Week 1 - Term 4 - 2021

 I orea te tuatara ka patu ki waho 

A problem is solved by continuing to find solutions 

This whakatauki refers to the need for creative thinking, adaptability and perseverance. In order to solve a problem you need to have all of these.

Week 1 18 Oketopa - 22 Oketopa Volleyball starts - Mon 18 Sporting and Cultural Photos - Tues 19 - Wed 20 Market Day (Lunchtime) Wed 20 Wednesday Summer Sport begins - Wed 20 STA201 Assessment 12 - 3.40pm - Thurs 21	Week 2 25 Oketopa- 29 Oketopa Labour Day - Mon 25 CGHS Film Festival - Wed 27 - Thurs 28 (TBC) Zonta Sports Awards - Thurs 28 (TBC) Rugby SI sevens - Sat 30 - Sun 31 (TBC)
Assembly -  Wed -  Nil Friday - Nil	Assembly -  Wed -  Nil Friday - Nil
Meeting  Learning Area/ Department - as needed	Meeting  Staff

Information for Staff

1. Welcome back to Term 4. As we are still in Level 2 for the start of Term 4 a number of events on our calendar are to be confirmed. We still need to consider the guidelines released from the Ministry of Education around what is termed as a 'gathering'. The MOE states: 

Any event or activity that brings people on to the school site who are not there for education purposes, including students, parents and caregivers, will need to have the rules for gatherings applied. ‘Education purposes’ means delivery of your curriculum.
 
Here are some examples:

• if you are holding a school performance with only students in the audience, this would still be considered a gathering (as the students watching the performance are not there for education purposes).
• if you are hosting an education outside the classroom (EOTC) event outdoors on school grounds that requires parents or caregivers to assist, the rules of gatherings do not apply as they are there to support delivery of the curriculum (please keep numbers to a minimum).
• if you are holding an activity offsite, including EOTC activities, you will need to work with the provider/venue to agree your health and safety plan. All venues will have their own requirements under the Public Health Order that they will need to follow, which are different to school guidelines. This could include having no more than 100 customers or clients in any one defined space, face coverings to be worn for those aged 12 and over and contact tracing requirements.

Where curriculum-related activities bring other schools’ students on site, these are not classified as gatherings.
 
The exemption to the one-metre physical distancing requirement does not apply to inter-school curriculum-related activities. Therefore, wherever practicable, everyone in these situations must adhere to physical distancing of one metre when inside.

This means, we are looking at alternative ways to hold Prizegiving and Graduation, as well as the sports and cultural awards.

2. As we head into end of year revision time - you may be interested to look at the online mind mapping tools available. See "15 Tools for creating Mindmaps".