Week 6 - Term 1 - 2020

Alofa atu nei, alofa mai taeao

Kindness received, kindness given

Week 6 2 Maehe - 6 Maehe 12BIO - Temple Basin - All week CGHS V CBHS Dodge ball - Mon 2 LEF Reports due this week - Wed 4 @ 9am Whanau Hui - Tues 3 @ 6pm Volleyball - SI Champs - Fri 6 - Sun 8 Auckland Uni Visit - Lunchtime - Fri 6	Week 7 9 Maehe - 13 Maehe 11GEO Queenstown field trip - Mon 9 - Wed 11 Victoria Uni visit - Lunchtime - Mon 9 10ART - Museum - Tues 10 13DRA - Court Theatre - Tues 10 Whitebait media in meeting with some Yr 9's - Tues 10 Gateway health & Safety - Wed 11 Peer Support - Wed 11 p4 Rowing SISS Champs - Thurs 12 - Sun 15 CGHS Swimming sports Thurs 12 (9-11am) Year 13 History Speaker - Thurs 12 p4 Polyfest - Sat 14
Assembly  Wednesday -  Year 13 NCEA Assembly (PAC) Year 10 Year level - Gym Friday - Athletics Sports and Trophies	Assembly -  Wednesday -  No Assemblies - all classes in Ako Friday - March 15 Commemoration
Meeting  Department	Meeting  Learning & Teaching

Information for Staff

1. Thank you for your feedback on how you would like the PLG groups set up for our late starts this year. The majority of staff have stated that they would like one theme to work on throughout the year.
The most common areas that you have identified wanting to work with are:

• Māori succeeding as Māori
• Pacific Learners
• Cross curricular collaboration
• Accelerated Learning
• Wellbeing 
• Leadership

Now that we have established the common themes - please fill in the sign up sheet.

2. It may be only halfway through Term 1 but.......

3. This year we have been given funding to be part of the Accelerated Literacy and Numeracy programs. A couple of resources have started to filter through, the first is a great read, with tips on different strategies to use in your classrooms/programs for those students who are requiring extra support: "Learning in the fast lane" (2014) by  Suzi Rollins. 

4. Polyfest - to add to your diary!

Week 5 - Term 1 - 2020

Ka Mate kāinga tahi,

ka ora kāinga rua

There is more than one way 

to achieve an objective

Week 5 24 Pēpuere - 28 Pēpuere University of Canterbury visit - Mon 24 Athletics Sports - Tues 25 Year 9/10 Plunket Babysitting cert - Tues 25 and Thurs 27 after school Equestrian - Canterbury Show Jumping - Wed 26 Peer Support (p3) Wed 26 13BUS Regional Enterprise Day - Thurs 27 13GRA Field trip - Thurs 27 Rowing Camp - Fri 28 - Sun 1 Polyfest Camp - Fri 28 Staff start of year function - Fri 28 Tennis - SI champs - Sat 29 - Sun 1 SI Multisport champs - Sun 1	Week 6 2 Maehe - 6 Maehe 12BIO - Temple Basin - All week CGHS V CBHS Dodge ball - Mon 2 LEF Reports due this week. Whanau Hui - Tues 3 @ 6pm Volleyball - SI Champs - Fri 6 - Sun 8 Auckland Uni Visit - Lunchtime - Fri 6
Assembly  Wednesday -  Year 12 NCEA Assembly (GYM) Year 13 Assembly - PAC (guest speaker) Friday - Prefect Assembly	Assembly -  Wednesday -  Year 13 NCEA Assembly (PAC) Year 10 Year level - Gym Friday - Athletics Sports and Trophies
Meeting  No Meeting due to Athletics sports.	Meeting  Department

Information for Staff:

1. An email from NZQA:

"The Government has now confirmed the final NCEA change package which will strengthen our national qualification; address over-assessment and fragmented learning; promote culturally responsive teaching and learning; and improve accessibility, the support available to teachers, and the information available to students and whānau. See today’s press release from the Ministry.

Work has already begun to progress the changes. Subject expert groups comprised of practising teachers and experts from diverse education settings have been established for current subjects. These groups will be developing the new achievement standards and resources that underpin NCEA. In doing so, they will help us to shape the future of our school-leaving qualification, so that it works for all New Zealanders.

We are also asking all New Zealanders for feedback on a provisional subject list which will support Level 1 to become a broader, foundational qualification that allows students to keep their pathway options open, while Levels 2 and 3 promote opportunities for greater specialisation.

It would be appreciated if you could share the following link with your staff members, students and school community to encourage them to have their say on the provisional subject list by 20 April 2020 https://consultation.education.govt.nz/ncea/ras-provisional-subject-list.

If you have any questions about this work, please don’t hesitate to get in touch via ras.review@education.govt.nz."

2. Nice little info graphic from the Ministry of Education - A student in Year 11 who attends school every day has about a 90% chance of achieving NCEA Level 1. This drops to a 1-in-5 chance if they only turn up at school half of the time.

3. Humans Need not apply:

Perhaps something to show your students in Ako time - Get them to think about where new jobs are emerging and what skills they might need in order to access these new jobs.

Week 4 - Term 1 - 2020

Aroha ki te tangata,

Ahakoa ko wai te tangata

Love people,

in spite of who they are

Week 4 17 Pēpuere - 21 Pēpuere ERO  - All week 11Art Exhibition @Wigram - All week Rowing - CSS Regatta - Mon 17 - Wed 19 Year 9 Camps - All week Lincoln Uni visit - Lunchtime - Tues 18 Summer Sport Starts - Wed 19	Week 5 24 Pēpuere - 28 Pēpuere University of Canterbury visit - Mon 24 Athletics Sports - Tues 25 Year 9/10 Plunket Babysitting cert - Tues 25 and Thurs 27 after school Equestrian - Canterbury Show Jumping - Wed 26 Peer Support (p3) Wed 26 13BUS Regional Enterprise Day - Thurs 27 13GRA Field trip - Thurs 27 Rowing Camp - Fri 28 - Sun 1 Polyfest Camp - Fri 28 Staff start of year function - Fri 28 Tennis - SI champs - Sat 29 - Sun 1 SI Multisport champs - Sun 1
Assembly  Wednesday -  Yr 11 NCEA Assembly (PAC) Friday - House Assemblies	Assembly -  Wednesday -  Year 12 NCEA Assembly (GYM) Year 13 Assembly - PAC (guest speaker) Friday - Prefect Assembly
Meeting  Staff Meeting - 3 ERO Groups Pastoral - (Board Room) HOLAs (S4)  and rest of teaching and support staff (staffroom)	Meeting  No Meeting due to Athletics sports.

Information for Staff:

1. NCEA Online for 2020

Around two-thirds of exams will be offered digitally this year, comprising 58 exam sessions and 21 subjects at Levels 1, 2 & 3 unless otherwise stated.  The full list is:

Agricultural & Horticultural Science	Art History	Business Studies
Chinese	Classical Studies	Education for Sustainability (L2 only)
English	French	German
Health	History	Home Economics
Japanese	Latin (L1 & 2 only)	Media Studies
Psychology	Sāmoan	Social Studies
Spanish	Te Reo Māori	Te Reo Rangatira

2. Teacher survey on the 2019 exams

The annual teacher survey seeking feedback on the 2019 exams can be found at the bottom of the Schools and Teachers webpage.

Or, click here for the NCEA survey and here for the Scholarship Award survey.

The survey closes on 21 February.

Teachers are encouraged to respond to these surveys, either as an individual or as a group.

Feedback from the teacher surveys is highly valued by NZQA.

3. On request’ Best Practice workshops

Based on the success of the ‘on request’ model, NZQA are continuing to offer facilitators to subject associations or regional cluster groups. This allows workshop organisers to ask for targeted support for their participants. More information about the different options may be found here.

If you have any questions, please email workshops@nzqa.govt.nz.
Last year CGHS hosted a hui for Canterbury Te reo Māori teachers, so please see BLS if you think this could be of use for your Learning Area.

4. Focus on the future - Skills or qualifications? You may be interested in this short article - https://idealog.co.nz/etc/2017/09/do-you-need-degree-work-tech-more-100-nzs-biggest-companies-say-no. One hundred of our largest and most successful companies have written an open letter asking the government to rethink our education system, arguing that degrees don’t matter as much as skills, attitudes, motivation and the adaptability of job applicants