25 July 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 http://www.wpa.ac.nz/1/newsletter_sets/1-monday-mailing/years/2016 in your web browser.

Kind regards
Pat

Important Notice

Please note that Nigel Latta is NOT presenting at the Catch Up Day on September 7. The WPA sincerely regret this, but it is beyond our control.

Watch this place for the replacement programme.

Help! – Teacher Needed…

LTR for Terms 3 & 4 urgently needed due to a teacher suddenly requiring medical leave. Year 3 & 4 position. Full time or 0.8. Starting around Week 2 or 3. Please email wparker@tamahere.school.nz or ring 07 856 9238.

Kind regards
Waveney Parker
Principal

Tamahere Model Country School

37 Devine Road
R.D.3.
Hamilton 3283

WPA Dates

Other Dates

Rant – Holidays

Holidays are too bloody short.

In-service Opportunities

CODING FOR ALL - ONE DAY WORKSHOP

Coding is not just for extension classes or specialist groups, it is and should be for everyone in every class. Making coding happen in your class will enhance thinking skills, problem solving skills and address critical aspects of the Key Competencies in your classroom.

This workshop takes the mystery out of coding, it shows you how you can start coding in year one with ease. You will learn how to create a problem solving culture and a coding learning continuum in your school.

The workshop will show you a range of coding tools, apps and activities that you can use in class immediately. Learn how coding can be integrated into your existing programme and not be regarded as an extra in an already packed curriculum. By the end of the workshop you will have the confidence, skills and knowledge to effectively integrate coding into your class programme.

Te Kowhai School August 16
$145+gst lunch included
To book and for more information go to:

MAKING e-LEARNING WORK - ONE DAY WORKSHOP

Can't stop yourself from raiding the resource room? It's a great resource, but does it help your e-Learning pedagogy? Is e-Learning still an "extra" in your classroom even after SNUP and UFB?

This workshop will help you identify where you can enhance e-Learning in your classroom. It looks at the e-Learning cycle and how to create the infinite student feedback loop for deeper learning and increased student engagement.

You will be introduced to the principle of layering apps and website tools to maximise learning potential and you will have the opportunity to put into practice what you have learnt and create e-Learning activities to take back to your classrooms for use with your students straight away.

Te Kowhai School August 16
$145+gst lunch included
To book and for more information go to:

For Sale – Cow and Mobile Dvd/Video Unit

We have a COW and a mobile DVD/video unit for sale. Photos attached. Reasonable offers!

Kind regards
Lois

Lois McGregor
Acting Principal
Otorohanga Primary School
principal@oto.school.nz
Mobile: 0276169107
Ph: 07 873 7334

NZEI/WPA Managing Mental Wellbeing Day

Dear colleagues,

Please find attached a copy of the flyer for the planned NZEI/WPA Managing Mental Wellbeing Day planned for 4 August.

I recently attended the Rural Principals' Conference in Tauranga and maintaining wellbeing was at the forefront of the keynote speakers presentations and also many of the attendees minds.

Please support this day together with your senior leaders.

Below is the link to on-line booking through the WPA website

Steve Dunsmore
Principal
Kaipaki School
687 Kaipaki Road, RD 3, Cambridge 3495
Ph: 07 823 6653
Web: www.kaipaki.school.nz

Putting a Child Protection Policy into Practice

Child Matters was recently contracted to The Ministry of Education to deliver fifteen 1-Day Workshops across New Zealand. Unfortunately, many schools did not get the opportunity to attend this training.

In view of the above, I have provided you with some very useful information and resources to help you develop and implement your Child Protection Policy:

Ministry of Education:

• Planning Tool: Implementing changes to Safety Checking and developing a Child Protection Policy
• Implementation of the Vulnerable Children Act 2014 in Schools
• Safety Checking under the Vulnerable Children Act 2014 (New and Existing Employees)
• What checks do I need to undertake for adults coming into my School or Kura?

Child Matters:

• Creating a Safe School – A guide to writing a Child Protection Policy
• Policy Advisory Service
    - $400.00 excluding GST for a Policy Review
    - $500.00 excluding GST for a School Template a Review
• Child Protection Training - 1-Day Hosted Workshop $3700 + GST & Expenses
    - "Identifying and Responding to Vulnerability and Child Abuse"
    - "Putting a Child Protection Policy into Practice"
• Resources
    - Safer Recruitment, Safer Children
    - Creating a Safe Organisation

I hope that you find some of this information helpful. If I can be of any further assistance, please feel free to contact me.

Regards
Tracey Goodrick
Relationship Manager
DDI 07 282 0685 / P 07 838 3370

Singapore

From Nathan Leith…

Please find attached a page from the July edition of ANZA, the magazine for Australians and New Zealanders in Singapore, in which your April visit featured. Thank you very much for sharing information and photos with us.

We hope you've been able to use put the information and experiences gleaned from your week in Singapore to good use back at home.

Since your tour, the NZ High Commission Singapore has finally joined the 21st century and launched a Facebook page, so next time round we'll be able to share your stories more quickly! And if you've made any connections during your visit here that you're happy to share online, please let us know and we'll be happy to post about them on FB. You can find us at

Kind regards,
Paula
Paula Skilling
Policy Adviser
New Zealand High Commission Singapore | Te Aka Aorere
T +65 6578 9813 F +65 6536 8180 E Paula.Skilling@mfat.govt.nz
One George Street #21-04
Singapore 049145

Hauora… Health & Happiness

18 Illustrations Show Every Little Things In Life Can Bring You Happiness!

An example:

A Reading…

5 Questions to Ask Yourself About Your Unmotivated Students

Leadership…

A Thought…

A Laugh

• A man walks into a bar with a roll of tarmac under his arm and says: ''Pint please, and one for the road.''
• I went to the doctors the other day and I said, 'Have you got anything for wind?' So he gave me a kite.
• My mother-in-law fell down a wishing well, I was amazed, I never knew they worked.

You only had one job…

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