Week 8 - Term 4 - 2023

 He iti tangata e tupu – he iti toki e iti tonu 

People grow, adzes remain small – people are more valuable than material possessions

Week 8 27  Noema -  1 Tihema Year 10 Camps - ongoing 9DEM to Mona Vale - Ako - Mon 27 9MCN Waka on Avon trip - Mon 27 Junior Art Exhibition - Thurs 30 Year 9 Short Film and Musical Theatre Showcase evening- Thurs 30 Rugby Condor Sevens - Fri 1 - Tues 5	Week 9 4 Tihema - 8 Tihema Year 10 Camps - Mon 4 - Thurs 6 Rugby Condor Sevens - Mon 4 - Tues 5 Athletics Nationals - Fri 8 - Sun 10 Junior Prizegiving - Fri 8 Staff Farewells and Long Service Celebration - Fri 8 Staff Lunch - Mona Vale - Fri 8
Assembly -  Mon - None Wed - None	Assembly -  Mon - None (note change - juniors with Ako class) Wed - Year 9 and 10 Values awards - gym
Meeting  Mon:  L&T and TWH  Tues: Learning Area	Meeting  Mon:  None Tues: Learning Area

Information for Staff:

1. Last Matai Messenger for the year - SLT want to express their gratitude to everyone for their hard work in contributing to a positive year for our students. Many of you have gone the extra mile to ensure our students experienced success not only academically but also culturally and in the realm of sports. Your efforts have truly made a significant impact, and we appreciate all that you've done.

2. If you felt like you needed some extra professional development in your learning area, NZQA are looking for subject moderators in a large number of subjects. Applications close on 29 November. The contract role is part-time with the ability to be done alongside your current position.

https://www2.nzqa.govt.nz/about-us/working-at-nzqa/contract-vacancies/ncea-service-moderator/

Week 7 - Term 4 - 2023

I orea te tuatara ka puta ki waho

 A problem is solved by continuing to find solutions

Week 7 20  Noema -  24 Noema NZQA examinations - All week Volleyball - SI Junior - All week Year 10 Camps start Mon 20 - ongoing Tennis Canterbury Junior Champs - Wed 22 Waterpolo SI Junior Champs - Thurs 23 - Sun 26 Year 9 Dance trip to RNZ Ballet - Fri 24 New Principal Presentation (TBC) - Friday 24 in PAC for HoLA's and HoD's	Week 8 27  Noema -  1 Tihema Year 10 Camps - ongoing 9DEM to Mona Vale - Ako - Mon 27 9MCN Waka on Avon trip - Mon 27 Junior Art Exhibition - Thurs 30 Year 9 Short Film and Musical Theatre Showcase evening- Thurs 30 Rugby Condor Sevens - Fri 1 - Tues 5
Assembly -  Mon - Year 9 - PAC Wed - None	Assembly -  Mon - None Wed - None
Meeting  Mon:  Junior HOD's Tues: Learning Area	Meeting  Mon:  L&T and TWH  Tues: Learning Area

Information for Staff:

1. A very big thanks for all your moving around due to the NCEA examinations. Noise has not been an issue, apart from a few little NZQA platform blips, everything has gone smoothly to date.

2. Best of luck to our junior volleyballers who head away to Dunedin for the Junior South Island Championships. Matt and Mark - enjoy.

3. Also thank you for all of your mahi on the TOD Accord day last week, particularly the HOLA's and HOD's for all of your planning and leadership as you lead your teams forward into 2024 and the implementation of the new standards at level 1.

4. Reminder, now is the time to set up your final meeting with your Kaiarahi to have your final Professional Learning conversation for the year, it will be great to have these wrapped up over the next 2 weeks.

Week 6 - Term 4 - 2023

 

Haere taka mua, taka muri; kaua e whai

Be a Leader not a follower

Week 6  13 Noema - 17 Noema NZQA examinations - All week Year 9 Fashion photography photoshoot - various times throughout the week. Volleyball ends - Mon 13 Summer sports end - Wed 15 LEF reports due - Thurs 16	Week 7 20  Noema -  24 Noema NZQA examinations - All week Volleyball - SI Junior - All week Year 10 Camps start Mon 20 - ongoing Tennis Canterbury Junior Champs - Wed 22 Waterpolo SI Junior Champs - Thurs 23 - Sun 26 Year 9 Dance trip to RNZ Ballet - Fri 24 New Principal Presentation (TBC) - Friday 24 in PAC for HoLA's and HoD's
Assembly -  Mon - Year 10 Values awards - PAC Wed - None	Assembly -  Mon - Year 9 - PAC Wed - None
Meeting  Mon:  SLT, L&T and Observation team re Rongohia te Hau feedback. Tues: Staff	Meeting  Mon:  L&T, TWH and Junior HOD's Tues: Staff

Information for Staff:

1. Possible new Principal hui on the afternoon of Friday 24th. More information will come out next week once we have been given further details. This is for SLT, HoLA's, HoD's and key support staff to attend. If it is going ahead, I will send out an email to those concerned to confirm attendance.

2. Wanting to keep up your learning of te reo? A tip to help is to use te reo words for your passowords. This means that you are using them regularly and change to a new word as a password/kupuhuna when you have that one sorted and part of your everyday vocab.

Week 5 - Term 4 - 2023

 Ehara taku toa i te toa takitahi, engari kē he toa takitini 

My success should not be bestowed onto me alone, it was not individual success but the success of a collective 

This whakatauki acknowledges team effort, that one’s success is due to the support and contribution of many. Just as it takes a village to raise a child, it takes community/a team to enable an individual’s success. It’s a good whakatauki to use when wanting to acknowledge the support of many.

Week 5  6 Noema - 10 Noema NZQA examinations - All week Level 3 Art folios due - Mon 6 NCEA Accord Day - Fri 10 Whanau and Aiga farewell - 5.30 start in the PAC - Fri 10	Week 6  13 Noema - 17 Noema NZQA examinations - All week Year 9 Fashion photography photoshoot - various times throughout the week. Volleyball ends - Mon 13 Summer sports end - Wed 15 LEF reports due - Thurs 16
Assembly -  Mon - None Wed - None -	Assembly -  Mon - Year 10 Values awards - PAC Wed - None
Meeting  Mon:  Nil Tues: Learning Area	Meeting  Mon:  SLT, L&T and Observation team re Rongohia te Hau feedback. Tues: Staff

Information for Staff:

1. Thank you again to all Kaiako who have helped our ākonga get through their learning journey. As said yesterday, we have got them to the point, now it is up to them to study and do their absolute best.

2. This week we have been featured on the NCEA.education website as a case study for what the school has been doing in the literacy space - feel free to check it out here. It is also worthwhile reading what other schools are doing as there are a number of great initiatives. Some of them are around what departments can be doing which could support your planning for the upcoming TOD on Friday 10 November.

3. NCEA Change Program updates: There are a number of workshops available for different learning areas coming up - if you are wanting to attend, please register and put through a PLD application. To read the full MoE November Newsletter click HERE.

4. For a bit of light reading - check out the following article - 'Using AI for Learning fun' especially around chatting to a historical figure and analysing a written response.

Week 4 - Term 4 - 2023

 Waiho i te toipoto, Kaua i te toiroa

Let us keep close together not wide apart

Week 4    30 Oketopa -  3 Noema Leavers Dinner - Te Pae - Mon 30 Senior Art Exhibition p4 & 5 - Mon 30 Year 12 NZQA briefing p3 - Tues 31 Year 11 NZQA briefing p4 - Tues 31 10DLM Climate Campus trip - Wed 1 Year 9 Conferencing with Ako teacher - Wed 1 Numeracy CAA - p1&2 Wed 1 (6 students only) Literacy Reading CAA - p1 & 2 - Thurs 2 LEF Reports due (juniors only) - Thurs 2 Literacy Writing CAA - p 1 & 2 - Fri 3 10NTM Climate Campus trip - Fri 3 Volleyball - Canterbury Junior Champs - Fri 3 - Sun 5	Week 5  6 Noema - 10 Noema NZQA examinations begin - All week Level 3 Art folios due - Mon 6 NCEA Accord Day - Fri 10 Whanau and Aiga farewell - 5.30 start in the PAC - Fri 10
Assembly -  Mon - None Wed - Year 9 & 10	Assembly -  Mon - None Wed - Year 9 & 10
Meeting  Mon:  Nil Tues: Staff - Literacy updates	Meeting  Mon:  Nil Tues: Learning Area

Information for Staff:

1. Today we will farewell Christine. I know not everyone will be able to make it - here is the link to the statements that have been put forward from departments as well as individuals. Reading through these shows the respect we have had for an inspirational leader and reflects the mahi she has done to make, and leave, our kura a better place than when she started.

See the full list https://docs.google.com/document/d/1aNdc3DgK2otwbevAYyu-R7eqShp1cwqqq4ZMrRgFO1Q/edit?usp=sharing

Week 3 - Term 4 - 2023

Ko te pae tawhiti

Whāia kia tata, Ko te pae tata

Whakamaua kia tina.

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Seek out the distant horizons,

While cherishing

Those achievements

At hand.

Week 3    23 Oketopa - 27 Oketopa Labour Day - Mon 23 Acland Dinner - Tues 24 NCEA Yr 13 Briefing - Wed 25 at 1pm Prizegiving @ CBHS - Wed 25 @ 6pm School finishes at end of P4 - Wed 25 Marking Yr 12 Art folios - Thurs 26 and Fri 27 Christine's farewell - Fri 27 from 3pm Rugby SI Sevens - Sat 28 - Sun 29 All grades (internal and derived grades) to be entered and double ticked.	Week 4    30 Oketopa -  3 Noema Leavers Dinner - Te Pae - Mon 30 Senior Art Exhibition p4 & 5 - Mon 30 Year 12 NZQA briefing p3 - Tues 31 Year 11 NZQA briefing p4 - Tues 31 10DLM Climate Campus trip - Wed 1 Year 9 Conferencing with Ako teacher - Wed 1 Literacy Reading CAA - p1 & 2 - Thurs 2 LEF Reports due (juniors only) - Thurs 2 Literacy Writing CAA - p 1 & 2 - Fri 3 10NTM Climate Campus trip - Fri 3 Volleyball - Canterbury Junior Champs - Fri 3 - Sun 5
Assembly -  Mon - Labour day - no Ako session Wed - Year 13 farewell.	Assembly -  Mon - None Wed - Year 9 & 10
Meeting  Mon: Nil Tues: Learning Area	Meeting  Mon:  Nil Tues: Staff - Literacy updates

Information for Staff

1. All internal grades and derived grades should be entered by the end of Friday 27 October. This includes the comments linked to the school exams for feed forward to the parents. Michelle will be generating senior grade reports at the start of week 4 so it can be made available to parents/whanau on Tuesday 31st. If there are individual students who are still completing internals, please let BLS know. There is still time to complete internals, but this should link more to individual students rather than full classes.

2. Thank you to everyone for getting their rank lists in and prizewinners sorted. I know in many cases there was a tight turn around with getting the final assessments in, marking and having grades entered.

Week 2 - Term 4 - 2023

 E kore a muri e hokia

What is done is done

Week 2    15 Oketopa - 20 Oketopa Yr 10 Spirit of Adventure - Sat 14 - Thurs 19 All internal grades, external practice examination grades with comments,(Set B) and derived grades (Set C) to be entered into markbooks - Mon 16 Year 13 Rank Lists to BLS - Mon 16 TIMSS assessment - 9TAA and 9JEJ periods 1 - 3 - Mon 16 Year 11 Conferencing with Ako teachers - Mon 16 Year 11 DCAT examination - Tues 17 Year 13 DCAT examination - Wed 18 All nominations for special awards to be completed - Thurs 19 @8am Year 12 DCAT examination - Thurs 19 LEF reports due - Thurs 19 Pink Day - Fri 20th Prizewinners notified for prizegiving (which is held on Wed 25th).	Week 3    23 Oketopa - 27 Oketopa Labour Day - Mon 23 Acland Dinner - Tues 24 NCEA Yr 13 Briefing - Wed 25 at 1pm Prizegiving @ CBHS - Wed 25 @ 6pm School finishes at end of P4 - Wed 25 Marking Yr 12 Art folios - Thurs 26 and Fri 27 Christine's farewell - Fri 27 from 3pm Rugby SI Sevens - Sat 28 - Sun 29
Assembly -  Mon - Year 10 - PAC (Camp Organisation) Year 11 - Gym Wed - Sport, Cultural and Service awards	Assembly -  Mon - Labour day - no Ako session Wed - Year 13 farewell.
Meeting  Mon: L&T, TWH and Junior HOD's Tues: Staff	Meeting  Mon: Nil Tues: Learning Area

Information for Staff

1. Just a reminder that all year 11 students have access to Education Perfect. They have recently announced that they have been updating their resources for this year group on their platform. They are holding a webinar next Wednesday that you are able to register for. -  https://events.streamgo.live/navigating-ncea-2023/register

2. 60-Second Strategies for Teachers. 

Do want to have a quick review of a range of effective classroom practices quickly? These Short videos literally break down effective classroom practices for a range of teaching levels in 1 minute.