FYI Planning

Here is this weeks notes...

2016 term two week three itinerary from WaihiCollege

FYI Planning

Here is the plan for this week...

2016 term two week two itinerary from WaihiCollege

FYI Planning

Here is the weekly planning first week of new term...

2016 term two week one itinerary from WaihiCollege

Week 11 Planning Document

FYI Planning

Here is the weekly staff planning document for week eleven

2016 term one week eleven itinerary from WaihiCollege

FYI Planning

Here is the weekly staff planning document for week ten...

2016 term one week ten itinerary from WaihiCollege

Week 8 & 9 Planning Document

FYI Planning

Here is the weekly staff planning document for week eight and nine.

2016 term one week eight & nine itinerary from WaihiCollege

Week Seven Planning Document

FYI Planning

Here is the weekly staff planning document for week seven.

2016 term one week seven itinerary from WaihiCollege

Week Six Planning Document

FYI Planning

Here is the weekly staff planning document for week six.  

2016 term one week six itinerary from WaihiCollege

Week Five Planning Document

FYI Planning

Here is the weekly staff planning document for week five.  

2016 term one week five itinerary from WaihiCollege

Week Three Planning

2016 Term One Week Three Itinerary

Week B.   

59 days until the end of the term.  That’s 46 school days.  

Monday 15/2	Day Six.  Staff Briefing (am).  Farewell to Karen (pm).  Board of Trustees Meeting (pm)	Drinks and nibbles in the pm.
Tuesday 16/2	Day Seven.  Maths and Social Science Meetings (am).  SLT Meeting (period two).  Year 9 Planning Meeting (pm).  NCEA Information Evening (pm)
Wednesday 17/2	Day Eight.  Staff Briefing (am).  Year Seven Camp at Dickies Flat (departs at 9am from the bus bay).  First Wednesday XPLORE sessions.  Year 7 & 8 Planning Meeting (pm)	Student Leaders on camp today.
Thursday 18/2	Day Nine.  Year Eight Teachers with Dean (am).  Year Seven Camp.	House Leaders on camp today.
Friday 19/2	Day Nine.  Year Seven Camp returns today (due back at 2:30pm).  First XPLORE Friday programme.

Things that can be done this week…

• Update roll details to Sue.  Who are the students that haven’t returned?  Are there any incorrect addresses/phone numbers/ emails?
• Academic Calendars – these should now all be in.  
• First contact home.  Best practice is to make contact home with your classes – easy way is to use the kamar ‘letters’ section (if the emails are up to date then no cost.  Good to; introduce yourself, highlight the goals ahead for the year, offer your contact details (email) to open communication lines.
• Setting up the kamar Markbook and ‘ticking’ the students into their standards (senior NCEA classes).  This way students will be able to see how many credits they have available this year.  

Food For Thought (linked to RTC #8. “Demonstrate in practice their knowledge and understanding of how ākonga learn”)…

“Contrary to popular belief, the brain is not designed for thinking.  It’s designed to save you from having to think, because the brain is actually not very good at thinking.  Thinking is slow and unreliable.  Nevertheless, people enjoy mental work if it is successful.  People like to solve problems, but not to work on unsolvable problems.  If school work is always just a bit too difficult for a student, it should be no surprise that she doesn’t like school much.”  Daniel T Willingham (2009)

n.b. Book available for staff to read.

The Five Best Classroom Managament Tips – Edutopia Website...

1. Use a normal, natural voice,
2. Speak only when the students are quiet and ready,
3. Use hand and other non verbal communication,
4. Address behaviour issues quickly and wisely,
5. Always have a well designed and engaging lesson.

Rebecca Alber Edutopia

On The Horizon… Next Week we have Endorsement Celebration Night (Tuesday pm) Year 9 – 13 Swimming Sports (Wednesday) School Triathlon (Friday)

This post relates to RTC#8. "Demonstrate in practice their knowledge and understanding of how ākonga learn."  And ERO's School Evaluation Indicator - Domain Five : Professional Capability & Collective Capacity.

Internal Review

End Of Term One Review

As a part of processing through our planning for this and next year we thought that it would be a good idea to gauge from staff their thoughts/views/insights over the first term.  

Here is a copy of the questionnaire that we handed out today...

 The hope here is to better streamline our systems here at the college.  All staff, of course, are warmly invited to bring ideas or issues to any of the SLT (we value your feedback and initiatives).

This post relates to RTC #1. "Establish and maintain effective professional relationships focused on the learning and well-being of ākonga."  And RTC #6. "Conceptualise, plan and implement an appropriate learning programme." 

Remainder of Year Overview

Waihi College 2014

Term Four - 86 HALF-DAYS

Seniors have 28 actual days until NCEA externals begin. That will be 16 School days (less Labour Day, and two days of study leave). Approx. 27 lessons with juniors and 11 lessons with seniors.

Week	Day	AM Meeting	Day Events	PM Meeting
Week 1   13-17 Oct	MON (day 2)	STAFF BRIEFING	Year 7&8 Rotation 4 Starts. Year 9 Rotation 5 Starts.
	TUES (day 3)			International Students Surfing
	WED (day 4)	STAFF BRIEFING		International Students Waitomo Trip
	THURS (day 5)		Horticulture Trip to Waimata	Cultural Awards Evening
	FRI (day 6)	STAFF BRIEFING	Year 11 Geo trip to Rotorua (BHY).

 

Week 2   20-24 Oct	MON (day 1)	STAFF BRIEFING
	TUES (day 2)		HPV Vaccination Year 8 Girls	International Students Surfing Senior Option Evening
	WED (day 3)	STAFF BRIEFING	Defensive Driving Course
	THURS (day 4)		Defensive Driving Course Drama Trip to Dust Palace Akld	Sports Awards Evening
	FRI (day 5)	STAFF BRIEFING	Year 13 Tours to Rotorua

 

Week 3   27-31 Oct	MON (day 0)	Labour Day
	TUES (day 6)			International Students Surfing
	WED (day 1)	STAFF BRIEFING	Defensive Driving Course	Volunteers Evening
	THURS (day 2)		Defensive Driving Course
	FRI (day 3)	STAFF BRIEFING	Principal's assembly Years 7-9

 

Week 4   3-7 Nov	MON (day 4)		STAFF BRIEFING		Year 6 Enrolments Due			Gateway Graduation Evening (from 5pm)
	TUES (day 5)							International Students Surfing
	WED (day 6)		STAFF BRIEFING		Calf Club			Senior Academic Prize Giving Evening
	THURS (day 1)				Year 10 Camp Training
	FRI (day 2)		STAFF BRIEFING		Calf Club Group Day
Week 5   10-14 Nov		MON (day 3)		STAFF BRIEFING		PB4L Team	NCEA External Exams		Year 10 Camp - Waharau
		TUES (day 4)								Intern Surfing
		WED (day 5)		STAFF BRIEFING
		THURS (day 6)
		FRI (day 1)		STAFF BRIEFING

 

Week 6   17-21 Nov	MON (day 2)	STAFF BRIEFING		NCEA External Exams	Formal Interviews for Year 6's with SLT
	TUES (day 3)		Year 7&8 Athletics			Intern Surfing
	WED (day 4)	STAFF BRIEFING
	THURS (day 5)
	FRI (day 6)	STAFF BRIEFING	AP/DP Day Tauranga.

 

Week 7   24-28 Nov	MON (day 1)	STAFF BRIEFING		NCEA External Exams
	TUES (day 2)
	WED (day 3)	STAFF BRIEFING
	THURS (day 4)
	FRI (day 5)	STAFF BRIEFING

 

Week 8   1-5 Dec	MON (day 6)	STAFF BRIEFING		NCEA External Exams	Activities Week & Year 9 Homunga Walk (1 class per day)
	TUES (day 1)
	WED (day 2)	STAFF BRIEFING	Documents Day.
	THURS (day 3)		Primary School Tour
	FRI (day 4)	STAFF BRIEFING	Primary School Tour

 

Week 9   8-12 Dec	MON (day 5)	STAFF BRIEFING
	TUES (day 6)
	WED (day 1)	STAFF BRIEFING		Year 9 & 10 Prizegiving from 9:30am
	THURS (day 2)		Last Day of School	Year 7 & 8 Prizegiving from 9:30am
	School Holidays Term One Starts with Teacher Only Days on Tues 27th Jan and Wed 28th.

 

Waihi College 2015

Term One - 100 HALF-DAYS

The year is divided into four terms. They are 10 weeks, 11 weeks, 10 weeks and 9 weeks (in order)

Week	Day	AM Meeting	Day Events	PM Meeting
Week 1   26-30 Jan	MON (day 0)	Auckland Anniversary Day
	TUES (day 0)	Teacher Only Day
	WED (day 0)	Teacher Only Day
	THURS (day 0)	STAFF BRIEFING	Year 7's only day.
	FRI (day 0)	STAFF BRIEFING	Year 7-10's only day.

 

Week 2   2-6 Feb	MON (day 0)	STAFF BRIEFING	Full School Day
	TUES (day 1)
	WED (day 2)	STAFF BRIEFING
	THURS (day 3)
	FRI (day 0)	Waitangi Day