Week 2 - Term 3 - 2022

 Waiho i te toipoto, kaua i te toiroa 

Let us keep close together, not wide apart 

This whakatauki speaks to the importance of keeping connected, of maintaining relationships and dialogue so that we can keep moving forward together. It could be used when sharing information about community events or projects that bring people together.

Week 2 1 Hereturikōkā - 5  Hereturikōkā Otago Uni & Polytechnic Open Day - Sun 31 - Mon 1 International Week - All week PTA Evening (Social Media focus) - Tues 2 Australian Maths Competition - Wed p1 and p2 QUAD Tournament Timaru - Thurs 4 Senior Speech competition Thurs 4 (p4) UC Law Day (Yr 13) - Thurs 4 Music Concert - Thurs 4 - 6.30pm in PAC Music tour of intermediates - Fri 5 Year 9 Music Concert - p2 - Fri 5 Year 13 Formal - Sat 6	Week 3 8 Hereturikōkā - 12  Hereturikōkā Book Week - All Week NCEA parents information - Tues 9 Pasifika Parents Fono - Tues 9 4.30pm PISA Testing Day - Tues 9 (Various students out) Parent Portal opens for subject selection - Wed 10 Ski and Snowboard Champs - Thurs 11 Year 11 Formal - Sat 13 NZ Duathlon  - Sun 14
Assembly -  Year 9 - PAC Year 13 - Gym (Formal discussion)	Assembly -  Year 13 PAC
Meeting  L&T, Junior HoD and TWH - Mon Staff - Tues	Meeting  Learning Area Meeting - Tues

Information for Staff

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Week 1 - Term 3 - 2022

 Mā mua ka kite a muri, mā muri ka ora a mua 

Those who lead give sight to those who follow, those who follow give life to those who lead 

This whakatauki also speaks to the importance of working together. 

It acknowledges and values the importance of both the leader and the followers for both are essential and co-dependent.

Week 1  25 Hōngongoi - 29 Hōngongoi  Tech Week - All week Year 12/13 Tourism to Akaroa - Thurs 28 Māori Symposium - Fri 29	Week 2 1 Hereturikōkā - 5  Hereturikōkā Otago Uni & Polytechnic Open Day - Sun 31 - Mon 1 International Week - All week PTA Evening (Social Media focus) - Tues 2 Australian Maths Competition - Wed p1 and p2 QUAD Tournament Timaru - Thurs 4 Senior Speech competition Thurs 4 (p4) UC Law Day (Yr 13) - Thurs 4 International Assembly - Fri 5 Music tour of intermediates - Fri 5 Year 13 Formal - Sat 6
Assembly -  Year 12PAC	Assembly -  Year 9 - PAC Year 13 Gym
Meeting  Learning Area	Meeting  L&T, Junior HoD and TWH - Mon Staff

Information for Staff

1. Welcome back for Term 3 and what we hope will be a relatively disruption free term. At the end of Term 2, parents were asked to provide feedback on how the school is currently going. There was some mixed sentiment and a smaller sample size of respondents to 2021.

The area that parents identified as having the most change in the last 18 months has been around their own participation with the school (red is 2022). This is not an easy fix, and I am sure that all schools are in the same position as us, but it does show that Covid is having other impacts that we don't see as part of the everyday running of our teaching and learning programmes.

In the summary, I have added in a couple of the parent feedback comments, feel free to reflect on (or not) what has been said.

The survey summary, comments and comparison with 2021 can be found HERE.

2. Latest news regarding the TOD in week 4 this term. The subjects listed below will have the level 2 draft standards released prior to this TOD and you will be able to provide feedback via the website linked above.