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Introducing the valued sponsors of Independent Schools of New Zealand 2022!
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In September last year we announced the appointment of David Jupe as our new FUJIFILM Business Innovation Managing Director. An experienced senior leader with a background in education, David stepped into the role from his previous position with the company as General Manager - Managed Services.
He has more than two decades of domestic and international experience in printing, graphic communications and outsourced services, and has previously led two of New Zealand’s largest commercial print companies as CEO.
Beyond his extensive background in the commercial space, David also has experience in the education sector having started his career as a teacher at Panama Road School in Auckland before transitioning into the corporate world.
As our company continues its transformation to help customers on their digital transformation journey, David is ready and excited for the future. “Our industry has undergone a huge amount of change in recent years, both due to pre-existing trends and the impacts of COVID. Like for the education sector, this has been challenging in many ways, and my focus is on ensuring we have a sustainable, long-term business that helps our customers solve challenges and achieve better outcomes – regardless of the industry they work in,” David said.
David is looking forward to meeting education customers around the country in the coming months and engaging with Independent Schools of NZ members at the conference in August.
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Sharon Zollner - Chief Economist ANZ New Zealand: 2022 may be a year of economic normalisation.
As we look ahead to what 2022 might bring, ANZ Chief Economist Sharon Zollner writes, while it might feel like tougher going, it’s looking like a year of normalisation on a range of fronts – not a bad thing when the past two years have been anything but.
It’s particularly confusing times on the economic front at the moment. Are we in a boom, a bust, or something in between? Should we be worried?
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Sharon Zollner - Chief Economist ANZ New Zealand answering rapid fire questions!
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Proudly 100% Kiwi owned and operated, we are leaders in innovative learning environments.
Specialising in quality NZ and Australian made furniture, we're passionate about creating the best learning spaces for both staff and students. So, if you're after furniture that's durable, hygienic, vibrant and you want to support the New Zealand economy, you can't beat Sebel Distinction
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Cyclone, your specialist IT company in New Zealand.
Achieving your desired outcomes through technology isn’t always a simple process. Cyclone can help you achieve your goals without undue expense, using relevant technology. Cyclone can enable procurement, managed services and digital learning support. Cyclone has expertise in Microsoft, Apple and Google and their eco-systems, ensuring that whichever platform your school chooses (or all of them!) our services and sales teams will support your direction.
The Cyclone team of digital learning specialists are able to provide a country-wide capability helping schools plan, develop and implement successful and sustainable digital teaching and learning programmes.
We have over 140 specialised staff employed nationwide, and we are proudly 100% NZ owned and operated. Cyclone employs staff who have been school principals, teachers, education ICT advisors, and engineers. Clear direction and working with specialist school providers around pedagogy, infrastructure, device procurement, BYOD, licensing and strategy are all key to ensuring ongoing success.
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Simpson Grierson is one of New Zealand’s leading law firms, with a team of over 300 across the country.
We have a great track record working with many of New Zealand’s leading public and private sector organisations, and are proud to support Independent Schools of New Zealand.
Where can Simpson Grierson help you? The education sector presents its own unique challenges. Our team has worked extensively in the education sector from early education through to tertiary, and has the expertise to deal with those challenges.
- Governance ─ we can reduce cost for Boards of Trustees by establishing correct procedures at the outset and advise on on-going decision making.
- Bullying – we can assist with drafting policies to deal with bullying, and how to manage responses to bullying complaints.
- Privacy – our experts can help you carry out a health check of your privacy compliance and systems, and work with you to respond to privacy breaches.
- Risk management – we can help you develop procedures to avoid or manage liability and conflict.
- Employment – our employment lawyers can assist with drafting employment agreements, investigations of complaints, disciplinary processes and personal grievance claims. We also are experts on the Holidays Act and wage arrears issues.
- Health and Safety – we provide specialist advice on the application of health and safety legislation to schools, including in relation to the unique issues arising due to COVID-19.
Investigations – we advise on and conduct investigations into a range of student and staff allegations.
- Student discipline and claims – we frequently provide advice on processes and procedures. We can represent you where student discipline is challenged including up to judicial review litigation.
- Human rights – we can assist with any human rights claims that may arise for your school, including claims relating to issues such as discrimination and freedom of expression.
If there are any issues that you would like to discuss in person we would be very happy to meet with you.
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EdSmart is a cloud-based School Organisation System (SOS) for streamlining and enhancing daily school administration and relationship management.
It is unlike any other other school administration platform available. Why? It functions by integrating with all school databases and transfers data between systems. Data interoperability and integration is the key that increases the potential of the EdSmart SOS and makes it so incredibly powerful.
The EdSmart SOS acts as the third pillar of school administration. It redefines the organisational structure of school information, opening schools to new, progressive methods for managing workflows, engagement and culture.
EdSmart helps schools run smarter.
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The term ‘identity data’ refers to digital information that can be linked back to you as a person.
As David Eedle, Co-Founder and CEO of EdSmart, explains, “There is a phenomenal amount of data generated every moment, and the vast majority of that data has a connection back to an individual person. That is identity data.”
“Schools maintain records and information about staff, about students, about former students and parents,” continues David. “Sometimes, that data is minimal – a first name, a last name and email address. Other times, particularly for students, it's incredibly detailed and it can include information that's classed as sensitive – medical, pastoral care, mental health and so on. Obviously, that information is intensely private to that individual, and it has to be maintained and guarded and protected to the best possible degree.”
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Cambridge Assessment International Education prepares school students for life, helping them develop an informed curiosity and a lasting passion for learning.
We are part of Cambridge Assessment, a department of the University of Cambridge. Our international qualifications are recognised by the world’s best universities and employers, giving students a wide range of options in their education and career. As a not-for-profit organisation, we devote our resources to delivering high-quality educational programmes that can unlock learners’ potential.
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Over the past seven months, I have greatly enjoyed getting to know the people in Cambridge schools both here and overseas. I have especially enjoyed linking with teachers who have been willing to support other teachers who are new to Cambridge. For this I give much thanks.
I wish all Cambridge schools a safe and productive year, and invite you to contact me kathleen.lloyd-parker@cambridge.org if I can be of any assistance. It is always a pleasure to support.
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Award-winning Cambridge students from New Zealand
Congratulations to the 2021 Outstanding Cambridge Learner awards winner. In total, 130 awards were achieved, with 113 individual students from 17 schools receiving the prestigious accolades across 52 subjects.
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Komodo is the data-driven, tailored solution for proactive school-wide wellbeing.
Backed by the insightful guidance of our psychologists, we empower leading independent schools with innovative tools and practices to intercept student wellbeing issues at the onset proactively, create targeted wellbeing strategies and measure the health and happiness of students. Unlike a standard approach, we enable clear visibility of student wellbeing and provide them with a voice when they need it most.
Recognising the unique challenges students face in today’s world, we want to make a difference and help all independent schools create the best school environment to help them thrive.
We already work with several ISNZ member schools such as Huanui College, King’s College and St Andrew’s College, who are already gaining the insights needed to master student wellbeing. What insight will you gain?
Our mission at Komodo is to positively impact young lives and support them with achieving their best life. Let us help your school get on top of ALL your students’ wellbeing, no one excluded.
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myWhānau: Making school communications simple!
The myWhānau School Calendar Assistant is a ground-breaking app that makes it easy for parents to stay on top of school communications. It’s the only calendar-based app that aggregates information from school emails, newsletters, websites and portals and automatically creates personalised calendar entries that include all the details parents need – regardless of how the communication was sent.
School parent tasks like completing permission slips or registering for events are diarised with automatic deadlines and reminders, and parents can mark these tasks as complete once actioned. An end-of-day notification summarises all new communications and the following day’s tasks and events.
Each family’s calendar entries are personalised by class (primary) or year (secondary). Teachers can add information about special materials or uniforms required, giving them confidence that students will arrive to class prepared.
myWhānau makes a tangible difference to parents’ mental load, with 91% of users feeling more organised and 87% less frustrated managing school communications.
myWhānau is free for schools and families
The myWhānau School Calendar Assistant is free for schools and families. There’s no integration effort or data entry required, and it can only be accessed by users approved by the school.
Get in touch with Melanie Porter for a product demonstration at melanie@mywhanau.com.au or call +61 468 475 584.
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The teaching blocks and grounds of Independent Schools are some of the most beautiful and historic in New Zealand.
Frankie is a system for your Independent School, faculty and the Board to get on the same page and manage property and grounds together.
The cost-benefit is clear with Frankie at $300 / month and the impact in the $10k’s in the first year.
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How we avoided costs for current schools we work in:
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We believe in the impact so much that the first 2 months of Frankie is FREE.
Email georgie@tellfrankie.com for more information.
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Quad Services, an award-winning international cleaning company has just become a new member of ISNZ. Quad are really excited about the potential cleaning service solutions they can offer to your school.
How we can help you:
- Reduce costs
- Develop effective COVID-19 cleaning protocols
- Improve the standard of cleaning and satisfaction by utilizing innovative cleaning equipment and products
- Improve environmental outcomes by using environmentally friendly cleaning equipment and products
- Scale down the cleaning service in periods of low demand to keep the costs down
We look forward to speaking to you all soon.
In the meantime, if you would like any further information or request a free no obligation cleaning quote then please do not hesitate to call me on 021 596408, or email me at sjoyce@quadservices.co.nz.
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COVIDCare - CO2 monitoring for Omicron and beyond; Tether
It has been incredible to be able to support the many independent schools who have taken responsibility for the health of their air, their pupils, their staff and their community. Thank you for your proactive leadership and support.
Feedback from our schools has been invaluable: many have commented on the relief of being able to manage their risk and knowing when to ventilate. Across the board, teachers have tracked the “2pm CO2 spike”, resulting in restless, tired pupils. Up until now, that was mostly attributed to full bellies and a long day, but now they have the data to prove that the most probable cause is stuffy air. Replacing that stale air with fresh air not only reduces COVID transmission risk, it has had a noticeable improvement on focus and concentration, especially during these hot afternoons. Tips on how to improve ventilation in your classrooms can be found here.
Now that the Omicron wave is peaking in New Zealand, there have been questions as to whether CO2 monitoring is still worth it. The answer is a resounding yes. COVID-19 has made us aware of the impact that air in enclosed spaces has on us - something that Tether has been passionate about since our inception. CO2 monitors will continue to flag the health of your air, aiding in reducing transmission risk of further COVID mutations and all other airborne viruses such as the flu and RSV, which will be our next challenge in a few months.
We look forward to continuing to support you in creating optimum environments that encourage curiosity and making informed decisions based on the critical evaluation of data.
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