Week 8 - Term 3 - 2025

 Kia hora te marino, kia whakapapa pounamu te moana, kia tere te kārohirohi i mua i tō huarahi.

May peace be widespread, may the sea glisten like greenstone, and may the shimmer of light guide you on your way.

Week 8 1 Hepetema - 5 Hepetema Academic Week - All week Whanau Hui - Tues 2 @ 6pm LEF's due - Thurs 4 School examinations begin - Thurs 4 (Year 11 - 13 on study leave) Reading CAA - Year 10 - Thurs 4 Writing CAA - Year 10 - Fri 5	Week 9 8 Hepetema - 12 Hepetema School examinations - all week Get to Go Challenge - Mon 8 Numeracy CAA Year 10 - Thurs 11 PTA y10/11 parents social Year 9 Music performance p5 - Fri 12
Assembly -  Mon - Year 11 - 13 in the Gym for examination information Wed - Rangatiratanga	Assembly -  Mon - Year 9 - PAC Wed - Nil
Meeting  Mon: Junior HoD Tues: Staff Thurs: Nil	Meeting  Mon: Nil Tues: Learning Area if needed Thurs: Nil

Information for Staff

1. A big thank  you to everyone who has been away with our students on Tournament week, stepped up to fill the gaps in relief and everything else that has helped with the smooth running this week!

2. Professional Reading: Strengthening the Student Toolbox: Study Strategies to Boost Learning by John Dunlosky.

The reading explores various study strategies and their effectiveness in boosting student learning and retention. Dunlosky, a psychology professor, highlights how many common study habits like highlighting and cramming are actually inefficient. The piece then reviews ten different learning strategies, categorising them by their efficacy based on extensive research. Specifically, it identifies practice testing and distributed practice as the most effective methods for improving comprehension and long-term memory, suitable for all ages and material types. The article also examines other promising strategies like interleaved practice, elaborative interrogation, and self-explanation, while cautioning against less effective but popular techniques such as simple rereading, highlighting, and summarisation without proper training. Ultimately, the source advocates for teachers to guide students in adopting evidence-backed study habits to foster lifelong learning.