Week 5 - Term 1 - 2018 - EVEN

Whāia te iti kahurangi ki te tūohu koe me he maunga teitei

Seek the treasure you value most dearly: if you bow your head, let it be to a lofty mountain

Week 4 26  Pēpuere - 2 Maehe Year 9 Camps - Mon 26 - Fri 2 Ugly Shakespeare Performance - Mon 26 Acland 2019 applications close - Wed 28 School Athletics Day at BHS - Fri 2 SI Tennis Champs - Fri 2 - Sun 4 Rowing - SISS Champs - Sat 3 - Sun 4 Multisports SI Champs - Sun 4	Week 5 5 Maehe - 9 Maehe 12Bio - Temple Basin - Mon 5 - Fri 9 Year 11 Art Portfolio Exhibition @ Wigram Museum - Mon 5 - Sun 18 LEFs Due Wed 7 at 8.40am AUT Visit - Tues 6 Year 11 Geo Trip - Wed 7 - Fri 9 13CHE internal (p5) Wed 7 Triathlon - Canty Champs - Thurs 8 Rowing - Pre Maadi Cup - Fri 9 - Sun 11 Volleyball - Canterbury Champs - Fri 9 - Sun 11 Dragon Boating SI - Sat 10
Assembly Year 10 Assembly - Gym - Wed 28 Year 12 NCEA Assembly - PAC - Wed 28	Assembly Year 13 NCEA Assembly - Wed 7 - PAC
Meeting  Staff Meeting - Tues 27	Meeting  Pedagogical Meeting - Tues 6

Information for Staff

1. Staff meeting on Tuesday will be on Appraisal, and the new 'Our Code, Our Standards'.

Can you please bring along the booklet that you were given last year, as well as a pen as we have a few activities for staff.

2. Professional Development Opportunity: Three Step towards student Wellbeing.

This will be held on 13 March at Russley Golf Course. With a Breakfast and Seminar from 7.15 - 8.45 and a Workshop from 9.00am - 12.00pm.  This could be of interested for those of you who would like to explore this area in more detail. Please apply for PD if you are interested.

3. If you are a fan of using Kahoot, you can now set homework challenges on Kahoot and see how well students did:

4. At the Principal's Nominee Seminar there were discussions around assessment practice and its impact on teacher and student workload. A flyer has been released (see below) which is a combined summary from a number of education agencies in NZ. Some great discussion points for Learning Areas.

Also of interest and worth reading for staff is the series of Mythbusters that NZQA have reworked for Teachers around NCEA assessment practice.