Week 3 - Term 2 - 2026

 E tūtaki ana ngā kapua o te rangi kei runga te Mangōroa e kopae pu ana

The clouds in the sky close over, but above them spreads the Milky Way

Look on the bright side

Week 3 4 Haratua - 8 Haratua Otago University and Polytechnic Open Day - Sun 3 - Mon 4 Canterbury Road Race - Tues 5 Careers Evening at CBHS - Tues 5 Senior Parent Teacher Interviews - Tues 5 Year 13 Emerging Futures - Tues 5 Late Start p2 - Wed 6 DRA101 Trip - Thurs 7 MAO101 Te Reo Māori Trip - Thurs 7 Careers Expo - Thurs 7 - Fri 8 Year 13 Formal - Sat 9	Week 4 11 Haratua - 15 Haratua Pasifika Fono - Mon 11 CGHS Open Day - Tues 12 LEFs due - Wed 13 Inter-School Senior Debating - Thurs 14 Cantrices Camp - Fri 15 - Sat 16 HoLA Meeting p 1 - 3 - Fri 15 in 126
Assembly -  Mon - Year 10 - Gym Year 13 - PAC Wed - NZ Sign Language Year 11 - PAC	Assembly -  Mon - Year 9 - Gym Year 11 - PAC Wed - Aroha / 40 Hr Challenge Year 12 - PAC
Meeting  Mon: PL Embed Tues: Nil Thurs: PCT	Meeting  Mon: Nil (HoLA postponed to Fri 15 p 1 - 3) Tues: Learning Area Thurs: Nil

Information for Staff

1. Dylan Wiliam is widely regarded as a leading authority on formative assessment, and in this piece, 'Formative Assessment and Its Impact on Education' he highlights two key insights about feedback that genuinely drives learning forward: 

• First, real gains come from continuous, moment-by-moment assessment. The most effective formative assessment isn’t something that happens every few weeks—it occurs every 6–10 minutes during a lesson. Teachers need to regularly check for understanding and adapt their teaching in real time. The takeaway is that engagement is built through frequent cycles of thinking and feedback, not just end-of-lesson reviews
• Second, following on from our PLD session on Tuesday this week, it’s essential to gather evidence from every student. Depending on volunteers or asking “any questions?” provides a distorted picture of understanding. Effective teaching requires insight into all learners, not just the most confident ones, because instructional decisions are only as strong as the evidence behind them. This makes strategies like mini-whiteboards or whole-class response techniques fundamental rather than optional.

2. On Monday it is PL Embed time, a place to try something new, or put something back into one of your lessons that may have slipped off your radar. Here is a bit of a reflection tip called the 5/5/5.

This is a quick reflection framework that can be used after any PLD, inquiry, PT Interviews etc.

• Five things that worked
• Five things that didn't and 
• Five ideas to try next time.