7 March 2016

Newsletter Articles

Principals supporting Principals… Principals supporting Principles!

Kia Ora

Please find this week’s Monday Mailing below.

You can access all Monday Mailings by clicking here or going to the link below http://www.wpa.ac.nz/1/newsletter_sets/1-monday-mailing/years/2016 in your web browser.

Kind regards
Pat

Help!! BYOD Leasing

Do you know a company that will set up individual leasing arrangements with families to allow them to own digital devices? For example, a family enters a three year lease for an iPad or Chromebooks, paying the lease at $4 per week?

The school does not want to have anything to do with the leasing arrangement, apart from being the conduit between whānau and the leasing company.

Responses to principal@deanwell.school.nz please. And thank you!

Help! Recommendations For Appraisers

Seeking recommendations for appraisers for senior leadership teams in school. As a dual medium school it would be beneficial if they spoke te reo and were familiar with teaching through Maori medium.

Thanks.
Chris Jessop principal@forestlake.school.nz

Help! Health & Safety

Our BOT is reviewing the H&S policies and was wondering if there might be school or two who have reviewed theirs recently in the light of the new changes that could share it with us?

Responses to principal@deanwell.school.nz please, and I will forward them to the requesting school.

WPA Dates

Other Dates

Catch Up Day

March 17…. Register here and click Add to Cart.

The last two years has seen a rapid transition to collaborative teaching and learning in flexible learning spaces. What is the rationale for this, where is the research, why are we doing this and can it work?

Over two sessions Neill will share his research “Key components to creating effective collaborative teaching relationships"

The sessions include analysis of and lessons from the open plan era, key components leaders must consider when transitioning to collaborative teaching in a flexible learning space together with a range of templates and tools to examine where you are at and where to next.

Together we will discuss (and dismiss) the acronyms, consider how to communicate effectively with parents so they are onboard and consider consistent messages as an association of schools.

Come with your questions (in fact feel free to e mail them in advance! neill.oreilly@waitakiri.school.nz) and be prepared to work together in this most exciting of times in our educational history.

2016 WPA Subscriptions

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Rant – Charter School

Excellent summary of the farce: go to

Retiring Principals

Do you know of any Principals retiring in terms 1 or 2? Please email their names to principal@deanwell.school.nz.

Gaye Byers Writing Course

GAYE BYERS WRITING COURSE - 18TH APRIL TO 20TH APRIL (School holidays - no relievers required)

We still have a few spaces left on this 3 day course to be held in April.

Sound structured PD that will increase teacher knowledge and give teachers confidence to move forward in their search to teach writing.

Includes four large resource books to scaffold teaching and learning and to provide information to increase teacher knowledge

All refreshments included

To be held at:
Melville Primary School Hall.
Ohaupo Road.
Melville

Please register by email with:

Barbara Lawson
Principal
Orini Combined School
principal@orini.school.nz
Telephone:07 8244 847 for further information

Quality Te Reo Māori Workshops

Kia ora koutou, principals and teachers,

Teacher feedback about these workshops is always very positive.

"Keep doing what you're doing! Tino pai rawa atu!"
"Looking forward to our rural schools TOD with you."

There are still places available in the term 1 workshops for Quality te reo Māori me ōna Tikanga workshops. Please register urgently for workshop 1 and for the others ASAP.

Creating a Quality te reo Māori Programme - Big picture planning - March 2
Growing a Quality te reo Māori Programme - team collaboration - March 9
Practice in the Classroom for a Quality te reo Māori Programme - April 6

Full descriptions of this interactive PLD and the registration forms are on the following site:

The 3 workshops will be repeated in term 2, but not in terms 3 or 4.
Looking forward to seeing many enthusiastic learners...

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

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Connected Learning Advisory

The Connected Learning Advisory / Te Ara Whītiki team can be contacted via online form or phone 0800 700 400; www.connectedlearning.org.nz (and same information in Māori-medium:

This service is provided free of charge to all state and state-integrated New Zealand schools. It is funded by the Ministry of Education and managed by CORE Education.

The Connected Learning Advisory offers schools/kura consistent, unbiased advice on integrating technology with learning so they can get the best results for their students and communities.

Schools are welcome to contact us if they have any questions about:

• what digital technologies and resources are available for schools, and how to best access them
• how to create a plan for the effective introduction of ultra-fast broadband and WiFi in your classrooms, or to assess your current plan
• how to engage parents and your local community using technology like social media and websites
• sourcing laptops, tablets, and other ICT equipment for your classrooms
• demystifying BYOD, software management, data storage, network standards, video conferencing, ICT infrastructure, and modern learning practices using technology.
• support for professional learning for staff.

Warm Regards
Anne
Anne-Louise Robertson Connected Learning Advisory, Advisor
m. 021914518
p. 07-8584394
e. anne-louise@connectedlearning.org.nz
w. www.connectedlearning.org.nz

Work Wanted – Waikato Rugby Union

I have 2-3 lads that are looking for work currently. The details are below for one of the lads is:

Name: Jevon Forbes
Age: 19
Availability: Monday to Friday 8.30am to 4.00pm
Contact Person: Judy Clement: 021 471 862 or judyc@chiefs.co.nz

Kind regards,

Hmmm…

Health & Happiness… You Think You’ve Got it Hard?

A Reading… Reluctant Learners

A Thought – Change

Nothing's going to change, unless we make it change.

A Laugh

How to describe your friends who may not be too bright at times…

• Lights are on, nobody's home.
• A few clowns short of a circus.
• A few fries short of a Happy Meal.
• A few peas short of a casserole.
• Doesn't have all his cornflakes in one box.
• Gates are down, the lights are flashing, but the train isn't coming.
• The wheel's spinning, but the hamster's dead.
• One Fruit Loop shy of a full bowl.
• One taco short of a combination plate.
• Fell out of the family tree
• A few feathers short of a whole duck.
• The cheese slid off his cracker.
• Body by Fisher; brains by Mattel.
• Couldn't pour water out of a boot with instructions on the heel.
• An intellect rivaled only by garden tools.
• As smart as bait.
• Chimney's clogged.

• Elevator doesn't go all the way to the top floor.
• Forgot to pay his brain bill.
• His sewing machine's out of thread.
• If she had another brain, it would be lonely.
• Slinky's kinked.
• Surfing in Nebraska.
• Too much yardage between the goal posts.
• Big like ox; smart like tractor.
• A few sandwiches short of a picnic.
• Not wound too tight.
• Shirt size: large. Cap size: small.
• Room temperature IQ.
• A few box cars short of a full trainload.
• Missing a hard-drive.
• Not the sharpest knife in the drawer.
• Doesn't have two wits to bat together.
• Not the brightest crayon in the box.
• One tire short of a Goodyear.
• A few Pinata's short of a fiesta.
• Butter slipped off the noodles.
• Not firing on all thrusters.
• Two cards short of a full deck.
• Three dots short of an ink-blot test.
• Forgot to use a surge protector.
• Half bubble off level.
• The mental agility of a used soap dish.

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