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Learning to Learn
reciprocal learning

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In year 11 - Science is not compulsory in other school - often choose Science or a technology

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Westlake Girls integrated studies at Year 9.

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Sign language
Creative Thinking
Project Based
Social Sciences instead of Social Studies for 9 +10

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Sign language - New Level 3 New Zealand Sign Language achievement standards have been developed in partnership with the Deaf Education Centres. Maybe half year??
Critical and creative thinking (WGC) - inquiry process, problem solving and Tournament of the minds type playing

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focus on AS or topic approach rather than subjects

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focus on AS or topic approach rather than subjects

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A list of AS are offered and students choose their own individual program. Staff are available to support

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should we move to an academic mentoring model?

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What are skills are important? How can we prepare our students for the future? How can we deliver this?
For example
Flatting
Budgeting
Insurance
Digital

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A Reading: A cross curricular approach

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Do we offer enough opportunities in our current curriculum that addresses this?

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how to we engage with students/parents/caregivers/whanau about curriculum
How do we enage students parents/whanau and staff in co-constructing with our group?

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Psychology is a new learning area within Social Sciences curriculum. Would be a useful addition in some other areas too, eg BN interested to add to her design course.
We have staff that are qualified to teach Psych (DS set it up department overseas) -PW

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Where should Form Time be? Rationale for after p2, is this still relevant?
Another opinion: 5I don't believe the rational has fully been dealt with. Attendance is much stronger now and students generally arrive on time as they want to be in class time. There was a late process in the past but some form teachers did not ask students to go to sign in if late and some students did not come until P1 as form time was seen very flexible in arrival time. PW
Addition from BN: Culture of Form Time/Form Teachers to be looked at?? (wherever FT is in the day this is an issue)

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We seem to house electronic resources in a variety of places, in different formats and with varying degrees of access by students. Are we making the most of the opportunities we have as far as students being able to access information/resources.
Concept of "Flipped Classrooms"

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Is there what appears to be, a widening gap of those who use IT in the classroom and those who do not If the curriculum is to change perhaps the IT skills required to better suit the changing needs of students is required.

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Can there be a collaborative technology topic that incorporates a variety of technology based subjects within these departments?
What year level(s)??

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Are we over assessing the junior school. Year 9 especially?

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Are we over assessing the junior school. Year 9 especially?

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Do options need to have an examination in Year 9 for all subjects? could it be core subjects only?

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Could Year 10 have four 1/2 year options like year 9, so their options aren't narrowed in the junior school.

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Should this subject area be physically housed within the technology block near materials, act and art???
(from BN: DVC is part of Technology curriculum, along with ACT and Digital Tech, however also has some parallels with Art. Is essential in my opinion the department is physically moved)

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What about the introduction of less female orientated subjects...e.g can we capture girls into trades and engineering etc.

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Curriculum design and review
Natalie Cowie, head of English at Katikati College, takes us through the process her department used to develop a vision for teaching and learning.

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Is there a way we can link learning across subjects with topics that inspire students? And maybe introduce some subjects across the traditional subjects.

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Should Year 10 students have more than two options?

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What could we offer Year 9 and 10 students outside the timetable?  Eg Year 9 Technology we used to do while Year 10 was at camp
When do we do this? Halfway through the year and end of year?

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Do all Year 12 students need to take 6 subjects?
Do any year levels need to take 6 subjects?
Wellington Girls - 5 subjects (english compulsory) and have General Studies which includes some study and some modules - sexual health, first aid, cv writing etc

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Do Year 9 and 10 students need to be taught n their form classes for core subjects?
We have a lot of issues in form classes due to relationships in year 10 - could we run a more senior type curriculum/timetable so they are in their form class less?

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Currently all student have to take Level 2 english many schools do not make this compulsory at this level due to literacy credits being available across the curriculum. OD has spoken of this to me DA in the past.