Sunday, September 16, 2018

Powerful Partnerships - Hononga Kaha

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Last Wednesday we were privileged to launch New Zealand's first Secondary School Maori Cultural Kit, Te Pātaka. This is an App which all...
Sunday, September 2, 2018

Well-being - How Dirt Church Radio Came to My Rescue

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I've been really struggling - nothing major but a combination of worrying about resourcing (current staffing formulas don't support ...
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Friday, April 27, 2018

A Step Forward: Knowledge and Skills, Capabilities and Competencies: the Chicken and the Egg

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I'm loving the kōrero flying around about the hierarchy of skills, knowledge, competencies and capabilities. Much cleverer people than m...
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Tuesday, March 6, 2018

Leadership and Legacy: Part 3

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#tearsinmyeyes moment during our Student Council meeting today which confirms many of our Q3 (Year 13 students) are thinking about their leg...
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Sunday, February 25, 2018

Leadership and Legacy:Part 2

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My last post featured the example of one of our Q3 (Year 13) students who had responded to my challenge of making 2018, their final year as ...
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Monday, February 19, 2018

Leadership and Legacy

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It's continuing to be an exciting time at HPSS on our establishment journey. This is the beginning of our 5th year with students, so not...
Tuesday, January 30, 2018

Whanaungatanga: 3 cool things that happened at school today

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Our first 2 weeks at school concentrate on forming and (re)building relationships. We all know teaching and learning is a relationship-based...
Monday, January 29, 2018

Deep Learning and Well-being (students and staff): A Way Forward for NCEA?

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Claire Amos ,   Steve Mouldey  and Gerard MacManus have inspired me to get my blogging going again. As well, over the summer I read Grant L...
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Friday, June 30, 2017

Urgency. Transformation. Optimism. The way for schools.

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During my sabbatical visits all school leaders spoke of the 'parent push-back' they encountered. While many spoke of having the conf...
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Tuesday, June 27, 2017

Implications for HPSS - Part 2 - Challenges

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My previous post concentrated on the aspects of my sabbatical which provided affirmations for what we are already doing at HPSS. This post ...
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Monday, June 26, 2017

Sabbatical Implications for HPSS - Part 1 - Strong Affirmations

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What Are The Implications for Hobsonville Point Secondary School? Affirmation During my sabbatical I attempted to visit schools that wo...