Kaiako are anticipating the final version of the science curriculum for Years 0-10 to land on August 12. For our secondary kaiako who are looking for ways to help students prepare for NCEA exams, it may be worthwhile finding out if your association's derived grade exams are NEX funded, and therefore free.

In this edition, STEAM-ED offers a free flood resilience workshop for 2026 and 2027.

This issue reports on a plethora of events from around the motu, cementing Bay Science's role has Aotearoa New Zealand's central science education news source.

For our kaiako readers, Aotearoa New Zealand's most prestigious teaching award, the Prime Minister's Science Teacher Prize, will be open for nominations from August 12 ($100,000 for the school, $50,000 for the teacher) - early details are available so get your colleagues/references/CV up to date!

This week we're continuing to list more Matariki-themed activities and ideas so that there is a range of them for your last week of tern. For whānau, we've also been collating a list of school holiday activities - you'll find them in the Rangatahi Opportunities section.