Week 7 - Term 3 - 2022

 E rua tau ruru, e rua tau wehe, e rua tau mutu, e rua tau kai.

Two seasons of drought, two seasons of scarcity, two seasons of crop failure, two seasons of plenty.

This whakataukī seems relevant to this year because although there have been hard and uncertain times, if you carry on working in a focused way, you will have your day of good fortune. 

Week 7 5  Mahuru - 9 Mahuru Tongan Language Week Academic Week Otago Uni Course Planning - Mon 5 Year 13 Drama Production - Tues 6 - Wed 7 Non Uniform Day - Tues 6 Academic Quiz - Quad AUT Course Planning - Wed 7 UC Open Day - Fri 9 Year 12 Geography BBQ Lunch - Fri 9	Week 8 12 Mahuru - 16 Mahuru Māori Language Week Sports/Cultural Photos - Mon 12 - Tues 13 Get 2 Go Challenge - Mon 12 Kapa Haka in the Quad - Wed 14 Senior School examinations begin - Thurs 15 MCAT - mathematics exam - Thurs 15
Assembly -  Year 10 - Gym Year 13 - PAC	Assembly -  Year 11, 12 and 13 in the Gym - Examination information
Meeting  HOLA - Leadership PLD (1.30 - 4.30) - Mon Junior HODs and TWH - Mon Learning Area - Tues	Meeting  Staff - Focus on Literacy, ANZH and thank you from ImpactED afternoon tea

Information for Staff

1. Mana Ōrite mō te mātauranga Māori - Resource Toolkit 2 - where even to begin? You will find resources to help on your journey, including a podcast, interactive PDF and video to watch.

2. Contract Vacancies at NZQA

Contract vacancies available with NZQA are advertised on our NZQA website – including markers, verifiers, panel leaders and examiners, and materials developer roles for several NCEA and NZ Scholarship subjects.

Week 6 - Term 3 - 2022

 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 6 29 Hereturikōkā - 2  Mahuru Tournament Week Basketball - Junior SS (all week) Hockey - NZ 1st XV (All week) Hockey - NZ 2nd XV (All week) Netball - South Island Champs (Mon 29 - Thurs 1) South Island Secondary Schools Equestrian Championships (All week) International Students Ski trip - Wed 31 Last day to enter or remove students in or from NZQA external examinations - Wed 31 Polynesian Panthers Presentation with Dr Melanie Anae - Fri 2	Week 7 5  Mahuru - 9 Mahuru Music Concert at St Mary's p3 - Mon 5 Otago Uni Course Planning - Mon 5 Year 13 Drama Production - Tues 6 - Wed 7 Non Uniform Day - Tues 6 AUT Course Planning - Wed 7 UC Open Day - Fri 9 Year 12 Geography BBQ Lunch - Fri 9
Assembly -  Year 9 - Gym Year 11 - PAC	Assembly -  Year 10 - Gym Year 13 - PAC
Meeting  Staff	Meeting  HOLA - Leadership PLD (1.30 - 4.30) - Mon Junior HODs and TWH - Mon Learning Area - Tues

Information for Staff

1. Māori language week, Te Wiki o te reo Māori, is not far away. One of the challenges (wero) of this week is to learn 10 new words prior to the week itself and use them during Te Wiki o Te Reo Māori. 

Phrases to add to your kete could include:

Ka pai - good

Tino pai - very good

Tino pai rawa - excellent

Ka pai tō mahi - your work is good

He pai tēnā ki a au - I like that

Week 5 - Term 3 - 2022

 Whāia te mātauranga hei oranga mō koutou 

Seek after learning for the sake of your wellbeing 

This whakatauki refers to the importance of learning for it is key to your wellbeing. If you follow the path of learning, the world will be your oyster.

Week 5 22 Hereturikōkā - 26  Hereturikōkā Maths Week - All week NCEA TOD - Mon 22 (school closed) Year 11 Drama production - Tues 23 - Wed 24 Cantamath (evening) - Wed 24 Parent portal closes for subject selection - Wed 24 Big Sing Nationals in CHCH (competitive session)- Thurs 25 Lypsync - Thurs 25 GEO101 - Chch EQ field trip - Fri 26 Big Sing National in CHCH (Finale) - Sat 27	Week 6 29 Hereturikōkā - 2  Mahuru Tournament Week BAsketball - Junior SS (all week) Hockey - NZ 1st XV (All week) Hockey - NZ 2nd XV (All week) Netball - South Island Champs (Mon 29 - Thurs 1) South Island Secondary Schools Equestrian Championships (All week) International Students Ski trip - Wed 31 Last day to enter or remove students in or from NZQA external examinations - Wed 31 Polynesian Panthers Presentation with Dr Melanie Anae - Fri 2
Assembly -  Year 10 - PAC (Camp info) Year 12 - Gym	Assembly -  Year 9 - Gym Year 11 - PAC
Meeting  Learning Area	Meeting  Staff

Information for Staff

1. Kamar Tips and Tricks #1 - Customise your Kamar Screen.

Click on the lightbulb and then preferences to customise your Kamar.
In General, choose how you would like KAMAR to appear – you can choose a zoom size

Manage notifications – periodically shows the pop up every 10 minutes.

Add Custom Links for quick access

These links will appear in the lightbulb menu.

2. A video clip - "I am Māori"

Week 4 - Term 3 - 2022

 'Inā kei te mōhio koe ko wai koe
i anga mai koe i hea, kei te mōhio koe kei te anga atu koe ki hea'

If you know who you are and where you are from, then you will know where you are going.

Week 4 15 Hereturikōkā - 19  Hereturikōkā Environment Week - All Week Subject choice afternoon - Mon 15 @ 2pm in the Gym UC Criminal Justice Day (Yr 13) Tues 16 VUW Course Planning - Break 2 - Tues 16 Winter Sports ends - Wed 17 May Campbell Anderson Essay Competition p1 - 3 -  Thurs 18 Otago Uni Course Planning - Thurs 18 STA201 Assessment 12 - 3.40pm - Thurs 18 UC Course Planning - Break 2/p5 - Fri 19	Week 5 22 Hereturikōkā - 26  Hereturikōkā Maths Week - All week NCEA TOD - Mon 22 (school closed) Year 11 Drama production - Tues 23 - Wed 24 Cantamath (evening) - Wed 24 Parent portal closes for subject selection - Wed 24 Big Sing Nationals in CHCH (competitive session)- Thurs 25 Lypsync - Thurs 25 GEO101 - Chch EQ field trip - Fri 26 Big Sing National in CHCH (Finale) - Sat 27
Assembly -  Year 11 -Gym	Assembly -  Year 10 - PAC (Camp info) Year 12 - Gym
Meeting  Staff - Tues	Meeting  Learning Area

Information for Staff

1. 17 Habits of a Valued Treaty Partner - Please open the link to have a look at this document. This will be a great discussion point during your Professional Learning Conversations and a chance to unpack STP1 about how you are growing professionally in this area. 

Week 3 - Term 3 - 2022

 He iti hau marangai e tū te pāhokahoka

Just like a rainbow after the storm, success follows failure.

Week 3 8 Hereturikōkā - 12  Hereturikōkā Book Week - All Week EdPotential presentation - Mon 8 (see below) NCEA parents information - Tues 9 Pasifika Parents Fono - Tues 9 @ 4.30pm PISA Testing Day - Tues 9 (Various students out) Parent Portal opens for subject selection - Wed 10 Ski and Snowboard Champs - Thurs 11 Year 11 Formal - Sat 13 NZ Duathlon  - Sun 14	Week 4 15 Hereturikōkā - 19  Hereturikōkā Environment Week - All Week Subject choice afternoon - Mon 15 UC Criminal Justice Day (Yr 13) Tues 16 VUW Course Planning - Break 2 - Tues 16 Winter Sports ends - Wed 17 May Campbell Anderson Essay Competition p1 - 3 -  Thurs 18 Otago Uni Course Planning - Thurs 18 STA201 Assessment 12 - 3.40pm - Thurs 18 UC Course Planning - Break 2/p5 - Fri 19
Assembly -  Year 1 -Gym Year 13 - PAC	Assembly -  Year 11 - Gym
Meeting  Ed Potential Presentation - Mon @2.45 in 126 Learning Area Meeting - Tues	Meeting  Staff - Tues

Information for Staff

1. Literacy examples - All staff have access to the literacy presentation to share what is happening across the learning areas - there are some great examples in there already. Please open and add in what you are doing in this space. 

2. Education potential - On Monday afterschool in the boardroom (126) there will be a demonstration for anyone interested around a new way we could use our school data. It is a program that sits above Kamar and allows all staff to 'inquire into assessment data, analyse it to identify opportunities for growth and then act to target solutions that improve learner outcomes'. 

3. Blooket is a great way to review learning, offering a variety of games to keep student engaged. 

You can create quizzes from scratch or import existing quizzes from Quizlet or data from a spreadsheet.  

https://www.blooket.com/

Week 2 - Term 3 - 2022

 Waiho i te toipoto, kaua i te toiroa 

Let us keep close together, not wide apart 

This whakatauki speaks to the importance of keeping connected, of maintaining relationships and dialogue so that we can keep moving forward together. It could be used when sharing information about community events or projects that bring people together.

Week 2 1 Hereturikōkā - 5  Hereturikōkā Otago Uni & Polytechnic Open Day - Sun 31 - Mon 1 International Week - All week PTA Evening (Social Media focus) - Tues 2 Australian Maths Competition - Wed p1 and p2 QUAD Tournament Timaru - Thurs 4 Senior Speech competition Thurs 4 (p4) UC Law Day (Yr 13) - Thurs 4 Music Concert - Thurs 4 - 6.30pm in PAC Music tour of intermediates - Fri 5 Year 9 Music Concert - p2 - Fri 5 Year 13 Formal - Sat 6	Week 3 8 Hereturikōkā - 12  Hereturikōkā Book Week - All Week NCEA parents information - Tues 9 Pasifika Parents Fono - Tues 9 4.30pm PISA Testing Day - Tues 9 (Various students out) Parent Portal opens for subject selection - Wed 10 Ski and Snowboard Champs - Thurs 11 Year 11 Formal - Sat 13 NZ Duathlon  - Sun 14
Assembly -  Year 9 - PAC Year 13 - Gym (Formal discussion)	Assembly -  Year 13 PAC
Meeting  L&T, Junior HoD and TWH - Mon Staff - Tues	Meeting  Learning Area Meeting - Tues

Information for Staff

1. SafeShare.tv makes it possible to view YouTube videos without displaying the related videos and associated comments. To use SafeShare.tv simply copy the URL of a YouTube video and paste it into SafeShare.tv. 

SafeShare also offers a browser bookmarklet tool that eliminates the need to copy and paste links from YouTube into SafeShare.

Week 1 - Term 3 - 2022

 Mā mua ka kite a muri, mā muri ka ora a mua 

Those who lead give sight to those who follow, those who follow give life to those who lead 

This whakatauki also speaks to the importance of working together. 

It acknowledges and values the importance of both the leader and the followers for both are essential and co-dependent.

Week 1  25 Hōngongoi - 29 Hōngongoi  Tech Week - All week Year 12/13 Tourism to Akaroa - Thurs 28 Māori Symposium - Fri 29	Week 2 1 Hereturikōkā - 5  Hereturikōkā Otago Uni & Polytechnic Open Day - Sun 31 - Mon 1 International Week - All week PTA Evening (Social Media focus) - Tues 2 Australian Maths Competition - Wed p1 and p2 QUAD Tournament Timaru - Thurs 4 Senior Speech competition Thurs 4 (p4) UC Law Day (Yr 13) - Thurs 4 International Assembly - Fri 5 Music tour of intermediates - Fri 5 Year 13 Formal - Sat 6
Assembly -  Year 12PAC	Assembly -  Year 9 - PAC Year 13 Gym
Meeting  Learning Area	Meeting  L&T, Junior HoD and TWH - Mon Staff

Information for Staff

1. Welcome back for Term 3 and what we hope will be a relatively disruption free term. At the end of Term 2, parents were asked to provide feedback on how the school is currently going. There was some mixed sentiment and a smaller sample size of respondents to 2021.

The area that parents identified as having the most change in the last 18 months has been around their own participation with the school (red is 2022). This is not an easy fix, and I am sure that all schools are in the same position as us, but it does show that Covid is having other impacts that we don't see as part of the everyday running of our teaching and learning programmes.

In the summary, I have added in a couple of the parent feedback comments, feel free to reflect on (or not) what has been said.

The survey summary, comments and comparison with 2021 can be found HERE.

2. Latest news regarding the TOD in week 4 this term. The subjects listed below will have the level 2 draft standards released prior to this TOD and you will be able to provide feedback via the website linked above.