Mike’s News Sep 4

4 Sep Hochstetter lecture on the Kaikoura Earthquake, New Plymouth. Details here
5 Sep Hochstetter lecture on the Kaikoura Earthquake, Hamilton. Details here
5 Sep Deadline to apply for the PM’s Science Teacher Prize. Info here
7 Sep Deadline to Register for NZ International Chemistry Olympiad
8 Sep International Literacy day https://en.unesco.org/themes/literacy-all
11-18 Sep Māori Language week www.tetaurawhiri.govt.nz
11 Sep Hochstetter lecture on the Kaikoura Earthquake, Nelson. Details here
12 Sep Hochstetter lecture on the Kaikoura Earthquake, Dunedin. Details here
13 Sep Hochstetter lecture on the Kaikoura Earthquake, Christchurch. Details here
15 Sep Deadline to Apply for Regionally allocated PLD
16 Sep International Day to Preserve O3 www.uneptie.org/ozonaction/events/ozoneday
Moon 3Q Sep 7      NM Sep 15      1Q Sep 23      FM Sep 29
  1. Avondale Library is holding Science For Everyone, basic experiments to spark interest in 6-12 year olds, fortnightly starting Sun 3 Sep at 2-3pm.
  2. Resources for Māori language week next week:
  3. ASTA is hosting a Learning Outside the Classroom Expo, Wed 13 Sep, 3:30 – 6pm at Western Springs Garden Community Hall, Auckland. For ECE – Secondary teachers. Meet 20+ providers to see what is on offer for your students. For catering purposes, please register hereArticle about the benefits of a similar event in Wellington. Looking for Something More for 2024
  4. World Cleanup Day is on Sep 16, celebrated with clean up events in 191 countries. Our Clean Up Week runs from Sep16 – 22 with the aim of cleaning up as much of NZ as possible.
  5. MOTAT’s Education Team is offering free online workshops on the History of Robotics 20 Sep. There are two sessions per day – 9.30am and 1.30pm. You can sign up your class here.

Info

  1. Culturally Responsive & Relational Pedagogy:
    • For culturally sustaining practice Michelle Johansson suggests: “play the long game; let us tell our story – representation matters; be brave – the current system doesn’t work for a significant and growing number of our people.” Source here.
  2. Pedagogy:
  3. Professional reading/watching/listening:
    • Podcast Ologies with Alie Ward
  4. HoD:
  5. Digital support:
    • Benny Pan taught his kids how to find info with AI, then followed up with a lesson on biases and misinformation. Now, “None of them want anything to do with generative AI.” PowerPoint and Handout.
  6. A reminder: NCER has Assessment Resource Banks for any NZ teacher to access. These tasks have been trialled, come with teacher notes & can be printed or used online. Useful for classroom learning as much as for assessment. To access register here

Resources

  1. Biology:
  2. Agricultural and Horticultural Science:
  3. Earth & Space Science:
  4.  Chemistry:
  5. Physics:
  6. Primary & intermediate:
  7.  Science:
  8.  STEM/STEAM:
  9. Nature of Science:

MoE/NZQA

  1. MoE has confirmed Teacher-only accord days 13 – 24 Nov. https://ncea.education.govt.nz/teacher-only-days. If you want support to connect with other schools and kura in your region, please contact the NCEA Lead at your regional office.
  2. Teachers can subscribe to a new NCEA Implementation newsletter. Check it out here NCEA Update: Issue #1. Includes a subscribe link.

Professional Learning & Development (PLD) Opportunities

  1. Apply for Regionally allocated PLD by 15 Sep, to start in 2024. Schools can use this PLD to support the implementation of NCEA (in the ‘Local Curriculum Design’ priority).
  2. Science Learning Hub:
  3. ESSENZ is offering PLD in Auckland region. $35. registration link
    • Fri 8 Sep at Ak uni on teaching the new level 1 PESS standards – postponed from term 2.
    • Th 21 Sep at Rosmini College on incorporating mātauranga Māori into ESS

Cheers, Mike

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