Matai Messenger: Week 6 - Term 2

Kua haehae ngā hihi o Matariki.

The rays of Matariki are spread.

Week 6 6 Pipiri - 10 Pipiri Queen's Birthday - Mon 6 Big Sing Regionals - Thurs 9 - Fri 10 Year 13 Drama Assessments - Thurs 9 - Fri 10 Non Uniform Day - Thurs 9 Rockquest Finals - Sat 11	Week 7 13 Pipiri - 17 Pipiri Mental Health Awareness Week - All Week PHY201 Trip to UC 10.30am - 3.30pm - Mon 13 and Tues 14 Chamber Music Competition - Mon 13 and Tues 14 Pasifika Met Gala at OruaPaeroa - Wed 15 DRA101 Assessments p5 - Thurs 16 and Fri 17 Show Quest - Thurs 16 and Fri 17 GEO201 Urban Fieldtrip - Thurs 16 PSP301 Les Mills - Thurs 16 Year 12 Formal - Sat 18th
*Assembly -* Year 9 - Pac Year 13 - Gym	*Assembly -* Year 10 - PAC Year 12 - Gym
*Meeting* Staff	*Meeting* HoLA/ Learning and Teaching PLD 1-4pm - Mon 14 TWH and Junior HOD meeting - Mon 14 Department/Learning Area - Tues 15

Information for Staff

1. Recently we had our Managing National Assessment (MNA) audit with NZQA. The full report will be available in about 6 weeks time and any changes we have to make are very minor. One of the suggestions from NZQA was around making sure that HOD's/TIC's are aware that there is a new button to provide feedback on any moderation report and that we should make use of this - See below for details.

Thank you for those who put in the extra time to write your reports re assessment from your learning area and provide feedback in the interview.

Feedback on Moderation Reports

In 2021, a Feedback button was introduced, alongside the Query and Appeal buttons. This is intended as an opportunity for you to provide NZQA with feedback regarding the detail, clarity, and helpfulness of the moderation report. Clicking on the feedback button will open a pop-up window in which you can select your responses from the drop downs alongside each question. When you click on Submit in this window it will close and save your responses.

2. Last week the National office of the MOE ran a session on the updates around the RAS. (Presentation can be found here). A brief summary is below. Please start thinking about whether you would like your subject to be a 2023 pilot at Level 1.

Progress has been made towards implementing Pacific Studies as a new subject
Expressions of interest will open in August for participation in 2023 L1 Pilots
Level 2 standards are being worked on in stages, so some are not available yet. We do know that L2 Business Studies and PE are out for testing, but L2 English will not be available till next year.
More MOE support is coming for schools in the second half of this year. They're working on this at present and are keen for all Canterbury schools to have the next NCEA TOD day on the same day. A collaborative Jumbo day is being discussed.
There was some discussion around delaying the NCEA literacy and numeracy co-requisites as compulsory for next year. A final decision around this will be made at the end of June. A new Lit/Num person has been appointed for the region and have just started in this role.
Work is also going on regarding a revamped Vocational Award. Prototyping in 2023.
One thing that is coming out of the RAS pilots is to place 1000 word limits on assessments. A reminder that the pilot standards are still just that, and that there could still be changes, something to think about if you are planning, and focus more on the Matrix for the subjects rather than specific tasks.

3. Thank you for the feedback you sent through from your Learning area around the Covid disruptions and assessment. You may be interested to see the graphs below:

The impact on certain groups of priority learners is also of a concern. I have fed the information back to the MOE from the school.