Week 4 - Term 2 - 2021

 Kua takoto te manuka

The leaves of the manuka tree have been laid down

This is a form of wero, that is preformed in very formal situations on the Marae. It is when you are challenged and you answer that challenge depending on how pick up the leaves. The wero is to see whether you come in peace or as an enemy. This proverb is used when being challenged, or you have a challenge ahead of you.

Week 4  24 Mei - 28 Mei Otago Uni Open Day - Mon 24 Year 9 Taonga Hunt - various classes throughout the week Open Day - Tues 25 Ara Pasifika Liaison with Aiga - Wed 26	Week 5  31 Mei - 4 Pipiri BIO 301 to Wainui - Year 13 students out at various days over the week. Canterbury Cross Country - Thurs 3 Junior House Drama Competition - Thurs 3 NZSS Multisport champs - Sun 6
Assembly -  Wed - Year 11 (Gym) Pasifika Liaison Friday - Prefect Assembly	Assembly -  Wed - Year 13 (PAC) Friday - SAGA/Wellbeing
Meeting  Staff Meeting Department sharing Information re topics, times and rooms can be found HERE	Meeting  Learning and Teaching Te Whare Hauora Junior HOD

Information for Staff

1. NZQA recently coordinated an Equity in STEM symposium at Te Papa Tongarewa in Wellington – and while we have had excellent feedback from attendees, we know not everyone who wanted to hear our line-up of speakers could make it to Wellington or join us via livestream on the day.

Videos of each presenter are now available to view on the symposium webpage, so please feel free to send links to this page and the videos on to your Heads of Department for STEM-related subjects.

The symposium left attendees energised, with ideas about how to encourage ākonga Māori and Pacific students to pursue STEM pathways.

At the end of the Symposium, attendees were asked to consider sharing their thoughts about actions they might take to support Māori and Pacific student success in STEM.

There are many ‘gems’ that people shared, with some of the most frequently raised actions including:

• Focusing on reducing or eliminating streaming
• Holding discussions with colleagues and/or Senior Leadership Teams to encourage change
• Building stronger relationships with Māori and Pacific students
• Setting and expressing higher expectations for Māori and Pacific student success
• Embracing disaggregated data to understand what’s happening to Māori and Pacific students as they progress, and using this to inform actions/planning/programming
• Focusing on STEM and STEM careers to be sure programmes of learning align with expressed student career outcomes/preferences
• Making learning more relevant and developing resources that better engage Māori and Pacific students with STEM learning
• Improving the support structures available to students.

2. Here is an article   re the new ClickView Android App.

The Android app for teachers:

• Easily manage your ClickView resources, such as searching on the go, pre-watching or adding content to Playlists
• Share differentiated content with all students able to watch on their own device
• Download video content for you or your students to watch offline
• Record content onto your phone directly into your Workspace to share with students
• Search resources and plan lessons at home
• Create flipped lessons or tutorial videos for your students to refer back to
• Request TV programs in the moment (Available for secondary/K-12 schools).c

The ClickView app is also available for IOS from the App Store.

Week 3 - Term 2 - 2021

 Mauria te pono

Believe in yourself

Week 3  17 Mei - 21 Mei NCEA Parent Evening - Tues 18 T2 Evacuation Drill p4 - Tues 18 Pasifika Aiga Fono - Tues 18 @ 5pm GEO301 Trip to Franz Josef - Wed 19 - Fri 21 Waikato Uni Liaison Visit - Wed 19 Flu Vaccination for Staff - Wed 19 Wed Winter sports start - Wed 19 Cross Country - Competitors only - Thurs 20th p3 Pink Shirt Day - Non Uniform - Fri 21 Waikato Uni Open Day - Fri 21 Otago Uni Open Day - Sun 23 - Mon 24	Week 4  24 Mei - 28 Mei Otago Uni Open Day - Mon 24 Year 9 Taonga Hunt (see note below for what classes are out on the different days)  Open Day - Tues 25 Ara Pasifika Liaison with Aiga - Wed 26
Assembly -  Wed - Year 10 (PAC) Year 12 (Gym) Friday - House Assemblies	Assembly -  Wed - Year 11 (Gym) Pasifika Liaison Friday - Prefect Assembly
Meeting  Staff Meeting	Meeting  Staff Meeting

Information for Staff

1. Unteach Racism - just released from the Teachers Council - Absolutely brilliant and follows on from Dr Hana O'Regan's talk yesterday - the same message in Taika Waititi's words.

Taika Waititi’s unteach racism story from Teaching Council on Vimeo.

2. The Social Science team are giving a heads up re the year 9 Taonga hunt. The classes will be out on the days outlined below and peer support leaders will be joining them. Five classes will be out in week 4, the other 5 classes will participate in the same activity in Week 10 or Term 3.

3. Doc Edge Schools 2021 in conjunction with the Rei Foundation has put together a programme of topical and current educational documentaries.

There is a wide range of material from around the world and each film has teaching resources. The materials can be used from 4th June.

Click here to view the resources on offer. You will need to create an account to be able to watch the films once released on 4th June. 

See the guide on how to access the resources here. 

Week 2 - Term 2 - 2021

 He aroha whakatō, he aroha puta mai

If kindness is sown, then kindness you shall receive.

Week 2  10 Mei - 14 Mei Year 12 and 13 Careers Evening - Tues 11 Careers Expo - Thurs 13 - Sat 15 Athletics Canterbury Road Race - Tues 11 Otago Maths Competition - p1 and 2 Wed 12 NCEA TOD - Thurs 13  Music Concert - Thurs 13 - 6.30pm Basketball starts - Fri 14 Otago Uni Liaison Visit - Fri 14 World Vision Youth Conference - Fri 14	Week 3  17 Mei - 21 Mei NCEA Parent Evening - Tues 18 T2 Evacuation Drill p4 - Tues 18 Pasifika Aiga Fono - Tues 18 @ 5pm GEO301 Trip to Franz Josef - Wed 19 - Fri 21 Waikato Uni Liaison Visit - Wed 19 Flu Vaccination for Staff - Wed 19 Wed Winter sports start - Wed 19 Cross Country - Competitors only - Thurs 20th p3 Pink Shirt Day - Non Uniform - Fri 21 Waikato Uni Open Day - Fri 21 Otago Uni Open Day - Sun 23 - Mon 24
Assembly -  Wed - Year 13 (PAC) Friday - Charities and Service	Assembly -  Wed - Year 10 (PAC) Year 12 (Gym) Friday - House Assemblies
Meeting  Learning Area	Meeting  Staff Meeting

Information for Staff

1. TOD - Resource kete now available. You are able to enter as a guest via https://training.education.govt.nz/logon.asp

This is where you are able to access the material for Thursday TOD - a review of the changes is in the following video.

2. Feedback on student work: just a reminder that Mote is a Chrome Extension which allows you to record and insert audio. This is particularly useful for adding comments to student work in Google Classroom or on Google Slides, etc.

Here is a short introductory video to using Mote.

3. And a bit of light comic relief for a Friday...

Week 1 - Term 2 - 2021

 Nāu te rourou, nāku te rourou, ka ora ai te iwi 

With your food basket and my food basket the people will thrive

This whakatauki talks to community, to collaboration and a strengths-based approach. It acknowledges that everybody has something to offer, a piece of the puzzle, and by working together we can all flourish.

Week 1  3 Mei - 7 Mei Marae Trip - Mon 3	Week 2  10 Mei - 14 Year 12 and 13 Careers Evening - Tues 11 Careers Expo - Thurs 13 - Sat 15 Athletics Canterbury Road Race - Tues 11 TOD - Thurs 13 - evening Music Concert - Thurs 13 Basketball starts - Fri 14 Otago Uni Liaison Visit - Fri 14
Assembly -  Wed - Nil Friday - Year 9 (PAC) Year 10 - 13 in Gym - Thursdays in Black Aotearoa	Assembly -  Wed - Year 13 (PAC) Friday - Charities and Service
Meeting  Learning and Teaching Te Whare Hauora Junior HOD	Meeting  Learning Area

Information for Staff

1. Heads up regarding the MOE/PPTA TOD on Thursday 13 March. The MOE have released further information regarding a possible agenda for the day (yet specific access to the modules are still not available). As it is a series of online videos and resources again, we have been in discussion with CBHS re a few changes to how we would like the day to be set up. This is in line with alternatives from the MOE around schools being able to access our own relevant speakers if we were able. So rather than watching a series of videos on mana ōrite mō te mātauranga Māori and discussing what it means in our context, we have secured Dr Hana O'Regan to come in and speak for the first hour of the morning and use her provocations as a basis for discussion and planning. We will be joined at CGHS by the CBHS staff and the presentation will be held in the PAC.

There will be time to work through some of the modules after morning tea and departments will have time in the afternoon to meet and either further work through the relevant modules or use the time to work on other subject specific needs. Your HOD will give you more information after L&T have met on Tuesday.

2. Here is a link to a free, self-paced course about digital storytelling and how to integrate video as an effective instructional tool.

https://edex.adobe.com/resource/yzcyQ8fn8

3.Teacher and Student Capabilities Matrix - for planning and consideration

A full rubric for developing teaching, learning, and the classroom.
Something to consider as new units are developed moving forward. If you choose one row of the rubric at a time and plan what activities you might do with your team to agree on which of the 4 stages you have reached and what would shift the department to the next level of a particular row/issue. 

4. The Power of a Teacher:

Week 10 - Term 1 - 2021

 Ehara taku toa, he takitahi, he toa takitini 

Success is not mine alone, it is due to the work of all of us

Week 10  12 Āperira - 16 Āperira Parent Teacher Interviews - Tues 13 in afternoon and Friday 16 Auckland Uni Visit - Wed 14 Otago Maths Competition - Wed 14 13ENL Museum Trip (p5) - Thurs 15 PLG Late Start - Fri 16 Water Polo - NZ Div 2- Sat 17 - Sun 20 School Holidays - Sat 17 - Sun 2	School Holidays  17 Āperira - 2 Mei School resumes - Monday 3 May Enjoy your break!
Assembly -  Wed - Year 9 and 10 Values awards in the Gym Friday - Nil	Assembly -  Nil
Meeting  Nil	Meeting  Nil

Information for Staff

1. Further to the documents that was shared this morning around restreaming, you will see that the report includes a petition, resources and workshop guides. There will also be a  music video will be available next week. 

Links to all of their material can be found at http://www.maorifutures.co.nz/   

With the upcoming parent/teacher interviews  you may want to go back and have a look at the document/ information that was shared with parents in regards to the removal of streaming at Year 9 at CGHS - in case questions are asked.

2. NZQA have asked to remind teachers to respond to the survey around the Level 1 NCEA subject content for New Zealand Curriculum subjects. 

In response to initial feedback about the survey, some improvements have been made. They have adjusted the options in the online surveys and improved access to the subject content. They have also developed a video (with sub-titles in English and Te Reo Māori) to explain how they are presenting the new subject content for each NZC Level 1 subject on the NCEA Education website.

 

They recommend that you review the subject content for the subjects you are interested in on the NCEA Education website before answering the online surveys. Please be aware that in reviewing one subject, do read all parts of the content - for example, Learning Matrix, Assessment Matrix and the accompanying teaching and learning guidance we have provided.

 

Once you have gained an understanding of the subject content on the NCEA Education website, you are now ready to answer our online survey questions.

 

Feedback can be provided through online surveys until 19 April 2020:

 

Survey in English

Survey in te reo Māori

 

You can save your responses at any time and return to the survey later. Once you have finished and are ready to submit your responses, click on ‘Finish’. If you accidentally closed the survey before clicking ‘Finish’, your survey response will not be submitted nor recorded and you will need to start again.

 

If you have any questions, please email ncea.review@education.govt.nz.

3. If you would like to explore another online resource have a look at Liveworksheets - 

https://www.liveworksheets.com/worksheets/en

Liveworksheets allows you to transform your traditional printable worksheets (doc, pdf, jpg...) into interactive online exercises with self-correction - "interactive worksheets".

Students can do the worksheets online and send their answers to the teacher. This is good for the students (it's motivating), for the teacher (it saves time) and for the environment (it saves paper).

Interactive worksheets take full advantage of the new technologies applied to education: they may include sounds, videos, drag and drop exercises, join with arrows, multiple choice... and even speaking exercises, that the students must do using the microphone.

How can I use it?
You can use 'liveworksheets' to make your own interactive worksheets or you can use the ones shared by other teachers. There is a collection of thousands of interactive worksheets that cover lots of subjects.