26 October 2015

Newsletter Articles

Principals supporting Principals… Principals supporting Principles!

Kia Ora

This week’s email update…..

Please note the close off date for having something included in the Monday Mailing is 3:00 PM on the preceding Thursday.

Kind regards

Pat

WPA Dates

2015	October	29	Thursday	Catch Up Day
	November	20	Friday	WPA Principals Dinner 2015
2016	April	9	Saturday	Road Trip – Singapore April 9 -15 2016
	May	31	Tuesday	NZPF – APPA Conference – Auckland May 31 – June 3 2016

WPA Principals Dinner

The WPA Principals dinner is on the evening of Friday November 20. Time and venue to be confirmed, but make sure you book this date in your calendar!!!

Catchup Day October 29 – This Week!!

This week!

Core Education Breakfast

The next Core Education Breakfast is on 5 November with Susan Ngawati Osbourne and Nigel Marshall presenting on Mana Potential - A culturally based tool for the development of positive change.

During the last three years the Mana Potential model has been used within a wide range of school settings including as:

• a tool used by teachers, school counsellors and deans to build self awareness and strategies around both academic and behavioural challenges
• a whole of class approach developing unity and cohesion
• a staff development tool to build a deeper understanding of the Māori world and rapport between staff and students
• a transition model in secondary schools for all year nine students
• training for some RTLB clusters (The Mana Potential Model is now being incorporated into the RTLB training programme at Massey University).

Jo Wilson
Senior Consultant
CORE Education Ltd M: 021 2780768 T: jmw58

2016 Workshops for Quality te reo Māori me onā Tikanga

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Ngā mihi nui ki a koutou,

In 2016 the Jeanne Gilbert Consultancy will again be running a series of three workshops for Quality te reo Māori me onā Tikanga in both terms 1 and 2.

We also have a very limited number of spaces available for schools wishing to work in-school, in-depth with us to embed quality, sequential and sustainable programmes.

For more information about these two opportunities and others, please refer to the attachments and get back to us using the expression of interest form.

Kia kaha mō term 4.

Ngā mihi mahana,

Nā Jeanne Gilbert
Jeanne Gilbert Consultancy

Pre- and In-service Teacher Educator
43A Checkley Road
R.D. 1 Raglan, 3295
Ph 07 8255728
Mobile: 027 29 42178
jeanne.gilbert.consultancy@gmail.com

Language exerts hidden power, like a moon on the tides. --Rita Mae Brown

AP DP Association

AP/DP Meeting

Tuesday 27 October
1.00 pm
Endeavour Primary School
Endeavour Ave
Flagstaff

Come and enjoy hearing about the pedagogy of an Innovative Learning Environment.

We will also hold our AGM - this will be brief.

See you all there.

Regards

Debbie Simon
Deputy Principal
Whitiora School
07 839 5579 dsimon@whitiora.school.nz

Gillingham Multi-Sensory Language Course

Many teachers struggle with the right approach to teaching their dyslexic students to read and write. There is much research which indicates a multi-sensory language approach is the most effective way to raise the achievement and literacy capability of these learners. We are hosting an Orton Gillingham multi-sensory language course in January (18 - 22nd in Te Awamutu). Please see the attached flyer for further information.

Carla McNeil
Principal

Korakonui School
734 Wharepuhunga Road
R D 3, Te Awamutu
Ph: 07 8722769
Fax: 07 8722763
principal@korakonui.school.nz

Life Care First Aid and CPR Courses

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prior to Monday December 14th 2015.

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Peachgrove Intermediate School Invitation

Dear Principal Colleagues

We invite you to visit Peachgrove Intermediate School. We would like to share with you the recent changes that we have made to our curriculum, pedagogy and learning spaces in order to meet the learning needs of our emerging adolescent students. Principals, DPs/APs, teachers and other interested professionals are welcome. Students from many of the Hamilton and Waikato primary schools attend Peachgrove and our year 8 students enrol in all of the Hamilton and some rural Waikato secondary schools.

We would also welcome opportunities to visit your schools or learning institutions so that we can continue to learn and to assist our learners to better meet their learning needs.

WHEN: Tuesday 24 November 9.15am to 12.30pm
RSVP: Friday 20th November, please phone 8557596
NO COST: Morning tea will be provided
PARKING: Will be available on site

PROGRAMME:

9.30am Powhiri and Presentation
11.00am Morning Tea with staff and students
11.30am School Tours hosted by staff and students

Please feel free to make contact with us if you need further information and/or visit our school website.

We look forward to hearing from you.

Kind Regards

Louisa Barham
PRINCIPAL

Peachgrove Intermediate School
PO Box 1344
Hamilton
New Zealand

p: +64 7 855 7596 ext. 804
f: +64 7 855 5399
m: +64 27 4820 322
e: lbarham@peachgrove.school.nz
w: http://www.peachgrove.school.nz

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Tech Tip

The Snipping tool in Windows 7 is a tool I use every day. It is fantastic for capturing any part of your computer screen and then saving or pasting the clip.

You can access it by clicking the Start button, and type snipping in the search box.

Health & Happiness

Via the Huffington Post UK

People who think they have unlimited willpower are likely to be happier, a new study has shown.

Researchers found that those who believe they have increased willpower have a greater chance of feeling content with their lives and experience higher levels of wellbeing.

Meanwhile those who feel they have less willpower are likely to feel more stressed.

This, researchers believe, is because people who think they have unlimited willpower are better able to cope when life gets more demanding...

And the very good news, following on from the research referred to above, is that we can actually build our willpower. Just like a muscle, if we "work out" we can become stronger! And here's a few tips for how you can achieve this...

1. To begin with, take care of your health and wellbeing (including getting adequate sleep). It's hard to "be strong" if you're tired all the time
2. Meditate and focus on positive outcomes - focusing more on what you want, rather than trying to avoid what you don't want, will help point you in the right direction
3. Predict and plan for distractions and/or temptations - this isn't a negative strategy but rather, a realistic one. Problems will occur but if you've prepared for them you'll have a better chance of dealing with them effectively
4. Regularly remind yourself of the advantages you'll gain when you achieve what you want to achieve (this is where motivation comes from!)
5. And finally, reward yourself for every step you take in the right direction (no matter how small)!

A Thought

And a Laugh

YOGI BERRA QUOTES

When you come to a fork in the road, take it.
You can observe a lot by just watching.
It ain't over till it's over
It's like deja vu all over again.
No one goes there nowadays, it’s too crowded.
Baseball is ninety percent mental and the other half is physical.
A nickel ain't worth a dime anymore.
Always go to other people's funerals, otherwise they won't come to yours.
We made too many wrong mistakes.
Congratulations. I knew the record would stand until it was broken.
You wouldn't have won if we’d beaten you.
I never said most of the things I said.
The future ain't what it used to be.

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