Milestone-3+Goal+2

Principals are allocating time and resources for staff discussion around changes in pedagogy, professional learning and interacting with our community. The strategic plan identifies the Three Rivers ICTPD in NAG 1-- Student Learning-upskilling of teachers, inquiry learning, increased ICT useage in classes in all curriculums, SOLO Taxonomy for planning , assessment and thinking skills NAG 2- Reporting for Milestones, NAG 3 -whole staff professional developement as part of the 3 Rivers Cluster, NAG 4 Source grants for ICT equipment. || 1.The major focus is increasing the use of ICT throughout all curriculums by both teachers and students. 2.Using the SOLO taxonomy to promote deeper thinking and provide teachers and students with a framework to teach thinking skills. The expected outcomes are
 * Principals are modeling the use of ICTs during regular staff meetings, school notices, communication with other schools
 * Lead teachers and staff generally feel supported in their use of e-learning
 * Principals give priority to purchasing aligned to learning intentions
 * Staff bring laptops to all staff meetings and PD sessions and use them to access information, take notes, contribute to meeting minutes, share successes, challenges and students’ work.
 * [[file:2011 Annual Plan.pdf]] || __**Strategic Plan 2011:**__
 * [[file:Action Plan 2011.docx]] || __**Action Plan 2011:**__
 * more motivated students as they are digital learners.
 * Higher student achievement
 * Improved skills using ICT for teachers and students
 * Increased confidence to use ICT in new ways. ||

The computers in our school ranged from 5-10 years old and staff and students were experiencing increasing levels of frustration at making them work when they wanted them to. I negotiated a deal with Rotary that our parents and me would be the labour for a V8 meet in February. In return Rotary gave us a cheque to help replace 20 of our computer boxes. A day in a high Viz vest directing traffic and cleaning up rubbish was certainly worth it. Rotary has a commitment to help Paeroa's youth. 5 cameras were also purchased with this money. Students and staff are certainly happier and there is increased used of the computers in classes. Now I've had to increase our broadband plan because we were exceeding our use quota once we got the new computers. Also this year we have purchased a new office computer and 3 Mimio interactive white board units. Our next step is to purchase another 2 for the other classes and use them effectively. ||
 * [[image:Petrol_heads.jpg]] || __**Community helps out.**__