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__ Macandrew Bay School __ The staff have worked very hard this year maintaining their class blogs and ensuring they are up to date and relevant to the classroom programme. Some classes have made the blogs interactive to improve home school partnership with relevant educational websites for children to use at home and school. Several staff workshops have been run after school with new staff learning from other staff. Inquiry learning is alive and well at Macandrew Bay School. Two of our three new staff members have come from schools that have completed the three year ICT contract. Their new ideas and skills have been invaluable. All staff are involved in the school wide planning of inquiry topics. We have been using the Kath Murdoch model and found her course to worth while and reassuring that we are on the right track. Although very nervous we enjoyed having the Otakou cluster visit our school. The feedback, sharing of learning and resources was powerful to our professional learning. Two of our staff presented a workshop on inquiry for the cluster. All staff have made great use of the after school workshops, school visits and planning sessions. We find the sharing with our cluster colleagues invaluable and enjoy the opportunities we have had to share. We would like to thank the facilitators for their leadership, enthusiasm, feedback, encouragement and support. We are looking forward to 2009 to continue our journey of professional learning.