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Singer and The X-Factor New Zealand judge Stan Walker is Kiwi kids鈥� favourite local celebrity by far, according to the first insights to emerge from聽, the only national survey of what schoolchildren are thinking, feeling and doing.

Walker, 24, who shot to fame after winning Australian Idol in 2009, was way ahead of any other local celebrities after day three of CensusAtSchool/TataurangaKiTeKura, a long-running, online educational project that brings statistics to life in the classroom. Supervised by teachers, students aged between 9 and 18 (Year 5 to Year 13) answer 35 questions in English or te reo M膩ori about their lives, then analyse the results in class.

CensusAtSchool/TataurangaKiTeKura was launched on Monday morning, and by 5pm on Wednesday, more than 2,500聽students had taken part.

Among the questions they answered was 鈥淲ho is your favourite New Zealand celebrity?鈥�, and they could name anyone. Many said they didn鈥檛 have a particular favourite, but among those who did, Walker, of T奴hoe and Ng膩ti T奴wharetoa, picked up 25% of the votes. Second was Auckland singer Lorde, 18, whose 2013 debut single, Royals, was an international hit. She got 21% of the vote.

CensusAtSchool/TataurangaKiTeKura co-director Rachel Cunliffe, an online communications and youth culture specialist, says that Stan Walker鈥檚 talent, coupled with his sincerity and positive nature, makes him very appealing to children and young people. 鈥淪tan Walker rose above a really rough childhood, and that鈥檚 inspirational. He鈥檚 also a role model 鈥� he was campaigning against bullying long before it became a huge issue on The X Factor New Zealand this week.鈥�

Rachel Cunliffe says that Lorde鈥檚 appeal lies not only in her music, but in her refusal to be anything other than herself.聽 鈥淪he鈥檚 a positive, strong, empowering personality.鈥�

More than 1,700 teachers from 834 schools all over New Zealand have registered for CensusAtSchool, which started on Monday, March 16 and runs until May 29. (Click聽here聽to see which of your local schools are taking part).

CensusAtSchool, now in its seventh edition, is a collaborative project involving teachers and the University of Auckland鈥檚 Department of Statistics, with support from Statistics New Zealand and the Ministry of Education. It is part of an international effort to boost statistical capability among young people, and is carried out in Australia, the United Kingdom, Canada, the US, Japan and South Africa. The countries share some questions so comparisons can be made, but the majority reflect New Zealand students鈥� interests.

The Ministry of Education and Statistics NZ are encouraging teachers to sign up to CensusAtSchool, an online statistics project that turns students into 鈥渄ata detectives鈥�.

Students aged 9 to 18 (Year 5 to Year 13) use a variety of digital devices to answer 35 online questions in English or te reo M膩ori about their lives and opinions.

Students answer questions such as: Where did you eat your dinner last night? Is bullying among students a problem at your school? 魅影直播 how many txt messages did you send yesterday? Which two teams will contest the Rugby World Cup final? They are also asked to carry out activities such as weighing their schoolbag.

Ministry of Education Deputy Secretary for Student Achievement Dr Graham Stoop says more than 1600 teachers from over 800 schools are taking part in CensusAtSchool in their maths and statistics classes from March 16 until May 29. The data will then be released for classroom analysis.

鈥淪tudents love becoming 鈥榙ata detectives鈥�. This is a fun and engaging way for them to learn about the relevance of statistics to everyday life. CensusAtSchool is linked to the national statistics curriculum, so we encourage teachers in primary and secondary schools to take part,鈥� says Dr Stoop.

The project is run every two years by the University of Auckland鈥檚 Department of Statistics, with support from Statistics NZ and the Ministry of Education.

Statistics NZ鈥檚 education manager Andrew Tideswell says statistical literacy is essential in a data-driven world. 鈥淪tudents with strong statistical skills are not only in demand in the workplace, they鈥檙e in a position to make informed decisions about the data around them every day.鈥�

New Zealand schoolchildren will share their thoughts on bullying in a nationwide survey that launches this聽week.

CensusAtSchool/TataraungaKiTeKura is a long-running, online educational project that brings statistics to life in the classroom. Supervised by teachers, students aged between 9 and 18 (Year 5 to Year 13) answer 35 questions in English or te reo M膩ori about their lives, then analyse the results in class.

Already, more than 1618 teachers from 808 schools all over New Zealand have registered for CensusAtSchool, which runs from March 16 to May 29. (Click here to see which of your local schools are taking part).

For the first time, children will be asked for their opinions on bullying. CensusAtSchool co-director Rachel Cunliffe says the questions were developed in response to calls for greater discussion of the issue, which has been in New Zealand.

鈥淏ullying of any type 鈥� whether its verbal bullying or cyber-bullying 鈥� can have a huge and negative impact on children鈥檚 learning,鈥� she says. 鈥淎nd as statistics is about recording what happens in real life, we have an opportunity to hear what children really think about the problem and, hopefully, encourage greater discussion of bullying.鈥�

The bullying questions are as follows: Is bullying among students a problem at your school? When did you first personally experience or become aware of bullying behaviour? Who do you think are cyberbullies? How old do you think cyberbullies are?

Other questions in the survey this year ask students to undertake practical activities such as weighing their schoolbag, and paint a picture of their lifestyle through questions such as: Where did you eat your dinner last night? 魅影直播 how many txt messages did you send yesterday?

CensusAtSchool, now in its seventh edition, is a collaborative project involving teachers and the University of Auckland鈥檚 Department of Statistics, with support from StatisticsNZ and the Ministry of Education. It is part of an international effort to boost statistical capability among young people, and is carried out in Australia, the United Kingdom, Canada, the US, Japan and South Africa. The countries share some questions so comparisons can be made, but the majority reflect New Zealand students鈥� interests.

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Contact CensusAtSchool co-director Rachel Cunliffe at censusatschoolnz@gmail.com or phone 027 3833 746. For more information on 魅影直播 2015, visit . To find out which of your local schools are participating, .聽 To see the questions, click here.

魅影直播 CensusAtSchool co-director Rachel Cunliffe
Rachel holds a BSc (Hons) in Statistics from the University of Auckland and co-directs CAS with of the Department of Statistics at The University of Auckland. Rachel owns web company and speaks about online communications and youth culture. To download a free high-resolution picture of Rachel, click .

Three-quarters of students aged 6 to 12 say they did homework the night before they completed a nationwide survey 鈥� and on average, that extra work took 53 minutes. A total of 69% of teenage students say they did homework, and that on average, they spent 1 hour 13 minutes doing it.

This insight has emerged from the educational project CensusAtSchool, which so far has involved more than 19,000 students from 600 schools answering questions about their lives. For the first time this year, CensusAtSchool asked students whether they had done homework the night before filling in the online survey, and how long they spent on it.

鈥淭丑别 numbers are just a snapshot, but they are food for thought in the lively debate around homework,鈥� says CensusAtSchool co-director Rachel Cunliffe. 鈥淚t seems that everyone has an opinion on how much homework children should do 鈥� and more recently, we鈥檝e seen some education experts suggesting that children are, perhaps, better off playing after school rather than studying.鈥�

The survey also found that 74% of teen girls said they did homework the night before 鈥� but just 61% of teen boys. Some students said they did two or more hours of homework 鈥� 7% of all 6 to 12-year-olds and 15% of all 13 to 18-year-olds.

WHO鈥橲 DOING HOMEWORK?

Students who did homework the night before CensusAtSchool:
All, aged 6-12: 77%
All, aged 13-18: 69%

Average time on homework the night before CensusAtSchool:
All, aged 6-12: 53 mins
All aged 13-18: 1 hour 13 mins

Boys aged 6 to 12: 53 mins
Girls aged 6 to 12: 54 mins

Boys aged 13 to 18: 1 hour 5 mins
Girls aged 13 to 18: 1 hour 17 mins

Source: CensusAtSchool

Students were also asked to name their favourite singers or bands. Anyone with a daughter will not be at all surprised to hear that the girls鈥� favourite group is English-Irish boy band One Direction, formed out of the 2010 series of singing competition The X Factor in the United Kingdom. Next on the list is Taylor Swift, followed by Ed Sheeran, Justin Bieber and Beyonce. For boys, the top of the list is American singer-songwriter Bruno Mars, followed by Eminem, Macklemore, Imagine Dragons, and Coldplay.

CensusAtSchool is a biennial online project that brings statistics to life in the classroom. Supervised by teachers, students aged between 10 and 18 (Year 5 to Year 13) answer 32 questions about their lives, many of them involving practical activities such as weighing and measuring, then become 鈥榙ata detectives鈥� as they analyse the results in class. This year, more than 1408 teachers have run CAS in their classrooms.

CensusAtSchool, now in its sixth edition, is a collaborative project involving teachers, the University of Auckland鈥檚 Department of Statistics, Statistics New Zealand and the Ministry of Education. It is part of an international effort to boost statistical capability among young people, and is carried out in Australia, the United Kingdom, Canada, the US, Japan and South Africa. The countries share some questions so comparisons can be made, but the majority reflect New Zealand students鈥� interests.

CensusAtSchool co-director Professor Chris Wild, of the Department of Statistics at the University of Auckland, adds, 鈥淭丑别 survey produces data about kids, from kids, for kids, to enrich their learning about how to collect, explore and analyse data. But the project goes much further, by providing support to teachers.鈥�

Teenage schoolgirls are flocking to the microblogging service Twitter, according to early results from the educational project CensusAtSchool. One in three teenage schoolgirls (37%) has reported having a Twitter account, up from one in four (23%) in 2011.

CensusAtSchool co-director Rachel Cunliffe says the findings mirror overseas trends around Twitter, which was launched in 2006 and allows its users to send and read 鈥渢weets鈥� of up to 140 characters each.

鈥淭丑别 in the US has also found much higher use of Twitter by teen girls than teen boys,鈥� she says. 鈥淥ne explanation for this could be that teenage girls are generally more social and more communicative than teenage boys, and use Twitter to keep in touch with their friends.”

CensusAtSchool, which started on May 6 and runs until June 15, is a biennial online project that brings statistics to life in the classroom. Supervised by teachers, students aged between 10 and 18 (Year 5 to Year 13) answer 32 questions about their lives, many of them involving practical activities such as weighing and measuring, then analyse the results in class. This year, more than 1236 teachers from 565 schools all over New Zealand are running CAS in their classrooms, and the social media results are always of great interest to their students. The snapshot comes from the first 10,000 respondents.

But it seems their love affair with Facebook has peaked. Since the last CensusAtSchool, in 2011, there has been no real change in the number of teenage school students with Facebook accounts. In 2009, just 33% of teens had a Facebook page, but by 2011, that figure had risen to 83%. This year, 83% said they had a Facebook page.

“There comes a point where it’s not really possible to grow the numbers anymore,鈥� says Cunliffe. 鈥淔acebook uptake among school students may well be at its limit. It will be fascinating to how those numbers have changed when we run the next CensusAtSchool in 2015.”

But the future looks shakier for the once-popular social networks Bebo and MySpace 鈥� they appear to be slipping from New Zealand teens鈥� lives altogether. In 2009, 63% of teenage school students had a Bebo page, but by 2011 that had fallen to 27%, and this year reached a new low of 11%. The music-focused MySpace has had an even worse trajectory, slipping from 17% in 2009 to 7% in 2011. This year, despite a January relaunch, MySpace hit 6%.

“Teens are early adopters of new social networks and apps and are quite happy to start afresh, setting up and building new profiles,鈥� says Cunliffe. 鈥淢any teens don’t know what Bebo is now, yet it was the dominant social network only a few years ago.”

CensusAtSchool, now in its sixth edition, is a collaborative project involving teachers, the University of Auckland鈥檚 Department of Statistics, Statistics New Zealand and the Ministry of Education. It is part of an international effort to boost statistical capability among young people, and is carried out in Australia, the United Kingdom, Canada, the US, Japan and South Africa. The countries share some questions so comparisons can be made, but the majority reflect New Zealand students鈥� interests.

Almost four in ten high-school students have reported sleeping for fewer than eight hours at night 鈥� less than the nine to 10 hours generally recommended for 13 to 18-year-olds.

The snapshot comes from the first 6000 respondents to the online educational project CensusAtSchool, which aims to bring statistics to life in Year 5 to Year 13 classrooms. This year, more than 1200 teachers from 559 schools all over New Zealand are administering CAS, with students answering 32 questions about their lives and opinions. The results are then released to schools so students can become 鈥榙ata detectives鈥� in class.

This year鈥檚 questionnaire asked students what time they had fallen asleep the night before they took part in CensusAtSchool (rather than what time they got into bed) and what time they woke on the day.

Among high-school students (Year 9 to 13), the majority (56%) said they slept for eight to 10 hours. However, 37% of the group, or almost four in ten students, reported sleeping for eight hours or fewer. The most common time high-school students reported going to sleep was 10.30pm.

Peter Holmstead, a teacher at Wellington鈥檚 Houghton Valley School who ran CensusAtSchool in his Year 6 classroom, says the snapshot is interesting 鈥渂ecause we all have an opinion on how much sleep children need to be able to learn effectively. The high-school students were asleep earlier than I had imagined. As the father of a 15-year-old boy who is never in bed before 11, it was useful to be able to tell him this!鈥�

He adds, 鈥淏ut seriously, in my observation, students who haven鈥檛 had enough sleep can find it difficult to focus on their learning.鈥�

At intermediate level (Year 7 and 8), just over half (54%) of intermediate pupils reported that they slept for between eight and 12 hours. A total of 32% said they slept for eight to 10 hours. The most common time intermediate students reported going to sleep was 9.30pm.

At primary level (Year 5 and 6) just over half (54%) of primary school pupils said they slept for between 10 and 12 hours. A total of 33% reported eight to 10 hours of sleep. The most common time this age-group reported going to sleep was 8.30pm.

CensusAtSchool, now in its sixth edition, is a collaborative project involving teachers, the University of Auckland鈥檚 Department of Statistics, Statistics New Zealand and the Ministry of Education. It is part of an international effort to boost statistical capability among young people, and is carried out in Australia, the United Kingdom, Canada, the US, Japan and South Africa. The countries share some questions so comparisons can be made, but the majority reflect New Zealand students鈥� interests.

Dairy is the most common food allergy among New Zealand school children, according to early results of the nationwide CensusAtSchool project.

CensusAtSchool, which started on Monday and runs until June 15, is an online educational project that brings statistics to life in the classroom. Supervised by teachers, students answer 32 questions about their lives, many of them involving practical activities such as weighing and measuring, then analyse the results in class. This year, more than 1120 teachers from 539 schools all over New Zealand are running CAS in their classrooms.

Early results, from the first 2800 respondents, show that 8.5% of students aged 10 to 18 (Year 5 to Year 13) taking part to date report having one or more food allergies. Dairy is top of the list (3.5% of all respondents), followed by peanuts (2.5%) and eggs (2.0%), then wheat, tree nuts, shellfish, fish and soy (each under 1.9%). The consequences of a food allergy can range from uncomfortable to life-threatening.

CensusAtSchool co-director Rachel Cunliffe says a question about food allergies was added to this year鈥檚 questionnaire for the first time to reflect the lack of data on the issue. 鈥淭丑别re appears to be plenty of anecdotal evidence that this generation of children is more allergy-prone than earlier generations,鈥� she says, 鈥渁nd we were keen to see what food allergies students reported and their prevalence.鈥�

She adds, 鈥淲hile these are self-reported allergy figures, which may have a range of meanings and differ in their severity, the figures provide an interesting snapshot of what food allergies students have to manage.鈥�

CensusAtSchool, now in its sixth edition, is a biennial collaborative project involving teachers, the University of Auckland鈥檚 Department of Statistics, Statistics New Zealand and the Ministry of Education. It is part of an international effort to boost statistical capability among young people, and is carried out in Australia, the United Kingdom, Canada, the US, Japan and South Africa. The countries share some questions so comparisons can be made, but the majority reflect New Zealand students鈥� interests

What are Kiwi kids鈥� most common food allergies? What time do they go to sleep at night? How long can they stand on their left leg with their eyes closed?

Thousands of students aged between 10 and 18 (Year 5 to Year 13) are due to start answering these questions 鈥� and a host of others about their lives 鈥� when the online CensusAtSchool 2013 begins on Monday, May 6, the first day of the new term.

So far,聽466 schools聽have registered to take part. Co-director Rachel Cunliffe says that teachers will administer the census in class between May 6 and June 14. The聽32-question survey, available in English and M膩ori, aims to raise students鈥� interest in statistics and provide a fascinating picture of what they are thinking, feeling and doing.

鈥淎 good way to engage students in mathematics and statistics is to start from a place that鈥檚 familiar to them 鈥� their own lives and the lives of their friends,鈥� says Cunliffe, a University of Auckland-trained statistician and owner of several internet enterprises. 鈥淪tudents love taking part in the activities and then, in class with their teachers, becoming 鈥渄ata detectives鈥� to see what stories are in the results 鈥� and not just in their own classroom, but across the country.鈥�

Students are being asked for the first time about food allergies to reflect the lack of data on the issue, says Cunliffe. “Students will be able to explore the dataset to compare the prevalence of self-reported allergies for different ages, ethnicities and sexes.鈥�

CensusAtSchool, now in its sixth edition, is a biennual collaborative project involving teachers, the University of Auckland鈥檚 Department of Statistics, Statistics New Zealand and the Ministry of Education. It is part of an international effort to boost statistical capability among young people, and is carried out in Australia, the United Kingdom, Canada, the US, Japan and South Africa.

Andrew Tideswell, manager of the Statistics New Zealand Education Team, says our statistics curriculum is world-leading, and CensusAtSchool helps teachers and students get the most out of it. 鈥淏y engaging in CensusAtSchool, students have an experience that mirrors the structure of the national census, and it encourages them to think about the need for information and ways we might use it to solve problems,鈥� he says. 鈥淪tudents develop the statistical literacy they need if New Zealand is to be an effective democracy where citizens can use statistics to make informed decisions.”

Westlake Girls High School maths teacher Dru Rose is planning for about 800 Year 9 and 10 students to take part. She鈥檚 keen to see the data that will emerge from questions about how many hours of homework students did the night before and how many hours sleep they had. 鈥淚t鈥檚 real-life stuff,鈥� she says. 鈥淲e鈥檒l be able to examine the data and see if there are any links.鈥�

Twenty-four thousand young people have disconcerting news for the All Blacks 鈥� they predict the team will make the Rugby World Cup final, but won鈥檛 take the trophy.

The sobering assessment 鈥� of which we couldn鈥檛 possibly use the word 鈥榗hoke鈥� 鈥� has emerged from the online educational survey CensusAtSchool, which ran from May 2-June 10 in schools from Kaitaia to Invercargill, involving students aged 8 to 17.

A total of 83% of the students predicted the All Blacks would make the final on October 23, but just 41% thought they would win.

This is in stark contrast to their parents, who are decidedly more optimistic. A New Zealand Herald/Digipoll survey in January found that 70% of a general sample of adults thought the All Blacks would triumph. A UMR poll in April, which surveyed confirmed adult rugby fans, found 77% confident the All Blacks would win.

鈥淭丑别 students鈥� results were a bit of a surprise,鈥� says CensusAtSchool co-director Rachel Cunliffe, a University of Auckland-trained statistician.

鈥淲e had expected that as children and young people are often such ardent rugby fans, they鈥檇 be talking the All Blacks right up.鈥� The students鈥� verdict was also remarkably consistent across geographical areas, age and sex, says Cunliffe.

Of the 83% who think the All Blacks will make the final, 35% are picking South Africa to be the opponent and 30% Australia.

Of the 41% predicting an All Black win, 25% thought there would be a winning margin of under 5 points.

CensusAtSchool is hosted by the Department of Statistics at the University of Auckland in association with Statistics New Zealand and the Ministry of Education. This is the fifth time New Zealand has held CensusAtSchool, which is also run in Australia, Canada, Ireland, Japan, South Africa, the United Kingdom and the United States. The countries share some questions so comparisons can be made, but the rest reflect New Zealand students鈥� interests.

Students were supervised by their teachers in class as they answered 31 online questions about themselves in English or M膩ori. Some questions required some practical weighing and measuring skills such as their arm-span measurement and the weight of their schoolbags. Others sought opinions, like their favourite subject and television programme.

鈥淐ensusAtSchool is about showing in a practical and real-life way the value of statistics in everyday life,鈥� says Cunliffe. 鈥淭丑别 data is now being analysed, and will be sent back to schools so students and teachers can analyse it together, which provides more learning opportunities鈥�.

鈥淐ensusAtSchool allows students to get a unique view of themselves 鈥� and we all get insights into New Zealand childhoods that we couldn鈥檛 get in any other way.鈥�

Further CensusAtSchool insights will be released in coming weeks as data is analysed, says Cunliffe.

Facebook is Kiwi teens鈥� favourite social networking tool by a big margin, according to early results of the national online survey CensusAtSchool.

A total of 84% of the first 1800 teenagers surveyed said they have a Facebook page, compared to 33% in the last CensusAtSchool, in 2009.

The early results of the biannual educational project, which runs from May 2 鈥� June 10, also show how fast once-popular social networking sites can crash from favour. Just 27% of the 13 to 18-year-old students surveyed have a Bebo page (down from 63% in 2009) and 7% a MySpace page (down from 17% in 2009).

鈥淭丑别 numbers show how quickly social networking sites can go from hero to zero among teenagers,鈥� says CensusAtSchool co-director Rachel Cunliffe, a University of Auckland-trained statistician and owner of several internet enterprises. 鈥淵oung people are early adopters and they鈥檙e also fickle 鈥� they鈥檒l go where their friends are going. And, of course, that means that although Facebook has the top spot among New Zealand teenagers at the moment, there鈥檚 no certainty that it will stay there.鈥�

Cunliffe was surprised to see that hype about the rapid spread of the Twitter short-messaging system isn鈥檛 matched by usage 鈥� just 20% of the teenagers had a Twitter account.

Supervised by more than 700 teachers, thousands of students aged between 7 and 18 (Year 5 to Year 13) are answering 31 online questions about themselves, from their arm-span measurement to how they travel to school, and even how many hours鈥� sleep they had the night before.

This year鈥檚 CensusAtSchool also asks whether students think the All Blacks will make the Rugby World Cup final 鈥� and if so, against which team. The 15-minute survey is available in English and M膩ori.

CensusAtSchool is hosted by the Department of Statistics at the University of Auckland in association with Statistics New Zealand and the Ministry of Education. This is the fifth time New Zealand has held CensusAtSchool, which is also run in Australia, Canada, Ireland, Japan, South Africa, the United Kingdom and the United States.

鈥淐ensusAtSchool is about showing pupils the value of statistics in everyday life,鈥� says Cunliffe. 鈥淪tudents and teachers will get data back that they will analyse together in the classroom, and that will provide even more learning opportunities.

鈥淪tudents will also end with a unique view of themselves 鈥� and we鈥檒l all have an insight into New Zealand life for young people that we couldn鈥檛 get in any other way.鈥�

For more information on schools participating and any other inquiries, please contact Rachel Cunliffe (CensusAtSchool co-director) on 027 3833 746 or visit http://www.censusatschool.org.nz