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I think our students are currently doing too many credits across their subjects.  We need to be contacting universities to see what specific standards are required for specific courses and then tailoring the subject to what our students are planning to do or even better produce more individualised programmes so that they are not disadvantaged and make this the focus of the four 'normal' days.  There is also nothing to say that they couldn't also incorporate these into their projects.

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I believe this is the way forward for Education - if you look into it there are actually several schools around the country already doing similar things in some shape or form.

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There will always be fish hooks to deal with just as there is now for our current units of work.  I think comes down to more if staff are on board and willing to extend themselves and embrace the change or not.  To me this is going to be the biggest factor.

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Possibilities for Year 7&8 (Homeroom teachers could possibly have a full contact day)
Cross grouping to provide different learning opportunities for our students.  Opportunities for teachers to specialize.  Subjects like drama, philosophy, mindfulness, social justice, strand maths could become a focus.  Social Studies Unit NIMBY could provide a year long project for the students where the tools for inquiry could be explicitly taught.

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What does the PPTA think of this?

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How many of our students actually head to University? and how many vocational?  do we need to offer two courses? How do these numbers compare to Campion College?  We need to best fit the needs of all without hindering one or other of these groups.

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Why did South Otago not work?  can we find this out?

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Timing of changes in relation to government NCEA reviews. Should we be holding off until we have more of an idea of what is happening?

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Parent, student and community consultation really needs to happen before significant planning on our behalf occurs.

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Loss of time due to other interruptions - sports exchanges etc will significantly reduce teaching time further .... will this effectively mean three teaching days a week?

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Concerns that courses will be offering less credits due to reduced time allocation

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Get the teacher in charge from Campion College to come down and address the staff regarding how the changes were actually implemented and how 'standard' subjects adjusted to a four day model.

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Resource lists and ideas for projects to be made available

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If going to commence February 2019, needs to be finalised by the end of November 2018 - CLEARLY.  The whole year and the fine detail needs to be thought out - not discovery learning, will other courses become more semesterised and students choose what they do, like we discussed earlier?  is this too much change all at once?

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Allocation of staff and non-contact time? will semesters still occur and the timetable change per semester?

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Parents need to be on board with this.

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Will students be consulted for their views at the same time we are consulting parents?

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Needs to be done with 100% buy in by ALL, not being dragged along because they have to.

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Lots of planning will need to occur in Term 4 this year NOT at the last minute, staff need to hit the ground running at the start of next year.

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Training for staff, staff need to be upskilled with significant resources PRIOR to starting, the day before isn't enough!!

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Will double periods still exist?

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Overall person in charge? Will a HELA be allocated?

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Budget allocations?

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Motivation of all students, top students will fly, bottom may struggle for ideas?

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Cost to parents?  What about the families that cannot afford it?

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Who makes the call what academic standards are removed especially for those entering University courses like Health Sciences and Engineering that have prerequisites?

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How will the timetable for four days look?  How many periods per day? Will they be 50 minutes?  What will the time allocation to each subject be?  ratios may need to be adjusted.

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This will need to be sold well to both students and parents; students will also have to be taught on how to learn in this way. For some that won't be able to handle the perceived freedom. We will need to break down any barriers between students and staff. As staff won't always be the experts in this day, so students will need to realise this and be respectful. Some days we will all be learning. I have seen plenty of air crafts being built in the sky and it works, you just need faith and plenty of fast thinking. After hearing Judith on ToD I went home and read about the All Black psychologist Gilbert Anoka, the then All Black coach asked him if this was going to work, he wrote on the board "I am not sure, but I know we are heading in the right direction".

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I think it'll be a steep learning curve for all involved (both staff and students) but also a very exciting journey

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A little worried about motivating disengaged students.  When we carried out SPEC projects with 11 Skills students the variety of topics did not engage them as we thought. Still have some SPEC resources if you want o look at them.

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Some really great thinking and passions could be highlighted and shared from these projects

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