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NZC Online update - November 2011

Each month we bring you an email update with information, links, strategies, and schools stories on New Zealand Curriculum Online, Key Competencies Online and the Secondary Portal.

Special education online
Special education are redeveloping their website. SEOnline will support educators who work with children with special education needs. A user research survey is underway to help ensure that the site delivers the content that is relevant and useful to the intended audience.
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New stories

New Zealand Transport Authority case studies
These case studies illustrate how three schools have explored road safety aligned with the New Zealand Curriculum.

New resources

Recovery of greater Christchurch photography competition
The Canterbury Earthquake Recovery Authority (CERA) is inviting all schools in greater Christchurch to take part in a photography competition. Schools are asked to submit photographs that reflect their students' visions of recovery - what greater Christchurch will be like in the future.

Literacy in English
Resources to help teachers identify the literacy skills and knowledge their students have, and need to be developed, in English.

Literacy in science
Resources to help teachers identify the literacy skills and knowledge their students have, and need to be developed, in science.

Smokefree schools
This website offers information, ideas, and resources to help schools/kura develop and promote a smokefree school community.

Community engagement

PISA in focus: What can parents do to help their children succeed at school?
Analyses of PISA data shows better student reading performance can be achieved through genuine parent interest and active engagement.

From community engagement in education to public engagement with education
This paper explores the purpose of different school-community initiatives and discusses the case for a wider public engagement in education.

Secondary middle leaders

Managing complex change
Angela White from St Margaret's College in Christchurch explains how change is woven through the culture of the school, referring to the 'Managing complex change' diagram.

Ako in action
Eight NZ school leaders talk about how they have connected the learning they undertook in three Ministry funded professional learning programmes to their professional practice.

Secondary

Albany Senior High School Youtube gallery
Albany Senior High School share student voice through their own You Tube gallery.

Senior secondary curriculum guide – The Arts
The arts (part 1) teaching and learning guide is now available online.

Senior secondary curriculum guide – English
The English (part 1) teaching and learning guide is now available online.

Middle Schooling

Future worlds
In this Youtube video, 14 year old Cheryl talks about what the reality of being a learner in a future world will feel like for her.

Science learning hub
Resources for teachers that explore the latest research in science and technology in NZ and are closely linked to the science curriculum.

Key Competencies Online

Digital learning farm
Alan November's Digital learning farm tells how pioneering teachers are providing students with new roles that have them making valuable contributions to their learning communities.

Participating and contributing - The nature of science
This substrand of the nature of science is about students using their science understanding to participate and contribute to their own lives and to society.

Science thinking tools
These tools can be used to explore the impacts science and technology might have on society, both now and in the future.

Sixty second adventures in thought
Can a cat be both alive and dead? Can a computer think? How does a tortoise beat Achilles in a race? Voiced by comedian David Mitchell, these fast-paced animations explain six famous thought experiments.

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