On-line feedback: Shaping Education Engagement Process October 2011 What should we retain? Financial pressures must not crowd out the needs of vulnerable communities that are catered for in the education system; Family time and recreation time for children must be retained What should we change? The silos that separate education from health, social services, sport must be removed - the reality is that ECEs and schools provide an interface between the community and all of these areas and it is the interface that must be enhanced. What innovation could we introduce? We need to rethink our ECEs and schools as a community resource - a two way street so that the principles of life- long learning can be entrenched within communities What should we retain? We need to encourage centres of excellence and choice so that students can study in an environment that unlocks their potential in the trades, academia, performing arts so that we make the most of what we have. What should we change? We need the interface with the wider community through the restoration of adult and community learning and utilising outside resources - e.g. National Library, Canterbury Musem, the Art Gallery as places of learning for young and old. What innovation could we introduce? Think of places of learning rather than classrooms - LOTC could become the norm in a new environment. What should we retain? Because the eastern suburbs have suffered so much damage, it is vital that the affected communities are given the chance to settle before decisions are made about their future. Some of the communities around Parklands have been trying to get a local high school for many years. This is an opportunity to develop a process that establishes whether the community expectations are realistic or not. And if so how this is best achieved. Many parents remain commited to the choice of single sex education and this needs to be factored into the discussion. What should we change? There needs to be safe access to schools - walkways, cycleways and dedicated bus services. What innovation could we introduce? The community has proved that resources can be shared - should we build this into the education system? ECE must be the building block for the future - there must be a better way of increasing participation We would welcome any other comments you would like to make around the future shape of education in greater There are a number of issues that need to be resolved before we get a pictire of how the eastern suburbs of Christchurch can recover. The main issues relate to the land and the number of students that will remain in the area. It is a concern that so many schools have had to lay off staff and have their operational grants cut while they are facing significant personal pressures on staff and students alike. There needs to be a lot of extra support at this time. Internatonal student numbers are down - what are we losing as a result? It would help us to know where you live East Christchurch Are you? Other Are you representing? Group What should we retain? Shirley Boys High School and Avonside Girls High should be retained as single sex boys and girls schools for the whole of the Eastern side of the city. What should we change? These schools could be relocated so that they were sharing a site and facilities such as gymnasiums, Hall, IT and sports grounds. What innovation could we introduce? Build two separate Year 7 to 13 schools on Burwood Park to cater for both schools separately but sharing Hall, gyms etc. This would allow the present liquifaction prone sites of Shirley Boys, Avonside Girls, Shirley Intermediate to be developed as the sports areas presently catered for in Burwood Park. What should we retain? We should retain single sex education options for the Eastern side of the city. What should we change? All the buildings for the schools should be changed to bring them in to line with the needs of the 21st century. What innovation could we introduce? Innovative use of IT and online learning facilities should be developed, with teachers acting as facilitators. What should we retain? Single sex boys and girls education system has been proven to give both sexes an advantage academically. The teachers in these schools have the expertise to tailor the work and play to their particular pupils. What should we change? Shirley Boys site is too small and damaged for the 1500 students it has been providing education for. Avonside Girls is the same. What innovation could we introduce? Single sex education has been proven to develop better performing students academically. There will be a huge demand for this with more central city residential areas being built. City should be divided into East and West for single sex state school zones. We would welcome any other comments you would like to make around the future shape of education in greater It would help us to know where you live East Christchurch Are you? Interested member of the community Are you representing? Individual What should we retain? Community based schools and ECE so children can attend in their local area. Being a parent at Mt Pleasant Kindy we have really felt the hole that Mt Pleasant Kindy has made since it has not been open. We had a really good community at the kindy before the eq's and now I fear we may lose this. Part of the reason we moved to Mt Pleasant is so I could give my children the sort of childhood I had ie. go to the local kindy then onto the local school. We all walked to kindy./school and knew everyone in the area which I think is important as a lot of the 'community' aspect of life has been missing in the last 20 years and Mt Pleasant was one of the few places that retained it. What should we change? Length of travel for children. What happened to the days of walking or biking to your local school like I remember? Being in Mt Pleasant our 'local' high school is Linwood which is certainly not walking or even biking distance. Even if they were prepared to bike that far the traffic down Linwood Ave/Ferry Road so far too busy/dangerous for me to allow my children to do that. What innovation could we introduce? New high school What should we retain? What should we change? What innovation could we introduce? What should we retain? What should we change? What innovation could we introduce? We would welcome any other comments you would like to make around the future shape of education in greater It would help us to know where you live East Christchurch Are you? Parent Are you representing? Individual What should we retain? - What should we change? We currently live in postcode 8083, and brought our New Brighton property last year off a couple in their mid 40’s with two daughters approaching high school age. They were selling to move to Burnside purely for schooling reasons. I was currently pregnant with our son, now 10mths when we moved, and therefore we chose not to let the lack of high school options prevent us from buying this place. And now a year on and countless earthquakes later we still love living in the East and hope that we too won’t be forced to move suburbs in ten years time. We give our full support to the North East Secondary Education Committee’s proposal for a high school within post code area 8083. What innovation could we introduce? - What should we retain? - What should we change? What innovation could we introduce? What should we retain? The 20 free hours of early childhood care initiative is great and we hope it will still be on offer when our son approaches three. To maintain this benefit we have no issues with those care givers receiving the free hours encouraged or forced to actively seek work for a max of 20hrs per week, assuming that is they have no other younger children in their care. What should we change? What innovation could we introduce? We would welcome any other comments you would like to make around the future shape of education in greater As we only have the one child at present, aged 10mths, we are not yet aware of what Christchurch does or does not have to offer our child in regard to the current education system (other than those points made), therefore we can’t adequately comment any further, but would still like to be involved and keep updated with progress on the draft plan. It would help us to know where you live East Christchurch Are you? Parent Are you representing? Individual What should we retain? move in Christchurch to accepting new ways of looking at Education. In the Central City we have Unlimited and Discovery 1, student focussed and utilising resources already in place What should we change? 'Pods' around the city which have different focusses. Rather than have competition between schools providing the same sort of experiences have real difference and focus on strengths. What innovation could we introduce? Utilisation of the student voice. The world is changing so fast, business meetings are no longer confined to the Board room but happen anywhere - and often in a cafe. "Pods' with different focuses eg music, science, IT - look at bringing in centres of focus for the jobs that are needed tomorrow. Keep it fun, vibrant, forward thinking. Make it 24/7 - truly use resources.