Week 1 - Term 2 - 2019

Na te waewae i kimi.

Obtained by seeking

Week 1 28 Āperira - 3 Haratua Chemistry Week (International Year of the Periodic Table) - All Week Year 11 Careers interviews begin 10SOC visits to the Antarctic Centre - Tues 30 - Fri 3 Gateway work placements begin - Thurs 2	Week 2 6 Haratua - 10 Haratua Otago University Open Day - Mon 6 13GEO Camp - Leaving after school on Tues 7 - Fri 10 NCEA Parents Evening - Tues 7 Year 12 and 13 Careers Evening - Wed 8 Careers Expo - Horncastle Arena - Thurs 9 - Sat 11 May Athletics Canterbury Road Race - Thurs 9 May Basketball Starts - Fri 10 May
Assembly - WED Nil	Assembly - WED Year 9 - PAC
Meeting  Staff Meeting - Tues 29	Meeting  Learning and Teaching Meeting - Tues 7

Information for Staff

1. Welcome back to everyone for Term 2 and you have managed to have a restful break.

At our staff meeting near the end of the term, Teachers were asked to think about what 'Culturally Responsive Practice' looks like here at our school. The diagram below provides a summary of our thoughts.

TKI has a section on effective teaching and learning specifically linked to Te ako i te reo Māori. The characteristics describing effective practice, are characteristics that can be part of any classroom.
For our first staff meeting back in Term 2, we have now confirmed Anton Mathews to come in and work with staff around the use of Te reo and Cultural Competency. Some of you may have heard of Anton from the work he is doing around Christchurch currently on increasing the use of Te reo in the community, as well as his restaurant 'Fush' out at Wigram.

2. Our full school assembly has been moved into week 3 - this will be a Prefect run assembly.

3. Our next late start, which is linked to our Teaching as Inquiry this year will be in week 3. Please have your inquiry question sorted by then and fill out the Google form https://forms.gle/rhqsgGcNAsUTdsYm8 
This session will be around the theme of 'Explore' and the idea of what is the best data to use and when.
A couple of interesting background reading resources before this session around the use of 'Big Data vs Small Data', based on the work of Pasi Sahlberg gives some background on types of data we may use in our classroom. Derek Wenmoth has written a summary blog and also included it as one of his top 10 trends in Education for 2019.

4. 'Teacher support reduces girls' disengagement in High School' - a quick read found in the Australian teacher magazine. Very relevant to our context. 

Week 11 - Term 1 - 2019

Mauri mahi, mauri ora

Do the mahi, get the treats

Week 11 8 Āperira - 12 Āperira 12/13 Drama Assessments - Mon 8 - Tues 9 Parent Teacher interviews - Tues 9, 4pm to 7 pm and Friday 12, 9am - 3pm. Peer Support - Thurs 11 p5 Senior Alison Harper - p3 and 4 - Thurs 11	School Holidays 13 Āperira -  28 Āperira Have a good break!
Assembly - WED Easter Assembly	Assembly - WED Nil
Meeting  No Meeting - due to Parent/Teacher Interviews.	Meeting  Nil

Information for Staff

1. Thank you to everyone for engaging in our first late start linked to our inquiry for 2019. You will all now see that you have been added to a Team Drive in google "Teaching as Inquiry - Staff PLD" Your group facilitator will have uploaded your presentations and relevant resources there. You will also be able to access other folders for other information if you wish.

2. This is an FYI, that I saw in the latest education central re digital examinations. It looks as if they are stopping the go ahead for subjects such as mathematics being delivered by a digital format.

https://educationcentral.co.nz/nzqa-abandons-bid-to-put-ncea-for-non-literary-subjects-online-by-2020/

3. Here is a simple karakia which can be used at the start of a department / faculty meeting, or class. It is non-denominational and it is great to make sure that people know to join in for “tāiki e” at the end.

Karakia Tīmatanga                                     Prayer for start of day /meeting

Tūtawa mai i raro                                        I summon from below

Tūtawa mai i roto                                         I summon from within

Tūtawa mai i waho                                       and from the surrounding environment

Kia tau ai te mauri tū                                   The universe energy

te mauri ora ki te katoa                               invigorate, and enrich us, unify us

Hāumi e, hui e, tāiki e

4. Next Matai messenger will be available in the second week of the school holdiays - enjoy your well earned break