Term 2 - Week 1 - ODD week

Mākū e mahi, māu e mahi, tātou katoa ka whiwhi te matauranga teitei.

I can do it, you can do it and together we can achieve our goals  

Week 1 1 Mei - 5 Mei (ODD) Canterbury Swimming Championships - Thurs 4	Week 2 8 Mei - 12 Mei (EVEN) 10Sci visit to University of Canterbury - Mon 8 - Tues 9. LEF Reports due - Wed 10 13 Geo Trip (after school) - Tues 9 - Fri 12 Staff Flu Vaccinations - Tues 9 English 2.5 Speech Assessments - Thurs 11 - Fri 12
Assembly Mon 1 - Full School - Period 2 Please send students promptly to the Gym.	Assembly NIL
Meeting  Tues 2: Department	Meeting  Tues 9: Student Support

Heads up and Welcome:

1. CGHS has had confirmation that Champion street primary school is available to hold our end of year examinations in Nov/Dec this year. The school is currently being used to house other primary schools during their rebuild process. More information about this will be available later in the year.

2. A warm welcome to Laura-Jean (LJ) Peawini who is starting on Monday morning. The full school assembly on Monday 1 May will include a Mihi whakatau to welcome LJ to CGHS.

3. The next late start Professional Learning morning is scheduled for Mon 15 May. Sign up information will be available next week.


Te Reo Maori:

If you are interested in expanding your use of Te reo for a digital learning context - you may want to visit https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1JS2rFj4uIGYwkVr_niJxbTwvtLY7L59NfoZ0HMAQfqQ/htmlview#gid=0

The spreadsheet contains translations for the use of online tools. For example YouTube = TiriAta and internet = ipurangi 

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Tech Tip:

Quizlet Live: When revising key vocabulary recently with my Year 12 Biology class, I used Quizlet live and I was interested to hear that none of the students had used this part of quizlet before. If you haven't then I definitely recommend that you give it a go. It has the advantage over kahoot, of letting student collaborate and discuss what the correct response is but still keep the competition factor.

As a teacher, you find or create a quizlet based on key terms for you topic. In class, the teacher selects the 'live' option.

You will be redirected to an area where there is a code for students to log into the game. The other great aspect is that you can shuffle up the teams, so that students have to cooperate with a number of different people.

I also came across this infographic which links the Key competencies with aspects of SOLO and levels of the KC's. Check out EduWells blog to see how he is using them in his classroom.

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Image Credit: https://eduwells.com/2016/11/26/21st-century-key-competencies-for-learning/



Professional Learning Opportunities:

1. Core Leaders Summit: For those who are would like to grow their leadership skills. This is a Saturday workshop on the 24 June.

The three areas of focus are:

• Tangata whenuatanga - Building a strong vision that honours bicultural integrity
• Rangatiratanga - Leading people through complex change
• Manaakitanga - Mentoring and coaching models that build leadership capability

Term 1 - Week 11 - EVEN week

Me te rangi ka paruhi

Like a beautifully fine, calm day

Beauty is a pleasure to behold

Week 11 10 Āperira - 15 Āperira (EVEN) 13DRA Assessment - Mon 10 - Tues 11 Swimming - School Sports (am only) -Mon 10 Blood Donations, Gym - Tue 11 Yr12 & 13 Careers Evening - Tue 11 13CHE internal - Wed 12 Easter/ ANZAC/ Colours Assembly, P4 - Thurs 13 Good Friday - Fri 14.	17 Āperira - 23 Āperira  School Holidays - School resumes Monday 1 May. Water Polo - NZ (Girls Div 2) - Tues 18 - Tues 25 Next update will be available at the end of Week 2 of the break.
Assembly Easter/Anzac Assembly - P4. This combines with the school Colours Assembly.	Assembly Nil
Meeting  Tues 11: Nil	Meeting  Nil

Tech tip for the week.

Some of you may find this zero noise timer useful when asking students to work independently in lessons. It monitors the noise level in the room, and allows for students to self monitor their behaviour.

I haven't used it yet, but it looks like a good tool for the 'talkative' class. 

https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/zero-noise-classroom/pgpkohbgbjmihckldcacljomfkkaogjd

Article for Holiday Reading:

As part of establishing your next focusing question and goal for your next Teaching as Inquiry Practice, reading articles around what makes a difference to student learning and achievement should be part of the process. The article "Principles of Instruction: Research based strategies that all teachers should know" by Barak Rosenshine (2012), is an easy read with researched based examples that can be applied in every classroom.

Wellbeing:

It is difficult at the end of the term to make time for yourself. To make sure you get to the end of the term in one piece, a suggestion is to go home earlier than usual on one day during the week, and make sure you switch off from your emails and take the night off.

You may also like to read the 10 Tips for teachers relaxing over the holidays.

Thank you to Tina for organising the yoga for Term 2, starting the 8th May. Please let Tina (HAT) know if you would like to join the staff group.

I came across the following YouTube clip - one of those glass half full type messages. You may have seen it before, but a good reminder about what is important.

 



Professional Learning and Development.

1. Core Education have just announced a new course especially designed for middle leaders.

http://www.core-ed.org/professional-learning-solutions/online/middle-leadership-matters/

It is a 20 week course, that is divided into 4 modules. It has been designed for a middle leader who has experience, or equally for those who are new to the role.


Change in Schools - is it difficult or just uncomfortable?

Something to think about over the 2 week break.....