Week 7 - Term 4 - 2019

Week 7  25 Noema - 29 Noema NCEA and Scholarship Examinations Continue Junior Curriculum Project begins - Mon 25 Junior and Senior Clearance continues Volleyball SI junior champs Mon 25 - Thurs 28 Year 10 Camps - This Week Tennis Canterbury jnr Champs - Tues 26 - Wed 27	Week 7  25 Noema - 29 Noema Junior Curriculum Project continues - Mon 2 - Wed 4 NCEA examinations - last Day - Tues 3 Rugby condor Sevens - Sun 1 - Mon 2 Leavers Dinner - Tues 3 Orchestra Practice for Prizegiving - Wed 4 Senior Prizegiving - Thurs 5  Athletics National Champs - Fri 6 - Sun 8 Junior Prizegiving - Fri 6 Last Day for Students and Staff - Fri 6
Assembly  NIL	Assembly - WED NIL
Meeting  Learning and Teaching - Mon 25	Meeting  Department

Information for Staff

1. You may have seen the latest information from the Teaching Council around their new registration and certification policy. The bullet points below may be of interest.

What’s new?
 • Te reo me ngā tikanga Māori – a specific declaration indicating your commitment to developing your skills and knowledge throughout your teaching career. Professional leaders endorsing your application also need to state that this has been upheld.
 • Satisfactory recent teaching experience – is now two years of uninterrupted teaching in the last five years. 
• A new certificate has been developed for teachers who have not been teaching for the last five years but are wanting to return to teaching and are likely to meet the Standards. 
• New names for registration, practising certificates and authorities

2. Webinar: Strengthening Local Curriculum

Webinar: Strengthening Local Curriculum

Wednesday, November 27: 4 pm – 5 pm

This webinar will guide schools and kura on topics such as:

• how to use the national curriculum to design schools/kura local curriculum
• designing and developing effective local curriculum
• how to develop and strengthen relationships – including with mana whenua - to co-design local curriculum
• lessons learned from the Local Curriculum workshops in the first half of 2019. 

A guest speaker will also share how their school is designing local curriculum that meets the needs and aspirations of learners and whānau.

Register here

Registrations close Tuesday, November 26.This webinar will be hosted by CORE Education on behalf of the Ministry of Education.

http://nzcurriculum.tki.org.nz/News/Webinar-Strengthening-Local-Curriculum

3. Simon Sinek on Educational Change - well worth a watch.

Week 6 - Term 4 - 2019

Tūngia te ururoa kia tupu whakaritorito te tutū o te harakeke 

Set the overgrown bush alight, and the new flax shoots will spring up 

In order to change we may need to leave some ways behind in order to do things differently

Week 6  18 Noema - 22 Noema NCEA and Scholarship Examinations Continue Year 9 and 10 Clearance Starts Internal NCEA Grade entry deadline for departments - Tues 19 Summer Sports Ends - Wed 20 Junior Chirnside - Thurs 21 Water Polo SI Jnr Champs - Fri 22 - Sun 24 Junior Report writing this week	Week 7  25 Noema - 29 Noema NCEA and Scholarship Examinations Continue Junior Curriculum Project begins - Mon 25 Junior and Senior Clearance continues Volleyball SI junior champs Mon 25 - Thurs 28 Year 10 Camps - This Week Tennis Canterbury jnr Champs - Tues 26 - Wed 27 Rugby condor Sevens - Sun 1
Assembly  Year 10 Camp Meetings	Assembly - WED NIL
Meeting  Staff - Special Prizes	Meeting  Learning and Teaching - Mon 25

Information for staff

1. Professional Reading - The Nature of Learning, Using Research to Inspire Practice

2. PLD opportunity for the start of 2020 - Could be of interest. Apply through the usual application process.

• BEING AN EFFECTIVE HOD

For new HODs/HOLs/HOFs/HOLAs of any sized department, learning area or faculty, and for leaders who want to refresh or review their practice.  The workshop includes current thinking about effective leadership; the role and responsibilities of an HOD; building a positive and professional learning culture in a department; organising a department and many other relevant and useful topics

More information and to register online: Being an Effective HOD>>

Christchurch:	3 & 4 March

• BEING AN EFFECTIVE Dean

For new Deans, and for Deans who want to refresh or review their practice. The workshop was last year increased to two days to allow for more in-depth coverage and discussion, including building a toolkit of skills and strategies for being effective in this role, understanding the role and its connection with student learning, academic coaching/mentoring, organising effective Deaning systems and procedures and many other relevant and useful topics

More information and to register online: Being an Effective Dean>>

Christchurch:	5 & 6 March

Week 5 - Term 4 - 2019

Kua hua te marama 

Something has completed a full cycle 

This whakatauki could be used to celebrate success/a project coming to term. It can also be used to reflect on the cyclical nature of things.

Week 5  11 Noema - 15 Noema NCEA and Scholarship Examinations Continue Junior Examinations - Mon 11 - Wed 13 JCP - Teacher Collaborative meetings - Tuesday (12) and Wednesday (13) morning. Exeat Day - Thursday 14 Show Day - Friday 15	Week 6  11 Noema - 15 Noema NCEA and Scholarship Examinations Continue Year 9 and 10 Clearance Starts Internal NCEA Grade entry deadline for departments - Tues 19 Summer Sports Ends - Wed 20 Junior Chirnside - Thurs 21 Junior Report writing this week
Assembly - WED Nil	Assembly - WED Year 10 Camp Meetings
Meeting  Nil	Meeting  Staff - Special Prizes

Information for Staff

1. A question to ponder.........

 

2.Moderation workshops for 2020 - NZQA will continue with the model they have trialed successfully re Moderation workshops that are on demand. This we hosted a workshop for Te reo Maori teachers around Christchurch and found it successful. If you feel that this is something you would like to consider for your learning area, please let me know. More information can be found HERE

3. The Mindlab have sent through information for their course starting in January 2020. Mindlab have introduced a new block-based schedule to their Postgraduate Certificate in Digital and Collaborative Learning to make the programme more accessible.The next intake of their innovative 32-week programme kicks off on January 13th 2020. 

Want to know more?
Join the Mindlab team for an online information session via Zoom. In this session, they will give you an experience of what interactive, collaborative online learning is like, give you some insights into the kinds of skills and ideas you will develop on the programme, and explain how they can help you get to grips with important aspects of digital technologies in the NZ curriculum.

Date: Monday 18th November 2019
Time: 4.00 - 5.30pm

If interested go to 'RSVP Now' button below. 

RSVP Now

Apply now for January 2020

Join a growing community of inspired educators in New Zealand by applying today.

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For more information about the programme visit themindlab.com, or for any questions, please contact our Outreach Manager, Lisa Whittington-Slater, on 028 413 0340 or lisa@themindlab.com.

Week 4 - Term 4 - 2019

Whatungarongaro te tangata, toitū te whenua 

As people disappear from sight, the land remains 

This whakatauki speaks to the importance and permanence of land. While people come and go, the land remains. As humans we rely on the land. We must think long-term and see the big picture to ensure the sustainability of the land.

Week 4 4 Noema - 8 Noema Senior Clearance continues 2020 Prefect Shortlist students in - Mon 4 Year 10 EKEA UC - Wed 6 Whanau & Pasifika Farewell - Thurs 7 in staffroom at 6pm NCEA and Scholarship Examinations begin - Fri 8 November Volleyball Canterbury Junior Champs - Fri 8 - Sun 10 Long Service Celebration - Fri 8	Week 5  11 Noema - 15 Noema NCEA and Scholarship Examinations Continue Junior Examinations - Mon 11 - Wed 13 JCP - Teacher Collaborative meetings - Tuesday (12) and Wednesday (13) morning. Exeat Day - Thursday 14 Show Day - Friday 15
Assembly - WED Year 9 and 10 Junior Assembly	Assembly - WED Nil
Meeting  Department	Meeting  Staff

Information for Staff

1. With regards to growing leaders, the next CADAP meeting is on Thursday 21st Nov in the afternoon. As a school we will be able to take 2 other staff (with L-J) if interested to hear the 

guest speaker Eruera Tarena: Executive Director, Tokona te Raki: Māori Futures Collective  (Ngāi Tahu, Ngāti Porou and Te Whānau-ā-Apanui.)

Eruera is the Executive Director for Tokona te Raki: Māori Futures Collective, a Ngāi Tahu-led approach to tackle inequality at its roots.  Where the vision is to create equity in education, employment and income for all Ngāi Tahu and Māori in the Ngāi Tahu Takiwā by 2040.  Our legacy – a world where all Māori are inspired by their futures, confident in their culture, prosperous in their careers and succeeding as Māori.  
See PWL or BLS if you are interested.

2. For those who use Google forms, you may want to check out the templates that are now available - one of them is a 'course evaluation' form - timely for the end of the year.

Week 3 - Term 4 - 2019

Tē tōia, tē haumatia 

Nothing can be achieved without a plan, workforce and a way of doing things 

Week 3 28 Ōketopa - 1 Noema Labour Day - Mon 28 Senior Clearance starts - Tues 29 Sports Awards evening - Tues 29 Gillette Venus Cricket Cup - Wed 30 - Fri 1 Hockey Prizegiving - Wed 30 - 7pm Acland Leavers Dinner - Thurs 31 Art Exhibition L1, 2 & 3 - Thurs 31 Level 3 Art Portfolios Due - Thurs 31 Pink Carnival Day - Thurs 31 Last Day for Seniors - Fri 1 NZQA Assemblies and Full School Assembly Year 13 Farewell morning tea - Fri 1	Week 4  4 Noema - 8 Noema Senior Clearance continues 2020 Prefect Shortlist students in - Mon 4 Year 10 EKEA UC - Wed 6 Whanau & Pasifika Farewell - Thurs 7 in staffroom at 6pm NCEA and Scholarship Examinations begin - Fri 8 November Volleyball Canterbury Junior Champs - Fri 8 - Sun 10 Long Service Celebration
Assembly - WED Students sitting a Digital NCEA Examination to PAC	Assembly - WED Year 9 and 10 Junior Assembly
Meeting  Learning and Teaching	Meeting  Department

Putting Students in Charge of their Learning Journey