Curriculum+Days

Aims of these days
 · Reflect on the changes in education that impact student learning · Make connections between where we have been and where we are going · Explore differentiated instruction as an example of effective pedagogy · Be familiar with the key competencies and be able to confidently plan how to link them authentically into programmes of learning · Build networks across the school by discussion with others outside of the usual Learning Area · Be given an opportunity to explore differentiation according to individual needs and interests · Build background knowledge of research and application of differentiation strategies <span style="font-family: Symbol; color: #1f497d; font-size: 12pt; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msolist: Ignore; msothemecolor: text2; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-themecolor: text2; mso-ansi-language: EN-NZ; mso-fareast-language: EN-NZ; msofareastlanguage: EN-NZ; msoansilanguage: EN-NZ;">· <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; color: #1f497d; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-themecolor: text2; mso-ansi-language: EN-NZ; mso-fareast-language: EN-NZ;">Create differentiated activities for immediate use in classrooms <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive; color: #000000; font-size: 24pt; font-weight: bold;"> ==<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive; color: #000000; font-size: 24pt; font-weight: bold;">Schedule of days <span style="font-family: Tahoma, Geneva, sans-serif; color: #000000; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: bold;"> == <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive; color: #000000; font-size: 24pt; font-weight: bold;">Why? <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; color: #1f497d; font-size: 10pt; msofareastfontfamily: 'Times New Roman'; msothemecolor: text2;"> <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; color: black; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN;">The new curriculum was launched on 6 November 2007 following one of the most comprehensive consultation processes undertaken by the Ministry of Education.The challenge now is to build on this framework, offering our young people the most effective and engaging teaching possible and supporting them to achieve to the highest of standards. <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; color: black; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> []
 * = <span style="font-family: Tahoma, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">**__ Thursday __** <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive; color: #000000; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: bold;">[[file:Day 1 Menu.pdf]] ||
 * <span style="font-family: Tahoma, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">**<span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">8.30-9.00 ** || <span style="font-family: Tahoma, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">Theatre ||
 * <span style="font-family: Tahoma, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">**<span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">9.00-9.30 ** || <span style="font-family: Tahoma, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">Forum groups rooms as assigned ||
 * <span style="font-family: Tahoma, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">**<span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">9.30-11.30 ** || <span style="font-family: Tahoma, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">Choice one & Morning tea ( within your own timeframe) ||
 * <span style="font-family: Tahoma, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">**<span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">11.30-12.00 ** || <span style="font-family: Tahoma, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">Forum groups rooms as assigned ||
 * <span style="font-family: Tahoma, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">**<span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">12.00-1.00 ** || <span style="font-family: Tahoma, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">Lunch ||
 * <span style="font-family: Tahoma, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">**<span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">1.00-4.00 ** || <span style="font-family: Tahoma, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">Learning Area ||
 * = <span style="font-family: Tahoma, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Tahoma, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">**__Friday__** <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive; color: #000000; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: bold;">[[file:Day 2 Menu.pdf]] ||
 * <span style="font-family: Tahoma, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">**<span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">8.30-9.00 ** || <span style="font-family: Tahoma, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">Theatre ||
 * <span style="font-family: Tahoma, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">**<span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">9.00-11.00 ** || <span style="font-family: Tahoma, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">Choice two & Morning tea (within your own timeframe) ||
 * <span style="font-family: Tahoma, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">**<span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">11.00 -11.30 ** || <span style="font-family: Tahoma, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">Forum groups rooms as assigned  ||
 * <span style="font-family: Tahoma, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">**<span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">11.30-12.30 ** || <span style="font-family: Tahoma, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">Learning Area ||
 * <span style="font-family: Tahoma, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">**<span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">12.30-1.30 ** || <span style="font-family: Tahoma, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">Lunch (provided in staff room) ||
 * <span style="font-family: Tahoma, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">**<span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">1.30-4.00 ** || <span style="font-family: Tahoma, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Show & Tell Learning Area in Theatre ||
 * The Ministry of Education website for //The New Zealand Curriculum//.**

This new website, designed to support you, as teachers and curriculum leaders, to introduce the key competencies in the New Zealand Curriculum. []
 * The New Ministry of Education website for //Key Competencies.//**<span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; color: navy; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">

<span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; color: purple; font-size: 10pt; msofareastfontfamily: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; msobidifontsize: 11.0pt;">[] <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;"> In 2008, a book Jane Gilbert and <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; color: #000000; font-size: 10pt;">Rachel Bolstad <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">wrote called //<span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif';">[|Disciplining and drafting, or 21st Century Learning? Rethinking the New Zealand Senior Secondary Curriculum for the Future] // was published.<span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif';"> One of the goals in this book was to look back at the way secondary education has changed over time, and to provoke people to think about whether we’ve yet reached a point where our system really promotes and supports the kinds of learning that we think are going to be important for life in the 21st century world. [] <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">
 * The New Zealand Curriculum Online**