Year 9 Parents Evening starting at 6pm - Tues 26 13DVC Architectural Research and Exploration (Year 13 Graphics trip) Thurs 28 - Fri 1 13BUS Dragon's Den - Fri 1 13BUS Kickstart - Fri 1 Tennis SI Champs - Fri 1 - Sun 3 Volleyball SI Champs - Fri 1 - Sun 3 Rowing CSS Regatta - Sat 2 - Sun 3 Volleyball SI Beach Champs - Sat 2 - Sun 3 Multisports SI Champs - Sun 3
Week 6
4 Maehe - 8 Maehe
12BIO Trip - All Week Year 11 Art Exhibition - Wigram Airforce Museum - All Week LEF Reports due this week 11GEO trip - Wed 6 - Fri 8 11ART trip to Wigram Airforce Museum - wed 6 13CHE/13CHM internal - p5 Wed 6 Rowing SISS Champs - Fri 8 - Sun 10 Polyfest Overnight Camp - Fri 8 Triathlon Canterbury Champs - Fri 8
Assembly - WED
NIL
Assembly - WED
Year 11 NCEA Assembly - PAC Year 13 Assembly - Gym
b. Real-time reporting - better connections with the school community
c. Schools as part of a community
d. Changing role of teachers - the shift in ownership to the learner
e. Micro-credentialing
f. Big data/ small data
g. Economic - around the changing nature of work
f. Understanding success - what does this look like now?
h. Wellbeing
i. Cultural narratives
If you are interested to know more about any of the areas above, then click on the link and you will be able to download the document.
2. Professional Learning and Development Opportunity
The Education Hub have a couple of Professional Learning Opportunities. One is around embedding inquiry into schools, and the other is a Webinar on 'how to use data to support your teaching as inquiry. See https://theeducationhub.org.nz/events/ for more details.
"Hurihia tō aroaro ki te rā tukuna tō ātārangi kia taka ki muri i a koe"
"Turn your face to the sun and the shadows will fall behind you"
Week 4
18 Hui-tanguru - 22 Hui-tanguru
Year 9 Camps - All Week Rowing NZ Champs - Tues 19 - Sat 23 ARA visit - Tues 19 Equestrian Canterbury Show Jumping - Wed 20 Music Choir Camp - Fri 22 (pm) - Sat 23 Touch Canterbury Champs - Sat 23
Week 5
25 Hui-tanguru - 1 Maehe
School athletics Sports - Nga Puni Wai - Mon 25 Year 9 Parents Evening starting at 6pm - Tues 26 13DVC Architectural Research and Exploration (Year 13 Graphics trip) Thurs 28 - Fri 1 13BUS Dragon's Den - Fri 1 13BUS Kickstart - Fri 1 Tennis SI Champs - Fri 1 - Sun 3 Volleyball SI Champs - Fri 1 - Sun 3 Rowing CSS Regatta - Sat 2 - Sun 3 Volleyball SI Beach Champs - Sat 2 - Sun 3 Multisports SI Champs - Sun 3
Assembly - WED
House Assemblies
Assembly - WED
NIL
Meeting
Department - Tues 19
New Teachers - Thurs 14 @3.20
Meeting
No Meeting due to Year 9 Parent evening
Information for Staff
1. The Year 9 parent evening will follow the same format as last year. All teachers of Year 9's are expected to attend the evening with HOLAs/HODs there to support other staff if needed. At 6pm all parents will be in the PAC to be addressed by a number of different people.
Staff will be grouped in Learning Areas in the Arts block for parents to go an meet their daughter's teachers. Please make sure that you have your name badge on.
The PTA will be providing wine and cheese for the evening.
2. Delving Deeper 4, is a professional learning day where teachers share with teachers what's engaging our learners, is running this year on May 9th at Riccarton Park and they are now inviting teachers in schools to register a willingness to share their stories of successful practice.
What - a one day sharing of 'stories around engaging learners' . They are looking for teachers to present their stories of success (and what hasn't gone so well) so that others can learn from their experiences.Here are two examples from Delving Deeper 3:
'Tama Tu, Tama Ora' is a literacy intervention programme that was trialled in 2017 with a focus on engaging our boys and improving their achievement. We particularly focused on our Maori and Pasifika boys who were neither engaged nor achieving. The programme created a boy friendly curriculum and removed a lot of their typical boundaries or escape routes. It was hugely successful and this workshop will simply explain what we did and how we did it.'
'A collaborative cross curricular experience at Secondary School. How can we work together collaboratively with teachers and learners? Last year we collapsed conventional timetables to work together across five curriculum areas at year 9 and 10. This presentation and discussion looks at one group from that experience, their successes and challenges and looks ahead to further collaborative practise.'
When – Thursday May 9th from 9am to 2.45pm
Where – Riccarton Park
Why – to share our practice, grow collaboration and learn from each other.
Who – anyone in your school who would like to share what they are doing because it works. Because of the numbers our venue can hold, schools will be restricted to a maximum of 8 participants and this includes those presenting or attending. Presentations can be made by two teachers and involving students as a part of a presentation is encouraged.
How – After an opening provocation by Kaila Colbin, attendees will participate in four presentations offered - two in the morning and two in the afternoon, each of 45 minutes. Presenters may be asked to present one, two or three times depending on interest once teachers register their attendance - this process will occur once we have a list of presentation topics to share with schools. It is hoped that presentations will be two way and those attending are given an opportunity to ask questions. Technology will not be made available but presenters would be able to bring resources to support their presentation.
Cost – There is no cost for presenters for the day but any relief costs etc need to be covered by your school. The registration process will be on line once we get confirmation of presenters and the registration cost for delegates or those not presenting, will be $60. Further details will be sent to all schools once presenters areconfirmed.
Now!!! -They are now looking for teachers within our schools (Primary, Intermediate and Secondary) to share their stories of how they engage learners - what's worked and what hasn't.
If you are interested in presenting, please register an interest by emailing Neil Wilkinson (wilkinson899@gmail.com) before March 8th giving details of your presentation. All emails will be acknowledged.
Year 9 Camps - All Week Rowing NZ Champs - Tues 19 - Sat 23 ARA visit - Tues 19 Equestrian Canterbury Show Jumping - Wed 20 Music Choir Camp - Fri 22 (pm) - Sat 23 Touch Canterbury Champs - Sat 23
Assembly - WED
Nil - all in Ako
Assembly - WED
House Assemblies
Meeting
Learning and Teaching - Tues 12
New Teachers - Thurs 14 @3.20
Meeting
Department - Tues 19 New Teachers - Thurs 14 @3.20
Information for Staff 1. Congratulations for everyone for making it through the first week - it was nice to have a break in the middle! It seems our new students are settling in well, and the number of subject changes are slowing down!
2. New Google classroom:
Many of you will have been navigating the new Google classroom.
Some of the changes most likely to be of interest include:
The addition of the classwork page to the stream. On the classwork page you can create topics and then put work underneath them and also easily 'drag and drop' either individual items of work or topics as a whole. The stream will also show when you have added a new item to the classwork page. It is likely the stream page will be used for students to see what the teacher has posted most recently, however, the classwork page looks easier to work from and see multiple items of work under.
The addition of a comment bank. If you often find yourself writing similar comments, you can now create a comment bank. When you go to write a comment, start by writing # and all of the comments in your bank will show up. If you start to type a keyword, the comments with those keywords will show up.
It is now easy to click on the icon next to the course code so it automatically enlarges it to make it easy for students to see if projected to the board.
No 'about' page where you used to be able to put class resources. Instead, you will need to click on create and then select material. This will allow you to post to you classwork page some resources you want students to have.
3.Tomorrow Schools Review Report - this has now been released and can be found HERE. If you want to know more about the recommendations that have come out of the review, and are currently out for consultation, as well as the rationale behind 'why' schools need to change then have a read through of the summary document. 4. You may be interested in a couple of tools that have been uploaded onto TKI and have been written by the Ministry of Education. If your learning area is undergoing a review of their curriculum, and what you are offering, the guides have some great questions and ideas to help you get started. See http://nzcurriculum.tki.org.nz/Reviewing-your-curriculum for the different guides. 5. School photos
These are on Monday/Tuesday next week.
Please check timetable and let your class know what time their photo is.
Please make your way over for photos 10 minutes prior to the allocated time for your class.
Monday 11th February full staff photo 3.15pm in the PAC
Staff Individual Photographs any time during Monday and Tuesday.
All new staff must have a photo taken (and if you would like to change last years, or did not have a photo taken last year)
Learning and Teaching - Tues 12 New Teachers - Thurs 14 @3.20
Information for Staff
1. PLD for 2019 - Mindlab
At The Mind Lab, we take a future-focused approach to learning. We encourage teachers to explore new ways of teaching through collaborative and active learning with colleagues and students, from early childhood to tertiary, across all subject specialisms.
Active learning? Collaborative learning? What do these buzzwords really mean? And how do you apply these approaches in ways that help students develop to their full potential? There's never been a better time to build confidence and understanding of contemporary education. Ensure your career will continue to be richly rewarding and positively impactful for you and your students.
We are hosting a freePostgraduate Digital TechnologiesWorkshop to guide teachers like yourself through these new teaching practices whilst introducing our Postgraduate Certificate in Digital and Collaborative Learning.
In this workshop, you will take part in a Mind Lab activity that can be immediately applied to your classroom practice. You'll leave inspired to explore new ideas and new ways of teaching. Find out more HERE.
2. Something to watch: Under the Table - The Importance of Presuming Competence - Tedx Talk with Shelley Moore.
Year 9 begins 9am in PAC - Tues 29 Prefect Leadership Orientation - Tues 29 Year 10 – 13 New Student and New International Student Orientation, 10 - 11.30am (FRR and TLK) - Tues 29 Year 13 re-enrolment (9am)- Wed 30 Year 11 re-enrolment (9am) - Thurs 31 Year 12 re-enrolment (1pm) Thurs 31
Year 10 Enrolment (9am -2pm) - Fri 1
Week 2
4 Hui-tanguru - 8 Hui-tanguru
Mihi Whakatau - 9am in Gym - Mon 4 Timetabled classes begin - p3 Mon 4 Waitangi Day - Wed 6
Assembly - WED
Nil
Assembly - WED
Nil
Meeting
Department/ Learning Area - Mon 28 @ 1.30
Meeting
Nil
Information for Staff
1. Welcome back for 2019. All staff are to be in the PAC at 9am for Teacher Only Day.
Agenda:
Welcome back
New Staff Introductions
Goals, Directions and Results
Getting ready for ERO in 2019
Role of the counsellor – Mental
health/risk/suicide (FDJ)
3. Starting to think about your Professional Learning and Development for 2019, Core Education have released their online and face to face programs. Go to their website for more information. Core Ed
Information for Staff
