date.

Over 33,300 students have taken part so far! Another 2,300 students taking part and this will become our biggest CensusAtSchool ever – and the data is super interesting.

Now available in te reo Māori:

Of note:

2023 Garden bird survey starts June 24 – Get involved! 

Get students outdoors for homework! Classroom resources here.

Teach Data Literacy: a guide for teachers – a new primary statistics resource from Data Education in Schools in Scotland.  Excellent lesson ideas and classroom resources.

Maths Week/Pāngarau Wiki – registrations are openSubmit a topic for Maths Week and be in to win prizes! Maths Week runs 7-11 August, 2023.

Thanks to Sean Minhinnick for sharing these photos of his class at Tahuna School taking part in CensusAtSchool.

Thanks to Tawnee Sowman of Marist School for sending these photos of her class taking part in CensusAtSchool!

Thanks to Karin Carnachan of Remuera Intermediate for sending in this photo of her class taking part in CensusAtSchool this term.

Kia ora koutou,

Over 28,400 students have taken part so far! Can we get another 1,600 students to take part this week to round off a fantastic term? Thank you!

Have a wonderful much-deserved holiday and we’ll be back next term with more findings from the questionnaire and more resources to share.

Ngā mihi nui,
Rachel, Anne, Pip, and Chris

FAQ

Can’t remember if you have registered or not?
Check by entering your email here. If your email doesn’t come up, register hereIt’s never too late to register and take part.

Need your registration code?
Get it again here

Need your class data download link?
Get it again here

Unsure when you can take part?
Any time during school hours from Monday – it doesn’t need to be next week if it’s not convenient. The survey is open all year. 

Need help preparing?
Please ensure that you have read the essential Teacher’s Guide. All the equipment needed to take part successfully with your students is included in it.

Want to take part over multiple days?
You can divide the activity into two sessions. Use the first session to take the measurements and fill in your data cards. Use the second session to fill in the survey online. The survey itself needs to be completed in one sitting by a student. However, different students from your class can fill it in on different days, for example, if you have limited devices or some students are away.

Have another question?
Reply to this email and we’ll get right back to you! Or you can call Rachel Cunliffe on (027) 383-3746.

censusatschool.org.nz

Kia ora koutou,

Over 27,000 students have taken part so far! Thank you! We’d love to make this our biggest year ever – can we get to 30,000 by the end of term?

The questionnaire is open all year. We would love for you to take part during this term, but whenever it suits you best is fine too.

What’s new:

  • 56% of all students taking part said that they had used YouTube four or more separate times on the previous day
  • 33% of high school students taking part said that they had blocked someone online in the past week
  • More photos of students taking part

We’d love to see your students too!
Please email us to share.

FAQ

Can’t remember if you have registered or not?
Check by entering your email here. If your email doesn’t come up, register hereIt’s never too late to register and take part.

Need your registration code?
Get it again here

Need your class data download link?
Get it again here

Unsure when you can take part?
Any time during school hours from Monday – it doesn’t need to be next week if it’s not convenient. The survey is open all year.

Need help preparing?
Please ensure that you have read the essential Teacher’s Guide. All the equipment needed to take part successfully with your students is included in it.

Want to take part over multiple days?
You can divide the activity into two sessions. Use the first session to take the measurements and fill in your data cards. Use the second session to fill in the survey online. The survey itself needs to be completed in one sitting by a student. However, different students from your class can fill it in on different days, for example if you have limited devices or some students are away.

Have another question?
Reply to this email and we’ll get right back to you! Or you can call Rachel Cunliffe on (027) 383-3746.

Ngā mihi nui,
Rachel, Anne, Pip, and Chris

censusatschool.org.nz

Thanks to Gemma Luhetoa for sending these photos of her Year 7 students at Selwyn House School taking part in CensusAtSchool!

Cedar Owen and Neave Lowe measure each other’s thumb circumference

Zara Percasky takes a leap while completing the standing jump

Victoria Lettink flies through the air during her standing jump while Ruby Maxwell watches on

Ruby Maxwell takes a flying leap while Victoria Lettink observes

Aria Hamilton-Petrie and Myana Singh measure their standing jump

Thanks to Nicole Higby for sending these photos of students at Marian Catholic School taking part in CensusAtSchool!

Thanks to Mark Lukkassen for sending these photos of students at Napier Girls’ High School taking part in CensusAtSchool!

 

Kia ora koutou,

Over 25,000 students have taken part so far! We’d love to make this our biggest year ever.

Thank you!! The questionnaire is open all year. We would love for you to take part during this term, but whenever it suits you best is fine too.

What’s new:

This data might be great to use for discussion in class! 47% said yes to pineapple being on pizza, 41% said no, and 12% did not know.

  • Note that there are currently some server issues with exploring the 2023 national database. We’ve put in place a temporary solution for the time being so the data viewer should work again (though may be a little slower than normal) – working on getting things back to normal as soon as we can.
  • Top 20 Icecream Flavours
  • See photos of students taking part

We’d love to see your students too!
Please email us to share.

FAQ

Can’t remember if you have registered or not?
Check by entering your email here. If your email doesn’t come up, register hereIt’s never too late to register and take part.

Need your registration code?
Get it again here

Need your class data download link?
Get it again here

Unsure when you can take part?
Any time during school hours from Monday – it doesn’t need to be next week if it’s not convenient. The survey is open all year.

Need help preparing?
Please ensure that you have read the essential Teacher’s Guide. All the equipment needed to take part successfully with your students is included in it.

Want to take part over multiple days?
You can divide the activity into two sessions. Use the first session to take the measurements and fill in your data cards. Use the second session to fill in the survey online. The survey itself needs to be completed in one sitting by a student. However, different students from your class can fill it in on different days, for example if you have limited devices or some students are away.

Have another question?
Reply to this email and we’ll get right back to you! Or you can call Rachel Cunliffe on (027) 383-3746.

Ngā mihi nui,
Rachel, Anne, Pip, and Chris

censusatschool.org.nz