Week 1 - Term 4 - 2025

 I orea te tuatara ka puta ki waho

A problem is solved by continuing to find solutions

Week 1 6 Ōketopa -10 Ōketopa Arts Awards Evening - Wed 8 Summer Sports starts - Wed 8 DRA201 Assessments p4 - 5 Thurs 9 CLS301 Trip - Thurs 9 Media Studies Film festival - Thurs 9 Senior Ako Conferences - Fri 10 Dress Rehearsal Badjelly the Witch - Sun 12	Week 2 13 Ōketopa -17 Ōketopa Set B and Derived Grades (set C) + Comments entered into Markbooks (Mon 13) Year 13 Rank lists to BLS - Mon 13 Junior Production of Badjelly- Wed 15 LEFs due - Wed 15 (am) 9ZOO FT to Orana Park - Thurs 16 Senior Chirnside Competition - Fri 17
Assembly -  Mon - Year 9 (PAC) Year 10 (Gym - Camp prep Wed - Welcome Back - Aroha	Assembly -  Mon - Year 12 (Gym) Year 13 (PAC) Wed - Sport, Cultural and Service Colours
Meeting  Mon: Nil Tues: Learning Area Thurs: Nil	Meeting  Mon: Teaching and Learning Tues: Staff  Thurs: PCT

Information for Staff

1. Welcome back to term 4. Just a heads up for some of the key dates this term:

• Arts awards evening - Wed 8/10. This is a new initiative from the Arts to celebrate student successes and participation in the Arts programs we have at CGHS. 
• Prizewinners for Senior prizegiving need to be entered into Kamar by Tues 21/10
• Last Day for year 13 - Wed 29. Year 13 will be in an NZQA briefing p2 and will finish after their final assembly on the 29th.
• Senior Prizegiving evening - Wed 29
• Leavers Dinner - Fri 31
• Year 12 last day - Fri 31 (NZQA briefing is p5, so their last class will be p4)
• Year 11 will finish on the 5/11

2.  Thank you for your responses to the updated 'vision' responses. There were 2 that came out as first equal

• Learn with passion, care with aroha, grow through whanaungatanga and lead with rangatiratanga
• To empower and inspire our students to achieve academic and personal excellence, enabling them to flourish as compassionate and engaged global citizens

A close second is the following:

• Developing lifelong learners who flourish with mana, achieve with purpose and lead with confidence.

There are also a few extra suggestions that came through that we will look at in Term 4.

Week 9 - Term 3 - 2025

 Tē tōia, tē haumatia

Nothing can be achieved without a plan, workforce and a way of doing things

Week 9 8 Hepetema - 12 Hepetema School examinations - all week Get to Go Challenge - Mon 8 Spelling Bee semi-final - Tues 9 Numeracy CAA Year 10 - Thurs 11 PTA yr10/11 parents social Year 9 Music performance p5 - Fri 12	Week 10 15 Hepetema - 19 Hepetema Y9 Soc Studies Taonga Hunt (Various classes out all week) Duathlon - CSS Champs - Mon 15 Ensemble concert PAC Mon 15 @ 7pm TOU301 FT to Adrenalin Forest - Wed 17 9ZOO FT to Antarctic Centre CGHS Film Festival - Wed 17 Winter sports end - Wed 17 DRA301 Assessment - Thurs 18 Senior Writing Competition - Fri 19 Tech FT to WOW - Fri 19 - Sat 20 Last Day Term 3!!!!! - Fri 19
Assembly -  Mon - Year 9 - PAC Wed - Nil	Assembly -  Mon - Year 10 - PAC Wed - Whanaungatanga
Meeting  Mon: Nil Tues: Learning Area if needed Thurs: Nil	Meeting  Mon: Nil Tues: Learning Area if needed Thurs: PCT

Information for Staff

1. Coming to Kamar for 2026

the ability for you to make a seating plan for your classes. You'll start by arranging the furniture. 

Then you'll add the students.

You can use the Seating Plan as another way to mark attendance.

2. You may be also interested in the following:

A demonstration of the new tools in Google Classroom and also AI which is coming soon to create personal tutors for students in GC.

Engage Every Learner: New AI, Video, and Insight Tools in Your Google Classroom

• Slide Deck