Week 2 - Term 1 - 2019

Puraho māku, kei ngaure o mahi. 

To catch fish you must place your basket in the water. No work, no pay.

Week 2 4 Hui-tanguru - 8 Hui-tanguru Powhiri - 9am in Gym - Mon 4 Timetabled classes begin - p3 Mon 4 Sports Roadshow - Gym - Mon 4 Waitangi Day - Wed 6 Revamp Vintage market - Sun 10, 7am - 5pm in Gym	Week 3 11 Hui-tanguru - 15 Hui-tanguru School Photographs - Mon 11 - Tues 12 Defensive Driving Course - Mon 11, 3.20 - 5.20 (Cafe 101) Year 9 MIDYIS Testing - Thurs 14 Summer Sports Start - Wed 13 Tennis - Canterbury Senior Champs - Thurs 14 - Fri 15
Assembly - WED Nil	Assembly - WED Nil - all in Ako
Meeting  New Teachers - Thurs 7 (3.20 in Library)	Meeting  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 free Postgraduate Digital Technologies Workshop 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.

Start of year 2019

He kai kei aku ringa

There is food at the end of my hands

Week 1 28 Kohitātea - 1 Hui-tanguru Teacher Only Day - Mon 28, 9am Start in PAC 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)
• Ako in 2019 – Meet with the relevant Dean

2. Key dates in the New Zealand Curriculum - http://nzcurriculum.tki.org.nz/Curriculum-resources/National-events-and-the-NZC#collapsible1. If you are planning courses that integrate Matariki, Bullying free week etc, then check out New Zealand Curriculum Online.

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

Week 9 - Term 4 - 2018

Ka rongo, ka wareware

Ka kite, ka mahara

Ka hangaia, ka marama ahau

I hear and I forget, I see and I remember, I do and I understand

Week 9 10 Hakihea - 14 Hakihea Junior Curriculum Project - Mon - Wed Juniors finish at 12.20 - Mon 10 Senior Prizegiving (CBHS at 6pm) - Mon10 Year 13 Testimonials available - Mon 10 Openside performance at Lunchtime - Tues 11 Junior Prizegiving - Thurs 13 at 9.00am Staff Farewells - Thurs 13 at 11am Staff lunch - Thurs 13 at 1pm	Holiday Break
Assembly - WED Nil	Assembly - WED Nil
Meeting  Nil	Meeting  Nil

Staff Information

1. NCEA review - what we are hearing so far: 
https://conversation.education.govt.nz/conversations/ncea-have-your-say/themes/ 
Some interesting themes and new questions are emerging and it is well worth keeping up to date with where the country is at with regards to NCEA perceptions.

2. CGHS Start Dates for 2019

The following start dates have been advertised to our community. Just a reminder you will be required to attend an Ako teacher meeting at 8.30am on the day your Ako group is due for enrolment.

Monday 21 January     Office Opens for Enquiries

Friday 25 January        New Staff Orientation

                                     Peer Support Leader Training (10am-2pm)    

Week 1                                School runs from 9am through to 2.30pm

Monday, 28 January            Teacher Only Day

Tuesday, 29 January          Year 9 Orientation and Year 13 prefects only (9am – 2.30pm)

Year 10-13 New Student and International Student Orientation (10 –2.30pm)

Year 13 Peer Support Leaders (11am-1.30pm)

Sports and Cultural Roadshow

Wednesday, 30 January     Year 9 Orientation (9am - 2.30pm)

Year 13   (9am - 11.30am)

Sports and Cultural Roadshow

Thursday, 31 January         Year 9 Orientation (9am - 2.30pm)

Year 11 (9am - 11am)

Year 12 (1pm - 2.30pm)

Year 13 Peer Support Leaders (11am-1.30pm)

Sports and Cultural Roadshow

Friday, 1 February              Year 9 Orientation (9am - 2.30pm)

Year 10 (9am-2.30pm)

Year 13 Peer Support Leaders (11am-1.30pm)

Sports and Cultural Roadshow

Week 2                               School runs on normal times (8.40am-3.10pm)

Monday, 4 February        All Years Extended Ako Time (Timetables)

Powhiri / Whole School Assembly

Timetabled Classes from Period 3

Tuesday, 5 February           Timetabled Classes

Wednesday, 6 February      Waitangi Day

3. Liz presented a number of online tools that students could access and use in any technology presentation. If you are a Microsoft user then Myapps.microsoft.com could be of use.
Other tools included:

• Pixabay - free images
• BBC Sound effects - free sound effects that you are allowed to use for educational reasons
• Fugue - free music BUT you must use the link to their website in your product
• App makers - these are to create apps without having to know code. Kodular and Thunkable

4. Two Professional Learning Opportunities that have been released:

a. PCT, OTT and Mentor Workshop Series for 2019

If you are a PCT, Overseas trained teacher (new to teaching in NZ) or a Mentor in 2019, the dates for workshops for teachers have just been released. Go to https://www.otago.ac.nz/education/ess/pct.html for more information.

b. Tuahiwi Education Workshops: