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= Rotorua Primary's Milestone 3 Reflections =

 __**National Goal 1**__ **Students to become successful digital citizens**

__**Cluster Goal 1: **__

**//Students showing//** **//- digital etiquette//** **//- digital communication and//** **//- digital literacy//** **//-accessing digital tools.//**

**//Students are using e-learning and SOLO Taxonomies to support and enhance their achievement.//**


 * Hosting Te Roopu Rangatahi for all sessions in 2011
 * Purchased Comic Life – extremely popular with the boys
 * Year 3 - 8 enrolled in SuperClusPlus - using programme in class as well as students having access to Computer Suite during breaks and in class time using a pass system. Very popular with Year 7 girls and a lot of the younger students. Students can discuss what they are learning and why.

 __**National Goal 2**__ **Principals to lead the integration of e-learning in their schools (strategic and operational)**

__**Cluster Goal 2:** __

**//Principals to facilitate the development and maintenance of school ICT/e-learning strategic plans which will include reference to meeting the needs of Maori students.//**

**//Principals will coordinate the development of e-learning leaders by providing targeted PD opportunities for themselves and Lead ICT Teachers.//**

**//Unpack Kahikitia document & explore the implications it has for teachers & Maori students.//**


 * Principal, Deputy Principal and Assistant Principal observed making a two year Concept Plan for SOLO with Julie Mills at Glenholme School in November 2010.
 * Teacher Only Day after school broke up in 2010 to develop our draft of our school concept plan.
 * SOLO PD on 26/27 January for our cluster
 * Pam Hook worked with us on SOLO maps on the second day and perused our concept plan as we were concerned our science was not robust enough
 * Pam sent us feedback which was put into place for Term 2 this year
 * SOLO maps and rubrics are being used widely throughout the school
 * Deputy Principal visited Sunset Primary School in Term 1 to get more ideas and to see how Te Reo Māori was being used within SOLO
 * Principal walk throughs to see evidence of SOLO rubrics and use of Hot maps in classrooms
 * SOLO as part of appraisal process – evidence of SOLO maps and rubrics in teachers planning


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 * Upgrading Interactive Whiteboards – now have dual pens and a wireless connection rather than Bluetooth
 * Whiteboard training and refresher for staff with Morgan Stirling (11 April)
 * Organising school intranet more effectively for easy use e.g Icon for Paula’s Page for quick access to useful websites such as Spin and Spell, Icon as quick link to School Google Calendar

//Maori Potential Approach – Culture Counts and Productive Partnerships//
 * Our school concept plan has four out of the eight terms with Māori macro concepts – Kaitiakitanga, Turangawaewae, Taonga and Whanaungatanga

   __**National Goal 3**__ **Teachers to integrate e-learning effectively into their practice creating an innovative and exciting learning environment for all students**
 * The five Rumaki Teachers attending PD on a regular basis on Whanaketanga.
 * Use e-asTTLe for all Year 4 – 8 in Reading, Maths, Writing, Tuhituhi, Pāngarau, Pānui to assess learning and to provide next learning steps in Terms 1 and 3 annually.


 * __Cluster Goal 3: __**

**//Increase teacher knowledge and expertise that will work towards raising student achievement through e-learning and SOLO Taxonomy.//**
 * Three teachers are exploring the use of Mahara to be the portal for their evidence for their practicing certificate for the Teachers’ Council.
 * Teachers going to PD supplied by RCICT and Town and Country clusters. Five staff have attended two sessions so far.
 * When new skills are learned staff are encouraged to pass it on to others
 * Developing our SOLO curriculum as a staff
 * Hosting Te Roopu Rangatahi for all sessions in 2011
 * <span style="font: 14px Arial; letter-spacing: 0px; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 3em; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Principal and Lead went to Learning@school and three other staff went to some sessions
 * <span style="font: 14px Arial; letter-spacing: 0px; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 3em; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Leadership training with Mike Scadden (2 March)
 * <span style="font: 14px Arial; letter-spacing: 0px; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 3em; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Using SOLO to show students how the Key competencies can enhance their learning.
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<span style="display: block; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Arial; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify;"> __**National Goal 4**__ **Family and whānau to actively participate in their child’s learning**

__**Cluster Goal 4:**__ **//<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 130%; letter-spacing: 0px;">Communicate changes in pedagogy and use of e-learning and SOLO Taxonomy to the school community. //**


 * Bringing parents on board about children’s use of the internet through SuperClubsPlus and World Maths Day
 * //Productive partnerships- Maori students, whanau, iwi and schools working together to produce better outcomes.//
 * Parents surveyed during parent interviews during Week 6 of Term 1 about their expectations of a child’s all round abilities by the time they leave at Year 8. These results are being collated and a document is being written at present about the philosophy and goals of the Rumaki and Auraki Whanau within the school. This will be presented to the community at a later date.
 * Celebrated the schools125th reunion on 1 – 3 April. Community were in the school helping and guiding in many dimensions.
 * Tracking student achievement data using STAR and GLOSS to show Māori student achievement – facilitated by Nicky Brell
 * At end of last year an Ohinemutu Community group, working with BOP Regional Council, met to discuss our school working in partnership in the Ohinemutu Wetlands Restoration and Community Gardens. At present Year 7 & 8 are working on the land to prepare it for planting and learning various techniques which they will pass on to the younger classes in the school when comes time to plant and care for the gardens. (tuakana teina)

<span style="display: block; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Arial; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify;"> __**National Goal 5**__ **The sector by sharing online professional reflections to inform colleagues of the challenges and opportunities afforded by e-learning**

__ **Cluster Goal 5:** __

**//Cross-school collaboration within the cluster extends professional learning and enhances pedagogical practice and culminates in a series of e-presentations for a national audience.//**
 * Lead teacher has set up a presence for our school on the Virtual Learning Network.
 * Teachers are encouraged to share through our online cluster spaces (Rotorua Teachers Talk and Rotorua Students Talk)
 * Glenholme School has contributed to the VLN as part of our Milestone 3 requirement.


 * PRINCIPAL'S REPORT **

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Cambria; font-size: 11pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">One of the most important goals for Rotorua Primary is Maori Achievement because of our high proportion of Maori children (97%). With this in mind the importance of staff development is a priority that we see is paramount. The Workshops and face to face 1 on 1 Professional Development with the Cluster Facilitator has been invaluable.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Cambria; font-size: 11pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">The introduction of Solo-Taxonomy has made an immediate impact because: <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Cambria; font-size: 11pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">1. Teachers see the benefits for their children with the structured way in which this programme operates. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Cambria; font-size: 11pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">2. Children can see for themselves how their thoughts can be organised. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Cambria; font-size: 11pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">3. Writing using SOLO brings more depth to children’s work. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Cambria; font-size: 11pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">4. Children can self evaluate and reflect on their work about how to improve and move to the next steps.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Cambria; font-size: 11pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Teachers are also working through Individual needs to up-skill them with the technology that we have in our school. The use of computers, interactive white boards, videoing, recording and any other digital tools that we have are all being used and without this PD these objects become expensive ornaments. The teachers are better prepared to deal with the technology in their classroom and we are seeing teachers becoming more and more comfortable with this technology. With the teacher development the children’s use of digital tools on a regular basis is evident. Apart from the hardware, staff are also being up-skilled with software like Web-2-Tools which although is taking longer to pick up as often with programmes it is the regularity of use that can determine how quickly someone becomes competent.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Cambria; font-size: 11pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Lastly we have also tied our Professional Development to our Appraisal system. Staff at Rotorua Primary see this contract as so important that they are constantly reviewing and reflecting on what we are learning and implementing. All this will make positive changes to our school and benefit our children for the future as they come through Rotorua Primary