Welcome toour Learning Community

2018

Look what we created last year ...

Overview✓Kohimarama Schools’ Vision Statement✓Student Achievement Results 2017✓Introduction to our staff for 2018✓Shaping our future together …..

○ New Website and App (Shaping Communications)○ Year 7&8 lift and ongoing developments (Shaping Yr7&8)○ SchoolTalk, Learner Agency, Collaboration (Shaping our

Learning)○ BYOD

✓Board of Trustees✓PTA

To be the New Zealand Primary School of choice

where we:

Instil a passion for life-long learning, and for making

positive contributions to society so:

•As a student I belong and achieve

•As a staff member I am empowered to be an educational leader

•As a parent I am informed & engaged in partnering the school

•As a community member I connect & contribute

Student Achievement 2017

National Standards data collected at the end of 2017 tells us:

In Reading we had 59.4% of all students Above Standard. We had 95.3% of all students At or Above Standard.

In Maths we had 58.2% of all students Above Standard. We had 93.2% of all students At or Above Standard.

In Writing we had 22.7% of all students Above Standard. We had 86.2% of all students At or Above Standard.

Staff 2018

Senior Management TeamMr Paul Engles: PrincipalMiss Meegan Hill : Deputy Principal Mrs Debbie Ellery: Deputy Principal

Administration StaffJo Ayton: IT AdminJanine Banfield ReceptionistGail Eccles: FinanceMyana McLeod: Principal’s PA

Part Time Teaching StaffHilary Walkinshaw Anna Crow Lisa Barron Sue Burcher Sarah Haynes Kelly Reilly Anna-Lena LockieSonia-Jane Drefers (Sports Coordinator)

Support StaffRussell Graham : PropertyFiona Carroll: Library

Classroom supportKim HookhamRuth GillinghamDonna Burton

Band ProgrammeSusanna Middleton-Oliver

Staff 2018Classroom Teachers

Meegan Hill - Deputy Principal

Kiri Team– Year 0 & 1Team Leader: Anne BradleyJulie BaranowskiAlison SnellSarah Witchalls

Hillary Team – Year 4 & 5 Team Leader: Kirstin HensmanDanielle FlowersMegan LindsayKatrina van RoonTom Viggo

Debbie Ellery - Deputy Principal

Cowley Team – Year 2 and 3Team Leader: Carrie MillsSu Jacques Anna PryorSandra StottKeely WilsonBrittany Wong

Snell Team – Year 6, 7&8 Team Leader: Jodi MaranJuliette McKelveyDon ForbesJim DyerCharissa Jansen

Shaping communication at Kohimarama School

Our new website is live at:www.kohimarama.school.nz

We are investigating online forms and an app that will allow for absences etc to be easily sent to school as well as you signing up for notifications

We have a DDI for absences 09 9309826. Easier to phone from you mobile.

Kohimarama School Year 7&8 the Intermediate

school of choice ….In 2018 55% of our Year 6 students returned forYear 7&8. This is a 15 point swing from previousyears. Thank you to our 2017 Year 6 parents.

The programme currently offered in our Year 7&8was enhanced in 2017 and is this continuing to bedeveloped with experts in 2018.

In 2018 we are continuing to shape this with you and our Year 4-8 students.

Learner Agency

Children who plan their own goals, set weekly schedules and evaluate their own work build up the frontal cortex and take more control over their lives … Bruce Feiler

Sustained higher achievement is possible when teachers use approaches that enable students to take charge of their own learning. Such approaches do not leave the students ‘to discover’ in an unstructured environment. Rather, they are highly structured in supporting student agency and sustained and thoughtful engagement. Adrienne Alton-Lee (BES 2003)

Learner Agency

A focus for Kohimarama School in 2018 on Learner Agency because the research links this agency with:● Increased motivation and ownership of learning● Increased emotion in learning and therefore engagement● Increased neural development (through active learning)● Greater differentiation● Increased sense of belonging● Increased likelihood to continue in schooling● Increased achievement

Changes to EducationYou will have heard that the National Standards have been removed as a tool for reporting.

We have elected to continue as normal until further information comes from the Ministry of Education.

Strategically we believe that reporting will focus on the progress of learners against the NZ Curriculum(NZC). The NZC is ranked highly by international educationalists as a robust, forward looking curriculum of the 21st century.

SchoolTalkAs the Learning Community we all need to be part of the learning. We are using a learning tool called SchoolTalk to enable this to happen.

SchoolTalk allows students, teachers to plan, learn and reflect in efficient and transparent ways. This is shared in real time with parents.

BYOD

The Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) policy enables the school to continue to explore 21st century learning environments which enhances our striving for excellence in learning.

We continue to purchase a range of devices in classrooms including ipads, chromebooks and desktops. When used within our learning programmes, technology can significantly enhance student engagement, expand the range of learning experiences for students and help students to explore their learning more deeply.

We are looking to expand the opportunities for students to use devices in classrooms within our learning environment. As a result, we have a policy of allowing Year 3-8 students to bring a specific personal device, a Chromebook, to school. This will be optional and we will continue to provide devices for student use throughout the school.

Teacher MasterChef 2018

Board of TrusteesSusan Cotton - Deputy Chairperson

PTALynda Millward Co-Chair

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