"The aim of education is the knowledge, not of facts, but of values". William S. Burroughs

Kia ora koutou

Our thoughts and prayers are with Judy Ryman. Judy has returned home and is making great progress. Thank you to everyone who has been in contact with the school expressing their support. I went and spoke to the Porowhita class this morning as I know they miss her terribly. The school community has rallied together with meals, flowers, cards from children and parents alike to remind Judy of how important she is to everyone.

Our parent-teacher interviews will take place in week 10. This year the mid year reports will be sent home in week 9. Research shows there are great benefits to having your child present at this types of conferences but we will leave that decision up to the parent or caregiver. 

There is currently a lot of work going on behind the scenes changing our SMS (student management system) from eTap to LINC-ED. Our children are growing up in a world where their work will be produced digitally, shared digitally and their learning will be captured digitally. LINC-ED has solved the problem of how to bring it all together in one central place. LINC-ED allows teachers to upload, embed and link documents, presentations, images and video; receive feedback and set targets in a simple and stylish way.

LINC-ED parent accounts are automatically generated from email addresses and siblings are connected by default. Therefore parents can log in once and see all the learning stories for all their children. Assessment data is presented in easy to read blocks and schools can choose to include progress charts to show how a student’s learning has tracked over time.

We officially move to LINC-ED at the beginning of term 3. Over the course of the year we will develop the system so that parents & caregivers have access to information about your child's learning and progress.

Ngā mihi

John