2008 School Calendar

2010 Calendar Units for the year, SOME of which, involving our Feedback Sheets... -	Each term we plan and prepare a unit which operates right across the school Year 1 to 8! After the initial unit each term, teachers plan and prepare another significant unit based on the interests and needs of the children. This second unit also has a feedback sheet for children and parents. Link to 2005 Calendar Link to the 2006 calendar Link to the 2007 calendar Link to 2008 calendar Links to calendar 2009	Other School Events
EXIT		Swimming Sports at Stratford Pools with our local schools! Both junior and senior. Parent Interviews for new teacher child combinations week 4 Staff professional Development Andrea Harding will be running 6 sessions at Too School with two teacher only days. Focus on direct acts of teaching within the reading and writing programs. Testing PAT mathematics PAT Listening AsTTLe reading NZCER spelling Athletics Sports at Toko School This year 6 age champions out of 16 possible. A pretty reasonable result! Teams and coaches made for Jones Cup organised an fields at the ready.
Swimming and water survival skills plus sun safe as well to encourage the understanding of the need for sun hats.	All classes have intensive swimming instruction which culminates in an interschool swimming carnival. The skills developed are rather obvious. It is a big deal here that children learn to swim to save themselves! Include some some safe and why hats are needed!
Feasts and Famine	An integrated unit focusing on the the plight and predicament of children. each class will take its own path but: Learning objectives come from the Social Science curriculum statement The split screen teaching is our Learning Environment EMPATHY
Term 2
THE KIWI	This is a feedback sheet unit. An integrated unit based around the survival of the NZ KIWI The we are supported by the Taranaki Kiwi Trust. Children design and build predator tunnels! Children elarn facts and figures about the survival of the kiwi. Unit to culminate with a visit to Lake Rotokare.	Jones Cup Day and preparations May 18th Interschool Play day Year 1 to 4 at Midhirst School June Reporting to the BOT, assessments in reading, writing, mathematics and spelling available. Parent Interviews A major undertaking to get it all right, well prepared ad ensure that the children's voice is clear.
THE KIWI	Methanex Unit Preparations A mathematical unit focusing on research and investigations skills in a mathematical context. This is for Years 5 to 8. Year 7 and 8 spend up to 4 weeks in preparation. Work heads to the Methanex Spectacular competition in NP .Awesome Results Year 5 and 6 more like two weeks. We enter into the group investigations for Year 7 and 8 rather than other areas as I believe it develops a cooperative atmosphere in the classroom however could be a good individual project for keen kids to complete at home.. A feedback sheet.
Methanex Year 5 to 8 Is it time to take a broader look at a mathematical investigation at the Year 4 level?
Term 3
Methanex Debating Oral Language New Zealand Speech Board Exams	Debates are on the agenda, and perhaps this is a real opportunity to write explanations as well! COOL UNIT TO START THE TERM, moving into NZSPEECH BRD exams!! NZSPEECH BROF PREPARATIONS NZ Speech Board Exams A MAJOR school wide focus. The actual exams are scheduled for Week 8 Preparation any less than 4 weeks leaves the children under prepared. However, be careful not to memorize the content. It is a fine line between the two. We completed this in 2004, and 2005 and 2006 and 2007 and 2008 and 2009. I believe this has had very positive results with children's oral language developing and their confidence developing too.
Term 4
How Does Your Garden Grow End of Year Concert Preparations	How does Your Garden Grow The continuation of an integrated cross the school unit with a science base. Children will develop skills of gardening along with a wider appreciation of how things grow, the need for good food, budgeting and costs, health and food, caring for plants. Clear links exist to world hunger/ poverty. Concert preparations including songs and dances and lines! Swimming in Stratford 6 sessions over three weeks.	Lions Speech competition Yr 6 to 8 Swimming in Stratford 5 Weeks once a week! Tabloid Sports at Midhirst School at end of term. SCHOOL REPORTS
School Production Independent 5 weekunti for Year 8 children! How well does Toko teach children to independently inquire?	Production Preparations ............... At the end of the year a significant amount of time is used in the development of the end of year concert. Year 7 and 8 take on the majority of the "acting", however, dance and movement, and singing is a large part of the preparation as well and extends right across the school .Preparation time!!!! Oral Visual Music Dance

	This is an independent inquiry based research unit completed by Yr 8 students demonstrating their development of research skills over the last 8 years! (Learning how to learn star) A feedback sheet