PICTURES SPEAK LOUDER THAN WORDS!!

An excellent day in Blenheim yesterday and I hope you all enjoyed it as much as I did.

Hello Senior school students and parents

The Upper South CA team are committed to uphold the One School Vison and Values, and also the specific One School policy regarding phones and wearable IT equipment at school. We need your full support to adhere to this and prevent the following items coming to school. :

• Student Phones
• Smartwatches
• Fitness Trackers

This includes all student mobile phones, wearable technology such as Smartwatches, fitness trackers (including Fitbit, Garmin, Tom-tom, Samsung and other brands). This means any device that connects to a network, syncs to the internet, tracks movement, or is not school-owned or supplied.

We would like to remind all that we are fully supporting the school staff in upholding the One School phone and wearable tech policy.

In the event of these items being found at school, the policy states:

12.5. Where no formal agreement is in place between parents/guardians, students and the School, prohibited ICT equipment will be confiscated with the following effect:

1. 1st offence: Item confiscated for that day. Returned to parent/guardian at the end of the day or when they are next available to come into School.
2. 2nd offence: Item confiscated, and CA works through Local Ambassador* to return the item to the parent/guardian at the end of the School week.
3. 3rd offence: Item confiscated, and CA works through Local Ambassador* to return the item to the parent/guardian at the end of the term.

*Respected community elder who supports the CA.

We would like to encourage the parents to ensure that their children have left these at home before they leave for school.

If there is a specific reason why a student needs to bring a phone to school, the policy states that prior written approval is required from the regional team leader. This can be done by the parents contacting the CP (Campus Principal) and one of the CA team. The approval is on a case by case basis, and the phone will still need to be handed into the OA office on arriving.

The Student ICT Policy and two associated documents can be downloaded from the following links:

• Click here to download updated Student ICT Policy
• Click here to download updated Student ICT Agreement
• Click here to download updated ICT Misuse-Behaviour Management Policy

Kind Regards,

Kingsley Thomas, Brendon Smith, Richard Malcolm, John Woodman, Arnie Deck, Ben Petrie, Dave Gordon, Anthony Fisher, Charlie Beatson

CA Team - Upper South Campus

USING THE LANGUAGE OF LEARNING TO SUPPORT YOUR STUDENT'S LEARNING JOURNEY

As parents, it can be daunting to get involved in your child’s learning journey. I remember sitting down with my son to review his maths, only to discover that it was ‘new maths’ and it was no longer solved in the way that I had been taught in school. At OneSchool Global, the learning journey of students may feel foreign to parents who weren’t taught to look at learning through the stages of ‘orientate, navigate, and explore.’ Parents may see their children in the ‘learning pit’ and want to help them get out by providing the answers without realising that it is an important part of the learning process that students need to work through on their own with support being in the form of questions that stretch their learning, instead of answers that offer a specific solution.

One of the things that I love about working at OneSchool Global is that we are helping students to build the skills to ‘learn to learn.’ There isn’t an end to learning once an assessment is handed in or a class finishes. When students ‘learn to learn,’ it becomes a life-long activity and our students will have the tools to keep learning and dive deep into subjects that they are passionate about. So, as parents, how can each of you be connected to your child’s learning journey in ‘learning to learn’?

Firstly, talk to your student’s teachers. You can find their email address on Canvas and teachers enjoy having support at home from parents. We are all part of a learning community and communication is an excellent way to celebrate each student’s strengths and support growth areas. Secondly, understand the terms used in school and use them at home as well. For example, when students are ‘orientating’ they are doing things like defining concepts, describing how things work, or learning how things are connected. When you see your students doing these kinds of tasks, you can stretch their thinking by asking ‘navigating’ questions that show relationships to other things. You can ask them how they would apply their ideas to other things, how their idea is the same or different in other situations, or if it stands by itself. ‘Exploring’ is the most complex learning and involves applying newly discovered learning connections to wider contexts and applications. When students ‘explore’ they create new things, justify positions, persuade others, and imagine new ways to approach challenges. Finally, understand the learning process at OneSchool Global. We want students to sometimes feel stuck and not know what to do next. This is when they reach into their ‘backpack’ and find teachers and peers or resources on Canvas to help them. Instead of providing the answer to your child’s task, ask them who or where they can go for help. We want all students to be really good at communicating and being resourceful. If you feel that your child is really stuck, then it’s a great time to send their teacher an email so that you can work together to support your child’s learning and development of communication skills.

All of us at OneSchool Global want the best for all of our students and welcome communication and open collaboration with families. It takes a full community to educate children and helping everyone understand the language of learning at OSG is a good way to build that community.

By Karen Song

karen.song@nz.oneschoolglobal.com

• Students who are 7 or turning 7 by 30 April 2020 are eligible for enrolment into Year 3 2020.
• Students who are turning 7 by 30 June 2020 are eligible for enrolment into Year 3 2020 only if they have had at least 18 months in Years 1 and 2 in their state school, including one full school year in Year 2.

At the end of the enrolment form, you will be asked to upload documents. Please upload:

• Birth certificate or passport
• Latest school report
• Immunisation certificate or other immunisation information
• Reports of any assessments your child has received (if applicable)
• Relevant custody or court orders (if applicable)

Further information is available:

• OneSchool Global website: https://www.oneschoolglobal.com/
• Information about each NZ campus: https://www.oneschoolglobal.com/regions/new-zealand/
• Videos: oneschoolglobal.com/videos/
• Relevant policies, including ICT and Enrolment are currently being rebranded from Westmount to OneSchool Global, and will be available as they are updated
• Terms and conditions click here
• Uniform catalogue from Academy click here

If you would like any further information about our School, please contact your local Office Administrator:

Blenheim: Sara Mitchell sara.mitchell@nz.oneschoolglobal.com 03 577 5440

West Coast: Cecily Brewerton cecily.brewerton@nz.oneschoolglobal.com 03 789 5520

Nelson: Karina Adamson karina.adamson@nz.oneschoolglobal.com 03 543 8113

For assistance with enrolment, please contact Susan Storey, Executive Assistant to Principal Leadership Team susan.storey@nz.oneschoolglobal.com  021-529-932.

Parent and Student Handbook

We are delighted to launch the updated NZ Parent and Student Handbook.  This handbook was developed to answer many of the commonly asked questions parents and students may have.  Please do contact us if you have a question that is not answered in this book.

CLICK HERE

Thank you to everyone who came to Blenheim yesterday for the Colour Run.

We hope you all had an an amazing day - it certainly looked like everyone enjoyed themselves.

A HUGE thank you to all the volunteers, supporters, businesses, staff, CA's and students for making it all happen! 

To all the sponsors - thank you! Your generosity has been outstanding. We don't have a final total yet as it is all still coming in but we will be sure to update you when its finalised and announce the winners aswell.

Please enjoy some photos from the day. 

There is a bit of lost property here in Blenheim so if you are missing something please contact blenheim.campus@nz.oneschoolglobal.com