Week 4 - Term 1 - 2021

Ko te manu e kai ana i te miro, nōna te ngahere.

Engari, ko te manu e kai ana i te mātauranga, nōna te ao

The one who partakes of the flora and fauna, that will be their domain

The one who engages in education, opportunities are boundless.

Week 4 1 Maehe - 5 Maehe BIO 201 to Temple Basin - All week UC Students in classes observing - All week Victoria University Visit - Mon 1 Peer Support p3 - Wed 3 SISS Rowing champs - Thurs 4 - Sun 7 Polyfest Camp - Fri 5 - Sat 6 Canterbury Champs Dragon Boating - Sun 7 SI Multisport champs - Sun 7	Week 5 8 Maehe - 12 Maehe Athletic Sports - Mon 8 Gateway First Aid - Mon 8 - Tues 9 Auckland University Visit - Tues 9 Polyfest Fa'aliga Evening - Tues 9 at 6pm Geo 101 Trip to Queenstown - Wed 10 - Fri 12 CGHS Swimming Sports - Thurs 11 Lincoln University Visit - Thurs 11 Ugly Shakespeare - Thurs 11 p2 Rowing - pre Maadi camp  - Fri 12 - Sun 14 SI schools MTB champs - Fri 12 - Sun 14 Volleyball Canterbury Champs - Fri 12 - Sun 14
Assembly -  Wed - Year 9 PAC Year 13 - Gym Friday - House Assemblies	Assembly -  Wed - Year 11 Gym Year 12 - PAC (NCEA) Friday - Full School (Polyfest group will perform)
Meeting  PLG groups - see below for rooms	Meeting  Staff

Information for staff

1. How we can better prepare students to be thoughtful, responsible, and critical consumers and creators? Why and how to Use YouTube Video Essays in your Classroom. - the website explains how they can be used in the classroom.

2. Thank you for taking the time to choose your PLG for the year, the rooms for PLG groups on Tuesday at 2.50pm are:

Relational Culture - Staff - Staffroom

Relational Culture - Student - A201

Curriculum - 402

Timetable - 126

Assessment & Reporting - 217

3. Just in case you have missed the announcement - the NZ curriculum is undergoing an update - you can find out more from the latest Education Gazette - 'Curriculum refresh to enhance learning'. The Social Science Learning Area will the be the first to get a change to their achievement objectives, which will incorporate the new 'Histories' content that is mandated for 2022. The review to Mathematics, English and Science will occur in 2022 for implementation in 2023.

Week 3 - Term 1 - 2021

 Whāngai i tō tāua tuahine, hei tangi i a tāua 

Let us nurture our sister and she will mourn for us

This whakataukī encourages people to nurture, love and care for whānau members, as they will do the same for you, even after death. Embedded within aroha is the idea of collective responsibility which emphasises the importance of whānau to the emotional and physical wellbeing of an individual. 

Week 3 22 Hui-tanguru - 26 Hui-tanguru School Closed after 1 minute silence at 12.51pm - Mon 22 Canterbury University Visit - Mon 22 13DVC Research Trip - Wed 24 Canterbury Show Jumping - Wed 24 Peer Support p2 Wed 24 T1 Evacuation Drill p2 Thurs 25 Volleyball - SI Champs - Fri 26 - Sun 28	Week 4 1 Maehe - 5 Maehe BIO 201 to Temple Basin - All week Victoria University Visit - Mon 1 Peer Support p3 - Wed 3 SISS Rowing champs - Thurs 4 - Sun 7 Polyfest Camp - Fri 5 - Sat 6 Canterbury Champs Dragon Boating - Sun 7 SI Multisport champs - Sun 7
Assembly -  Wed - Year 11 - PAC Year 12 - Gym Friday - Full School	Assembly -  Wed - Year 9 PAC Year 13 - Gym Friday - House Assemblies
Meeting  Learning Area Meeting	Meeting  PLG groups - rooms to be advised

Information for Staff

1. Removal of streaming at CGHS - FYI - this is the information and links that we are putting in our school newsletter, please take a moment to read. If you do have queries coming your way, this is a document that you can refer parents to. Interesting today, there is an article that has come out in Education HQ - 'Conscious cruelty': ability streaming in schools sustains covert structural racism.

You may also be interested in 'Edcuation isn't complicated - it's complex'.

2. Screencastify is now integrated with Google Classroom allowing students to be given a video assignment and submit their work.

There is a free version. The paid version allows unlimited student videos.

https://www.screencastify.com/blog/google-classroom-assignments-in-submit

Week 2 - Term 1 - 2021

 I orea te tuatara ka patu ki waho 

A problem is solved by continuing to find solutions 

This whakatauki refers to the need for creative thinking, adaptability and perseverance. In order to solve a problem you need to have all of these.

Week 2 15 Hui-tanguru - 19 Hui-tanguru Tennis - Canterbury Senior Champs - Mon 15 - Tues 16 Year 9 Camps - All Week Volleyball starts - Mon 15 Year 9 Attitude presentation p2 - Mon 15 Prefect Meeting - Tues 16 p4 Art101 to Wigram - Tues 16 Wednesday Summer Sport begins - Wed 17 Rowing NZ Champs - Fri 19 - Sat 20 Touch Canterbury Champs - Sat 20	Week 3 22 Hui-tanguru - 26 Hui-tanguru Canterbury University Visit - Mon 22 13DVC Research Trip - Wed 24 Canterbury Show Jumping - Wed 24 Peer Support p2 Wed 24 T1 Evacuation Drill p2 Thurs 25 Volleyball - SI Champs - Fri 26 - Sun 28 12TOU trip - Akaroa - Fri 26
Assembly -  Wednesday - Year 10 PAC Friday - Prefect run assembly	Assembly -  Wednesday - Year 11 NCEA Assembly in PAC Friday - House Assemblies
Meeting  Learning and Teaching Te Whare Hauora Junior HOD's	Meeting  Learning Area Meeting

Information for Staff

1. 

Achieved Course Endorsement available from 2021 onwards

This change is an outcome of the NCEA review.
All school courses that meet existing eligibility criteria will be able to be endorsed at the Achieved level from the start of 2021 onwards. This is in addition to the Merit and Excellence course endorsement awards already recognised by the Ministry of Education.

The purpose of the change is to acknowledge that students who attain 14 or more credits at an Achieved grade or higher, have demonstrated a sound level of skill and understanding in the subject matter of that course. The award will read, for example: English endorsed with Achieved at Level 1.

The existing eligibility criteria for Course Endorsement can be found here.

See NCEA Mythbuster 10 for more information about courses and programmes.

2. Mote - is a Chrome Extension that is integrated into Google Docs, Slides and Sheets, for easy recording and feedback to students. 

Students are also able to use mote to connect with their teachers, by adding voice comments or questions into their shared documents.

3. An article that is well worth a read - How Empowering Girls to Confront Conflict and Buck Perfection Helps Their Wellbeing.

4. The Education Hub has a number of free webinars coming up on topics such as 'Unleashing the Science of Learning in your classroom', and 'What is learning by scientific design'.

Week 1 - Term 1 2021

 Ka mate kāinga tahi, ka ora kāinga rua 

(When one door closes another will open/ have a back up plan)

Week 1 8 Hui-tanguru - 12 Hui-tanguru Waitangi Day Observed - Mon 8 Powhiri - 9am in Gym - Tues 9 Timetabled classes begin - p3 Tues 9 Peer Support - Year 9 Wed 10 p1 Women in Defence Forces - Wed 10 School Photos - Thurs 11 - Fri 12	Week 2 15 Hui-tanguru - 19 Hui-tanguru Tennis - Canterbury Senior Champs - Mon 15 - Tues 16 Year 9 Camps - All Week Volleyball starts - Mon 15 Year 9 Attitude presentation p2 - Mon 15 Prefect Meeting - Tues 16 p4 Art101 to Wigram - Tues 16 Wednesday Summer Sport begins - Wed 17 Rowing NZ Champs - Fri 19 - Sat 20 Touch Canterbury Champs - Sat 20
Assembly -  Friday - Leadership	Assembly -  Wednesday - Year 10 PAC Friday -
Meeting  Learning Area Meeting	Meeting  Learning and Teaching Te Whare Hauora Junior HOD's

Information for Staff

1. Tuahiwi Education Workshops - We have been sent through possible dates for the the Tuahiwi Education workshops held at Tuahiwi Marae. Possible dates for staff include 

August 20

September 17

October 1

If your learning Area, or a group of staff would be interested in attending, please let me know so we can organise bookings.

2. A quick read and clip from Pedro Noguera:

Good Teaching is like good cooking - they always come back wanting more!

3. 75 Different online Learning tools to support formative assessment in the classroom. This blog post has a fantastic comprehensive list of online tools. Many that you will no doubt be using already, but there are few others that you may wish to explore.

January 2021 - Start of Year

 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 Hui-tanguru - 5 Hui-tanguru Start of Year Intro and Welcome back - Staff - Mon 1, 9am - 11am in Staffroom Year 10 – 13 New Student and New International Student Orientation, 10 - 11.30am  - Mon 1 Year 9 begins 9am in PAC - Tues 2 Prefect Leadership Orientation Day - Tues 2 Year 11 - 13 re-enrolment  - Wed 3 Year 10 Enrolment (9am -2pm) - Thurs 4 Year 9 Parents Evening - Thurs 4 Teacher Only Day - Fri 5 Waitangi Day - Sat 6	Week 1 8 Hui-tanguru - 12 Hui-tanguru Waitangi Day Observed - Mon 8 Powhiri - 9am in Gym - Tues 9 Timetabled classes begin - p3 Tues 9 Peer Support - Year 9 p1 Women in Defence Forces - Wed 10 School Photos - Thurs 11 - Fri 12
Assembly -  Nil	Assembly - WED Friday - Leadership
Meeting  Department/ Learning Area - Mon 1 @ 11.30 and Tuesday 2nd at 2pm Teaching and Learning - Mon 1 @ 2pm Te Whare Haoura - Mon 1 @ 2pm	Meeting  Learning Area Meeting - Tues 9

Information for Staff

1. Welcome back for 2021. Hope you have all had a fantastic break. There have been a few changes onsite at CGHS over the break, most notably the gym and it is looking amazing.

On Monday, we will start with a welcome in the staff room at 9am, with meeting scheduled throughout the day. As our Teacher Only Day is on Friday, the welcome back lunch will be on Friday - so just a heads up.

Agenda:

• Welcome back
• New Staff Introductions
• Goals, Directions and Updates - ONC
• Start of Year Survey
• Powhiri and Waiata 

A big change you will see, is the updated Kamar platform - I suggest you all watch the tips and tricks video before you login as there is definitely new learning for everyone.

You may also be interested in the following presentation, which is about tidying up your GSuite.

2. Links to the annual Secondary Examinations NCEA and Scholarship Teacher Survey for 2020 is available. 
Scholarship survey link: https://nzqa.au1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_9Y39XbQ4vknACAl
NCEA survey link: https://nzqa.au1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_6F44sbboayeiyAB
The surveys close on 27 February 2021.

3. Resubmissions: With the NCEA review, there will be an updated Assessment Rule on 1 Feb 2021. From this point forward, schools will only be able to offer a resubmission opportunity to students only when a minor error prevents them from reaching an 'Achieved' grade.

The only change in grade boundary available for resubmissions is from 'Not Achieved' to 'Achieved'. On this basis, the highest grade that can be awarded as a result of a resubmission of an internal assessment is limited to 'Achieved'.

We are to continue to offer only one resubmission for each assessment event against an Assessment Standard.

More information can be found in this NCEA mythbuster #4