Week 4 - Term 4 - 2025

 Whāia te iti kahurangi ki te tuohu koe me he maunga teitei

Shoot for the stars and you might hit the moon.

Week 4 27 Ōketopa - 31 Ōketopa Labour Day - Mon 27 Level 3 DVC Exhibition - Tues 28 Level 1 and 2 Art Exhibition - Tues 28 LEF's due - Wed 29 Senior Prizegiving - Wed 29 - all staff to be at CBHS by 5.30pm at the latest. Year 13 Ako teachers will need to be there by 5.15pm. Zonta Sports Awards - Thurs 30 Year 9 Volleyball to Blenheim - Fri 31 - Sun 2 Year 13 Levers Dinner - Fri 31 NZQA briefing p5 for Year 12 - Fri 31 Last Day Year 12 - Fri 31 Year 9/10 Cricket to Greymouth - Sat 1 and Sun 2 Rugby South Island Sevens - Sat 1	Week 5 3 Noema - 7 Noema Building Evacuation - Mon 3 Senior End of Year reports are generated and sent - Mon 3 10SOC Climate Campus Trip - Tues 4 NZQA Examinations begin - Tues 4 Staff First Aid Course - Wed 5 Attitude Presentation Year 9 - P1 Wed 5 Attitude Presentation Year 10 - P2 Wed 5 NZQA Briefing Year 11 p5 - Wed 5 Last Day Year 11 - Wed 5 Year 10 Camp Staff to Forest Lodge - Thurs 6 International Christmas event - Fri 7 Volleyball - Canterbury Junior - Fri 7 - Sun 9
Assembly -  Mon - None Wed - Final Assembly - Year 13	Assembly -  Mon - Year 9 (PAC) Wed - None
Meeting  Mon: None Tues: Learning Area Thurs: PCT	Meeting  Mon: Junior HOD Meeting Tues: Staff Thurs: Nil

Information for Staff

1. Your professional reading for the week:

Barak Rosenshine’s principles of instruction.  These are fantastic, well-respected evidence based strategies that have had a resurgence. His research was very robust using a range of observational and data analysis of expert teachers in the US. Subsequent research supports this work. UNESCO also published his work (Principles of Instruction) This article has some really great relevant classroom examples. 

His famous paper is here and a good blog explaining why it is so well regarded. The teacher toolkit has a PLD slideshow show that may come in useful for future professional learning discussions.

And for those who prefer a short video - here is the first principle explained.