KORERO FROM MIRANDA

Welcome to Week 7 of the school year! As we move further into the term we want our focus at the Senior High School to be on developing the critical, creative and caring thinking skills our students need to be successful at school and beyond. Last week we celebrated with families and students who achieved Excellence endorsements for their NCEA Level 2. Gaining excellence recognises deep understanding of subject knowledge, for example when a student can critically analyse ideas, generate new insights and connect concepts together. As a school we are continuing to focus on developing and exploring the ways we deepen your young person’s learning experiences to support their success. 

Your young person’s first progress report is going to be emailed to you in a couple of weeks (Friday 28 March) along with the assessments they have been entered in for the year (NZQA entries). If you don't receive this report make sure you check your spam folder. 

Your student’s progress is indicated in two ways on their progress report. 

Firstly, achievement, whether they are on track to achieve based on the work they have produced to date. Secondly, learning quality, the depth of understanding they are demonstrating in their learning. The progress for both achievement and learning quality are indicated by three colours: orange (not yet on track), green (on track), and blue (high quality evidence for progress/depth). 

Sometimes the indicators do not match what you or your student are expecting. In these cases I encourage you and your student to contact your kaiārahi to help you connect with teachers so you can talk with them, seek clarification and find out what to do to improve progress. 

Later in this newsletter you will find information about upcoming events, and updates in Pathways and Puna Wānanga. Thank you for your ongoing support and have a great week!

Ngā mihi, 

Miranda