Week 7 - Term 1 - 2018 - EVEN

Takoto kau ana te whanau o Taane!

The forest is felled (for planting), the hard work is done.

Week 7 12 Maehe - 16 Maehe Year 11 Art Portfolio Exhibition @ Wigram Museum - Mon 5 - Sun 18 NZCT tournament - Tues 13 - Thurs 15 Athletics - Canterbury Champs - Tues 13 and Sun 17 Auckland Uni Visit - Tues 13 Easter Mufti Day - Tues 13 Year 11 Art Trip to Wigram - Wed 14 12CHE Internal - Wed 14 - Fri 16 13GRA Field Trip - Wed 14 - Thurs 15 Waitaki Exchange at CGHS - Thurs 15 - Fri 16 Massey Uni Visit - Thurs 15 11DRA Assessments - Fri 16 Rowing - Maadi Cup - sat 17 - Sun 18 Water Polo - SI Champs - Sat 17 - Sun 18	Week 8 19 Maehe - 23 Maehe Summer Tournament Week - All Week 11DRA Assessments - Mon 19 - Wed 21 Rowing - Maadi Cup - All Week Rowing NZ Champs - All Week Sailing - SISS Sunburst - All Week Year 9 Science Rutherfords Den Visits - Mon 19, Tues 20 and Thurs 22, Fri 23 Tennis NZ Champs - All Week Volleyball - NZ Champs - All Week Water Polo SI Champs - Mon 19 ARA Visit - Tues 20 SI Sevens Champs - Tues 20 - Wed 21 Basketball 3x3 Tournament - Wed 21 - Fri 23 Dragon Boating - NZSS - Fri 23 - Sat 24 13HTH Blood Donor Centre - Fri 23 SISS Athletics - Sat 24 - Sun 25 Touch NZ Champs - Sat 24 - Sun 25 Polo Tournament - Sun 25
Assembly Full School Assembly - Wed 14 - Gym Academic Colours	Assembly Year 12 Level Assembly - Gym year 13 Level Assembly - PAC
Meeting  Student Support - Tues 13 Learning and Teaching - Extra Meeting - Tues 13	Meeting  L & T meeting - Tues 20

Information for Staff

1. New update for G-Suite: We have asked for the new feature, an activity dashboard to be activated when it becomes available on Google. It will be available in Google Docs, Sheets, and Slides. It’s a feature that lets users with edit access see who has viewed the file and when they viewed it, rather than just find when the last edit is.
A very useful feature for teachers who are google doc users.

2. Transforming Assessment Practice: NZQA have developed a 9 week online programme, for teachers who would like to "modify existing resources to better meet the needs of learners, and exploring diverse and valid ways of collecting evidence."
To find out more information visit http://www.nzqa.govt.nz/about-us/events/best-practice-workshops-assessment-and-moderation/tap/

3. NCEA Opinion Piece: There have been a number of articles written in the media about the review of NCEA. The Sunday Star times had an article quoting Briar Lipson, and her views of how NCEA should be changed.
The article (NZ Initiative Publication), was released to coincide with the announcement that NCEA was under review.
There is a front summary of a number of recommendations that she puts forward, and these are worth a read. Some of them will challenge your thinking about how NCEA is currently run. See 'Spoiled By Choice'.

Week 6 - Term 1 - 2018 - ODD

Ka mate kāinga tahi ka ora kāinga rua

When one home fails, have another to go to.Have two strings to your bow.

Week 6 5 Maehe - 9 Maehe 12Bio - Temple Basin - Mon 5 - Fri 9 Year 11 Art Portfolio Exhibition @ Wigram Museum - Mon 5 - Sun 18 LEFs Due Wed 7 at 8.40am AUT Visit - Tues 6 Year 11 Geo Trip - Wed 7 - Fri 9 13CHE internal (p5) Wed 7 Triathlon - Canty Champs - Thurs 8 Rowing - Pre Maadi Cup - Fri 9 - Sun 11 Volleyball - Canterbury Champs - Fri 9 - Sun 11 Dragon Boating SI - Sat 10	Week 7 12 Maehe - 16 Maehe Year 11 Art Portfolio Exhibition @ Wigram Museum - Mon 5 - Sun 18 NZCT tournament - Tues 13 - Thurs 15 Athletics - Canterbury Champs - Tues 13 and Sun 17 Auckland Uni Visit - Tues 13 Easter Mufti Day - Tues 13 12CHE Internal - Wed 14 - Fri 16 Year 11 Art Wigram Visit - Wed 14 13GRA Field Trip - Wed 14 - Thurs 15 Waitaki Exchange at CGHS - Thurs 15 - Fri 16 Massey Uni Visit - Thurs 15 11DRA Assessments - Fri 16 Rowing - Maadi Cup - sat 17 - Sun 18 Water Polo - SI Champs - Sat 17 - Sun 18
Assembly Year 13 NCEA Assembly - Wed 7 - PAC	Assembly Full School Assembly - Wed 14 - Gym Academic Colours
Meeting  Pedagogical Meeting - Tues 6 All PCTs - Thurs 8 with BLS	Meeting  Student Support - Tues 13 Learning and Teaching - Extra Meeting - Tues 13

Information for Staff

1. Just a reminder that there is an extra meeting scheduled for Tuesday 13 for the Learning and Teaching Group, to enable staff to draft documents for all staff. This will be held in the Library.

2. If you don't have access to the Nor'west Newspaper, the last couple of weeks have had great write ups of achievement of CGHS sporting achievements.

3. For those of you who would like to try something a little bit different for PD. There is the 'Shadow a Student' challenge. The challenge states:  "Educators and researchers have long known that shadowing can lead to powerful observations and insights to drive change. The Shadow a Student Challenge provides methods and a network to help school leaders achieve Deeper Learning for all students." If you want to explore this idea further visit http://shadowastudent.org/#SignUpForm, and see BLS for PD request.

4.  Applications for the March intake of the Postgrad in Applied Practice (Digital & Collaborative Learning) are closing on 9th March. There are still spaces remaining at most locations. Remember, $2000 NEXT Generation Teacher Scholarships are available. We have one staff member taking up the offer already.

Week 5 - Term 1 - 2018 - EVEN

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

Seek the treasure you value most dearly: if you bow your head, let it be to a lofty mountain

Week 4 26  Pēpuere - 2 Maehe Year 9 Camps - Mon 26 - Fri 2 Ugly Shakespeare Performance - Mon 26 Acland 2019 applications close - Wed 28 School Athletics Day at BHS - Fri 2 SI Tennis Champs - Fri 2 - Sun 4 Rowing - SISS Champs - Sat 3 - Sun 4 Multisports SI Champs - Sun 4	Week 5 5 Maehe - 9 Maehe 12Bio - Temple Basin - Mon 5 - Fri 9 Year 11 Art Portfolio Exhibition @ Wigram Museum - Mon 5 - Sun 18 LEFs Due Wed 7 at 8.40am AUT Visit - Tues 6 Year 11 Geo Trip - Wed 7 - Fri 9 13CHE internal (p5) Wed 7 Triathlon - Canty Champs - Thurs 8 Rowing - Pre Maadi Cup - Fri 9 - Sun 11 Volleyball - Canterbury Champs - Fri 9 - Sun 11 Dragon Boating SI - Sat 10
Assembly Year 10 Assembly - Gym - Wed 28 Year 12 NCEA Assembly - PAC - Wed 28	Assembly Year 13 NCEA Assembly - Wed 7 - PAC
Meeting  Staff Meeting - Tues 27	Meeting  Pedagogical Meeting - Tues 6

Information for Staff

1. Staff meeting on Tuesday will be on Appraisal, and the new 'Our Code, Our Standards'.

Can you please bring along the booklet that you were given last year, as well as a pen as we have a few activities for staff.

2. Professional Development Opportunity: Three Step towards student Wellbeing.

This will be held on 13 March at Russley Golf Course. With a Breakfast and Seminar from 7.15 - 8.45 and a Workshop from 9.00am - 12.00pm.  This could be of interested for those of you who would like to explore this area in more detail. Please apply for PD if you are interested.

3. If you are a fan of using Kahoot, you can now set homework challenges on Kahoot and see how well students did:

4. At the Principal's Nominee Seminar there were discussions around assessment practice and its impact on teacher and student workload. A flyer has been released (see below) which is a combined summary from a number of education agencies in NZ. Some great discussion points for Learning Areas.

Also of interest and worth reading for staff is the series of Mythbusters that NZQA have reworked for Teachers around NCEA assessment practice.

Week 4 - Term 1 - 2018- ODD

Nau te rourou naku te rourou

With your basket and my basket the people will live.

(co-operation and combining of resources)

Week 4 19  Pēpuere - 23 Pēpuere School Swimming Sports  - Mon 19 School Athletics Day - Tues 20 Late Start - Thurs 22 (8.30 start - see below for more information) Rowing - CSS Regatta - Fri 23 - Sun 25 Volleyball SI Champs - Fri 23 - Sun 25 1948 Old Girls' Visit, 2pm - Fri 23 Touch - Canterbury Champs - Sat 24	Week 4 26  Pēpuere - 2 Maehe Year 9 Camps - Mon 26 - Fri 2 Ugly Shakespeare Performance - Mon 26 Acland 2019 applications close - Wed 28 SI Tennis Champs - Fri 2 - Sun 4 Rowing - SISS Champs - Sat 3 - Sun 4 Multisports SI Champs - Sun 4
Assembly Full School Assembly - Gym - Wed 21	Assembly Year 10 Assembly - Gym - Wed 28 Year 12 NCEA Assembly - PAC - Wed 28
Meeting  Learning Area - Time to be arranged by HOLAs during week due to Athletics Day. New Staff - Appraisal and Attestation - Thurs 22	Meeting  Staff Meeting - Tues 27

Information for Staff

1. Thank you again for all the effort and support that teachers provided to students sitting Scholarship in 2017. It was great to see Sophie Marris' name appear in the Outstanding Scholars list on NZQA, representing Christchurch Girls' High School/ Te Kura O Hine Waiora. See the NZQA website for the list.

2. Late Start Information: The first late start for the year is on Thursday 22 Feb, period 1. An email has been sent home to parents with details of the full list of dates for the year. A reminder that school will start at 9.50 with period 2.

The first late start, relates to the change in the role of the form teacher and Ako time. This means sessions for staff will be divided into year levels and facilitated by the year level Dean.

Year 9 and 10 Form Teachers - Staffroom

Year 11 Form Teachers - S4

Year 12 Form Teachers - S3

Year 13 Form Teachers - S2.

If you are not a Form teacher, you have a choice of joining a group, as you may be picking up a year 9 group in 2019 or there will be an eLearning strand. 

This session will be taken by Liz McDowell and will be around tips and tricks with Windows 10 and the apps found on the dashboard. This is an extension of the Windows 10 training from earlier in the year. This will be held in S1 from 8.30.

3. Registrations are now open for New Zealand's largest Educational Conference - ULearn. This year it is to be held in Auckland. It would be great if we can have a few staff attend as it is great to see and hear about what is going on in Education in New Zealand.

http://www.core-ed.org/events/ulearn/

4. Clickview: A reminder for staff that we have access to clickview. The link to login can be found via Onstream, and as a school it is single sign-on.

A number of staff had training on how to use this video platform in 2017 from the different Learning Areas. There will be further training on how to use the interactive feature.

The site is also linked to the free to Air NZ channels, where you can search programmes, and ask for them to be changed so the are advertisement free.

Week 3 - Term 1 - 2018 - EVEN

He aha te kai ō te rangatira? 

He Kōrero, he kōrero, he kōrero.

What is the food of the leader. It is knowledge. It is communication.

Week 3 12  Pēpuere - 16 Pēpuere Individual and Class photographs + Cando Cards - Mon 12 - Tues 13 Midyis Testing - Mon 12 - Fri 10	Week 4 19  Pēpuere - 23 Pēpuere School Swimming Sports  - Mon 19 School Athletics Day - Tues 20 Rowing - CSS Regatta - Fri 23 - Sun 25 Volleyball SI Champs - Fri 23 - Sun 25 1948 Old Girls' Visit, 2pm - Fri 23 Touch - Canterbury Champs - Sat 24
Assembly House Assemblies (Full School) - See below for space for each house - Wed 14	Assembly Full School Assembly - Gym - Wed 21
Meeting  Learning and Teaching - Tues 13 New Staff - Reporting - Thurs 15	Meeting  Learning Area - Time to be arranged by HOLAs during week due to Athletics Day. New Staff - Appraisal and Attestation - Thurs 22

Information for Staff

1. At the first house Assemblies for the year, can  you please support the students in your house by attending the following assemblies:

Deans - Gym (carpark end)

Connon - Staffroom

Harper - Gym (English block end)

Rolleston - Library

Selwyn - Courtyard in front of Arts/Reception

Sheppard - PAC

2. Another busy week with new enrollments and Girls' wishing to make course changes. Thank you to everyone persevering with students entering and leaving your classes. Any issues please let SLT know.

3. Thanks to everyone who has signed up to be part of the Google trial. There are now 10 staff willing to try the new features, PIM will send out more information to the willing participants. As part of Michelle's eLearning role, she has also sent through the link to the OneTab extension (https://www.one-tab.com/). The ultimate Google extension for those of you who like to have lots of windows open.

4. For those of you who would like better organisation in your 'inbox' - watch the following animation from learning architects on how to send emails directly to one of the folders in your inbox.

Week 2 - Term 1 - 2018 - ODD

Naku te rourou nau te rourou ka ora ai te iwi

With your basket and my basket the people will live

Week 2 5  Pēpuere - 9 Pēpuere 8.40 Extended Form time. Powhiri, p1 in Gym - Mon 5 Manuhiri to gather with Year 9 in Carpark Timetabled classes begin (p3) - Mon 5 Waitangi Day - Tues 6	Week 3 12  Pēpuere - 16 Pēpuere Individual and Class photographs + Cando Cards - Mon 12 - Tues 13 Midyis Testing - Mon 12 - Fri 10
Assembly Year 11 NCEA assembly with BLY - PAC - Wed 7	Assembly House Assemblies (Full School) - Locations to be advised - Wed 14
Meeting  Nil	Meeting  Learning and Teaching - Tues 13

Information for Staff

1. Thank you to everyone who has made the first week run so smoothly. The extra hands to run the year 9 program were very much appreciated. It was great to trouble shoot the problems around BYOD with our Year 9s before classes started next week. Michelle (PIM) has had feedback, and is happy to hear suggestions to continue to improve the introduction to online learning for the Girls'.

2. Mindlab will be running their Post-Graduate courses again this year and have again advised schools regarding the $2000 Scholarships. More information can be found at 

Postgraduate Certificate in Applied Practice (Digital & Collaborative Learning) 

An information evening will be held on Tuesday 27th February 2018, 4pm–6pm

WHERE: The Mind Lab by Unitec, 24 Walker St, Christchurch

3. There is to be a review from the government regarding NCEA in 2018. The Principal from Hobsonville Point was interviewed on Radio New Zealand regarding "NCEA, not good practice". The interview can be heard 'HERE'. Interesting to hear the perspective from a school that does not require students to sit Level 1 NCEA.