Cluster+Get-togethers

 Cluster Shares for 2011 Welcome back all members of the 4C Cluster. Our first cluster share will be: 7th July from 3.30 to 5.00pm, at Russley School. Watch this space for further information.

Term Three 2010: Tuesday 2nd November 2nd Cluster Share held at St Martins Primary School on the 2nd of November 2010.

We started off our cluster share with a welcome from our cluster project manager, Rob Callaghan and then mingled with all the members of our cluster over drinks and nibbles.

The Share: Each group consisted of 3-4 teachers across the cluster who taught or has similar positions within their schools. The groups were hosted by St Martins Staff in each of their classrooms. Each member shared their e-learning experience, plans, evidence and feedback with the groups (10 minutes per person.) On conclusion of the sharing all cluster members completed a evaluation.

To view images from our cluster:

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To view results of our cluster survey:

Very Useful - Useful - Not useful - one person "Has yet to find any of the cluster shares useful"
 * Categories of survey:**

Larger groups Cross year levels Students involved in the sharing of the teacher and learning
 * Suggestions:**

Teachers wishing to try: Wikis and the application with the learning context
 * Next steps:**

Term Two 2010: Wednesday 16th June

The first of the 4C cluster share afternoons was held in the stunning new Avonhead School hall on Wednesday afternoon. A week previous to this event, the hall had been opened by none other than the Prime Minister, John Key. It was only fitting that the second major event in the hall be the sharing of experiences by teachers from around the 4C cluster. Teachers gathered in year specific groups and shared with their colleagues the 'Teaching as Inquiry' project that has been the focus of the cluster professional development in ICT to date. The attendees enjoyed the relaxed nature of the afternoon and the time to discuss various experiences of the ICT PD contract to date, as well as their own journeys. All attendees were asked to fill out an evaluation sheet based on the 'usefulness' of the afternoon, outlining ideas and tools to take back to classrooms. You can see the results of this feedback below. A big thanks must go out to all the teachers who attended and the lead teachers and Principals for ensuring a really successful first ever 4C cluster share. A particular big thanks goes to Charles and Ryan from Avonhead for organising such a successful afternoon. The next 4C cluster share afternoon is to be held at St Martins School on Wednesday 15th September (Term Three). Here are the results from the feedback:

You can download the collated responses of the feedback here:


 * Here are some photos from our cluster share held in the new hall at Avonhead School on Wednesday 16th June:**

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 Term One 2010:

Here are some photos of our cluster launch afternoon held at Avonhead School on Thursday 18th February: media type="custom" key="5553605"