Bachelor of Education (Primary)
The Bachelor of Education (Primary) is a Teaching Council approved three-year professional degree.
This programme prepares graduates to meet the Code and Standards for the Teaching Profession. Such graduates have a robust understanding of curriculum, teaching and learning, reflection and research as a teacher.
The degree integrates theory and practice and offers students over 22 weeks of school-based practice. Students think vocationally and critically about teaching and have opportunities to reflect theologically on their practice throughout the degree.
The delivery of the degree is site-based with the following modes: face-to-face delivery, blended learning and school-based learning. The degree features three practicum streams: early primary (including ECE), primary, and late primary (Intermediate and Middle School).
Programme Summary
LEVEL | 7, 360 credits |
DURATION | Full-time for three years or part-time for six years |
STARTS | February and July |
PLACES | Open – selection criteria apply |
CAMPUS | Henderson, Christchurch |
TUITION FEE (per full-time year of study) | $6,204 plus Student Services Fee |
Career Opportunities
Graduating students of the Bachelor of Education (Primary) are outstanding and sought-after teachers. Graduates are eligible for registration with the Teaching Council and can be found in primary, intermediate, middle and area schools and state, state-integrated and private schools throughout New Zealand and around the world. This programme will be suited to those who will be capable of professional teaching practice and developing collaborative relationships with learners and colleagues.
Objectives
Laidlaw College seeks to prepare students for the teaching profession through a programme that centres on a theological foundation of hope that meaningfully integrates and orients with values, commitments and quality practice that are consistent with The Code and Standards of the Teaching Council in a supported environment. The qualification seeks to produce graduates who are relational, critically reflective practitioners who can design high-quality learning experiences from a place of curiosity about the learner, the world and a professional understanding of the goals, scope and nature of education. Graduating students will be qualified to register as teachers in New Zealand for primary, intermediate and middle-school teaching in public, integrated and private schools.
PROGRAMME REQUIREMENTS
The Bachelor of Education (Primary) is a three-year full-time (or part-time equivalent) programme. It is made up of 24 courses of 15 credits each at levels 5, 6 and 7.

* or other Theology course as specified by Head of Programme.
SEMESTER ONE 2020
S1 2020 International Applications Close | 1 November 2019 |
S1 2020 International Scholarship Applications Close | 1 November 2019 |
Domestic S1 Early Applications Close | 3 January 2020 |
Graduate Diploma in Education (Secondary) Close* | 5 January 2020 (*Note: If your application and all required documentation is submitted by this date we will inform you of the outcome of your application in time to start your studies) |
Graduate Diploma in Education (Secondary) Classes Begin | 20 January 2020 |
Counselling, BEd, DipCEd Applications Close | 24 January 2020 |
Auckland Anniversary | 27 January 2020 |
BTeach Year 3 Begins | 28 January 2020 |
Theology Applications Close | 31 January 2020 |
Waitangi Day | 6 February 2020 |
S1 2020 Late Applications Close | 14 February 2020 |
Non-Formal/Interest Only S1 2020 Applications Close | 14 February 2020 |
Semester One Begins | 24 February 2020 |
Online Orientation Begins | 24 February 2020 |
Orientation week All campuses | 24-28 February 2020 |
April Graduation Applications Close | 28 February 2020 |
S2 2019 Supplementary Exams | 28 February 2020 |
Course Add/Delete End Date | 6 March 2020 |
Programme Withdrawal End Date | 13 March 2020 |
Semester 2 Applications Open | 16 March 2020 |
Intensives Week | 23-27 March 2020 |
BTeach Camp | 26 March & 27 March 2020 |
Auckland Graduation Ceremony | 4 April 2020 |
Good Friday | 10 April 2020 |
Easter Monday | 13 April 2020 |
Mid-Term Break | 10-27 April 2020 |
ANZAC Day Observed | 27 April 2020 |
S2 International Applications Close | 1 May 2020 |
Returning Students S2 Course Selections Open | 18 May 2020 |
S2 Early Applications Close | 29 May 2020 |
Queen’s Birthday | 1 June 2020 |
S1 Course Evaluations Open | 8 June 2020 |
S2 Counselling & Teaching Applications Close | 19 June 2020 |
Semester One Ends | 26 June 2020 |
S2 Theology Applications Close | 26 June 2020 |
S1 Supplementary Exams | 24 July 2020 |
Mid-Year Break | 29 June – 17 July |
SEMESTER TWO 2020
S2 2020 International Applications Close | 1 May 2020 |
Returning Students Course Selections Open | 18 May 2020 |
S2 2020 Early Applications Close | 29 May 2020 |
Queen’s Birthday | 1 June 2020 |
S2 2020 Counselling & Teaching Applications Close | 19 June 2020 |
S2 2020 Theology Applications Close | 26 June 2020 |
Mid-Year Break | 29 June to 17 July 2020 |
S1 2020 Course Evaluations Close | 3 July 2020 |
S2 2020 Non-Formal/Interest Only Applications Close | 10 July 2020 |
S2 2020 Late Applications Close | 10 July 2020 |
Semester Two Begins | 20 July 2020 |
Online Orientation Begins | 20 July 2020 |
Orientation All Campuses | 20-24 July 2020 |
S1 2020 Supplementary Exams | 24 July 2020 |
S2 2020 Course Add/Delete End Date | 31 July 2020 |
S2 2020 Programme Withdrawal End Date | 7 August 2020 |
Summer Semester 2020/2021 Applications Open | 10 August 2020 |
S1 2021 Applications Open | 10 August 2020 |
Intensives Week | 17-21 August 2020 |
Mid-Term Break | 28 September to 09 October 2020 |
Returning Students Course Selections for 2021 | 12 October 2020 |
Summer Semester Early Applications Close | 16 October 2020 |
Labour Day | 26 October 2020 |
December Graduation Applications Close | 30 October 2020 |
S1 2021 International Applications Close | 1 November 2020 |
S2 2020 Course Evaluations Open | 2 November 2020 |
Summer School Applications Close | 6 November 2020 |
Canterbury Anniversary (Christchurch) | 13 November 2020 |
Semester Two Ends | 20 November 2020 |
2020/2021 Summer Semester Begins | 23 November 2020 |
2020 Programme Evaluations Open | 7 December 2020 |
Christchurch Graduation Ceremony | 11 December 2020 |
Christmas Break Laidlaw Closed | 21 December 2020 to 04 January 2021 |