23 November 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

2016	April	9	Saturday	Road Trip – Singapore April 9 -15 2016
	May	31	Tuesday	NZPF – APPA Conference – Auckland May 31 – June 3 2016
	November	18		WPA Dinner
CatchUp Days 2016
	March	17	Thursday	Catchup Day – Neil O’Reilly. Flexible Learning Spaces.
	July	6	Wednesday	Catchup Day - Kath Murdoch. Inquiry Learning.
	September	7	Wednesday	Catchup Day - Nigel Latta
	November	3	TBA	Catchup Day Staffing and budgeting for following year.

Other Dates

July

6-8

NZEI Rural & Teaching Principals Conference, Tauranga

Schoolzine – Special offer!!

Please support our Business Partners!

Schoolzine is offering all WPA members a 3 month money back guarantee. Have a look at the attachment for details.

Te Reo Resources

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The website is also a great place to look at, listen to and purchase any of the books in the series.

Please refer to attachment.

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Human Synergistics International Leadership Course

Dear Colleagues

We will again host the Human Synergistics International Leadership Course at Te Rapa Primary School in 2016.

It is a fantastic ‘leadership’ opportunity for aspiring future leaders in your school, and it is well suited to both middle management personnel and those unit holders who you have tasked to lead key initiatives in your school.

I did this course in 1992 as a new Principal and it proved extremely worthwhile, so I can confirm it is also well suited to those of you already in Principal positions (young and not so young !) right through to your basic scale teachers looking to the future, or members of your support staff too.

Please look to put some funding away in your 2016 budget and identify 1 or 2 staff from your school who you feel would benefit.

This is just another way that you can be seen to develop and grow existing staff for future leadership positions in your schools, and therefore show a commitment to building leadership capacity within the education sector.

Regards

Vaughan Franklin – Principal
Te Rapa Primary School

Human Synergistics International: Unique leadership opportunity- 2016

A two day professional development programme

“Why do I regularly send our leaders and aspiring leaders from Melville Primary School?

As a senior teacher and then a deputy principal I attended these workshops and thought them really beneficial in getting to know what I thought I was like… This insight then gave me the clear direction of where I could improve in my own leadership and how I could develop skills and strategies when supporting others particularly with challenge and change…”

Principal Melville Primary School, Hamilton- Dianne Pollard-Williams

“I participated in the Human Synergistics Leadership programme as a young teacher about 20 years ago. I have been a principal for 11 years and every teacher who has had an opportunity to move into a leadership role in my school has been invited to participate in the programme.. This is because it offers all participants a useful and informative snapshot of their individual leadership skills and attributes regardless of experience and is a great tool for planning their next steps in the leadership journey…” Principal Peachgrove Intermediate School, Hamilton- Louisa Barham

“This is a fantastic course for any school staff involved in leadership or for your senior scale A staff who are looking for a leadership opportunity now or in the future. I did it as a teaching principal of a 3 x teacher school 20 years ago and it helped immensely. Te Rapa has continued to put 2 x staff through it each year… This is why I have continued to assist Anne with keeping it alive and running in the Waikato.”

Principal Te Rapa Primary School, Hamilton- Vaughan Franklin

Details- See attachment

Teacher Wanted – After School Programme

We are looking for a friendly, compassionate registered teacher who has a genuine affinity for helping children of refugee backgrounds in after school with homework programme. This programme is currently running at:

ROC Centre, Frankton on Mondays and Fridays at 3.00pm-5.30pm
Fairfield Intermediate School on Tuesdays and Thursdays at 3.00pm – 5.30pm

Could you please email or ring me with anyone who might be interested in this position? I look forward to hearing from you soon.

Kind regards

Guillaume Muzombo
Director

The Refugee Orientation Centre
63 Kent Street |P.O. Box 5093|Frankton|Hamilton 3242
Phone: 07-8476968| Fax: 07-847 6967|Mob: 027 327 1188
Email: director@roctrust.org.nz
Web. www.roctrust.org.nz and www.jambo.co.nz

Update of the Education Act 1989 - Consultation Workshops

Jackie Nicholl from NZEI wishes to remind Principals of the importance of attending the meetings – see attachment.

Hmmm… Never judge a child

Health & Happiness – Rules for Life

A Thought – Teaching

And a Laugh

Two old friends crossed paths after not seeing one another for almost a decade.

Utkarsh: "What are you doing these days?"
Sparsh: "PHD."
Utkarsh: "Wow! You're a doctor!"
Sparsh: "No, Pizza Home Delivery."

Police arrested two kids yesterday, one was drinking battery acid, the other was eating fireworks. They charged one - and let the other one off.

Two aerials meet on a roof - fall in love - get married. The ceremony was rubbish - but the reception was brilliant.

Please support our WPA Business Partners

BUSINESS PARTNER	CONTACT	EMAIL	TEL NO.
Gold
ASB	Phillipa Bennyworth	Phillipa.Bennyworth@asb.co.nz	021 243 3316
Furnware	Richard Jenkins	richardj@furnware.co.nz	021 544 575
Konica Minolta	Jemima Brindle	Jemima.Brindle@konicaminolta.co.nz	021 760 478
Autex	Jeremy Robertshaw	jrobertshaw@autex.co.nz	021 669 313
Silver
Kukri	Mark McConnell	mark@kukri.co.nz	021 781 122
Sitech	Phil Mellar	phil@sitech.co.nz	0800 100 607
Footsteps	Stephen Evans	stephen@footsteps.com.au	0800 66 66 88
TTS	Wade Charman	wade.charman@tts.co.nz	07 839 7129
CORE Education Ltd.	Jo Wilson	jo.wilson@core-ed.org	021 2780768
Institute of Professional Learning	Jan Martin	jmartin@waikato.ac.nz	027 286 1114
Bronze
Photolife	Bob Bradley	bobb@photolife.co.nz	021 929 584
Total Education	Neil Ferguson	neil@totaleducation.co.nz	06 843 1300
Reharvest	Reubin Maindonald	reuben@reharvest.co.nz	09 299 3999
Programmed	Kevin Bird	Kevin.Bird@programmed.co.nz;	07 849 7100
Accounting	Peter Granville	peter@pmgranville.co.nz	07 856 1400
Skids	Chris Bartels	chris@skids.co.nz	09 576 6602
Musac	Geoff Flett	Geoff.Flett@musac.co.nz	021 973 143
Playco	Thomas Patterson	Thomas@playco.co.nz	021 287 5638
Class Cover	Peter Carpenter	peter.carpenter@classcover.com.au	0800 600 102
Schoolzine	Dion Guthrie	dion.guthrie@schoolzine.com.au	07 5414 2362
Crest Clean	Nivitesh Kumar	nivitesh@crestclean.co.nz	027 555 2144