1. Welcome to Teacher Only Day.

2. Our Agenda for Today: Prayer Digital Stories: Stories of othe r schools and their curriculum journ ey . Ques tionnaire: *Evaluate parent responses. Vision / Mission Statement: *What is a mission / vision statement? *Look at curriculum Document. *Loo k at examples of Vision Statement s. *Look at our current Vision and Mission Statement. *Develop New Plymouth Seventh-day Adventist Vision / Mission stat ement. VALUES: *Look at curriculum Document. *Val ues statement. *Where are these va lu es in what we do here at the New Plymouth Seventh-day Adventist Christian School? *Evaluate virtues programme / slot into values from curriculum PRINCIPLES: *Look at Curriculum Document *Where are these found in what we do here at the New Plymouth Seventh-day Adventist Christian School? KEY COMPETENCIES: *Look at curriculum Document *Where are these found in what we do here at the New Plymouth Seventh-day Adventist Christian School?

3. Digital Stories Red Beach School Curriculum Story TeAwamutu Rosetown Curriculum Story East Taieri School

4. Staff Questionnaire: What would be happening in your ide al school? Parents: -presence of the Holy Spirit -name of Jesus on Every Child's lips -Christ centr ed approach to learning -No bullies -No put d owns -Children implementing boundaries -Values -Fundamentals of education Teachers -supportive -*interaction between all stake holders (BOT, parents, families, teachers, t eachers, children) -Teachers connecting with all students. -confident students -eliminate distractions -stimulated

5. Staff Questionnaire: What really matters at school? What should be at the heart of our school? Learning Development God Focus Relationship discipline respect trust Students Teachers

6. Staff Questionnaire: What would you like your child to have learnt by the time they leave this school? -A living relationship with Jesu s Christ -Goal Setters -How to learn to access knowledge -ICT -Knowledge at level in all curriculum areas -Skills in: self management, control, thinking -Knowledge in God's word -moral values -know they are valuable -work ethic -how to relate appropriately to others -Distinguish between right and wrong.

7. What aspects or student achievement would you like our school to focus on? What special character or strength would you like our school to focus on? What areas are being taught well in our school? What could we improve upon? Staff Questionnaire: Encourage under achievers Excellence Real source of everything = God Sports Gifts Academic achievement Grandparents day Parents day Bible virtues Literacy Numeracy Bible Virtues Social relationship More sports ICT studies (advanced Comput er prog)

8. Are there any community issues that you would like your school to focus on? What curriculum areas (subjects) do you think need emphasizing? What skills do your children need to be learning? Staff Questionnaire: Solution: Write notes in homework social ev enings (book fares, meet the teacher) Visit elderly care for the environment Awareness of drug and violcence. Full staff PD - 2009 Spelling / science and tech literacy -writing -handwritign Good communication and resoning. Decision making based on God's word Body development / balances Thinking and symbols. Bible life skills

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10. What is a Mission Statement? A mission statement focuses on what the company is now. It focuses on today. A statement of purpose. A self definition of what the school sees as its reason for existance.

11. MISSION STATEMENT New Plymouth Seventh-day Adventist Christian School Mission Statement. (What are we currently doing?) We are committed to connecting students to Christ and developing the whole child, b y: -Providing a safe and stimulating learning environmen t -Fostering / encouraging positive caring relationships that demonstrate Christian Virtues -Attaining Excellence and -Becoming Life Long Learners. GOOD BETTER BEST, NEVER LET IT REST, UNTIL OUR GOOD IS BETTER AND OUR BETTER IS BEST!

12. What is a VISION? A VISION statement focuses on what a company wants to be. It focuses on tomorrow. A desirable state the company wants to be in, in the future. What we are aiming to achieve.

14. VISION New Zealand Curriculum VISION What we want for NZ children. New Plymouth SDA Curriculum VISION What we want for our children. Confident Connected Actively Involved Lifelong Learners Positive in their own identity Motivated and reliable Resourceful Enterprising and entrepreneurial Resilient Able to relate well to others Effective users of communication tools Connected to the land and environment Members of communities International citizens Participants in a range of life contexts Contributors to the well- being of New Zealand ﾖ social, cultural, economic, and environmental Literate and numerate Critical and creative thinkers Active seekers, users, and creators of knowledge Informed decision makers Educating for Excellence Now and for Eternity.

15. VALUES Excellence , by aiming high and by persevering in the fac e of dif ficulties Inn ovation, inquiry, and cur iosity, by thinking critically, creatively , and reflectivel y Diversi ty, as found in our different cultures, languages, and her itages Equity, through fairness and social justice community and participation for the common good ecological sustainability, which includes care for the environment Integrity, which involves being honest, responsible, and accountable and acting ethically New Zealand Curriculum VALUES NPSDA School VALUES (Where are these in our school today?) -"GOOD, BETTER, BEST ..." in all our curriculum areas. -Teachers to promote this in all learning areas and activities. -Make this visual in workbooks and wall displays. Wall displays, books, library, curriculum areas, WALTS, cl ass activities IT room, Bible stories (worship), playground, social studies, classroutines, virtues. Te Reo Maori, children and families, curriculum integration, greetings in the morning for Roll Call, Cooperative learning groups Science (recycling), Health, Grouping for PE, Cooperative learning groups. BIBLE, virtues, Christianity, Certific ates, lunchtime recognition certificates based on the virtues.

16. PRINCIPLES New Zealand Curriculum PRINCIPLES NPSDA School PRINCIPLES High expectations Treaty of Waitangi Cultural diversity Learning to learn Community engagement Coherence Future focus The curriculum encourages students to look to the future by exploring such significant future-focused issues as sustainability, citizenship, enterprise, and globalisation. (Where are these in our school today?) "GOOD BETTER BEST..." This also needs to be focussed on and made more visual in all our curriculum planning! Evidence of this in planning should then become a part of Teacher appraisal. Make this visual! WE need to develop this, place Te Reo around the room, more awareness needed around our school, more Tikanga action songs, Titi torea games, Marae visit necessary - consent required first. Social studies, cultural day, Certificates, homework books, asses sment, rewards, pre/post formative assessment. Self assessments, workbooks, goal setting, presentation PE, Road Safety, excursions, homework, general knowledge. This needs more focus at our school. We currently have this in: NIE (Newspapers in Education) / C urrent Events / News updates in discussions Elections. We need more Current Events and General Knowledge built into our curriculum. Project work for our seniors would also need to be a focus for our new curriculum. Coherence is built implicitly into a curriculum that is thematic based. In other words where all learning areas (as much as possible) are integrated around a common theme. For example: TOPIC: Insects. Literacy writing: Report writing on a chosen insect / Maths: Counting insects in a given area and creating a graph of daily observations. At present this can work into the senior room but is proving more difficult in the junior room unless future time slots are arranged for release.

17. KEY COMPETENCIES New Zealand Curriculum KEY COMPETENCIES NPSDA School Key Competencies (Where are these in our school today?) Thinking Using language, sy mbols, and texts Ma naging self Re lating to others Participating and contributing. Thinking is used at our school however will also need to be a continued are a of future develo pment. Areas to include in our planning would be: -DE Bonos thinking hats. -Thinking Keys -Multiple Intelligences. This would ensure that the Key Competencies are Encouraged at our school. Show and Tell, Reading programme. This would also need more encouraging and a time slot in the daily programme to be dedicated to reading of various signs around the world our children live in. Beach signs, road signs, bike signs etc. We encourage this at our school through: -having children lo ok after their own hats, shoes, uniform, pens, book bags, homework books. -Also through var ious signs around the school. Boys and girls toilets have signs which ask our children if they are tidy and clean. This would also need to become a continuing focus for our teachers to encourage students to do. We encourage Relating to others in our virtues programme and our Bible Programme. We have in the past used Peer Mediation for the senior school. This could be something we re-focus on for the future. We encourage participating and contributing through Sports and PE. We encourage students to remember that People are more important than winning. This will also however need to be an ongoing focus for our students.

18. EXTRA THOUGHTS For more information go to: www.leadspace.g ovt.nz Here you will find the NZ curriculum and all the di gital stories we looked at today and more!