Term One Highlights

Kia ora everyone,

I hope you are all enjoying the amazing Christchurch holiday break weather and your first week has gone well. Term one was a great start to the year and we had so many great achievements to celebrate.

Well done to everyone who participated in the school cross country, everyone put in an amazing effort and it was a huge success.

A special congratulations to the following students:

            Year 1 Girls                           

1st           Kaelyn KIRK                                            

2nd         Charlotte MAJOR                                

3rd          Lilly  WRIGHT                                  

                  Year 1 Boys                           

1st           Jack O'RORKE                                         

2nd         Maximillian ILIFF                                

3rd          Kayden RICHARDSON-SMITH       

                  

                 Year 2 Girls                           

1st           Natasha BLAKIE                                                     

2nd         Poppy MACINNES                                

3rd          Sneha LAL                                                

4th          Lily MCNICHOLL                                                     

5th          Frances   TONNER                                   

                  Year 2 Boys                           

1st           Arlo BEAN                                                 

2nd         Arralle TEKOHIMARAMA                 

3rd          Riley SAPSTED                                       

4th          Reece TAWHAI                                     

5th          Lukah BURTON  

                                   

                  Year 3 Girls                           

1st           Arowa WILSON                                     

2nd         Navarre  ILIFF                                          

3rd          Alix LIVESLEY                                          

4th          Aaliyah HAEREWA                              

5th          Emah TUTU                                             

                  Year 3 Boys                           

1st           Lucas TAWHAI                                      

2nd         Limah FUALAU-SEARLE                    

3rd          Oscar DENNIS                                        

4th          Ethan BLAS                                              

5th          Michael   SWAN   

                                   

                  Year 4 Girls                           

1st           Eboni ARMSTRONG-PERSAD         

2nd         Yasiira SHEIKH-ALI                             

3rd          Shatoria SOFAI                                     

4th          Jamie YATES       

5th          Diana NYADANI                  

                  Year 4 Boys                           

1st           Noah BEAN          

2nd         Noah SMITH       

3rd          Jae BULLOCK     

4th          Jamahl JAMAC  

5th          Sean TONNER    

                 

                Year 5 Girls                           

1st           Freya KERSEY     

2nd         Eva FENWICK     

3rd          Sonya SHEIL        

4th          Chillarie GARCIA               

5th          Simone  BLAKIE  

                  Year 5 Boys                           

1st           Alex SHEIL            

2nd         Bailey MCFARLANE          

3rd          Liam KERR           

4th          Kobe LAUESE      

5th          Legend WHARERAU 

        

                  Year 6 Girls                           

1st           Dagmawite ERETA            

2nd         Abbegail ANDERSON       

3rd          Snehil SRIJAN    

4th          Josephine ANDERSON   

5th          Samantha THORNICROFT              

                  Year 6 Boys                           

1st           Harsh PATEL       

2nd         Harrison KELLOW-CROPP              

3rd          Jaden COOPER  

4th          Zakarya  JASSEM

5th          Kalib MORGAN 

                  Year 7 Girls                           

1st           Shruti SHUKLA  

2nd         Tyler MCFARLANE             

3rd          Samrawite ERETA             

4th          Zhardonnay PORIMA      

5th          Miracle  GEORGE-KAHUKIWA        

                  Year 7 Boys                           

1st           Lee DAVIS            

2nd         Noah FENWICK 

3rd          Eli SHIRLEY           

4th          Torrin EMERY

5th          Santiago RODRIGUES    

                  Year 8 Girls                           

1st           Lily PLATT             

2nd         Apsaravy MAN  

3rd          Huixin LI               

4th          Aster ASRESU     

5th          Yusra SHEIKH-ALI              

                  Year 8 Boys                           

1st           Danila BUBLIK

2nd         Alec DAY-GARRETT            

3rd          Cameron INGRAM            

4th          Alfonso LOFREDO              

5th          Dylan HARTLEY  

Well done everyone,

Mike

Kia ora everyone,

This is my first post for the year, I will be using my blog again this year to supplement information we send out in the the school newsletters and on the school website. Enjoy!

Congratulations to members of our school Kapa Haka Group who performed at the Children's Day in Hagley Park on Sunday the 3rd of March. It was a great finish to an awesome day!

Here are some pictures and a video if I can upload it correctly.

Well done everyone!

Thanks Mike

Picnic Lunch with the Principal

Kia ora everyone,

Yesterday was our first 'Picnic Lunch with the Principal' for the team one students who where drawn out from the large number who have been to see me this term. It was a great opportunity to catch up with these students and talk about their learning and how they have been living our School Values and displaying the C+O+O+L Factor.

I am looking forward to the Team 3 draw for their lunch next Wednesday.

Take care Mike

Cultural Festival Performance

Kia ora everyone,

Well done to our Kapa Haka Group and support team for an outstanding performance today at the Cultural Festival. This was our first time participating in this event and a great achievement for the group and school. It was also a great to have the whole school there to celebrate this achievement. Have a look at some of the photos of their performance.

Take care,

Mike

What is this SOLO Taxonomy?

Kia ora everyone,

SOLO Taxonomy is an area of our school curriculum that we have chosen to prioritise in 2012.  It aligns to two of our School Strategic Goals: 

                                  1. Implementing the Curriculum, and 

                                  2. Raising Student Achievement. 

SOLO stands for the Structure of Observed Learning Outcomes. Whilst SOLO has always been a part of our school curriculum, it is our intention that throughout this year you will see the profile of SOLO Taxonomy increase throughout the school. It is a tool to assist us to develop a consistent language of teaching and learning so that students and staff can articulate:

• What am I learning?
• How is it going?
• What do I do next?

In line with our third Strategic Goal: 

                                              3. Managing the Journey,  

we have a clearly structured process and outcomes for our developments in this area. Our goal and process are below: 

Supplementary Goal 4:      To develop a common language of learning with SOLO Taxonomy

Achievement Targets:

• All staff will participate in professional development related to the implementation of the C+O+O+L Factor 
• All staff will implement SOLO Taxonomy to achieve success achievement indicators and to support the delivery of the Christchurch East School curriculum

Success Achievement Indicators:

• Classrooms environments will display the presence and use of SOLO Taxonomy
• Teachers will use SOLO Taxonomy as a language of Teaching and Learning
• Student will be able to use SOLO Taxonomy to answer the following questions about their learning:
•  What am I learning?
•  How is it going?
•  What do I do next? 

Staff will:

• Participate in staff professional development related to the development and implementation of the C+O+O+L Factor (both staff and team sessions)
• Be able to demonstrate and discuss how they integrate the C+O+O+L factor through SOLO Taxonomy to support the delivery of the Christchurch East School Curriculum and agreed practices

To find out more about SOLO taxonomy have a look at this website:  http://pamhook.com  This link has also been included in the side bar menu.

Take care, 

Mike

An action packed end to the week!

Kia ora everyone,

It is all go at Christchurch East as week four of the term hits the mid way point. We have our School Cross Country on Thursday morning, a whole school Learning Celebration Assembly on Friday morning and our first Winter Sports games at Hagley Park on Friday afternoon. I hope to see you at one or even all of these events. Keep a look out for the school newsletter tomorrow for more details.

Take care,
Mike

Great Start to Term 2!

Kia ora everyone,

Wow, what an amazing first three weeks we have had to start the term. Our school wide theme of 'Community' as an opportunity to give back is alive and well throughout the school.

Our Whanau Groups are a great example of this in action, as you can see with the photos below. The groups below are discussing our theme and what they are doing in their individual classes across the school. Whanau Groups meet every three weeks on a Friday morning and are made up of students across all year levels. The intention is that students would stay in the same Whanau Group throughout their time at Christchurch East as an opportunity to develop student and staff relationships across the school.

Also our staff continue with regular professional development to undertake their role in our school community. This photo is from a staff meeting session with Marg Wright who support us with numeracy developments.

Our board has also had a lot of training and meetings this term. Below is picture of some of the members creating their planter box art.

Our PTA ran a Disco last Friday which was a great event for our students. Well done team!

Have a great week everyone,

Mike.