Week 1 - Term 2 - 2018

We work together for maximum impact  

Ka mahi ngātahi mō te tukinga nui tonu

Week 1 30 Paengawhāwhā -  4 Haratua International Food Day - Tues 1 (lunchtime in Gym quad) Antarctica Center Trip - Year 10 - Thurs 3 - Fri 4 Swimming - Canterbury - Thurs 3	Week 2 7 Haratua - 11 Haratua Otago University Open Day - Mon 7 Antarctica Center Trip - Year 10 - Mon 7 Year 9 DIT Paparoa Trip - Mon 7 12DVC Product Research Field trip - Tues 8 Year 12/13 Careers evening - Tues 8 Whanau Hui - Tues 8 (6.30 in staffroom) Year 13 Geo Trip - Tues 7 - Fri 11 Victoria University Visit - Wed 9 Careers Expo - Thrus 10 - Sat 12 English 2.5 Speech - Thurs 10 - Fri 11 Athletics - Canterbury Road Race - Thurs 10
Assembly - WED Year 9 - Gym Year 10 - PAC	Assembly - WED Full School Assembly
Meeting  Staff Meeting - Tues 1	Meeting  Learning and Teaching - Tues 8

Information for Staff

1. Setting goals: Term 2 is the start to the new year of Appraisal and Attestation here at CGHS. Many of you will have already determined what your goals will be for the year, but here is a little reminder of the do's and dont's of goal setting:

• Is the goal about the students or the adults (teacher). Your goal(s) should be set around what you would like the students in your classes to achieve, and not what you will be doing. What you will be doing is actually part of your action plan that will help you achieve the target set for the learners.
• Have you worked out how you will measure student progress throughout your inquiry and/or practice. For example, are you judging student performance by just a test, or will you be gathering other data that shows student learning, engagement and achievement. 
• Think about what you will be doing that is different to what you have currently done in order to improve student learning and/or engagement. Is this also part of your action plan?

2. Support International Food day on Tuesday 1 May.  The International Club will put on International Food Day, and will sell food in the gym quad at lunch to raise money for World Vision, the Rohingya Refugee Crisis.

3. Professional Development Opportunity - Google Summit on 9 and 10 July in Dunedin. More information can be found at https://events.edtechteam.com/dunedin2018/141357
See BLS if interested in attending.

Week 11 - Term 1 - 2018

We get the job done  

Ka oti i a mātou ngā mahi

Week 11 9 Paengawhāwhā - 13 Paengawhāwhā 12/13 Drama Assessments - Mon 9 - Wed 11 Noho Marae Trip - Tues 10 - Wed 11 12GAT First Aid course - Tues 10 and Thurs 12 (All Day) Blood Donor Clinic - Tues 10 Otago University Visit - Tues 10 Late Start - Tues 10 (See meetings below) LEFs Due - End of school day - Tues 10  Music Concert - Thurs 12 @ 7pm in PAC - Gold Coin Donation Year 9 DIT Paparoa visit - Thurs 12 Senior Alison Harper - Fri 13 12GAT Riccarton - Fri 13 (p 1 and 2) 12DVC Software Course - Sat 14 Last Day Term 1 - Fri 13	School Holidays 14 Paengawhāwhā - 29 Paengawhāwhā Have a good break!
Assembly - WED Junior Assembly - End of Term Merit Awards - both Levels in Gym	Assembly - WED Nil
Meeting  Pedagogical Meeting - Late start time slot - Integration of STPs in Learning Areas. Learning Area meeting after school if needed.	Meeting  Nil

Information for Staff

1. STEAM Education Summit - https://www.conferenz.co.nz/events/steam-education-summit

Information for this Education Summit is available on the website. It is held in Auckland on the 9th and 10 May. It would be great to have a couple of our staff attend these 2 days and share their knowledge within and across departments. The new digital technologies curriculum is to be integrated into teaching programmes by 2020. 

2. ULearn 2018 reminder - This is New Zealands largest Education conference and will be held in Auckland from 10 - 12 October. Please see BLS if you are interested in attending this year. The earlybird rate is available to the 31 May.

3. For those of you who remember Amira - you may be interested in her recent blog post around student agency and inclusivity. Student agency and student choice was a key component of the group of teachers who were involved in Grow Waitaha in 2017, and completed an inquiry around how and what this looked like at CGHS.