2 August 2021

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I hope that week 1 went well for you all! Term 3 has some great WPA opportunities coming up with the upcoming connections day, NZPF discussions and the Otago Study trip so please take a good read of your Monday Mailing and register asap!

Nga Mihi
Chrissy Wakeman
Orini Combined School

A message from Lesley

Tēnā tātou katoa

Tēnei te mihi ki a koutou ngā Tumuaki o Waikato.

I hope you have been as inspired as I have by our Olympic Athletes over the past week. It has been exciting to see so many of our athletes perform at such a high level on the world stage: a testament to their commitment, perseverance, self-belief and hard work. What great role models they are for our students. They demonstrate that hard work truly does pay off and that if at first you don't succeed perseverance can often achieve the desired results. We have heard many wonderful stories that illustrate values that we are trying to instill in our students.

Many of you will be attending the NZPF conference in Rotorua this week. This is an opportunity to network and socialise with our colleagues from all over Aotearoa and to connect with each other. Perry Rush, in his newsletter last week, mentioned the importance of Principals maintaining connection with each other. The job we do can be challenging, so it is important to have the support of colleagues as we navigate the inevitable change that Perry talks about.

A reminder that Waikato Principals have the opportunity to discuss 'what's on top' for us with the NZPF Executive at our combined event which is being held at the Verandah Cafe, Hamilton Lake on Thursday 19th August at 2pm. Registrations for this event close on 4th August.

Have a great week.

Ngā Manaakitanga

Lesley Lomas
Interim President

NZPF Discussion Registration

WPA Dates

Term 3 Connections Day – Shay Wright

Shay Wright (Te Rarawa, Ngāpuhi, Ngāruahine)

Shay is a Māori social entrepreneur and co-founder of Te Whare Hukahuka, an award-winning social enterprise developing Māori leadership for tomorrow. Their programmes combine entrepreneurship, innovation, education and indigenous knowledge with teaching community leaders practical skills to lead community change and grow world class organisations.

Shay grew up in the rural Far North, born into a family of teachers. After his own schoolyard businesses, it was his experiences at The University of Auckland and The Icehouse that led to Te Whare Hukahuka. Shay also started his governance journey young, as a founding trustee of the teacher recruitment organisation, Teach First NZ. He now holds advisory board appointments to the Government’s Maori Economic Development Advisory Board, the Kahui Māori for the Science for Technological Innovation National Science Challenge, and The Impact Initiative’s Sector Working Group.

Shay has been named in the 2016 Forbes Asia ‘30 Under 30’ list of Social Entrepreneurs and has been a finalist and winner of many national awards.

Shay will be running three sessions to explore some of the principles that he learned and utilised while at school, ways to develop Maori leadership and ways that schools can build cultural capacity.

• Session 1 - From schoolyard hustler to Head Boy to social entrepreneur.
• Session 2 - Developing the next generation of Māori leadership
• Session 3 - Fostering cultural inclusiveness and cultural capacity in our schools

WPA Otago Study Tour

We have an excellent programme confirmed for this Study Tour – take a look and register now!

Learning Lab

How can every child THRIVE BY FIVE? There has been so much focus on the developing brain recently, this TED talk by the youngest ever presenter – Molly Wright aged 7 - seeks to raise awareness around the critical importance of brain development in the early years of a child's life as well as the impact it has on their future. It highlights the tangible benefits of positive, reciprocal "serve and return" interactions on a child's lifelong learning, behaviour and well-being, with the objective of empowering and motivating parents, caregivers and members of the community to engage more meaningfully and often with children.

While we are Primary and not ECE – this may raise some awareness around some of the behaviours that our students are presenting with and equip us with some tools and strategies to better prepare our whaanau before our students begin school.

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