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__ 25th June. __ Cluster visited Portobello School to view inquiry progress. Staff visited the following schools to do the same: Macandrew Bay School Broad Bay School Tainui School Musselburgh School Andersons Bay School Tahuna Normal Intermediate __ 16th April __. Reporting on the decision to use wikispaces for children to showcase their class and achievements throughout the year. Discussion was undertaken regarding parental permission of children’s images and work to be placed in the public domain (ie wikispace website). __ 16th April __. Timeline for revised curriculum discussed. __ 21st May __. Timeline for revised curriculum discussed. __ 18th June __. Professional development around School Master reported. __ 6th August __. Kath Murdoch professional development discussed. __ 6th August __. Principal reported that staff are ‘definitely increasing their knowledge with a view to maximising their teaching in this area.’ || __ Portobello ____ School __ other schools. “We should all feel very proud of the staff re:ICT. After Portobello School being visited by the cluster, all of the staff have been invited to run workshops. Visitors were especially interested in the children’s portfolios. __ 27th August __. Tom Hobbs ran a moviemaker workshop for teachers. __ 30th October. __ Tom Hobbs ran a moviemaker clay animation session at the OtakouICT cluster kids conference. __ 28th __ __August.__ Sheree Landrebe ran a senior inquiry session for cluster teachers in. __ 11th September __. Shannon Hall and Candace Sheppard ran a cluster workshop on junior inquiry and portfolios. This was session was re-run at Andersons Bay School later in the year. __ 4th and 5th June. __ Wikispaces workshops attended by various staff members over both days. __ 15th and 16th August __. A ll staff attended two day workshop run by Graham Watts around Habits of the mind and inquiry thinking. || __ 27th August. __ Tom Hobbs ran a moviemaker workshop for teachers. __30th October.__ Tom Hobbs ran a moviemaker clay animation session at the OtakouICT cluster kids conference. __ 28th August __. Sheree Landrebe ran a senior inquiry session for cluster teachers in. __ 4th September. __ All staff attended one day workshop on inquiry learning run by Kath Murdoch __ 11th September __. Shannon Hall and Candace Sheppard ran a cluster workshop on junior inquiry and portfolios. This was session was re-run at Andersons Bay School later in the year. __ 10th November. __ Candace Sheppard and Tom Hobbs attended: Transforming your Classroom and School Climate: Building Learning Power for Leaders & Practitioners by Guy Claxton.
 * Teachers planned and taught three inquiry units which incorporated Social Studies, Science, Technology and Health. See What’s in our Environment, What does the Olympics mean to us. The ‘What shapes the land’ unit is still being developed as this is our term 4 inquiry.