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.