Week 5 - Term 4 - 2022

 Whāia te mātauranga hei oranga mō koutou 

Seek after learning for the sake of your wellbeing

Week 5 14 Whiringa-ā-rangi - 18 Whiringa-ā-rangi NCEA examinations continue - All week Whanau farewell - Mon 14 (6pm) Year 10 Camps - 10ANP and 10HOC (first half) and 10LR and 10JAC second half Summer Sport Ends - Wed 16 Junior Chirnside - Thurs 17 Year 9 Parents evening (2022) - Thurs 17 All internal NCEA grades for 2022 to be entered - Fri 18.	Week 6 21 Whiringa-ā-rangi - 25 Whiringa-ā-rangi NCEA examinations continue - All week Volleyball - SI Junior -= All Week Year 10 Camps - 10ASJ & 10BOJ (Mon - Wed) and 10BRJ &SVP - (Wed - Fri) Canterbury Junior SS Tennis Champs - Tues 22 - Wed 23
Assembly -  Nil	Assembly -  Nil
Meeting  Education Potential training - Mon 14 Learning Area - Tues 15	Meeting  Staff

Information for Staff

1. Why aren't our children going to school (click on title for link) - A couple of interesting quotes/graphs from the recently released report from ERO.

"Older learners (year 11-13) are less engaged in school and more likely to want to miss school because they aren’t interested in what is taught. Learners in low decile schools are more likely to think it was important to go to school every day. However, parents of learners in low decile schools face more challenges with transport or their children not having all the equipment/resources they need to go to school. While learners in high decile schools have higher attendance, they are less motivated to go to school if they have more enjoyable things to do at home." 

"More days of non-attendance is associated with worse wellbeing outcomes, including schoolwork-related anxiety, decreased sense of belonging, fewer friendships with peers, exposure to bullying, and feeling like your teachers is being unfair. The relationship between non-attendance and wellbeing works both ways – poor wellbeing leads to poor attendance, and poor attendance leads to poor wellbeing."

"A group of learners are not finding school engaging. Just under one in five learners are not interested in what is being taught at school or want to avoid certain school activities. Māori learners and disabled learners are less likely to want to go to school because curriculum, teaching, and learning are preparing them for the future. A number of school leaders agreed that schools face the ongoing challenge of making teaching and learning more personalised, engaging, and relevant."