Pirongia+M5

From the Newsletter - May 9, 2012

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**Goal 2**-Budget allowed for all staff to attend Learning@school conference-reflective journals show flow on from the question, ‘What 3 things will I implement into my class programme from learning@school? Staff meeting time is allocated consistently as evidenced in goals 1, 3, and 5. Principal Walk throughs have focussed on gathering evidence of how e-learning is being used to enhance student learning using a template and supported with photos-see staff wiki All staff have personal ICT goals that are integral to the schoolwide goal, use wikis and blogs, and use of ICTs is evident in planning. Teachers are becoming increasingly mindful of the relevance and age appropriateness of websites that support learning in Mathematics and Literacy. Examples of Teacher Inquiry,Reflective journals, planning, principal walkthroughs show teacher inquiry that focuses on personal and school wide goals. Lead teachers are conducting staff meetings and have created the digital citizenship survey on the school website. School newsletters (view on school website)have included information for parents re the survey and digital citizenship is on the agenda for the community consultation meeting on May 22nd. Teachers’ voice a need for time to implement, play with and trial new ICTs and to visit other schools as barriers to their learning. This is being addressed with release and staff meeting time. All staff meeting minutes are on our staff wiki. As Principal I have included learning about and use of our SMS system (MUSAC) in staff meetings, PAT testing on line, to access and use data in the system to inform learning. Technical issues also feature as a barrier to learning and we continue to resource expert technical support. Year ⅞ classes at Pirongia School have set up a Bring your Own Device Day. Presentation to the cluster on our the Year 7 and 8 Bring your own Digital Device [] This is the student voice collected on the value of our BYOD Days which are steadily growing to more than just one day a week. **Goal 5**-Teachers reflecting on their Practise with their use of ICTs. See link for examples of teachers using reflective wikis and making changes to their classroom practise.
 * Goal 1 ** Digital Citizenship has been an important focus for our school. The ICT leaders have set up a three separate surveys for staff, students and parents to all do. During our collation of results as a staff we are discussing our next steps for digital citizenship as a school.
 * Goal 3 ** Junior and Senior Planning days, which are held every term, incorporate specific discussion about the integration of e-learning and ICTs. Teachers share websites and thinking tools and Year 5-8 plan class swaps to utilise teachers strengths in ICTs and incorporating of elearning into our curriculum daily.