Twilight Workshops for Middle Leaders #2020ready
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AutonoMate: Future of Mobility enables Y9–10 students to collaborate on a design thinking project. Students respond to challenges and opportunities of emerging mobility technologies, such as autonomous vehicles or the first and last mile of journeys.
Suggested hardware and software lessons leverage existing technology and free platforms so students can build and code model self-driving vehicles.
Lesson plans are mapped against Level 5 achievement objectives in digital technologies, social studies and English.
Download for free here: education.nzta.govt.nz/autonomate
A new seven-part video series supports School Traffic Safety Team training. This covers school patrols, school wardens and bus wardens. The videos are hosted on the Education Portal website and replace an older DVD series.
The videos are published by the NZ Transport Agency in partnership with the New Zealand Police.
Police officers will use these videos when training your students. The videos represent current school patrol protocols and may be used to promote involvement to students or family and whānau.
Also online is the School Traffic Safety Teams Manual.
Access the videos here: www.education.nzta.govt.nz/STST
Come and visit Vanuatu in 2020!
We sponsor escorted teachers tours for those looking to extend their classrooms to the Pacific . We will provide hands on experience and skills to help plan a tour to return with a school group. While on ‘Famil’ with us you will participate in masses of activities and look at ways of giving back to the local community, with accommodation inspections and relationships with local providers established to give you the confidence to organise your own school trip and opportunity to assess risk management first-hand.
Contact Edventuretours; ph (07) 855 9499; email: robynh@edventuretours.co.nz
Talofa – Come and visit Samoa in 2020!
We sponsor escorted teachers tours for those looking to extend their classrooms to the Pacific. We will provide hands on experience and skills to help plan a tour to return with a school group. While on ‘Famil’ with us you will participate in masses of activities and look at ways of giving back to the local community, with accommodation inspections and relationships with local providers established to give you the confidence to organise your own school trip and opportunity to assess risk management first-hand.
Contact Edventuretours; ph (07) 855 9499; email: robynh@edventuretours.co.nz
We sponsor escorted teachers tours for those looking to extend their classrooms to the Pacific – Tonga and perhaps Vavau. We will provide hands on experience and skills to help plan a tour to return with a school group. While on ‘Famil’ with us you will participate in masses of activities and look at ways of giving back to the local community, with accommodation inspections and relationships with local providers established to give you the confidence to organise your own school trip and opportunity to assess risk management first-hand.
Contact Edventuretours; ph (07) 855 9499; email: robynh@edventuretours.co.nz
The Teacher Education Refresh (TER) programme is currently funded by the Ministry of Education.
The Kohia Centre programme can be completed in 2–3 months. It is delivered through a combination of 4 face-to-face workshops, online modules/tasks and a 4 week practicum in a school. (Teachers already employed in long term teaching positions can use their current position to demonstrate effective teaching practice).
The TER programme covers a wide range of topics including planning and assessment in the New Zealand Curriculum, teaching as inquiry, working with priority learners, and cultural competencies.
Find out more at: tinyurl.com/y4gjvmsp or email kohia@auckland.ac.nz.
We would like to invite all past and present students, staff, board members, PA families and community members to join us for our centenary celebrations which will be held on 9–11 April 2021.
For further information, please contact the school office and connect with others on the Centenary Facebook page where further details will be posted.
Avondale College invites all former students, staff and BOT members to join the 75th Jubilee celebrations from 8–10 May 2020.
Programme details will be posted on our website (www.avcol.school.nz) as they are confirmed, but in the meantime, please spread the word to all former students and staff.
We would love to see you there.
Toitoi: A Journal for Young Writers and Artists has just published its 17th issue. With over 100 pages of incredible writing and art by young New Zealanders aged 5–13, Toitoi is a fantastic resource for the classroom.
The next submission deadline is on 29 November. Email your writing and art to submit@toitoi.nz.
Every issue of the journal comes with teacher support materials.
For submission guidelines go to toitoi.nz.
Innovative Young Minds (IYM) is 2, week-long STEM programmes for female students in Y11–12. There are 40 places available in each week.
Held in Wellington in the first and second week of the July school holidays, students from all around New Zealand can apply to attend.
The programme introduces young women to the wide variety of STEM opportunities through visits to businesses, tertiary institutes and Crown Research Institutes. They hear from women in the STEM sector, learn to network, visit Parliament and complete an innovation challenge.
For more information and to apply, visit www.iym.org.nz.
43rd National Youth Jazz Competition, 2020 in Tauranga
Open to students Y7–13
Wednesday 8 April to Thursday 9 April 2020.
Registration form and competition rules: www.nationalyouthjazz.org.nz
Test pieces:
Combos: Mr PC (John Coltrane)
Big Bands: Groovemaker (Jeff Taylor)
Registrations close: Friday 28 February 2020 at 4pm, or once limited spaces have been filled.
Enquiries: Liam Ryan, Manager National Youth Jazz Competition
Liam mobile: (021) 042 1322 or Mandy (027) 453 3425
Address: Box 2057, Tauranga 3140.