SCHOOL Board Meeting

Date: 31st October 2023.

Time: 6.37pm.

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Present: Sharlene McCormick, Courtney Cave, Chi Whitehead, Bruce Leslie, Nik Massey

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Apologies: Nil

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In Attendance: Anna O’Malley taking the minutes.

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Courtney welcomed everyone to the meeting.

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Minutes from Last Meeting: Read as true and correct. Moved - Courtney/ Bruce.

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Matters Arising: 

• School house trees trimmed by painters. Sharlene to get gutter people in.
• Sports t-shirts found.  Mouse poo in cupboards. School to buy large plastic containers.
• Top carpark potholes, gravel is there. Nik could take kids to help.
• Grassroots not applied for yet.  Dirk away.
• Treaty training for BoT on 9/11/23.
• Chi to look at starting each BoT meeting with a karakia.

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Correspondence:

• Inwards: Letter for Principal’s wellbeing funding to be moved to 2024.

Accepted by Courtney/Bruce.

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Financial Report:

• Learning resources under - lots moved to online.
• Capital purchases up - devices, Maori artwork - grant given for this.
• Had a good year financially

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Property Report:

• Len has resigned.  Had some interest in the position.
• We have left Scope. H & K architects to oversee property developments.
• Shade sails damaged in cyclone.  Need someone to re-attach bolts to building.

Staff Report: 

• Pleased that report writing was done earlier.
• Seniors and juniors (Room 1,2,5,7) swapping physical classrooms.

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Principal’s Report:

• Roll at 172.  37 x Year 6’s leaving.
• Attendance 83% better than the average for Northland.
• Behavioural at 87% Tier 1.
• On track for Annual Plan.  Springboard for leaders coming up. Adding more literacy and Maori learning next year.
• Shack being moved into old staffroom. Library into Shack. Library being demolished over holidays. Will be called Koromiko.

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Reports: Moved – Shar / Chi.

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Board Review Programme:

• Religious instruction policy: Reviewed and accepted.
• Student achievement information policy: Reviewed and accepted.
• Health education policy: Reviewed and accepted.
• Distance learning policy: Reviewed and accepted.
• Curriculum and student achievement policy: Reviewed and accepted.

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General:

• EOY assessment results: Transient students started mid year, low.  Boys, girls, ethnicities doing OK. Some children are not where we want them to be, why.  Reading recovery, Toe-by-toe to help. Writing is a worldwide concern.  Writer’s toolbox, magnetic resources.
• RSE survey assessment: Health and PE curriculum - take out RSE, keep ‘Navigating the Journey’ but have it as opt out, keep KOS but change it to opt out.  Parents to opt out in writing.
• Parent/teacher interviews reflection - go from 10 minutes to 15 minutes next year.

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Dates for 2023:

November – 28/11/2023

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Meeting went into committee - 8:23pm

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In Committee meeting: 

In accordance with s48(d) of the Local Government Official Information and Meetings Act 1987, went into committee to discuss community, staffing and student issues. 

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Meeting finished at – 8:23pm

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Signed: Signed minutes can be viewed at Kaiwaka School

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…………………………………………… Presiding Member    Date: ……………………………

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Kaiwaka School Board of Trustees

Courtney Cave             Mb: 021 266 7946                             Presiding Member                            

Sharlene McCormick Mb: 021 083 60424               Principal

Nik Massey Mb: 021 2144 235         Staff Rep

Te Awhina Whitehead Mb: 021 0259 6889

Bruce Leslie Mb: 021 126 8015

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