Week 8 - Term 3 - 2019

Week 8  9 Mahuru - 13 Mahuru Maori Language Week - All Week Guta Goldstein, Holocaust Survivor P2 PAC Alanna Mitchell Presentation - All Year 12s - p4 in PAC - Mon 9 Orion Health Tear 12/13 Digital Technologies Software Development Trip (p5) - Mon 9 Whanau Hui - Mon 9 CGHS Showcase 6pm Tues 10 Mufti Day - Tues 10 Barbershop competition - Wed 11 - Thurs 12 Get 2 Go Challenge - Wed 11 Year 9 - 12 Options Choice Closing Date - Wed 11 Senior Examinations Begin - Thurs 12 through to Fri 20 Swimming NZ Champs - Thurs 12 - Sun 15 Gymsports Rythmic NZSS - Sat 14 - Sun 15	Week 9  16 Mahuru - 20 Mahuru Senior Examinations - All Week Voices Festival - Mon 16 - Thurs 19 Ski and Snowboard SISS - Mon 16 ICAS English - Tues 17 Orchestra Festival - Wed 18 and Sat 21 - Sun 22 Year 11 MCAT Examination - Thurs 19 Aerobics Nationals - Sat 21 - Sun 22 New Entrants' Test - Sat 21
Assembly - WED Senior Exam Assembly	Assembly - WED Year 9 and 10 - Merit Award Assembly in Gym
Meeting  Staff Meeting - Monday 9 Learning and Teaching Meeting - Tues 10	Meeting  No Meetings this week

Information for Staff

As next week is Te Wiki o Te reo Māori here are a few resources that could be of interest:

1. Culturally responsive teaching is based on creating a culture of care and welcoming warmth in a classroom. A culture of care values each student of the class and the teacher regardless of their culture or way of being. The Educultural Wheel from Macfarlane, 2004, offers a framework for introducing culturally inclusive classroom strategies premised on five core values that underpin an Indigenous Māori world view.

You might find the statistics below from the recent Angus MacFarlane lecture of interest regarding teacher understanding of cultural ways of thinking, acting and believing....

2. It might be timely to revisit Tataiako - https://teachingcouncil.nz/sites/default/files/Tataiako_FINAL_web_mar16.pdf

3. As shared by the Teaching Council in their email yesterday, 'A case study of culturally responsive practice at Rotorua Girls' High School.