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Pasadena Intermediate School 2005 Term III Issue 1 WELCOME NEWSLETTERS ATTENDANCE Greetings Tenaa Koutou Katoa Talofa Four newsletters will be forwarded home on The value of regular attendance cannot be Lava Kia Orana Malo e Lelei Fakaalofa Wednesdays at approximately three week overstressed. All students are expected to be Lahi Atu Kamshor Namaste Bula Vinaka intervals. conscientious about punctuality and Ni Hao Taloha NI Konichi Wa In addition to this Newsletter you can expect attendance. They are expected to arrive on time to begin activity at 8:45am - when the We welcome new students who have enrolled to receive others on 17 Aug, 7 Sept and 21 initial activity involves preparation of Sept. All newsletters, including back issues recently. We trust your time at Pasadena will equipment, or changing into PE uniform, this be enjoyable and profitable. for 2004, are also available on our website http://www.pasadena.school.nz will need to be taken into account. A special and very warm welcome to our new Room 11 Teacher, Ms Natalie O’Connor. More Mid Year Social WELCOME HIROSHIMA Action!!!! HIGH SCHOOL Following our exchange to Hiroshima High School Junior High School in May, this week we will have great pleasure in welcoming to Pasadena - Haru SHINBARA, Kenji TODO, Yuri NAKANO, Shinji MORITO, Haruka KIHARA, Takanori KODAMA, Noriko SHINTANI, Mitsuru NAKAYABU, Chiaki HASHIMOTO, Nozomi KABU, Mina TAYASU, Mayuko HIRAMATSU, Dai MAKINO, Kosuke MATSUSHITA, Chiho KAGAWA, Kohei KAJITA, Ryoma SHINTANI, Eri TAKANO, Yuri NINO and Mr TANAKA and MS SASAKI for a two week exchange. During their time here, our special guests will participate in Pasadena classes and school activities, have additional English Language experience classes and make a number of educational visits in and around Auckland. Our Exchange to Hiroshima was a wonderful experience for the students and staff involved and we sincerely hope our visitors' experience of New Zealand and Pasadena is equally successful. Thank you to the families of Curtis REPORT TWO HANLON, Tom COLBERT-LUKER, Kurt MARSTERS, Sophie BLAZEY, Jackson Tomorrow, Thursday 28 July, students, will be issued with REPORT TWO and they will also BARRON, Christopher HUTCHINSON, bring home their REPORT TWO SELF EVALUATION REPORT. Report Two reflects our Jessie BOOTH, Sam JONES, Erin emphasis in identifying what the student can do. JAGGER, Jayran MANSOURI, Alexis Pasadena Intermediate School is required to implement the New Zealand Curriculum. The TETENBURG, Fang OU, Norman MANN, Ministry prescribes that intermediate age students should be working at Level 4. Liam O’DWYER, Rochelle PECKHAM, Meihana PURDIE, Declan RIESTERER, The report is intended to give parents/caregivers an indication of academic progress and effort Lauren EDWARDS and Ruth ZIEGLER for in all curriculum areas, relating specifically to their child. Report Two also covers Term II hosting our guests during their visit. Authentic Task. Social, physical, artistic and cultural development are also regarded as worthy outcomes of the school's programme and attention is also focused on these important areas. Please take the time to read and discuss REPORT TWO and the SELF EVALUATION THANK YOU REPORT and the assessments and comments your child has made about him/herself. A big vote of thanks must go to our Maintenance Officer, Mr Tom Elliott and his We all know that when we have tried hard we like to have our efforts acknowledged. This team - for the wonderful job they did in acknowledgement generally encourages us to strive towards even greater efforts in the future. completing the school holiday cleaning and A written report cannot give a complete picture of all factors affecting a child's progress at maintenance programme. school. For this reason, parents/caregivers are invited to contact the school at any time if they have any information they would like to share with the school or want to know more about the HOURS current programme being offered their child. Parent/Caregiver - Teacher Conferences also offer opportunities for the school and home to School is open for students from 8am. share information. As a follow up to Report Two, mid year Conferences have been scheduled Please do not send to or drop for Wednesday 3 August 3.00pm - 8.00pm. students at school before this time. Details concerning arrangements for these Conferences will be included in the Report Folder We cannot be responsible for their safety and on Thursday 28 July. welfare. AUTHENTIC TASK CURRICULUM ORGANIZERS STAFF and CLASSES What is taught. There are four clusters of CURRICULUM practices that are essential for survival in Term III the world in which our students will live and work. 21ST CENTURY CITIZENS MANAGEMENT Each cluster is designed to help students Mr Tony Walsh Principal We are preparing our students for the answer a critical question. Ms Priscilla Godinet Deputy Principal future. They will need to be - LIFE PATHWAYS AND SOCIAL Adaptable Thinkers: Students who FUTURES Mr Hendrik den Hartog Assistant Principal are ready to accept and move with Who am I and where am I going? Ms Sarah Coughlan Syndicate Manager change, and apply learning MULTI LITERACIES AND Miss Lisa White Syndicate Manager confidently and successfully to new COMMUNICATION MEDIA and different situations. How do I make sense of and DIGNAN SYNDICATE Effective Collaborators: Students communicate with the world? who have the skills to work effectively Ms Sarah Coughlan Room 2 Manager with diverse individuals and groups to ACTIVE CITIZENSHIP Ms Priscilla Godinet Room 3 solve problems. What are my rights and Miss Lucy Finlayson Room 4 responsibilities in communities, Self Directed and Reflective Miss Lorna Manu Room 5 Learners: Students who are able to cultures and economies? work independently and reflectively. ENVIRONMENTS AND TECHNOLOGIES Competent Thinkers: Students who TE TOKAROA SYNDICATE are able to make reasoned decisions How do I describe, analyse and Miss Lisa White Room 8 Manager based on the analysis and synthesis shape the world around me? Miss Julia Wackrow Room 9 of information. Mrs Kara Luke .2 Effective Communicators: PRODUCTIVE PEDAGOGIES Mr Chris Gore Room 10 Students who are able to convey Productive Pedagogies are classroom M s Natalie O’Connor Room 11 their ideas to others in a variety of strategies that teachers can use to focus Miss Sue Paraha Room 12 ways. Synthesis of information. instruction and improve student outcomes. Competent Users of Technology: When planning learning experiences, Students who are able to use teachers can review the pedagogies to see technology to access, manipulate, which are best suited to teaching the SPECIALIST SYNDICATE publish and present ideas. particular knowledges and skills involved. Mr Hendrik d en Hartog Information & Communications There are 20 Productive Pedagogies Technologies Manager grouped under four categories. Mrs Sue Elliott The Art s: Visual RECOGNITION OF DIFFERENCE Ms Maureen Donnelly The Arts: Performing CONNECTEDNESS PROGRAMME DESIGN Mr Martin Ball Technology INTELLECTUAL QUALITY INTRODUCTION SUPPORTIVE CLASSROOM ENVIRONMENT LEARNING SUPPORT/EXTENSION The Pasadena Intermediate School Mrs Joy Blake Learning and Teaching Programme has SCHOOL AND AUTHENTIC TASKS Mrs Gloria Ziegler been modelled on The New Basics Project currently being implemented by Education The Curriculum is delivered via Authentic Ms Natalie Henry Queensland and the Learning Pathways Tasks. The Tasks are carefully planned Miss Susitina Misa initiative currently being undertaken by units of work, that scaffold and present the Team Solutions, Auckland New Zealand. four Clusters of Practice (CURRICULUM ORGANIZERS) and the Repertoires of R.T.L.B. The focus is to prepare our students for Practice. Miss Margaret Pringle 8A (Pasadena the future. It deals with new student identities, new economies and workplaces, The Tasks are intellectually challenging / Western Springs) new technologies, diverse communities and have real-world value, two and complex cultures. characteristics which research identifies as necessary for improved student SUPPORT STAFF performance. OVERVIEW Mrs Linda Bowden Administration Officer The Programme has three key interlinking Authentic Tasks represent the culmination Hall Hire Manager of student engagement with the curriculum elements Mrs Louise Holmes Secretary/Receptionist and are the basis of high quality CURRICULUM ORGANIZERS assessment, evaluation and reporting. Mr Tom Elliott Maintenance Officer PRODUCTIVE PEDAGOGIES The Authentic Task for Term III is ….’What Mrs Thelma Teesdale Resource Manager AUTHENTIC TASKS could Pasadena’s environment become?’... Waterwise .. which will culminate in each class making Mrs Leonie Tawhiti Cleaner a presentation to the Board of Trustees for Mr Chen Lin Cleaner possible future planning. Cleaner Authentic Tasks do not replace or diminish Mrs Fanolua Samu Cleaner our focus on teaching numeracy and Mrs Carole Williams Dental Nurse literacy. 20062006 M s Ann Hays Health Nurse (Auckland Health) Mr Brian Ngamata/ Attendance Officer ENROLMENTENROLMENT Ms Sapi Lepau (Auckland City Cluster) CONTRACTED STAFF WEEKWEEK Ms Maggie McKenzie Canteen Monday 22 - Friday 26 August 2005 CALENDAR TERM III Japanese Language Extension - Weeks 2-5 JULY 25 School opens for Term III 25-29 NZCER Testing 27 Champion of Champions Boys' Hockey Tournament 27-12 Hiroshima High School, Junior High School, Exchange, Pasadena 28 Report Two Issued AUGUST 2 2005 Hiroshima Exchange Parents' / Caregivers' Night 3 Champion of Champions Girls' Hockey
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