Let's Play: Ministry Of Education BINGO

Loaded with concerning buzz words and ideology, we created a game to get your eyes on the MOE's latest Education Gazette...

We can point out our concerns, but it’s more impactful if we ask you to go take a look yourself. So we created a game. We’re even offering prizes… that’s how much we want parents, grandparents and everyone, to look for yourself.

Let’s play MoE Bingo +

• (Bingo + questions)

• Players post answers in the comments

• You'll read and word search the MoE's latest Gazette ‘Inclusive education in action’...

• Grab a paper and pen to make notes as you go

• Use the search function to word count

• Post your answers in the comment of this post.

Prizes up for grabs

• Person who posts first with complete/correct answers wins a Let Kids Be Kids cap worth $25 and 2 bumper stickers.

• Next 4 complete/correct answers wins 2 bumper stickers each as seen here (you can buy some too! Each purchase helps us continue our work).

• Our judgement is final, delivery NZ wide.

Let’s play…

Question 1

How many times do you see the following words? (Tip, use word search)

• Reading

• Writing

• Maths/Mathematics

• Inclusion/Inclusive

• Identity

• Wellbeing

• Culture

• Family

• Whanau

Question 2

In the story which uses ‘gender neutral language’, what are the names of the characters? What do you notice about them?

Question 3

Read the article on ‘ableism’. Then look up the definition of this word. Should this be in our education system? Yes or No? Explain your answer if you have more to say.

Question 4

Read the Gazette article about social emotional learning (SEL). Then read the post below and tell us the name of the US organisation we refer to? (FYI please look at what they say about SEL).

Question 5 - Your Comments

Having played this game, tell us your thoughts about what you are seeing. Post all your answers as a comment below.

Thanks for playing! Hope this was a fun way to gain insights. If you’re a winner we will reply to your comment to get in touch. We also posted this game on X, so players answers will be combined with those on our X post, and winners chosen.

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