22 August 2016

Newsletter Articles

Principals supporting Principals… Principals supporting Principles!

Kia Ora

Please find this week’s Monday Mailing below.

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Kind regards
Pat

Help! Drug Testing of Staff and Students

A full primary school is looking for a policy, procedures, practices relating to the drug testing of staff and children. If you can help, please send it to principal@deanwell.school.nz and I will forward it on.

WPA Dates

Catch Up Day – Term 3

Dr Graham Stoop is our guest speaker for our next Catch Up Day to be held on Wednesday 7th September. He will be presenting 2 different sessions, one will be titled “Dr Graham Stoop, off the chain” - his take on the education system in New Zealand, for once he will be able to talk freely in regards to the direction of education and what we as leaders will need to be thinking/aware of; and his second session is around the changes at the Education Council, the active role they are playing in our profession.

Our afternoon session is not to be missed. We have the “Child Safety” wrap around services - New Zealand Police, Ministry of Justice, Department of Corrections and Child, Youth and Family giving us an update of their combined services. They will also be covering the impact of Vulnerable Children's Act along with what happens in the background when we report things.

CORE Breakfast – September 8

The next CORE Breakfast is on 8 September with Manu Faaea-Semeatu presenting a seminar and workshop session on Engaging Pasifika parents, families and communities

The focus of this breakfast seminar will explore ways to enable schools to create environments that empower Pasifika parents, families and communities to be who and what they are with reference to the Pasifika Education Plan 2013-2017.

The workshop that follows will explore some of the avenues available to support schools improve the achievement and engagement of Pasifika students and look further at how e-learning is being used as a vehicle to raise engagement and achievement. The workshop will also discuss the Pasifika Education Plan 2013-2017 as a basis for enhancing the cultural competencies and responsive practices of school staff and discuss Ministry strategies and initiatives that support schools to meet the needs of Pasifika learners

Dr Vince Ham eFellowship

CORE Education announces that applications for the Dr Vince Ham eFellowship are now open. The eFellowship involves up to six teachers in the early childhood, primary, and/or secondary sectors conducting an action research project with mentoring and financial support. The eFellowship is available to teachers working in New Zealand in either English or Māori Medium settings. Here is the link to the online application form and more information about this scholarship

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

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NZEALS Invite!

We are thrilled to have our very own Waikato NZEALS branch president, Dr. Rachel McNae as the NZEALS visiting scholar for 2016. Rachel will be presenting an intriguing interactive presentation titled "Coming to know: Educational leaders developing the insight to flourish through appreciative inquiry". A presentation not to be missed. Thursday 25th August from 5pm. More details can be found in the attached flyer. Payment can be made on the night or an invoice sent. Wine and nibbles included.

Vicki Hill
Waikato NZEALS secretary

Dyslexia in the Classroom

Please see the attached flyer; it is a workshop which I am presenting looking at strategies to best support dyslexic learners in the classroom. All info is on the flyer.

Kind regards

Carla McNeil
Director Learning Matters
Consultant and Specialist Educator
562 Bank Street Te Awamutu
0275558693

EOTC Guidelines Training

First Step Outdoors are delighted to announce that as Skills Active Assessor’s they can now deliver training and assessment for those people wishing to gain the National Certificate in Outdoor Recreation Level 3 Abseiling, Rock Climbing & Bush and Level 4 Tramping Instructor.

Suitable for teachers and youth leaders

EOTC guidelines 2016 recommend that teacher's and leaders who are EOTC Activity Leaders should have the following core competencies:

• the ability to teach, instruct, and/or coach
• the ability to plan progressive development programmes
• relevant knowledge, skills, and experience
• a current first aid certificate
• the ability to identify and manage risks
• crisis management skills
• leadership skills
• sound judgment
• communication skills
• group management skills
• knowledge of sustainable practices
• cultural awareness and a respect for all people
  The Leader Qualification covers all of these skills

Please refer to the attached flyer
Feel free to contact us for more information

Kate Parr
First Step Outdoors
07 871 9570

2016 Waikato 10-10-10 walk

Greetings everyone

Please find attached your invitation to the 2016 Waikato 10-10-10 walk to be held Porritt Stadium on Sunday 16th October 2016

Please also find attached the sponsorship forms and the registration form , it is only $5 per person to register .

Any queries please contact me.

Thanks.
Kind Regards
MEHoughton

Michelle Houghton
Zone 2 Chairperson
202L Lions Clubs

Mobile: 0274 437 864
After Hours : 07 8437 864
Email: 202L.zone2@lionsclubs.org.nz

Journalist enquiry: Interesting BYOD schemes

I’m a freelance journalist writing for Education Aotearoa magazine and I’m looking to make contact with primary and intermediate schools with good schemes to help make BYOD more affordable for families. That could be loan schemes (such as 20/20 and tai tokerau schools trust), or schools that buy the devices such as Manaiakalani. The idea for the article is to share ideas that are working. There may well be a school that has come up with a great idea that could be shared. I’m interested in hearing of any microfinancing/schools supplying devices/leasing/grants that might be available, etc. It would appear that many families are being driven to loan sharks and trucks in lower decile areas, which is a total nightmare and the idea is to share learning from different schemes around the country.

On a slightly different topic I am always, also looking for new education apps used in primary and intermediate schools that I can mention in the magazine. So if there are any great new ones out that you recommend, please let me know. I always say: “as recommended by…” assuming of course you want that.

All suggestions gratefully received.

Kind regards

Diana Clement
Freelance journalist
T: 09 4466931
M: 021 353 671
Skype: dianac02
E: diana@wordfusion.com

Rant – Media as a Government Broadcast Agency

I thought journalist were meant to present a balanced argument on any given issue. I have to stop thinking that programmes like Seven Sharp, Breakfast, and the ZB radio station are hosted by journalists; they are actually hoisted by entertainers.

Did you know that teacher unions do not want Principals to have more flexibility in relation to funding and salaries? It must be true, because the Prime Minister said it on the Breakfast show this morning!

It staggers belief that he can make a statement like this – a lie – on national media and it was not challenged by the TV hosts.

It is not only the Government which distorts the truth; many sections of the media are there to broadcast the untruths, without seeking balance.

Hmmm…

Hauora… Health & Happiness

Leadership…

A Thought…

A Laugh

Air Traffic Controllers

Warning… do not read it if you do not like references to the F*** bomb and are politically sensitive.

Tower: "Delta 351, you have traffic at 10 o'clock, 6 miles!"
Delta 351: "Give us another hint! We have digital watches!"

Tower: "TWA 2341, for noise abatement turn right 45 Degrees."
TWA 2341: "Center, we are 35,000 feet. How much noise can we make up here?"
Tower: "Sir, have you ever heard the noise a 747 makes when it hits a 727?"

From an unknown aircraft waiting in a very long takeoff queue: "I'm f...ing bored!"
Ground Traffic Control: "Last aircraft transmitting, identify yourself immediately!"
Unknown aircraft:="I said I was f...ing bored, not f...ing stupid!"

O'Hare Approach Control to a 747: "United 329 heavy, your traffic is a Fokker, one o'clock, three miles, Eastbound."
United 329: "Approach, I've always wanted to say this...I've got the little Fokker in sight."

A Student became lost during a solo cross-country flight. While attempting to locate the aircraft, ATC asked, "What was your last known position?"
Student: "When I was number one for takeoff."

DC-10 had come in a little hot and thus had an exceedingly long roll out after touching down. San Jose Tower Noted: "American 751, make a hard right turn at the end of the runway, if you are able. If you are not able, take the Guadeloupe exit off Highway 101, make a right at the lights and return to the airport."

Pan Am 727 flight, waiting for start clearance in Munich, overheard the following:

Lufthansa (in German): "Ground, what is our start clearance time?"
Ground (in English): "If you want an answer you must speak in English."
Lufthansa (in English): "I am a German, flying a German airplane, in Germany Why must I speak English?"
Unknown voice from another plane (in a beautiful British accent): "Because you lost the bloody war!"

Tower: "Eastern 702, cleared for takeoff, contact Departure on frequency 1247"
Eastern 702: "Tower, Eastern 702 switching to Departure. By the way, after we lifted off we saw some kind of dead animal on the far end of the runway."
Tower: "Continental 635, cleared for takeoff behind Eastern 702, contact Departure on frequency 124.7. Did you copy that report from Eastern 702?"
Continental 635: "Continental 635, cleared for takeoff, roger; and yes, we copied Eastern... we've already notified our caterers."

One day the pilot of a Cherokee 180 was told by the tower to hold short of the active runway while a DC-8 landed. The DC-8 landed, rolled out, turned around, and taxied back past the Cherokee.

Some quick-witted comedian in the DC-8 crew got on the radio and said, "What a cute little plane. Did you make it all by yourself?"

The Cherokee pilot, not about to let the insult go by, came back with a real zinger: "I made it out of DC-8 parts. Another landing like yours and I'll have enough parts for another one."

The German air controllers at Frankfurt Airport are renowned as a short-tempered lot. They not only expect one to know one's gate parking location, but how to get there without any assistance from them. So it was with some amusement that we (a Pan Am 747) listened to the following exchange between Frankfurt ground control and a British Airways 747, call sign Speedbird 206.

Speedbird 206: "Frankfurt, Speedbird 206 clear of active runway."
"Speedbird 206. Taxi to gate Alpha One-Seven."
The BA 747 pulled onto the main taxiway and slowed to a stop.
Ground: "Speedbird, do you not know where you are going?"
Speedbird 206: "Stand by, Ground, I'm looking up our gate location now."
Ground (with arrogant impatience): "Speedbird 206, have you not been to Frankfurt before?"
Speedbird 206 (coolly): "Yes, twice in 1944, but it was dark...and I didn't land."

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