Year 11, 12 and 13

SENIOR TEAM LEARNING PHILOSOPHY

Ka tangi te titi

Ka tangi te

Ka tangi hoki maatou

Tihei mauriora

Ko Pukewa te maunga

Ko Ohinemuri te awa

Ko Ngati Waihihi te iwi

Ko te kura tua rua o Waihi too maatou kura

Tena koutou, tena koutou, tena taatou katoa

 Strategic Intentions   Regular Practice    Achievements    From the Team

• NAG 1 – Students’ Achievement & Assessment

provide high quality teaching programs to foster high achievement including opportunity for scholarship exams

• NAG 2 – Planning & Self Review

provide a wide range of courses to suit students’ needs through students’ voice (course selection), communicate with parents through regular reporting,   newsletter & phoning  

• NAG 3 – Personnel

constant formal & informal chats with senior subject teachers regarding teaching and learning in classroom

retain the same senior team members to have continuity of planning & consistency in the next 3 years

• NAG 4 – Finance & Property

provide a suitable environment for learning with financial support from BOT   

• NAG 5 – Health & Safety – Student’s Welfare

safe environment for both students and teachers

everyone has the right to learn and teach - i.e. equal opportunity for all

• NAG 6 – Legislation & Community

ensure all teaching, learning & assessment are fair, accurate and comply to NZQA requirement

NCEA results are addressed to community 

• Language changes from all teachers/staff – Quality rather than Qualtity
• Achievement Vouchers and congratulation letters at senior levels
• Principal’s Certificate of Excellence (for excellence in internal standards) present during assembly
• Celebration of high achievement – endorsement congratulations letters (sent out by week 5, term one)
• Tracking achievement progress monthly – by deans & Denise Casey, DP
• Communication with parents through e-mail & hard copy (send course overview each term to inform of assessment / assignment dates)
• Mark book tracking – entry & set up by Denise Casey
• Regular Formal Senior Assemblies – celebrating success & sharing school vision
• Focus on achieving students, create positive learning atmosphere; 3 strikes out for non-compliant students, more energy spent on positive students
• Regular learning area meetings with Alistair Cochrane & Denise Casey
• Study skills workshop – STAR funding (start of Term Two)
• Subject tutorials – ongoing (including scholarship tutorials)
• Star funding – support a wider range of programs including the high achievers
• Simple formular - High attendance rate & low discipline counts will result of succeful achievement
• NO GO TERM in term 3 to support both students & teachers in class for learning and teaching
• Option selection process starts in term 3 prior to senior exams to allow studentd to focus on future