CNI+mtg+notes+-+Coley+St+-+07.05.09

07.05.09
 * Mtg (1) Coley St**

**Bevan Campbell** - Waikanae (final year) **Moira Howard** - Waikanae (final year) **Janice** - Correspondence School (2nd year) **Richard McMillan** - Coley St (3rd year) **Geoff Lovegrove** - Lytton (2nd year) **Doug Drysdale** - Bunnythorpe Kainui Cluster (2nd year) **Carolyn Stuart** - Tawa Intermediate (2nd year) **Liz Denby** - Newlands (2nd year) **Jan Wyn** - Bellvue (2nd year) **Bernie Wills** - PF (.5) (2nd year) **Ange Armstrong-Lush** - Lytton (2nd year) **Jan Thomas** - Coley St (3rd year) Warren Hall: NSSF Kathe Tawhiwhirangi-Perry: NSSF
 * In attendance**

Location Thank you to Richard and Jan for agreeing to host us at Coley Street School 53 Coley Street Foxton, Manawatu-Wanganui 4814 (06) 363 8117 Link: 
 * Programme**

There is a lot of parking available on the street, park there and then come up to the office and someone will point you to the room where we are meeting.
 * Parking**

9–9:30 Coffee & Introductions 9:30 Introductions Cluster Sharing 10:45 Morning tea 11:15 Moira Howard ‘Challenging the use of thinking strategies. If teachers don’t believe in what they are doing then the changes aren’t sustainable' 12:45 Lunch 1:30 Students will give us a tour around our hosting school 2:00 Milestone discussion Thoughts about Mtg (2) 3:00 Finish
 * Agenda**

**Tawa Intermediate** 1. School Policies and Procedures (SchoolDocs) 2. Request for homework review
 * Cluster sharing:**
 * This programme creates the policies for you - your school however, are able to customise docs pertinent to your school
 * BOT mtgs are no longer taken up with wrangling over these policies
 * Some parts of the site are open
 * Consultation with community????
 * A newsletter was sent out inviting feedback
 * //Top right hand corner of the screen//
 * //Go to search button//
 * //Go to homework//
 * //Go to review//
 * Parents can add in to the comments box
 * Comparative data - nationally - comes from other 'School doc' users
 * Feedback from the community fed to Lead team
 * Lead team to analyse and decide what this
 * www.schooldocs.co.nz (Conference (Principals) in Palmerston later this year, they will be presenting)

**Waikanae School** : Presentation by **Moira Howard** **'Thinking without Hats and Keys'** - Project Facilitator .3 and Deputy Principal .7 @ Waikanae School Video clip: **Song of the Bird** (Elwyn Richardson) (1) Characteristics of the teacher - __**dispositions**__
 * holistic
 * enquiring
 * principled

(2) Characteristics of the learners - __**attitude**__ (3) Characteristics of the __**'strategies'**__
 * enthusiastically working with clay
 * community of learners was developed with th sharing, modelling etc
 * express opinions
 * responsibility to the materials used
 * discipline of craft
 * kiln was built from the bricks brought by the chn
 * tching people to learn about themselves
 * positive, keen, connectedness,
 * embedded in the community
 * inquiry
 * authentic

(4) Thoughts as you watched........

**Lytton Primary** - **Ange Armstrong-Lush**
 * **http://ictdigitallearners.wikispaces.com/**
 * a means to hook tchrs in
 * ICT is just a vehicle for learning
 * some exemplars
 * a collaborative workspace
 * if contributors have examples - invited to place works up here

Invitation for all of us to request to join and add to this wiki by Ange. Thanks Ange

1. A Learning intention 2. A tool that was used in the exemplar
 * Please have**:

**Next mtg:** Thursday October 22nd @ Lytton Street School - Feilding Agenda to be co-constructed by us all, with a slot in there for Variation Writing