Week 4 - Term 3 - 2018

Kua āta haere, muri tata kino. 

To start early is leisurely, but to race against time is desperate.

Week 4  13 Ākuhata - 17 Ākuhata Geography Week Voices of Canterbury Pop Choir - Tues 14 - Fri 17 Junior Alison Harper - Tues 14 p 3 and 4 Ski & Snowboard Canterbury Champs - Tues 14 AKO sessions - Year 9 - 12, focused on Course selection for 2019. Cycling - Litoff/Dawe Cups - Wed 15 Parent Portal Open for Subject choices - Wed 15 CGHS Film Festival - 4pm Thurs 16 Ki o rahi tournament - Fri 17 Year 11 Formal - Sat 18 Duathalon - Sun 19 Revamp Vintage market - All Day in Gym - Sun 19	Week 5 20 Ākuhata - 24 Ākuhata Maths week - All week. Subject Choice Afternoon - Mon 20 (Wed times) LipSync - Tues 21, 7pm at CBHS Cantamath - Wed 22 - evening 13TOU Mt Cook - Wed 22 - Thurs 23 May Campbell Anderson Essay Competition - Thurs 23, p 1 - 3 Equestrian, Canterbury ODHT - Sat 25
Assembly - WED Year 13 - PAC	Assembly - WED Full School Assembly
Meeting  Student Support - Tues	Meeting  Pedagogical - Tues

Information for Staff

1. Summary 'Big Ideas' NCEA Review: For staff who wish to make their own submission on the big ideas, feel free to look at CGHS staff feedback on the ideas presented. The summary can be found HERE.
The survey can be accessed at 'NCEA have your say'.

2. Digital Technology: Safe and Responsible use in Schools

In light of recent events, discussion has started again around the use of cellphones here at CGHS. Therefore if you suspect a device has been used in an inappropriate way, then please be aware of what you can and can not do as the teacher.

We are able to ask students to reveal what we suspect is inappropriate and ask them to delete it. We are also able to ask a student to surrender the device and retain it for a 'reasonable period', but if we do get a student to surrender a device, then a record must be kept of when and why. (see page 20 - 21 of report).

It must be clear that there must be 'reasonable grounds' for a removal of the device, in that you suspect that there is something on it that may harm others in some way. Texting or using Facebook in class, is not sufficient grounds.

The report outlines that you, as the teacher, should not be searching the device, as this could open up issues for both the student and the teacher. If you do think that you have grounds to take a device off a student, asking the student to password protect the device before it is handed over means that a teacher's integrity can be maintained. On page 8 of the document 'Digital Technology: Safe and responsible use in schools', there is a flow chart of steps to follow if you suspect misuse in your classroom. Please use the schools discipline system if students are not following your instructions regarding whether a cellphone is allowed to be visible and used in the lesson.

Picture sourced from: Ministry of Education (2015) Digital Technology: Safe and responsible use in schools. p.8 - see link for larger version.