Teach First New Zealand Alumni Retreat 2017
Maths and Science Head of Learning Area Adam Inder writes for Australian Educational Leader magazine:
"At the end of April this year, I had the privilege to attend a Teach First New Zealand (Teach First NZ) Alumni retreat in
Auckland. Teach First NZ is a partner organisation with Teach For Australia, both of which are under the umbrella of Teach For All (http://teachforall.org/en) – a global movement dedicated to tackling socioeconomic disadvantage in education through teaching and leadership.
I was joined by other guests including another Teach For Australia Alumnus, and representatives from Teach For Thailand and Teach For America (Hawaii) too. At the retreat, a variety of guests associated with Teach First NZ, the University of Auckland, and local education organisations were invited to share their wisdom and insight into education.
Following the retreat, I was able to attend Onehunga High School – a socioeconomically disadvantaged school just outside Auckland – and shadow some Teach First NZ Alumni who teach at the school. The education systems of Australia and New Zealand are similar in a lot of ways, but I found that there were striking differences too. Here are my top three reflections."
2017 WA State Budget
To find out how the education sector is affected by the new State Budget, please click this link.
Student Attendance & Uniform
Students must attend school on a regular basis to gain the maximum benefit from schooling and optimise their life opportunities. Research shows that learning is significantly affected if attendance drops below 90% as students are missing out on the opportunity to acquire and practice skills and knowledge.
Regular attendance and school uniform compliance is also an important requirement for Good Standing at our school. Loss of Good Standing may exclude students from being invited to participate in any reward or extra-curricula activities, representative sport or social events. School uniforms contribute to school culture and tone and promote a feeling of pride as one of the group.
Parent assistance with student attendance and uniforms is crucial, together we can optimise student outcomes.
Happy Science Week!
As featured in North Coast Times community newspaper
This week the Science department has been running lunchtime activities to celebrate National Science Week. There has been a great level of interest from the students with a variety of year groups attending each lunch. This week the students have taken part in making pop rockets, testing and exploring basic circuits, have built and raced cotton reel cars and mini kick start motors, taken part in the spaghetti and marshmallow challenge as well as other fun and exciting activities throughout the week. The students level of enthusiasm and interest has been great to see with many students coming back to attend multiple lunch sessions to take part in the various activities.
2017 School Photos Information
Our School Photos will be taken on Thursday 24th August 2017 and Friday 25th August 201. Please click "Read More" for further information on the ordering process.
ABC iView video - NAPLAN
By Adam Inder, Applied Science & Technologies HOLA
ABC’s Wednesday airing of the show, “7.30” with Leigh Sales featured an interesting interview with Professor John Hattie, where the two discuss NAPLAN and improving student outcomes.
Technology: Students Build School Resources
This year our Year 11 ICT Certificate 2 students were fortunate to be given the task to build a top spec PC for use by our senior school 3D Design, Photography and ICT classes.
The Quinns Men's Shed has a Home
By John Quigley MLA
Clarkson Community High School has generously opened up its facilities to this fantastic community group. This is an excellent outcome for the Men's Shed Association and showcases our local community spirit.
Australian Educational Leaders Magazine Article
Head of Learning Area for English, Humanities and Social Sciences Sarah Glanvill writes for Australian Educational Leaders magazine
