Public Address | Cafe | Access: National Standards and the threat to autistic creativity (a little bit of history) https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/ en-us Copyright (c) 2026 Public Address Rosemary McDonald https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/access-national-standards-and-the-threat/?p=371522#post371522 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/access-national-standards-and-the-threat/?p=371522#post371522 Shocked (although I shouldn’t be by now) to hear that primary schools receive NO resourcing or materials for school music. Apparently nothing since 2010. Yet we have this proud history of encouraging and supporting the arts and creativity. So sad.

The other day we picked up a couple of Dutch…

]]> Mon, 20 Mar 2017 09:50:06 +1300 mark taslov https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/access-national-standards-and-the-threat/?p=369670#post369670 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/access-national-standards-and-the-threat/?p=369670#post369670 yeah. A little disco mightn't do any harm.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Ie4gKRXBw8

]]> Wed, 18 Jan 2017 17:04:07 +1300 Hilary Stace https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/access-national-standards-and-the-threat/?p=369667#post369667 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/access-national-standards-and-the-threat/?p=369667#post369667 Wed, 18 Jan 2017 14:25:57 +1300 mark taslov https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/access-national-standards-and-the-threat/?p=369636#post369636 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/access-national-standards-and-the-threat/?p=369636#post369636 Tue, 17 Jan 2017 16:30:02 +1300 mark taslov https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/access-national-standards-and-the-threat/?p=369337#post369337 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/access-national-standards-and-the-threat/?p=369337#post369337 that the wee lass was barely vocal when she began at the school

Yes, that really is remarkable Rosemary. The changes to the lyrics are by Christian rock band Cloverton.

The first step, surely, on the road to creativity is finding a child’s natural medium?

It’s an interesting question, because…

]]> Sat, 24 Dec 2016 11:38:06 +1300 Rosemary McDonald https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/access-national-standards-and-the-threat/?p=369336#post369336 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/access-national-standards-and-the-threat/?p=369336#post369336 I think it’s important to remain vigilant about this distinction as Hilary’s pointed out:

Uniformity, not creativity is the aim.

What struck me about this performance was the fact that the wee lass was barely vocal when she began at the school. (And the fact that the choir managed to…

]]> Sat, 24 Dec 2016 11:06:31 +1300 mark taslov https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/access-national-standards-and-the-threat/?p=369335#post369335 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/access-national-standards-and-the-threat/?p=369335#post369335 Sat, 24 Dec 2016 10:38:21 +1300 Rosemary McDonald https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/access-national-standards-and-the-threat/?p=369333#post369333 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/access-national-standards-and-the-threat/?p=369333#post369333 Encouraging creativity.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RvUMDp-snTI

]]> Sat, 24 Dec 2016 00:50:58 +1300 mark taslov https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/access-national-standards-and-the-threat/?p=368758#post368758 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/access-national-standards-and-the-threat/?p=368758#post368758 NO resourcing or materials for school music

Encouraging creativity.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ahelGQZAYIQ&list=PLwCZdvGLciYfF1yZyfKFPnnIfRe98FP4v

]]> Sat, 03 Dec 2016 14:14:27 +1300 Hilary Stace https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/access-national-standards-and-the-threat/?p=368756#post368756 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/access-national-standards-and-the-threat/?p=368756#post368756 Sat, 03 Dec 2016 14:07:08 +1300 Sacha https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/access-national-standards-and-the-threat/?p=368682#post368682 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/access-national-standards-and-the-threat/?p=368682#post368682 http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/national/319264/nz-10-year-olds-worst-at-maths-in-english-speaking-world ]]> Wed, 30 Nov 2016 16:57:26 +1300 Hilary Stace https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/access-national-standards-and-the-threat/?p=368674#post368674 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/access-national-standards-and-the-threat/?p=368674#post368674 News today that NATIONAL STANDARDS HAVE FAILED!

Radio New Zealand reports that NZ kids are not improving in international league tables, are instead slipping in relation to other countries, and the gap between the highest achievers and the 'tail' has grown since the National Standards regime began.

Please can we…

]]> Wed, 30 Nov 2016 13:13:22 +1300 Bernadette Macartney https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/access-national-standards-and-the-threat/?p=367761#post367761 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/access-national-standards-and-the-threat/?p=367761#post367761 Wed, 09 Nov 2016 22:53:58 +1300 Hilary Stace https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/access-national-standards-and-the-threat/?p=367545#post367545 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/access-national-standards-and-the-threat/?p=367545#post367545 https://web.archive.org/web/20151030110030/http://humans.org.nz/ ]]> Mon, 31 Oct 2016 12:14:07 +1300 Tom Johnson https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/access-national-standards-and-the-threat/?p=367513#post367513 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/access-national-standards-and-the-threat/?p=367513#post367513 In the eyes of the architects everyone is trying to achieve a blandness of personality and a development of business skill sets, to create a perfect dream National Party citizenry.

Art is only for rich kids whose parents can bankroll their gap year(s) abroad.

]]> Fri, 28 Oct 2016 12:17:05 +1300 Hilary Stace https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/access-national-standards-and-the-threat/?p=367502#post367502 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/access-national-standards-and-the-threat/?p=367502#post367502 Fri, 28 Oct 2016 08:55:41 +1300 Russell Brown https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/access-national-standards-and-the-threat/?p=367501#post367501 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/access-national-standards-and-the-threat/?p=367501#post367501 All students have to do National Standards yet the schools’ reports must not mention that there are students with diverse educational needs in the aggregated data. Uniformity, not creativity is the aim.

It's hard to believe a system would be designed for such a result. Argh.

]]> Fri, 28 Oct 2016 08:44:57 +1300 Public Address https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/access-national-standards-and-the-threat/?p=367500#post367500 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/access-national-standards-and-the-threat/?p=367500#post367500 Discussion from blog post.

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