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Year 10 & Year 11:
Year 11 Workshop 1:
- 2 year NCEA programme – with practical learning option – motivation is key
- Buy in from students and parents a must – themed approach
- Direction needed from guidance people and deans to ensure learning styles catered for and students not cutting themselves off from option/pathways in the future. Needs to have assessment pathway.
- Scope for students to achieve at a higher level than they would in the classroom, as its an in-depth study that they are motivated by.
- Anyone can potentially do this course, while it will be targeted at certain students it has potential to be offered to all – maybe down the track (long term) – will focus on bottom group for now to trial this, see is it going to work
- Will look at where Snr School integration is heading
- Marketing will be key so it is not tagged with the “cabbage class”
- Theme ideas – OP focus, Events – production, stage challenge, Trades
- Maybe two groups – two themes – they buy into which one they want
- It would suit these students to have 1 facilitator (similar to homeroom)
- Different theme or project each term, year??
- First half of year directed by teacher, second half by student projects?
- If a project is development and school does not have the skills resources of the community may be needed – not just teachers working with these students
- Technology at the centre – food, materials, wood, design, ICT – and core skills come out of that.
- Start small to get a programme in place.
Year 11 Workshop 2 – Specific outcomes:
- Year 11 continues as is, apart from 15-20 students Hamish and Greg have been looking at.
- This alternative programme will need good marketing – good name – to hook them in.
- Students time split – 13hours in a core integrated area – which will cover PE, Life skills, Science, Maths, Trade/Project or theme Work Experience & Business. Then for 12 hours they are in class with their peers doing English (literacy) and 2 options.
- Theres lots of trade type certificates out there to look at and model from (Marcus examples)
- Will be by invitation and interview – if not performing will get taken out.
- This course needs progression so they can fit back into mainstream if they choose to, as their options and pathways may change.
- Timetable at some point would need periods 3, 4 and 5 maybe on a Thursday to allow for work experience or project work. Not a Friday, as some workplaces not as structured on a Friday.
- Who would teach this core course? – Simon, Hamish, Rob, Alistair, Marcus, Kay, Joss,OP people – others could come and teach specific areas?
Year 10 Workshop 1:
- Through YPP core/collaborative planning. To look at teaching orders so skills covered when need eg % in maths when economics needs them
- Have a shot at a theme type integration project?
- Look at what year 9 is doing.
Year 10 Workshop 2 – specific outcomes:
- Through YPP core/collaborative planning.
- Look at what year 9 is doing.
- Mini version of the Year 11 alternative programme – for Year 10’s identified to run in term 4 when seniors are gone. It will be a taster – 4 week programme covering farming, building, plumbing, hospitality etc
- To trail this year in week 6.
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