Thanks to Attila Kiss for sending these photos of his class taking part in CensusAtSchool!
Kia ora t膩tou,
The end of the school year is approaching fast, and we hope you are enjoying the warmer weather with your students.
Over 38,500 students have taken part in CensusAtSchool this year! Wow!
We love seeing photos that teachers in kura and schools have sent in. Thank you so much for sharing these great action pics.
Photos from: Hay Park School, Tahuna School, Napier Girls鈥� High School, Marian Catholic School
We hope you enjoyed thinking about the standing jump data, which is a new question designed to allow comparison between groups – those that had a target and those that did not.
Because we鈥檙e all about听, it鈥檚 interesting that the top three participating senior schools are in the South Island, while the top three primary and intermediate schools are in the North Island!
We wonder what year levels your school plans to do the census and why, and do some students do it more than once, and if so why? We’re reviewing your survey feedback听for our end of year report.
Thanks for taking the time to tell us about your survey experiences. This will help make things better for future surveys.
Coming Up
DECEMBER 4
Statistics Teachers鈥� Day Illuminating Data Pathways
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Packed with presenters from around the motu sharing what鈥檚 going on in their classrooms, work, and research as they explore the world and develop their ideas and understanding with data.听Plus: Our new data detective classroom听posters will be given out on the day!
NOVEMBER 29
Online Colloquium on Artificial Intelligence and Data Science Education at School Level
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Free for all, held via Zoom.
Seen Elsewhere
Some A.I. entertainment:听
Chris Wild’s keynote address, which opened the IASE 2023 conference, is packed with AI-generated images and music, examines drivers and priorities for statistics and data science education and its students in the light of recent data trends including the rise of generative A.I.
Great ideas here.
Free online software for exploring data. The datasets have activities that suggest questions that students can find out the answers to by creating data visualisations. See听听and听.
Article by听Freakonomics‘ author Steven Levitt听looks at the argument for teaching students with the human and physical听sciences data.
This South Australian competition听has students follow their passion and collaborate to use their statistical and communication skills to answer questions. Reflect on the marking and feedback by other statistics educators to improve classroom teaching of data literacy.
A great,听fun example of bias!听Learn about this extraordinary bird and the extraordinary efforts that have gone into saving it.听Thank you John Darby and the听students at Mt Aspiring College. Kia kaha P奴teketeke!
Nga mihi nui
Rachel & Anne and Chris
Snapchat has emerged as the top app among high school students, with 61% of them reporting that they used it four or more times the day before participating in the CensusAtSchool questionnaire. TikTok closely followed with 60%. In contrast, primary school students preferred YouTube, with 59% stating they used it four or more times, followed by TikTok at 29%.
These insights come from CensusAtSchool TataurangaKiTeKura, a non-profit online educational project that brings statistics to life in English and M膩ori-medium classrooms. Supervised by teachers, students anonymously answer 34 questions in English or te reo M膩ori. The project is run by the Department of Statistics at the University of Auckland in partnership with the Ministry of Education and Stats NZ. This year, around 35,000 students from 647 schools have participated in the project so far.
Apps Used Four or More Times the Day Before
High school students (Years 9-13):
- 61% Snapchat
- 60% TikTok
- 49% Instagram
- 48% YouTube
- 18% Discord
- 17% WhatsApp
- 12% Facebook
- 11% Pinterest
- 7% BeReal
- 5% Twitter
Primary school students (Years 3-8):
- 59% YouTube
- 29% TikTok
- 22% Snapchat
- 13% Discord
- 10% Instagram
- 9% WhatsApp
- 7% Pinterest
- 4% Facebook
- 2% Twitter
- 2% BeReal
Screen Time After School
High school students said they spent a median of 3.5 hours on screens after school the day before participating in the questionnaire. A quarter of them spent 5 hours or more on screens, while only 1.6% said they spent no time on screens after school that day.
Primary school students said they spent a median of 2 hours on screens after school the day before taking part, and a quarter of them spent 4 hours or more on screens. Additionally, 7.8% of the participants reported not spending any time on screens after school that day.
Co-director of CensusAtSchool Annel Patel says, 鈥淪creen time is a big issue in our home and my 8 and 10-year-old daughters don鈥檛 even have phones yet! We use tech to monitor their screen time, enforcing a daily two-hour limit and only allowing access to YouTube Kids. I鈥檓 mindful that my own screen habits set an example for my daughters鈥� healthy expectations.鈥�
Online Blocking
Online blocking is also prevalent among high school students, with 33% stating that they had blocked someone online in the past week. This behaviour was more common with the younger high school students and females.
The CensusAtSchool team is collaborating with T奴turu – a modern approach to student wellbeing – to create a resource that helps students analyse and explore the CensusAtSchool data.
Annabel Prescott, Learning & Development Director for T奴turu at the NZ Drug Foundation, commented on the high percentage of students saying they had blocked someone within the past week. “Young people use blocking as a strategy to manage relationships and set boundaries. This is perceived by young people as very normal behaviour, and quite different from how adults engage with social media”.
鈥淲e are excited to be working with CensusAtSchool and health and education experts to develop a teaching resource that will help students explore data, what it means to them, their peers, and their wellbeing; and consider what health-promoting actions can be taken to help students navigate a digital world鈥�.
The eleventh biennial edition of CensusAtSchool was launched on February 13 and will continue until the end of 2024. See the questions, which schools are taking part, and a live dashboard on CensusAtSchool鈥檚 website: .
Thanks to Uane Davidson听of Hay Park School for sharing these photos of students taking part in CensusAtSchool.
T膿n膩 koutou katoa
Welcome back! We hope you are feeling refreshed and ready for Term 3. A big thank you to all teachers and students who have taken part in the 2023 survey.
Over 33,800 students have taken听part so far!听We are set to have our biggest CensusAtSchool ever! It’s not too late to take part.
What’s New
Our听听are听now available in six听languages听(English, Te Reo M膩ori, Te Reo K奴ki 鈥樐�irani, Lea Faka-Tonga, Gagana S膩moa, Vosa Vakaviti), and two styles!
Coming Up
August 7-11
Maths Week/P膩ngarau Wiki-听.
FAQ
Can’t remember if you have registered or not?
Check by entering your email听. If your email doesn’t come up, register听.听It’s never too late to register and take part.
Need your registration code?
Need your class data download link?
Unsure when you can take part?
Any time during school hours.听The survey is open all year.听
Need help preparing?
Please ensure that you have read the essential听. All the听equipment needed听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听the first session to take the measurements and fill in your data cards. Use the听second session to fill in the survey online. The survey itself needs to be completed in one sitting by a听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鈥檒l get right back to you! Or you can call Rachel Cunliffe on (027) 383-3746.
Ng膩 mihi nui,
Rachel, Anne, Pip, and Chris
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听part so far!听Another 2,300 students taking part and this will become our biggest听CensusAtSchool听ever – and the data is super interesting.
Now available in te reo M膩ori:
- Audio听while taking part in听the questionnaire
Of note:
听starts June 24 鈥� Get involved!听
Get students outdoors for homework! Classroom resources听.
听– a new primary statistics resource from听听in Scotland.听 Excellent lesson ideas and classroom resources.
Maths Week/P膩ngarau Wiki听–听.听听for Maths Week and be in to win prizes! Maths Week runs听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听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.
Ng膩 mihi nui,
Rachel, Anne, Pip, and Chris
FAQ
Can’t remember if you have registered or not?
Check by entering your email听. If your email doesn’t come up, register听.听It’s never too late to register and take part.
Need your registration code?
Need your class data download link?
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.听The survey is open all year.听
Need help preparing?
Please ensure that you have read the essential听. All the听equipment needed听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鈥檒l get right back to you! Or you can call Rachel Cunliffe on (027) 383-3746.