Another WAY COOL week at SRS

Friday....wow what a week!

Today was the last day of the Principals Master Class, where I have been presenting on Building Capacity.  All the people here took really good care of me and I learn't a lot from them too.  

 These are some of the Principals that were attending the Masters Class - there were close to 80 Principals there, that lead Catholic Schools under the Diocese of Parramatta.

This is me doing my thing.....

This is me with the other two presenters who spoke at the conference.

Woohoo!! SCORED a Penrith Panthers Jersey....can't wait for Sika Manu to sign it for me!!! Legend.

Now I'm back home in our great country NZ....See you all Monday!

Thursday in Penrith - Sydney - Australia

YES - I am based at the home of the Penrith Panthers team......But I am not here to watch league...I am here presenting at a MASTERS PRINCIPALS CLASS  - where all the principals come to learn. 

But before I had to present - I snuck out to visit a school nearby...Loyola Senior High School.

http://www.loyolamtdruitt.catholic.edu.au/This school was amazing.....it provides education and post high-school education training for students in years 11 & 12 and then beyond...they have hairdressing salon, automotive workshop & a cafe all at school for students to learn in.....good coffee too !!!  

I also learnt a lot about the Jesuit history and met the most polite focused students.  Analise and Karnell were my lovely hosts for the morning - Mangere and Manurewa born!!!!

READ ABOUT THIS STANHOPE

I witnessed HISTORY in the making today.....these students from St Agnes school have done an amazing thing.  As part of their CHALLENGE LEARNING they wanted to do something to help acknowledge and celebrate the Indigenous People of Australia.  They went about finding the correct Indigenous translation for their National Anthem - meet with an elder to get it approved and his blessing to go ahead with it.  They have learnt it and now recorded it so all the other schools in their area can learn and use it.  

Stanhope can you imagine NOT singing our Maori words first ......we have had this happening in NZ for many many years....the Indigenous people here.....not yet! but these students - have started it!!!!  

It made me feel so proud of NZ and NZ Schools and how Maori things are celebrated and just part of our identity as KIWIS

TUESDAY & WEDNESDAY

 After looking at my week ahead - I have decided to dedicate my blog this week to.... giving everyone an insight into my role as the principal... and leading learning.

This week the senior managers of the school, went on their leadership retreat.  They visited the Center of Leadership at the University of Auckland and learnt the difference  LEADERS, LEADERSHIP & MANAGEMENT.

Learning about how the VISION and the MISSION drive even the design of the buildings and what it symbolises.
The shape of the albatross which has the biggest wing span - means that the learning can spread a long way an soar high, to benefit all of NZ.

http://www.business.auckland.ac.nz/uoa/home/about/our-research/bs-research-institutes-and-centres/new-zealand-leadership-institute

Leaders learning how to work together.....look familiar student leaders???

Mrs Bristow & Mrs Allfrey enjoying the view.

Mrs Douglas demonstrating a Nuiean Queen Warrior dance.

Shhhhhhhh Professional Reading Time for the leaders

Passport.....boarding pass.... Im off to Australia - tune in Thursday to find out what I'm doing in Sydney!

Monday - it was a RAIN ON & RAIN OFF sort of day today... BUT I found SUNFLOWERS everywhere in Room 3.  

Thanks to our wonderful senior WET DAY MONITORS ...!

Looks who is back from the other side of the world !!! YAY

Whats happening WEEK 2 - Term 3

Monday competition....whose missing in this photo?

Heres your hint - Beauty & the Beast!

WHo are these two guys and why are they on my blog???

Chris & Guy from the Erin Simpson Show wants  a intermediate student to battle it out with all other intermediate schools in Auckland in the FEARSOME-FOUR Competition at Rainbows End.

wHo WiLl iT bE?

DANCE - MOVE - LEVELS - ENERGY

Room 18 loving the dance workshops with Maeling

BRING ON TREMENDOUS TUESDAY 
@ SRS!

It was TOE TAPPING TUESDAY today....

Check out Room 13s & Room 8s blogs to see dance with the University of Auckland Dance students and read about the students reflections.

I decided to follow Rm 18 through their ARTS rotation and found them in the hall doing drama and showing off their talents at "improvising" "frames" & "open scripts".

After-school I checked out our budding All Blacks getting Rippa Rugby training for the next 6 weeks... 

and POW - BANG look at this fabulous addition to the school and our new eco-system the students set up from last terms topic inquiry question.

I found Rm 18 totally engrossed

in their art workshop with

Mr Meadows.

 What will Wednesday bring?
I discovered stunning, clever & keen artists through out the school today....take a look at our talented we are....

Ever tried doing a self-portraint

with your LEFT hand?

 Year 7s did very clever stuff with in-organic treasures while on their art adventure to Corbans Estate Art Centre.

Both teachers and students returned absolutely  inspired by the people they met, things they saw and works they completed.......thanks!

...and then I stumbled across these Mighty Middle Schoolers.....stenciling new signs around our drains to remind us that what goes down here....goes to our sea!!

Congratulations room 14 for being kaitiaki.

Its Thursday and I'm off to the league field day with the Y7 & 8 boys team and Charlie......

Great day..... so very proud of the team and how they played with heart, fair-play and skills... AND how they represented us as Stanhope - Congrats!

WARM UPS 

GAME TIME

Just posing for the camera!!!

TEAM!!!!!

5 games - 4 wins

Made it into the finals against Pt England - lost

2nd place overall !! excellent result.

Friday - Room 18 making sound waves in their sound workshop....learning the sources of sound.

wEeK oNe Of TeRm 3

Brains hard at work Monday - Geometry Problems

TUESDAY - CHAMPIONS BOREDOM BUSTERS - you should check them out...thanks for the cookie girls.

League Practice......inspired by our Mighty Warriors....can you find out who the BIGGEST fan is at SRS???? Guess it right an win a prize!.

Checking up on these cool graduates from last term....in their new classes.

Friday - looked who popped in to inspire our league players.....check out more on our fb page!

ROCKing and ROLLing SRS STAFF

During the holidays the SRS staff spend the day together learning about being strong, calm and focused.

We learn't how to stand strong so other people can lean on us, we can support others without loosing our balance....and so people can't push us over.

We developed strategies to be centered & strong in a push-pull situation.... 

We can focus on what WE are doing, feeling how WE choose react in situations that may upset us.

We discussed how this type of learning can contribute to the SRS social curriculum.

Through-out this term the Team Leaders will be leading a review on the SRS behavioural management plan and our social curriculum.

SUMMER COURTYARD MUSIC RECITAL - TERM 1

Our budding young musicians treat us to lovely music during a lunchtime in our sunny courtyard.

Term 1 - Brighten up Day - another fun event brought to you by the School Event Managers.