The A to Z of Fendalton School - Recently Updated Pages

Principal

robclarke — Tue, 20 May 2008 04:30:00 CDT

Our Principal is Paul Sibson. He can be contacted via the school office on 03-351-9788, by email paul.sibson@fendalton.school.nz or through his blog - fendalton-principal.blogspot.com

Past principals of the school include Dr Cheryl Doig, now the director of Think Beyond, Doug Hales and Dale Hadley (brother of cricketing legend Sir Richard Hadley).

Web 2 Tools

sibsonpaul — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 16:17:24 CST

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FirstClass

sibsonpaul — Mon, 11 Feb 2008 20:16:09 CST

FirstClass is our school intranet system. It works on Mac/Windows and other types of computer systems and can work via a web browser or through the FirstClass software.

FirstClass is able to do a range of things for you, including email, chat, conferencing/discussion, file sharing, website publishing, calendaring, blogging, podcasting and more. It is a place to share ideas, resources and thoughts with colleagues, children and parents.

Some features to be aware of include:

You can send an email to a person or a conference in FirstClass.
Any conference or calendar can be instantly presented on the Internet.
You can share your newsletters or other files (eg. homework, practice sheets) in this way.
You can have a class calendar to instantly inform parents of dates, which can be linked from your class web site.

The three main areas to be aware of:

Your FirstClass desktop - where you can see everything and quickly navigate to all areas.
Staff Intranet - only for staff, includes vital information and daily messages.
Fendalton Intranet - for staff/children and parents, includes daily notices to be read out at the start of every day, along with bookings of areas and equipment.

Some Essential FirstClass Skills & Timesavers…

Replying using quote - highlight the text you want in the reply, then click Reply and that text will be in your response.
Replying to the sender only.
Changing your password.
Insert a voice clip into an email.
Linking items in your email messages, using attachments and making tables.
Using a signature for your email.
Making an item appear ‘read’- click once on the item(s), then press “Apple –“. This is useful in the staff intranet if you won’t want to read every item!
Booking items correctly.
Teaching children to use FirstClass at home - refer to “Using FirstClass @ Home” (Staff Intranet > ICT > ICT Help Files).
Checking who is online and having a chat with them.
Using folders to organise your mail.
Using the View menu to change the view options of your mailbox.
Learn to use mail rules- in the Collaborate menu.

FENDALTON INTRANET - for staff, students and parents

Absences - must be filled in and sent before 9.15 every day. The office will ring classrooms that don’t do this by 9.30 and will follow up unexplained absences by calling home.

Daily Notices - teachers and children can add any message they want all children/staff to get each day. Children may add messages to this in liaison with their teacher.

IT Resources - please book the item or room you need clearly identifying the duration that you need it. Make sure you also change the time in the “Starts at” and the “Ends at” fields so that the bookings are arranged in order on the booking calendar. The system will also show you if your booking clashes with someone elses.

Learn how to book a space and at the same time invite someone to the event, and at the same time book equipment to support the event (e.g. pod, datashow, a Tech Wizard, or a sound system). Doing this saves you lots of time!

STAFF INTRANET - only for staff

This area is only available to staff. It changes according to the needs of the school at any particular time. Areas within it that will be useful to you include:

Year Calendar - this is the overall planner showing what is happening and when. Some of these items are available to parents via the school web site. It is essential that staff enter items into this calendar correctly. The office monitors this calendar.

Curriculum - enabling skills, EOTC, planners, templates and other digital resources are kept in here.

Assessment, Planning & Reporting- this area includes:

Report writing guidance.
Planning templates to help you and your team.
Guidance and examples of assessment of Key Competencies.

Teams - You can scan something from the photocopiers and it will email to these conferences as an attachment. Teams should use these conferences for their own work as they decide.

General - the term booklets, rosters for kids, induction programme, peer coaching documents, PLJ documents, and random items as required.

Sport – items in this conference are available to our parent community via the community area of the FOS web site (user ID: fendalton, Password: school).

Passwords – to the range of digital tools available to staff (Google, ARB, EPIC, eTAP, TKI, Journal Surf, FOS .Mac account).

ICT- this area has a range of items in it:

ICT Problems for Ron: email jobs for Ron our technician. Members of the techie team monitor this conference.
ICT Help Files: as teachers create documents that share instructions for using various pieces of software and troubleshooting tips, they could be added to this file for everyone’s use.
Tech Wizards Roster- teachers can book in Tech Wizards to help them in their classroom.

QLCs - any information, sharing of ideas, resources and meeting minutes for QLC groups will be kept and emailed to this conference.

General - this conference contains a range of useful items such as: Staff Meeting minutes, RAMS forms/Transport forms, Class Description template, FOS Students Transfer Form, Relieving Teacher List, Attendance Register procedures, Course/Conference Information forms (for Megan), NAG Guidelines, Uniform Notices

Shared Norms

sibsonpaul — Sun, 10 Feb 2008 17:45:26 CST

The A to Z of Fendalton School Home

sibsonpaul — Fri, 08 Feb 2008 21:37:12 CST

Everything you ever wanted to know about life at Fendalton Open-air school.

If there is something that you think is missing from the A to Z please let one of the Leadership Team know so that we can add it!

The Fendalton Framework for Learning: more....

Make a Difference

sibsonpaul — Fri, 08 Feb 2008 20:48:42 CST

Leadership Team

sibsonpaul — Tue, 05 Feb 2008 22:26:30 CST

Our school leadership team is made up of the Principal and senior teachers within the school. They are:

Paul Sibson - Principal
Miranda Beuzenberg - Associate Principal
Rob Clarke - Associate Principal
Carolyn Silby - Junior Team Leader
Trevor Proctor - Middle Team and Maths Leader
Toby Stokes - Senior Team Leader
Judy Harford - Literacy Leader

U - Z

sibsonpaul — Tue, 05 Feb 2008 22:22:24 CST

Find out about our school zone.

P - T

sibsonpaul — Tue, 05 Feb 2008 22:21:52 CST

Our Principal, the PTA, religious instruction, school rules, sport, staff, stationary.

K - O

sibsonpaul — Tue, 05 Feb 2008 22:21:01 CST

What happens at lunchtime, maps to find your way around, all about music and our newsletters.

F - J

sibsonpaul — Tue, 05 Feb 2008 22:20:07 CST

Fees, Fendalton Friends, using the FirstClass computer software, the history of the school, homework and school hours.

A - E

sibsonpaul — Tue, 05 Feb 2008 22:17:38 CST

Find out about absences, assemblies, activities outside of the classroom, communication, contact details and enrolment.

Glossary

sibsonpaul — Tue, 05 Feb 2008 22:16:05 CST

A-C

Term	Definition
BOT	Board of Trustees – five parent elected representatives, a staff representative and the Principal are responsible for governing the school.
CRT	Classroom Release Time of at least 1 hour/week must be provided for teachers as from Term 4 2005. At Fendalton the Board funds an additional 1/2 hour per week. This means that every 3rd week is a directed session often used for QLC planning.

D-G

Term	Definition
EEO	Equal Employment Opportunities for all staff
EHSAS	Extending High Standards Across Schools is a Ministry of Education initiative to provide extra funding to high performing schools so they can develop their programmes further and collaborate with other schools to expand excellence.
ERO	Education Review Office – external auditors of schools. They review schools approx every three years (www.ero.govt.nz).
FFO	Fendalton Friends Outcomes are the outcomes we want all children to have achieved by the time they leave our school. There are a number of outcomes under the headings of Communicator, Dream maker, Team Player and Thinker. These relate to the Ministry of Education’s Key Competencies but are based on our own interpretation of these. Other documents outline the FFO in more detail – please ask!
FOS	Fendalton Open-air School (see the website for details of how we got this name www.fendalton.school.nz).

H-L

Term	Definition
ICTs	Information and Communication Technologies – computers, digital cameras, phones…

M-Q

Term	Definition
MAD	Make a Difference Learning – the model developed by Fendalton School, challenging us to make a difference to self, school and society.
MoU	Memorandum of Understanding between the Ministry of Education and Ngai Tahu regarding educational outcomes for Maori students.
NaG	National Administration Guidelines that schools are required to follow (see www.minedu.govt.nz for details).
PMI	Plus Minus Interesting – a thinking tool used in the school.
PTA	Parent Teacher Association – our support group of parents who help with community activities, fundraising, networking. Visit their Blog.

R-Z

Term	Definition
SIAC	Science & Innovation Advisory Council reported to the Prime Minister regarding the future development of innovation in NZ
10YPP	10 year property plan which shows what we are going to spend funding on to maintain and develop our school buildings and facilities.

Telecommunications

sibsonpaul — Tue, 05 Feb 2008 22:14:30 CST

Children will be instructed and encouraged to use the phone, computers, fax, internet and Email as an integral part of their classroom programme.

Trusteeship

sibsonpaul — Tue, 05 Feb 2008 22:14:07 CST

Every three years our community elect a Board of Trustees to govern our school. The Board hold in trust for the community the successful education of all children enrolled in the school. Our Board has a legal function, and more importantly they need to act with wisdom and judgment to do what is best for the children in our school today to enable them to succeed in an uncertain tomorrow.

Boards are guided by the Education Act 1989, a Charter and three sets of guidelines:

a)The National Education Goals
b)Curriculum Statements
c)National Administration Statements

Our Board meets on the second Monday of each month in the staffroom at 7.30pm. Parents are welcome but should check dates with the office before attending.

Our Board has six members elected by the parents, the Principal, a Staff Rep. and two seconded members.

Our Board at Fendalton

Chairperson:
Steve Wakefield

Others:
Graham Jackson
Paul Bryden
Michelle Metherell
Chris Davies
David Wilding

Principal:
Paul Sibson

Staff Representative:
Trevor Proctor

Sport

sibsonpaul — Tue, 05 Feb 2008 22:13:45 CST

Sport is an important part of our curriculum and our culture. Sport activities include:

Organised lunchtime team events.
Senior school sports teams participate in Friday competitions and practice after school once a week.
Whole school sports days are organised around the major codes.
The regular class physical education programme will focus on skill development and physical fitness.
More information about the sports programme can be obtained from Paul Norton.
PMP - A Perceptual Motor Programme is held during term 2 for junior school children in the School Hall.

Stationary

sibsonpaul — Tue, 05 Feb 2008 22:13:18 CST

Stationery is available from the School Office.
Each class has it's own stationary list put together at the start of the year by the teachers.

Staff

sibsonpaul — Tue, 05 Feb 2008 22:12:24 CST

Our staff are the dream-makers.

It is our teachers who bring out the gifts in every child and turn them to talents. It is the teacher who inspires learning, creates opportunities that challenge, sets in place the curiosity, skills and understandings that build lifelong learning. We appoint teachers because they adore working with children, because they are learners themselves, because they have vision and passion.

Our staff are our most important resource.

We appoint highly qualified people with a range of teaching and life experiences. We have a strong commitment to our staff's on-going learning and encourage them to attend and participate in relevant courses, conferences and training.

We have wonderful support staff working alongside our teachers making sure that the school is well organised, maintained and that children have as much support in their learning as possible.

School Rules

sibsonpaul — Tue, 05 Feb 2008 22:11:48 CST

We teach skills of group dynamics, collaboration, problem solving and an awareness of one’s self. We encourage self-awareness, tolerance and respect towards others.

We expect all people in our school to act with:

a)respect and pride

b)responsibility

c)reliability

We want a happy, relaxed school to support our quality learning programmes.

A PEER MEDIATION programme also operates within the school.

Some specific rules

Children need permission from a teacher to leave the school grounds.
We encourage healthy eating.
Foul language, name calling, disrespect and other bullying behaviours will not be tolerated.

Religious Instruction

sibsonpaul — Tue, 05 Feb 2008 22:11:04 CST

Between 9.00am and 9.30am on Fridays children in some year levels are offered lessons on religion by accredited inter-denominational instructors.

Pupils can be withdrawn from this programme by contacting the Office.