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This week’s NiE HUH? page is Local government – Looking after our place. The local government elections are held on Saturday October 9 and newspapers will be full of local issues, candidate profiles and debates. The NiE page looks at the roles and functions of councils. We also ask students to consider the issues that they would like to have heard by councils and how they might go about doing this.
Page contents
What is local government? The distinction between local and central government
Councils – what are they responsible for?
People leaders – Students find out who their current mayor is and who the mayoral candidates are and what they stand for.
In my view – Students are asked to state what they value about their community and any concerns that they would like to bring to the attention of their council.
Mayor for a day – Students state what they would do if they were mayor for a day.
What is local government? The distinction between local and central government
Councils – what are they responsible for?
People leaders – Students find out who their current mayor is and who the mayoral candidates are and what they stand for.
In my view – Students are asked to state what they value about their community and any concerns that they would like to bring to the attention of their council.
Mayor for a day – Students state what they would do if they were mayor for a day.
The downloadable theme lessons include:
Elect a class mayor – students run/role play a campaign for class mayor
Regional councils – students identify their regional council on a map of New Zealand and learn more about their regional council.
Make a council submission – students learn what a submission is and how to write one.
Elect a class mayor – students run/role play a campaign for class mayor
Regional councils – students identify their regional council on a map of New Zealand and learn more about their regional council.
Make a council submission – students learn what a submission is and how to write one.
You can find these lessons under the Theme lessons tab.
Encourage your students to use the student activities accessible from the home page. They do not need to register on the website.
Online student activities
Page theme quiz – new each week, relating to NiE page material, difficulty level linked to page level
Current affairs quiz – new each week, most suitable Years 5+
LettersBHe@rd – a writing forum for students to submit their own writing and be in to win prizes
Front Page Builder – an interactive front page builder where students use news pictures, or upload their own, then write captions, stories and headlines to complete their own front page. Students submit their pages for a chance to be selected for public viewing
Fun ways to use your newspaper – two new downloadable newspaper-based activity pdfs each week
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