Week 3 - Term 4 - 2020

 Mā te whiritahi, ka whakatutuki ai ngā pūmanawa o tāngata

Together we'll weave the realisation of potential

Week 3  26 Oketopa - 30 Oketopa Labour Day - Mon 26 Senior Grade Report - Tues 27 Senior Prizewinners and Year 13 Rank lists due - Tues 27 Special Awards due - Tues 27 Gillette Cup Cricket - Wed 28 - Thurs 29 Pink Day Carnival - Wed 28 Year 13 Leavers Function at Wigram - Sat 31	Week 4 2 Noema - 6 Noema School closes at end of p4 - Wed 4 Senior Prizegiving - 6pm start - Wed 4 Acland High Tea - Thurs 5 Volleyball - Canterbury Junior Champs - Fri 6 - Sun 8 Final Assembly for Seniors - See Below - Fri 6 Junior Chirnside - Fri 6
Assembly/Ako Wed - Year 9 - Gym Year 12 - PAC Friday - Sports Colours Assembly (P1 and 2 - 5 min shorter)	Assembly/Ako See below for structure of the day
Meeting Learning Area	Meeting Learning and Teaching - 104 Te Whare Hauora - S4

Information for Staff

1. The structure of the day for Seniors on Friday 6 November will be the following

Period 1 - Year 13 will be in NZQA Assembly in PAC 
Period 2 - Year 12 NZQA Assembly in PAC and Year 13 in GYM with ORC

Morning tea - Quad - Year 13 and Staff

Period 3 - Full School Assembly - Year 12 and 13 will leave at the end of the assembly.

Period 4 - Year 11 NZQA Assembly in PAC - they will then leave after this.

2. NZQA are looking for new School Relationship Managers - if you are interested in assessment - check out https://careers.nzqa.govt.nz/jobs/NZQA-2065SQAL

3. I have just recently listened to this podcast from 'Habits of Leadership. Episode 34, is on 'What can school Leaders learn from Learning through Covid19" - have a listen, and consider/ reflect upon the following as you move from exam prep and marking into planning for 2021.

a. What things did you consider changing post lockdown?
b. How many of these did you actually put in place?
c. What would you like to reconsider now?

4. An interesting article - Are we Measuring What matters?

5. Free book access "A Learner's Paradise - How New Zealand is Reimagining Education" by Richard Wells.

Description: Do you think education works? Does it meet the needs of future society, business and most importantly, the average school leaver? In this book, Richard Wells explains his amazement at how all the components of New Zealand education collaborate in creating an ever forward-moving system better prepared for the 21st century than any other. After teaching in the UK, Wells moved to New Zealand in 2006 to find there was no prescribed curriculum and teachers were trusted to run the whole system, including writing high school graduation assessments themselves. 
The Government is appreciated by teachers as a supportive aide to them as they hold each other to account in a positive and collaborative nationally networked system. In New Zealand, teachers are proud of the education system they operate and develop with their students, some being unaware of how lucky they are.
Wells explains each of the elements and organisations that jointly form the world’s leading 21st Century education system.  He describes the developments and decisions that were made in achieving this and how it is moving into a phase of using student-negotiated national assessments that few other countries’ educators could even contemplate. The book is filled with useful diagrams and posters to illustrate key themes and pedagogies. Wells paints a picture of what happens when young people are measured by their depth of thinking and understanding and can personalise their approach to doing so. The book introduces you to a country where the leading people and schools shape the future of world public education.