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July 2022 Tēnā koutou katoa I am always amazed at how quickly a term passes.  Mr Congdon has been on sabbatical these last ten weeks and Whaea Sharon Moerkerk and the SLT have done a tremendous job of managing the college in his absense. The Board are very grateful!   Many of the staff in the school have also stepped up to fill various gaps, this is also so appreciated.  Staff and student absences due to Covid and the flu this term  have meant extra work and teaching to enable students to catch up with missed work and assessments.   Despite this,  it has been great to see our young people involved in an extensive range of cultural, service and sporting events.   A hightlight for me was attending Pasifika Fusion at the Regent Theatre in Palmerston North – Lototaha achieved a second place for their cultural item this year, and can feel…

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The last couple of months have been devoted to student achievement and work on property and policy.  We had a meeting with the Heads of Faculties earlier in the year to reflect on progress in 2021 and next steps for 2022.  We identified that Maori achievement, and achievement of boys were two areas of focus for this year, and a number of teaching and learning measures (including an audit of assessment and curriculum content) will help identify gaps and areas of good practice. We have recently (through management) consulted with our parent community over reporting to parents, and we are also currently in the process of harvesting student voice (facilitated by external providers) on the learning and teaching in this college.  The findings from these reviews will be reported back to the board at future meetings, and the analysis of these reviews will enable the senior leadership team to celebrate…

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