A new vision!

As Hornby High school moves into the realms of the big rebuild we are starting to look at the vision of the school. Our board of trustees presented their ideas of our vision after school on Monday, along with afternoon tea which always goes down well with the Hornby crew.
Learn, Create, Share is where we want to take our students, being creative in whatever they do
 ( creativity is not exclusive to the Arts but to be creative in all subjects.) The toughest part of that equation is the sharing part. I find my wonderful musos learn and create in their comfort zones well and work hard. The scary part is the sharing. The performing and giving their all on stage! Now, we have become better at this and I have seen the confidence levels grow in my musicians. We are still not quite at the point though where my students will do this freely without me nagging them! ( with the exception of Jacob and Siaosi if they happen to read this) How do I get them to this point.......  I am not sure. I can do all the encouraging in the world but there still has to be more! Project based learning is an avenue we are beginning to look at and I have started thinking about this for 2017. Cross - curricular projects which engage our students and connect our subjects! Is this the answer??? I don't know but as a teacher in the 21st century I want to give it a go, I'm excited to try it and am keen to get it started!!! More to come on this subject......... :)

Back to school.............

We gotta go back, back, back to school again!!! Who doesn't love Grease 2. So I can not believe that we are going into the final term of the school year! This year has been the fastest one yet! The next 4 weeks are going to be mayhem as we have 4 weeks left with seniors. Deadlines are approaching and the pressure is on! This term is an exciting one also as the music and performing arts areas are to be refurbished over the holidays! Its a perfect time to get rid of stuff and prepare our teaching environments for an overhaul! The students are really excited and are all keen to help move and pack things which is wonderful ( I wonder if they are as pro-active when tidying their bedrooms) lol! Its an exciting time and am enjoying looking at new classroom furniture and ways to bring colour to the spaces!