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Principals supporting Principals… Principals supporting Principles! Kia Ora This week’s email update for June 9 2014. If you cannot read this email, or parts are cut off, you can access it here (CRTL‐Click) or here http://www.wpa.ac.nz/1/newsletter_sets/1‐monday‐mailing/years/2014 . Kind regards Pat Help! Does anyone has any NE / Year 1 furniture that they don’t require; if so, please contact us at [email protected] or phone 07 827 5316. Thank you. 1
Kind Regards Sandra Hazelton Principals PA / School Secretary Cambridge Primary School Ph 07 827 5316 CatchUp Day Notes You can access Mark Osborne’s (CORE Education) notes here:  MLEs - Machines for Learning, and  Effective eLearning Pedagogy You can also find them on the front page of the WPA website and also in the document section. Are You Going… Are you attending the NZPF Conference in Invercargill this year? If you are, please email [email protected] so we can get a roster of Waikato attendees, and possibly arrange group transport, events, etc. WPA Dates 2014 Catch Up Days Term 3............................. August 7 Term 4......................... October 30 Themes for 2014 Catch Up Days: 
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Professional Leadership and our Career Pathways; Professional Learning Groups; Modern Learning Environments; Opportunities for Sharing; Managing Stress. Road Trip – Melbourne....................................... June 16‐21 Schools Challenge (Trots) Night............................ August 21 WPA Principals Dinner.................................... November 21 AP DP Thanks to the large group that attended the re‐establishment meeting of the AP/DP network within the Network Waikato. The next meeting is scheduled for Thursday 3rd July, 3.30pm Initial meeting: 3 July, 3.30 pm at Punnet Cafe (Tamahere) Chair: Keith O’Donnell Secretary: Debbie Simon Treasurer: Lee Boyd, Reshma Patel‐Harman Committee : Kay Petchell, Bex Hodgson, Meegan Dunn, Michelle Chettleburgh, Carey Huria, Jo Wright, Brent Harper. If you would like your name added to the contact list, please send you contact information to the group secretary Debbie Simon ‐ [email protected] Kind Regards Hamish Fenemor Principal Tirau Primary School 2
07 883 1653 027 450 8774 [email protected] Relieving I am available next term for any Principal work ‐ I know every now and then principals need time off for Principal personal reasons, sabbatical, etc and may not have an experienced DP to step up for them. I am currently acting Principal at Puahue School. Lois McGregor 027 616 9107 [email protected] A Rant… The joy of teaching struck me this morning. I have a cold and feel rubbish. However, I manned up and went to school. At 8:30 I went for my usual Monday morning walk around the classrooms. All I saw was happy children excited to be back at school for another week of learning and living. Seeing so many friendly, joyous faces reminded me why we do what we do. Of course, I am now back in my office with liquid dribbling from my nose onto my keyboard… Ministry of Education Property Ministry of Education Property meeting. Please find attached the presentation material from the Central North property sector forum. Also, please find the following links that you may also be interested in viewing: School Satisfaction Survey – if you haven’t already done so, then please complete the survey. https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/SchoolPropertyServiceSatisfactionSurvey2014 Modern Learning Environment website (optimised in Google Chrome) www.mle.education.govt.nz New Education Beta Website http://www.education.govt.nz/ 3
CONNECT CONNECT Day July 18 - (Filling fast over 100 registered - Make a Moove) Register Connect Day Registrations are now open for this day that will feature Nathan Mikaere Wallis as Keynote speaker look at the implications of brain development on
learners. Nathan is part of the Brain Wave Trust, and X Factor Education, Christchurch. This day is continuing to connect teachers of the Waikato. Workshops for Digital citizenship, Scratch, Creative Commons, Google apps, Ipad layering apps for
learning, Big Data and Film Making being offered plus more to come... Free to ConnectED members. Limited to 160. Do you have a story that needs to be shared? a teacher that could help others? If they provide a workshop they can come at no cost. http://www.connected.org.nz/events-and-happenings/share-a-story ConnectED bring Waikato teachers together. Dave Winter Dean eLearning Project Director Connected Regional Community M: 021 1769425 Blog: http://educheck.blogspot.com Twitter: davein2it Skype: davewin2it Fundraising There is a fantastic opportunity to give your “extended school family” an opportunity to help the school Opportunity whilst having fun as a family. Purchase a new Rainbow Springs Annual pass and $10.00 for each Family Annual Pass sold will be donated to your school! All you need to do to participate is register with Rainbow Springs and they will take care of the rest. http://rainbowsprings.co.nz/draft/401/about‐us/school‐fundraiser Nga Mihi nui ‐Toni
Toni Thompson Territory Manager Agrodome & Rainbow Springs Fairy Springs Road | Rotorua | New Zealand ( DDI +64 7 350 0459 | Mobile +64 021 2439388 * [email protected] 8 www.rainbowsprings.co.nz; 4
Would you like to help us to save kiwi??? Purchase an Entertainment book this year and 20% of the cost will be donated to the National Kiwi Trust (Kiwi Encounter). Follow the link below for details! https://www.entertainmentbook.co.nz/orderbooks/154b300 5
Hmmm… Something to think about with the election looming!!! IS this where National Standards will take us if the government returns? http://www.abc.net.au/news/2014‐05‐19/naplan‐study‐finds‐school‐testing‐program‐not‐achieving‐
goals/5463004 One Principal Assoc president tells it as he sees it and SPANZ President sees it differently!! http://www.educationreview.co.nz/leadership‐and‐pd/may‐2014/investing‐in‐educational‐success‐
opinion/#.U5NyNdKKDrd From Bruce Hammond 6
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Health and Happiness It's one of the simplest and most under‐utilised happiness boosting strategies. It's something we can all do, but few do, to double our experience of positive emotions. It is, quite simply, a strategy known as savouring and today we present you with some research that highlights how beneficial it can be for those of us wanting to enjoy life more. In short, savouring equals happiness: In 2012, the internationally renowned researcher Dr. Fred Bryant, along with researchers from New Zealand's Victoria University of Wellington, asked 101 women and men to keep diaries for 30 days. They recorded "pleasant events" and how much they savoured or squelched them. Savourers got more pleasure by stopping to focus on a good thing, telling someone else about it, or even screaming in delight or laughing. Wet‐blanket types killed the joy by carping that it could have been better, they didn't deserve it, or it was almost over. Ultimately, adept savourers got the biggest happiness boost out of pleasurable moments. Further, being good at savouring raises your spirits the most when you really need it. In a 2012 Washington State University study, people going through tough times got bigger mood boosts from savoured moments than people whose lives were packed with positive but unsavoured experiences. In the article referred to above (HERE's that link again), the following tips are recommended for savouring but we're also throwing in a few more for your reading and living pleasure... 
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Anticipate how wonderful an event will be before you even get there During the situation, be present and really focus on what you're experiencing in all of your senses 
After the event, look back and reminisce about how good it was 
Boost your happiness even further by sharing the positive experience with family and/or friends 
And finally, celebrate the positives within the event in as many ways as possible. The Happiness Institute
Website of the Week http://kids.nationalgeographic.com/ 8
I have mentioned this webite before… but it’s really good! Reading From Tony Mangan at Glenview School… The Price of Inequality. Attached. Very interesting read! A Thought... 9
And a laugh… School Jokes…. Q: Why did the student throw his watch out of the school window? A: He wanted to see time fly. Q: Why do they never serve beer at a math party? A: Because you can't drink and derive... Q: What do you say when you are comforting a grammar nazi? A: There, Their, They're Q: What's another name for Santa's elves? A: Subordinate Clauses. Q: Why did the student take a ladder to school? A: Because he/she was going to high school! Q: What is Grammar? A: The difference between knowing your shit, and knowing you’re shit. Q: What three candies can you find in every school? A: Nerds, DumDums, and smarties. Q: What's a teacher's favorite nation? A: Expla‐nation. Q: Why didn't the skeleton go to the school dance? 10
A: He didn't have anybody to take. (any BODY) Q: Why didn't the quarter roll down the hill with the nickel? A: Because it had more cents. Q: What's the difference between a dead prostitute and school? A: School still sucks! Q: What happened to the plant in math class? A: It grew square roots. Q: What do you call a laughing jar of mayonnaise? A: LMAYO Q: What is a proof? A: One‐half percent of alcohol. Q: Why did the chicken cross the moebius strip? A: To get to the same side. Q: Why did the cross‐eyed teacher lose her job? A: Because she couldn't control her pupils? Q: Why couldn't the moebius strip enroll at the school? A: They required an orientation. Q: How did the geography student drown? A: His grades were below C‐level Q: What does a mathematician do about constipation? A: He works it out with a pencil. Q: Why is a math book always unhappy? A: Because it always has lots of problems. Q: Why don't you do arithmetic in the jungle? A: Because if you add 4+4 you get ate! Q: Why is 6 afraid of 7? A: Because 7 8 9 Q: What do you get when you mix sulfur, tungsten, and silver? A: SWAG Q: What did the fish say when he hit the wall? A: Dam! Q: How does a math professor propose to his fiancée? A: With a polynomial ring! Q: What's the longest word in the dictionary? A: Rubber‐band ‐‐ because it streches. Q: If H2O is the formula for water, what is the formula for ice? A: H2O cubed. 11
Q: How does Juliet maintain a constant body temperature? A: Romeostasis Q: Why did the scientist go to the tanning salon? A: Because he was a paleontologist. Q: What is the most erotic number? A: 2110593! Q: Why? A: When 2 are 1 and don't pay at10tion, they'll know within 5 weeks whether or not, after 9 months, they'll be 3. Q: What is the difference between a mathematician and a philosopher? A: The mathematician only needs paper, pencil, and a trash bin for his work ‐ the philosopher can do without the trash bin. Q: What is non‐orientable and lives in the ocean? A: Mobius Dick. Q: What is the difference between a Ph.D. in mathematics and a large pizza? A: A large pizza can feed a family of four Q: How do you call the largest accumulation point of poles? A: Warsaw! Q: What do you call a music teacher with problems? A: a trebled man. Q: What is the fastest way to determine the sex of a chromosome? A: Pull down its genes. Q: What do you get when you cross Sonic The Hedgehog and Curious George? A: 2 Fast 2 Curious Q: What do you call the leader of a biology gang? A: The Nucleus Q: Name a bus you can never enter? A: A syllabus Q: What did the mathematician's parrot say? A: A poly "no meal" Q: Why do chemistry professors like to teach about ammonia? A: Because it's basic material. Q: If H20 is water what is H204? A: Drinking, bathing, washing, swimming. . . Q: What did one math book say to the other? A: Don't bother me I've got my own problems! source: http://www.jokes4us.com/miscellaneousjokes/schooljokes/index.html 12
Have a great week. Kind regards Pat Poland Communications Officer Waikato Principals Association [email protected] 13
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