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VLN Primary School - August Update

Kia ora koutou katoa

Naumai, haere mai ki te Kura Tuatahi - Akonga Aka Mariko. Welcome to the VLN Primary School

Our goal is to:

Connect Schools for Enhanced Learning Outcomes

In this newsletter we invite you and your students to participate in a number of exciting and innovative programmes and professional learning opportunities. 

Through our collaborative schools network we are able to connect you and your students to some amazing professionals who have a huge depth of expertise and passion for what they do. Tim Morgan brings you NZ's first online PE programme for primary students with the Perfect Game; Geoff Wood's Filipino students host Asburton students with their Virtual Merienda & invite others to join them; and we introduce our fantástico Spanish teacher Eva Anton.

Thank you to all the amazing people in our schools, who truly get what it means to collaborate beyond their own school gate for the benefits of all our children in NZ. If you think you 'get it' too, are future focused and want to share collaborative practice, then get in touch with us we can help make those connections.

In this edition we also give you a heads up on PLD for teachers 'How do i teach Computer Science?' provided by Trevor Storr from Core Education - don't delay in registering for this, it starts this week, and places are filling up. Michelle & Rebecca are looking for teachers to trial their Primary Industry resources.

Finally join us in a webinar to explore Hail. Hail is behind our online communications, and is giving us a digital footprint that helps us tell our stories, in a way that can extend our reach, is easy to use and looks great.

Kia pai tō wiki  Have a good week

Ngā mihi nui

Rachel

Contents

Game On

The Perfect Game

by Tim Morgan

Increasing participation in physical activity - a hauora based learning programme. 

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Virtual Merienda

Virtual Merienda

by Geoff Wood

Filipino students connecting across the country - your students are invited too!

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Eva - Our Amazing Spanish Teacher

Say ¡Si Si! to Spanish!

by Rachel Whalley

Join our fantástico eteacher Eva for Spanish classes online.

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CTRL

What is computer science and how do I teach it?

by Rachel Whalley

Our friends and Core Education have picked up on the challenge of Digital Technologies in the NZ Curriculum, with this PLD free to teachers.

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On the Farm

Teacher Resources - Primary Industries

by Rachel Whalley

Do you have an interest in biosecurity, animal welfare and/or food safety?

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Hail - Create Once - Publish Everywhere!

Join An Upcoming Webinar with our friends at Hail

by Rachel Whalley

And explore how you can step up and streamline the management and quality of your schools' online communications through using Hail content publishing platform.

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