Week 3 - Term 3 - 2020

He iti te mokoroa nāna te kahikatea i kakati 

(Even the small can make a big impact on the big)

Week 3  3 Akuhata - 7 Akuhata   International Week - all week LEF Reports and EC due this week QUAD Tournament - Mon 3 Senior Speech Competition p4 - Tues 4	Week 4   10 Akuhata - 14 Akuhata   Book Week - all week Otago University Open Day - Mon 10 Junior Alison Harper p3-4 Tues 11 Ako - Subject selection + Parent portal opens for subject choices - Wed 12 Ski/snow - Canterbury Champs - Thurs 13 Year 12/13 Art History to UC
Assembly/Ako Wed: Year 9 (PAC)           Year 11 (Gym) Fri: Full School Assembly (International)	Assembly/Ako Wed: Year 13 (PAC)            Fri: Full School Assembly (Book week)
Meeting Learning and Teaching	Meeting Department

Information for Staff

1. Survey regarding Professional Learning. Jacky Young, who has been working with the school around the implementation of Digital Technology progressions in learning areas is undertaking research on Professional learning.

If you are able to spare a few minutes to fill in her survey regarding the use of PLGs - here is the link

2. Two new documents have been released this week, the Action Plan for Pacific Education and the refreshed 'Ka Hikitia'

3 Contract NZQA vacancies:  There are a number of contract vacancies available with NZQA, including markers, verifiers, panel leaders and examiner and materials developer roles for several NCEA and NZ Scholarship subjects. These are currently advertised on the NZQA website.

4. Innovative assessment case studies for internally assessed standards: 

NZQA is showcasing examples of innovative approaches to assessment, as described by teachers, students, and senior managers. NZQA has collected video evidence from teachers, students, and management in schools where innovative assessment is happening. 

It is presented as a series of case studies in three strands: 

 teachers talking about what they do differently, 

 students reflecting on what the style of assessment meant for them, and 

 management saying how they made the changes in their schools to accommodate this. 

Research and discussion tools are included so that schools or departments can use them to instigate change. An introduction to the case studies can be found https://www.nzqa.govt.nz/ncea/subjects/spotlights/spotlight-4/

Innovative practice case studies  - https://www.nzqa.govt.nz/about-us/future-state/innovative/

5. And finally, nice to see Alice Daizell from 2019 on the Lincoln Uni scholarship advertising.