She has been the foundation principal of Remarkables Primary School since its inception in 2010. Dickson helped to prepare setting up the classrooms, the curriculum and programme design. It was going to be emotionally hard to leave a school, Dickson said. “It’s been a great honour to be guardianship of the development of the school. Like from a blank piece of paper,” she said.
Supplied The move to Invercargill was about continuing to grow professionally, Dickson said. Dickson will be replacing Andrew Smith, who was at the school for eight years. Smith is now the principal at Waihopai School. Jan Forde has been filling in as acting principle until Dickson joins at the beginning of term three on July 26.
Alumna wins New Zealand’s 2020 Prime Minister’s Science Teacher Award
Sarah Washbrooke from Remarkables Primary School in Queenstown, New Zealand has been selected as the 2020 Prime Minister’s Science Teacher Prize winner.
Sarah is a highly valued member of her school and the wider Wakatipu community, bringing her expertise in the Technology Curriculum to the forefront.â¯She has taught at Remarkables Primary School since 2016 as their technology specialist teacher, supporting the development of students within the world of science and technology.
The alumna was nominated for the award by a high school teacher she had previously collaborated with, and the Chair of the Technology Education New Zealand (TENZ).
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The five Prime Minister’s Science Prizes are New Zealand’s most valuable research awards. Awarded annually, they are worth nearly $1 million.
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The team prize, worth half a million, has been awarded to a consortium of 24 researchers working together in the field of complexity science as part of Te Pūnaha Matatini, a Centre of Research Excellence.
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