Week 9 - Term 2 - 2019

He Manawa tītī 

A person with great endurance This whakatauki celebrates a person/group with great endurance. 

It could be used to honour a person or group in the local community that has contributed greatly. 

Week 9 24 Pipiri - 28 Pipiri 12DRA Assessments - Mon 24 and Tues 25 PUM - Tues 25  LEF Reports due this week 12DRA Major Production - Wed 26 Squash SI Champs - Fri 28 - Sun 30 Manu Korero - Lincoln High School - Friday 28	Week 10 1 Hōngongoi - 5 Hōngongoi English Poetry (PAC) P5 - Tues 2 Year 12 Leadership Day at Christ's College - Tues 2 Big Night In - Wed 3 13DRA Production - Mon 1 - Thurs 4 Powhiri - Thurs 4 - 9am
Assembly - WED Full School - Gym	Assembly - WED Year 9 and 10 Values Assembly - Gym
Meeting  No Meeting	Meeting  Pedagogical

Information for Staff

1. Powhiri July 4: Heads up information 

• Dress code- Males need to wear shirt and tie. There is a chance males may get moved to the front. Females need to wear a skirt or dress
• Parking- There will be no parking on site for the morning.
• Seating-  All staff need to be behind the paepae ( no one will be in the upstairs area)
• Office will be closed for the morning as office staff will be at the powhiri.
• All cellphones will need to be on silent or turned off. 

2. TALIS results are now available - In late 2017 a number of staff were asked to complete a questionnaire related to teaching and learning, in order to track how this has changed over time. The first volume collating the results from New Zealand and another 47 countries is now available to look through (all 220 pages....). See TALIS 2018 - Teachers and School Leaders as Lifelong Learners.

3. Effective Questioning in the Classroom - Listen to the podcast from Dylan Williams

In the podcast he explains how to make questioning to find out what students actually know more effective for practice in the classroom.