St+Joseph's+Levin

 =WHO WE ARE ...= =**OUR VISION** =

We believe that each of us can…
==Shine among them like stars lighting up the sky  ==


 * ==Each of us has been created beautifully, perfectly just the way we are ==
 * ==We are called to joyfully honour our creator by living life to the fullest ==
 * ==This means really stretching ourselves to use our many gifts in life-giving ways that will build the kingdom right here and right no ==

OUR MOTTO
==Each For All «  All For God ==

We are meant to …
==«  <span style="font-weight: normal; font-size: 10pt; color: windowtext; font-family: Tahoma; mso-ansi-language: EN-NZ;">Share all we have with each other == ==<span style="font-weight: normal; font-size: 10pt; color: windowtext; font-family: Tahoma; mso-ansi-language: EN-NZ; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">« <span style="font-weight: normal; font-size: 10pt; color: windowtext; font-family: Tahoma; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"> <span style="font-weight: normal; font-size: 10pt; color: windowtext; font-family: Tahoma; mso-ansi-language: EN-NZ;">Work together to complete God’s unfinished work of art == ==<span style="font-weight: normal; font-size: 10pt; color: windowtext; font-family: Tahoma; mso-ansi-language: EN-NZ; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">« <span style="font-weight: normal; font-size: 10pt; color: windowtext; font-family: Tahoma; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"> <span style="font-weight: normal; font-size: 10pt; color: windowtext; font-family: Tahoma; mso-ansi-language: EN-NZ;">Thank God for our many blessings ==

<span style="font-size: 9pt; color: #000000; font-family: Tahoma, Geneva, sans-serif;">Educational Enrichment
<span style="color: windowtext; font-family: Tahoma; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">**Partnership ~ Catholic Values**

<span style="color: windowtext; font-family: Tahoma; mso-ansi-language: EN-NZ; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">EDUCATIONAL ENRICHMENT is about providing learning opportunities that enable children to make optimal use of their God given gifts to become connected global citizens. <span style="color: windowtext; font-family: Tahoma; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"> ==<span style="font-weight: normal; font-size: 10pt; color: windowtext; font-family: Tahoma; mso-ansi-language: EN-NZ; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; msobidifontweight: bold; msoansilanguage: EN-NZ; msospacerun: yes;"> <span style="font-weight: normal; font-size: 10pt; color: windowtext; font-family: Tahoma; mso-ansi-language: EN-NZ; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">This can’t happen in a vacuum ~ == It’s essential for the school, home & student to work together in real PARTNERSHIP to make our dreams come true. <span style="color: windowtext; font-family: Tahoma; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"> We expect our actions to reflect the CATHOLIC VALUES we share as we promote our catholicity within our School, Parish & Faith Community and strive to be the face of Jesus to one another. <span style="color: windowtext; font-family: Tahoma; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">

<span style="color: windowtext; font-family: Tahoma; mso-ansi-language: EN-NZ; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">** OUR CHARISM ** We celebrate our JOSEPHITE CHARISM which calls us to live. ..

A Simple Life <span style="color: windowtext; font-family: Tahoma; mso-ansi-language: EN-NZ; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">with a no frills approach that can get things done ‘on the smell of an oily rag’ <span style="color: windowtext; font-family: Tahoma; mso-ansi-language: EN-NZ; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">An Ordinary Life <span style="color: windowtext; font-family: Tahoma; mso-ansi-language: EN-NZ; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">being an active part of the community we serve <span style="color: windowtext; font-family: Tahoma; mso-ansi-language: EN-NZ; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">A Flexible Life <span style="color: windowtext; font-family: Tahoma; mso-ansi-language: EN-NZ; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">prepared to do whatever is most needed for the good of our community <span style="color: windowtext; font-family: Tahoma; mso-ansi-language: EN-NZ; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">A Compassionate Life <span style="color: windowtext; font-family: Tahoma; mso-ansi-language: EN-NZ; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">practical & down to earth striving to be both helpers & advocates <span style="color: windowtext; font-family: Tahoma; mso-ansi-language: EN-NZ; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">A Trusting Life <span style="color: windowtext; font-family: Tahoma; mso-ansi-language: EN-NZ; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">certain that God is there for us 24-7 <span style="display: block; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; text-align: center; msoansilanguage: EN-NZ;">

= GRADUATE PROFILE = <span style="font-size: 14pt; color: #ff0000; font-family: Tahoma, Geneva, sans-serif;">The St Joseph’s whanau has a CATHOLIC HEART <span style="font-size: 14pt; color: #ff0000; font-family: Tahoma, Geneva, sans-serif;">grounded in a JOY for life and a LOVE of God, Self and Others <span style="font-size: 14pt; color: #ff0000; font-family: Tahoma, Geneva, sans-serif;">that values STEWARDSHIP, KNOWLEDGE and EXCELLENCE.

These values are expressed in attitudes of … That can look like … <span style="font-size: 8pt; color: blue; font-family: Tahoma; mso-ansi-language: EN-NZ; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; msolist: Ignore; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msoansilanguage: EN-NZ; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msoansilanguage: EN-NZ;">**TIKA** <span style="font-size: 8pt; color: #0000ff; font-family: Tahoma, Geneva, sans-serif;">INTEGRITY HONESTY RESPECT FOR ALL CREATION RESPONSIBILITY FAIRNESS
 * TIKA** **~ CURIOSITY ~ COMPASSION ~ SELF-BELIEF ~ POSITIVITY ~ and a desire to SHINE **

<span style="font-size: 8pt; color: blue; font-family: Symbol; mso-ansi-language: EN-NZ; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; msolist: Ignore; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msoansilanguage: EN-NZ;">· QUESTIONING <span style="font-size: 8pt; color: blue; font-family: Symbol; mso-ansi-language: EN-NZ; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; msolist: Ignore; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msoansilanguage: EN-NZ;">· INGENUITY <span style="font-size: 8pt; color: blue; font-family: Symbol; mso-ansi-language: EN-NZ; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; msolist: Ignore; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msoansilanguage: EN-NZ;">· INNOVATION
 * CURIOSITY**

**COMPASSION** <span style="font-size: 8pt; color: blue; font-family: Symbol; mso-ansi-language: EN-NZ; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; msolist: Ignore; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msoansilanguage: EN-NZ;">· KINDNESS <span style="font-size: 8pt; color: blue; font-family: Symbol; mso-ansi-language: EN-NZ; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; msolist: Ignore; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msoansilanguage: EN-NZ;">· PATIENCE <span style="font-size: 8pt; color: blue; font-family: Symbol; mso-ansi-language: EN-NZ; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; msolist: Ignore; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msoansilanguage: EN-NZ;">· ACCEPTANCE that INCLUDES EVERYONE <span style="font-size: 8pt; color: blue; font-family: Symbol; mso-ansi-language: EN-NZ; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; msolist: Ignore; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msoansilanguage: EN-NZ;">· FORGIVENESS <span style="font-size: 8pt; color: blue; font-family: Symbol; mso-ansi-language: EN-NZ; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; msolist: Ignore; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msoansilanguage: EN-NZ;">· ENCOURAGING OTHERS <span style="font-size: 8pt; color: blue; font-family: Symbol; mso-ansi-language: EN-NZ; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; msolist: Ignore; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msoansilanguage: EN-NZ;">· HUMILITY <span style="font-size: 8pt; color: blue; font-family: Symbol; mso-ansi-language: EN-NZ; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; msolist: Ignore; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msoansilanguage: EN-NZ;">· CONSIDERATION <span style="font-size: 8pt; color: blue; font-family: Symbol; mso-ansi-language: EN-NZ; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; msolist: Ignore; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msoansilanguage: EN-NZ;">· SERVICE <span style="font-size: 8pt; color: blue; font-family: Symbol; mso-ansi-language: EN-NZ; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; msolist: Ignore; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msoansilanguage: EN-NZ;">· BI-CULTURALISM <span style="font-size: 8pt; color: blue; font-family: Symbol; mso-ansi-language: EN-NZ; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; msolist: Ignore; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msoansilanguage: EN-NZ;">· MULTI-CULTURALISM

<span style="font-size: 8pt; color: blue; font-family: Symbol; mso-ansi-language: EN-NZ; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; msolist: Ignore; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msoansilanguage: EN-NZ;">· CONFIDENCE <span style="font-size: 8pt; color: blue; font-family: Symbol; mso-ansi-language: EN-NZ; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; msolist: Ignore; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msoansilanguage: EN-NZ;">· COURAGE <span style="font-size: 8pt; color: blue; font-family: Symbol; mso-ansi-language: EN-NZ; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; msolist: Ignore; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msoansilanguage: EN-NZ;">· RISK-TAKING <span style="font-size: 8pt; color: blue; font-family: Tahoma; mso-ansi-language: EN-NZ; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; msolist: Ignore; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msoansilanguage: EN-NZ;"> <span style="font-size: 8pt; color: blue; font-family: Symbol; mso-ansi-language: EN-NZ; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; msolist: Ignore; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msoansilanguage: EN-NZ;">· RESILIENCE <span style="font-size: 8pt; color: blue; font-family: Symbol; mso-ansi-language: EN-NZ; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; msolist: Ignore; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msoansilanguage: EN-NZ;">· CHEERFULNESS <span style="font-size: 8pt; color: blue; font-family: Symbol; mso-ansi-language: EN-NZ; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; msolist: Ignore; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msoansilanguage: EN-NZ;">· FUN <span style="font-size: 8pt; color: blue; font-family: Symbol; mso-ansi-language: EN-NZ; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; msolist: Ignore; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msoansilanguage: EN-NZ;">· HOPE <span style="font-size: 8pt; color: blue; font-family: Symbol; mso-ansi-language: EN-NZ; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; msolist: Ignore; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msoansilanguage: EN-NZ;">· PRAYER
 * SELF-BELIEF**
 * POSITIVITY**

**desire to SHINE** <span style="font-size: 8pt; color: blue; font-family: Symbol; mso-ansi-language: EN-NZ; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; msolist: Ignore; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msoansilanguage: EN-NZ;">· DO YOUR BEST <span style="font-size: 8pt; color: blue; font-family: Symbol; mso-ansi-language: EN-NZ; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; msolist: Ignore; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msoansilanguage: EN-NZ;">· OPENNESS TO TEACHING <span style="font-size: 8pt; color: blue; font-family: Symbol; mso-ansi-language: EN-NZ; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; msolist: Ignore; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msoansilanguage: EN-NZ;">· RESPECT FOR HARD WORK <span style="font-size: 8pt; color: blue; font-family: Symbol; mso-ansi-language: EN-NZ; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; msolist: Ignore; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msoansilanguage: EN-NZ;">· TENACITY <span style="font-size: 8pt; color: blue; font-family: Symbol; mso-ansi-language: EN-NZ; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; msolist: Ignore; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msoansilanguage: EN-NZ;">· HAVING A GO  And requires skills in … <span style="font-size: 8pt; color: blue; font-family: Tahoma; mso-ansi-language: EN-NZ; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; msolist: Ignore; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msoansilanguage: EN-NZ; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msoansilanguage: EN-NZ;">**TIKA** <span style="font-size: 8pt; color: green; font-family: Symbol; mso-ansi-language: EN-NZ; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; msolist: Ignore; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msoansilanguage: EN-NZ;">· Self control <span style="font-size: 8pt; color: green; font-family: Symbol; mso-ansi-language: EN-NZ; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; msolist: Ignore; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msoansilanguage: EN-NZ;">· Accepting consequences

<span style="font-size: 8pt; color: green; font-family: Symbol; mso-ansi-language: EN-NZ; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; msolist: Ignore; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msoansilanguage: EN-NZ;">· Thinking <span style="font-size: 8pt; color: green; font-family: Symbol; mso-ansi-language: EN-NZ; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; msolist: Ignore; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msoansilanguage: EN-NZ;">· Inquiry <span style="font-size: 8pt; color: green; font-family: Symbol; mso-ansi-language: EN-NZ; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; msolist: Ignore; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msoansilanguage: EN-NZ;">· Problem-solving <span style="font-size: 8pt; color: green; font-family: Symbol; mso-ansi-language: EN-NZ; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; msolist: Ignore; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msoansilanguage: EN-NZ;">· Adapting <span style="font-size: 8pt; color: green; font-family: Symbol; mso-ansi-language: EN-NZ; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; msolist: Ignore; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msoansilanguage: EN-NZ;">· Decision-making
 * CURIOSITY **

<span style="font-size: 8pt; color: green; font-family: Symbol; mso-ansi-language: EN-NZ; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; msolist: Ignore; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msoansilanguage: EN-NZ;">· Conflict resolution <span style="font-size: 8pt; color: green; font-family: Symbol; mso-ansi-language: EN-NZ; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; msolist: Ignore; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msoansilanguage: EN-NZ;">· Communication <span style="font-size: 8pt; color: green; font-family: Symbol; mso-ansi-language: EN-NZ; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; msolist: Ignore; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msoansilanguage: EN-NZ;">· Cooperation <span style="font-size: 8pt; color: green; font-family: Symbol; mso-ansi-language: EN-NZ; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; msolist: Ignore; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msoansilanguage: EN-NZ;">· Teamwork <span style="font-size: 8pt; color: green; font-family: Symbol; mso-ansi-language: EN-NZ; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; msolist: Ignore; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msoansilanguage: EN-NZ;">· Manners <span style="font-size: 8pt; color: green; font-family: Symbol; mso-ansi-language: EN-NZ; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; msolist: Ignore; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msoansilanguage: EN-NZ;">· Being a friend
 * COMPASSION **

**SELF-BELIEF** <span style="font-size: 8pt; color: green; font-family: Symbol; mso-ansi-language: EN-NZ; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; msolist: Ignore; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msoansilanguage: EN-NZ;">· Leadership <span style="font-size: 8pt; color: green; font-family: Symbol; mso-ansi-language: EN-NZ; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; msolist: Ignore; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msoansilanguage: EN-NZ;">· Self expression through the arts <span style="font-size: 8pt; color: green; font-family: Symbol; mso-ansi-language: EN-NZ; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; msolist: Ignore; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msoansilanguage: EN-NZ;">· Meeting physical Challenge <span style="font-size: 8pt; color: green; font-family: Symbol; mso-ansi-language: EN-NZ; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; msolist: Ignore; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msoansilanguage: EN-NZ;">· Accepting coaching

<span style="font-size: 8pt; color: green; font-family: Symbol; mso-ansi-language: EN-NZ; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; msolist: Ignore; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msoansilanguage: EN-NZ;">· Self Management <span style="font-size: 8pt; color: green; font-family: Symbol; mso-ansi-language: EN-NZ; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; msolist: Ignore; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msoansilanguage: EN-NZ;">· Perseverance <span style="font-size: 8pt; color: green; font-family: Symbol; mso-ansi-language: EN-NZ; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; msolist: Ignore; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msoansilanguage: EN-NZ;">· Organisation <span style="font-size: 8pt; color: green; font-family: Symbol; mso-ansi-language: EN-NZ; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; msolist: Ignore; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msoansilanguage: EN-NZ;">· Independence <span style="font-size: 8pt; color: green; font-family: Symbol; mso-ansi-language: EN-NZ; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; msolist: Ignore; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msoansilanguage: EN-NZ;">· Focus
 * POSITIVITY **

<span style="font-size: 8pt; color: green; font-family: Symbol; mso-ansi-language: EN-NZ; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; msolist: Ignore; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msoansilanguage: EN-NZ;">· Reading <span style="font-size: 8pt; color: green; font-family: Symbol; mso-ansi-language: EN-NZ; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; msolist: Ignore; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msoansilanguage: EN-NZ;">· Writing <span style="font-size: 8pt; color: green; font-family: Symbol; mso-ansi-language: EN-NZ; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; msolist: Ignore; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msoansilanguage: EN-NZ;">· Numeracy <span style="font-size: 8pt; color: green; font-family: Symbol; mso-ansi-language: EN-NZ; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; msolist: Ignore; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msoansilanguage: EN-NZ;">· Basic life skills <span style="font-size: 8pt; color: green; font-family: Symbol; mso-ansi-language: EN-NZ; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; msolist: Ignore; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msoansilanguage: EN-NZ;">· ICT
 * desire to SHINE **

==One of the things I'm doing at St Joe's is to try and provide our community (school & parish) with information on aspects of the revised NZ curriculum in bite-sized pieces. Here are some Newsletter inserts that you may find useful.==

=** THINKING CURRICULUM **=

<span style="font-size: 12pt; color: #ff0000; font-family: Tahoma, Geneva, sans-serif; letter-spacing: 1pt;">**TERM 2 2009 - Insert #1** Thinking is one of the key competencies in the revised NZ Curriculum.

Thinking in itself means very little. After all, thinking is something we all do (some well and some perhaps not so well). When we talk about helping children develop their ability to think, we mean all kinds and levels of thinking. <span style="font-size: 11pt; color: black; font-family: Tahoma; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">An important part of learning is being able to think in many different ways and at different levels. <span style="font-size: 4pt; color: black; font-family: Tahoma; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"> ** Critical thinking ** is about carefully and logically analyzing information to make a decision or solve a problem or evaluate a situation or judge the validity of a statement. Some critical thinking is earth-shattering but most of the time it makes up the hundreds of moment by moment decisions we make each day. <span style="font-size: 11pt; color: black; font-family: Tahoma; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"> Overall great thinkers are curious and ask lots and lots of questions. They reflect on their own learning, solve problems, make decisions, and create or adapt things. Most importantly they know that different tasks require different ways and levels of thinking.
 * Creative thinking ** is the ability to imagine or invent something new by combining, changing, or reapplying existing ideas. Some creative ideas are astonishing and brilliant, while others are just simple, good, practical ideas that no one seems to have thought of yet.
 * Metacognitive thinking ** or ‘Thinking about thinking’ is all about being self-reflective. It’s not just thinking and then knowing but it’s actually being more aware of our own thought processes so we can begin to make choices about what kind of thinking suits any given situation.

Over the next few weeks the newsletter will focus on THINKING by looking at: <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Wingdings; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-fareast-font-family: Wingdings; msolist: Ignore; msobidifontstyle: italic; mso-bidi-font-family: Wingdings; msofareastfontfamily: Wingdings; msobidifontfamily: Wingdings; msobidifontweight: bold;">Ø <span style="font-size: 11pt; color: black; font-family: Tahoma; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">Why thinking is so important for our children. <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Wingdings; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-fareast-font-family: Wingdings; msolist: Ignore; msobidifontstyle: italic; mso-bidi-font-family: Wingdings; msofareastfontfamily: Wingdings; msobidifontfamily: Wingdings; msobidifontweight: bold;">Ø <span style="font-size: 11pt; color: black; font-family: Tahoma; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">Sharing information on different ways of thinking courtesy of DeBono’s Thinking Hats. <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Wingdings; letter-spacing: 1pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Wingdings; msolist: Ignore; mso-bidi-font-family: Wingdings; msofareastfontfamily: Wingdings; msobidifontfamily: Wingdings;">Ø <span style="font-size: 11pt; color: black; font-family: Tahoma; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">Explaining the

<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Tahoma; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-family: BookAntiqua; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">[__Why__ thinking is important for our children]
 * <span style="font-size: 12pt; color: #ff0000; font-family: Tahoma, Geneva, sans-serif; letter-spacing: 1pt;">TERM 2 2009 - Insert #2 **

“The dog barks but the caravan moves on.”

It is pretty mindboggling to consider how my grandparents would view the world of my grandchildren. “Beyond your wildest dreams” comes readily to mind. When I Skype my son in the States I feel a lot like Jane Jetson (and if you know what I’m talking about, then you’re older than you look!) In those few years, the pace of technological change has gotten faster and faster. An innovation which would have taken decades to make it into production and general use, now takes weeks. The educated person in grandad’s day knew lots of facts but the sheer avalanche of facts which cyberspace has opened up is more than any mind could hold. <span style="font-size: 11pt; color: #333333; font-family: Tahoma; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"> The mission of a teacher has always been to prepare children for their future. That was a whole lot easier when that future was a bit more predictable. But today we are educating children for a completely unknown future with jobs that don’t even exist, YET!

The Revised NZ Curriculum emphasizes the importance of ‘learning to learn’ which is centred on strong thinking skills rather than content acquisition. <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Tahoma; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-family: BookAntiqua-Italic; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"> This means there’s a shift away from simply knowing more and more ‘stuff’. Because there’s too much ‘stuff’ to know and the ‘stuff’ itself keeps changing! Today’s learners need to know how to find the ‘stuff’ they want to know AND how to process that ‘stuff’ so they are sure it’s true and ethically sound before they use it.

My grandparents saw the industrial age give way to the information age courtesy of the microchip. The world changed before they even knew it. Now we are living in the midst of another change to what some are calling the ‘global age’. This change is shaping today and tomorrow in ways that are impossible to understand let alone measure. While it’s absolutely logical for parents to measure the quality of their children’s education by the way they were taught, it’s essential for us to move forward together. If we stick to the historic educational ‘yardstick’ we will actually prepare our kids for their parent’s past and NOT their own future. <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Tahoma; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-family: BookAntiqua; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Steve Wilstein warns that, “It’s dangerous to believe you will remain successful simply by doing the same things that once brought success. //<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Tahoma; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-family: BookAntiqua-Italic; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">That will be true only if the world doesn’t change.” //

No one can argue that the world has changed dramatically over the past 20 – 30 -50 years. We can lament what has ‘been lost’ and worry over what has ‘been gained’ – but the caravan of change keeps moving forward (whether we like it or not). <span style="font-size: 11pt; color: #333333; font-family: Tahoma; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;"> [Different __ways__ of thinking courtesy of de Bono’s Thinking Hats] <span style="font-size: 11pt; color: #333333; font-family: Tahoma; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"> The **//Thinking Hats//** have been around for over 20 years as a framework for thinking. Each of the hats represents a different way of thinking which opens up an easy way to stretch our thinking **// around //** a topic or issue by imagining that we’re wearing a range of different hats.
 * <span style="font-size: 12pt; color: #ff0000; font-family: Tahoma, Geneva, sans-serif; msoansilanguage: EN-GBmso-fareast-language;">TERM 2 2009 - Insert #3 **

When we have a go at switching hats we purposefully explore a viewpoint we wouldn’t naturally hold. We choose to role play or ‘** AS If **’ ourselves into lots of different viewpoints. When everyone knows we’re ‘wearing a hat’, we can step outside our comfort zone in a safe way. and say things without risk. Natural pessimists can have a go at optimism -OR- more creative types can tune into just the ‘facts of the matter’ –OR- judges can step into the sandals of Jesus. <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Wingdings; mso-fareast-font-family: Wingdings; msolist: Ignore; mso-bidi-font-family: Wingdings; msofareastfontfamily: Wingdings; msobidifontfamily: Wingdings;">§ Create an awareness that there’s more than one way of seeing any issue <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Wingdings; mso-fareast-font-family: Wingdings; msolist: Ignore; mso-bidi-font-family: Wingdings; msofareastfontfamily: Wingdings; msobidifontfamily: Wingdings;">§ Provide an easy way to switch ‘thinking’ gears <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Wingdings; mso-fareast-font-family: Wingdings; msolist: Ignore; mso-bidi-font-family: Wingdings; msofareastfontfamily: Wingdings; msobidifontfamily: Wingdings;">§ Focus thinking <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Wingdings; mso-fareast-font-family: Wingdings; msolist: Ignore; mso-bidi-font-family: Wingdings; msofareastfontfamily: Wingdings; msobidifontfamily: Wingdings;">§ Lead to more creative thinking <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Wingdings; mso-fareast-font-family: Wingdings; msolist: Ignore; mso-bidi-font-family: Wingdings; msofareastfontfamily: Wingdings; msobidifontfamily: Wingdings;">§ Improve communication <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Wingdings; mso-fareast-font-family: Wingdings; msolist: Ignore; mso-bidi-font-family: Wingdings; msofareastfontfamily: Wingdings; msobidifontfamily: Wingdings;">§ Improve decision making
 * Thinking Hats Can- **

At St Joe’s we have added a **seventh hat** to reflect our special character – the Purple or WWJD? Hat.
 * [[image:PURPLE_HAT_small.JPG]]

WHAT ARE THINKING HATS? ** ~**// Factual: Is all about information. //**  ~**// Negative: Is all about focussing on all the possible drawbacks of an idea. //** ~**// Positive: Is all about focussing on all the possible benefits of an idea. //** <span style="font-weight: normal; font-size: 11pt; color: #0c1730; font-family: 'Arial Unicode MS'; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"> ~**// Emotional: Is all about feelings & covers intuition, feelings, hunches & emotions //****. **  ~**// Creative: Is all about exploring new ideas & possibilities //** ~ **//<span style="font-weight: normal; font-size: 11pt; color: #0c1730; font-family: Tahoma; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"> Thinking about thinking: Is all about weighing up what kind of thinking best //** ~ **//<span style="font-weight: normal; font-size: 11pt; color: #0c1730; font-family: Tahoma; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"> Spiritual: Is all about measuring situations against the yardstick of Jesus by asking, “What would Jesus do in this situation?” //**
 * WHITE **** HAT THINKING **
 * BLACK HAT THINKING **
 * YELLOW HAT THINKING **
 * RED HAT THINKING **
 * GREEN HAT THINKING **
 * BLUE HAT THINKING **
 * //<span style="font-weight: normal; font-size: 11pt; color: #0c1730; font-family: Tahoma; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">suits the situation. //**<span style="font-weight: normal; font-size: 11pt; color: #0c1730; font-family: Tahoma; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">
 * PURPLE HAT THINKING **

<span style="font-size: 11pt; color: black; font-family: Tahoma; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">[SOLO taxonomy as one way of measuring __levels__ of thinking] <span style="font-size: 12pt; color: red; font-family: Tahoma; letter-spacing: 1pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 14.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Tahoma; mso-bidi-font-size: 14.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">The SOLO taxonomy was also developed over 20 years ago by Biggs and Collis and uses symbols to represent different levels of thinking.

It sounds a bit teacher-fied but everyone - Kids - Parents - Grandparents - Teachers and YES even Principals can use SOLO to measure the level of our thinking about anything!
 * <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Tahoma; letter-spacing: 2pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">The SOLO taxonomy stands for **<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Tahoma; letter-spacing: 2pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">:
 * S**tructure of
 * O**bserved
 * L**earning
 * O**utcomes <span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma; letter-spacing: 2pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">

PRESTRUCTURAL ** The point or concept has not been understood. Kids are simply gathering bits of unconnected information, which have no organisation and make no sense. They literally “don’t get the point”. // (eg. doesn’t recognise that a tree is a tree) // One relevant idea is explained. Kids can separate relevant from non-relevant ideas. They may be able to make a couple of simple and obvious connections but their significance isn’t grasped. // (eg. can see the parts of a tree but doesn’t see that together the parts make a tree) // Several relevant ideas have been gathered and even though several connections may be made, kids just don't yet see the significance to the whole. // (eg. can see the trees but not the forest) // Complex relationships related to the idea or concept are now understand. Kids are actually //connecting the dots// and 'get' the relationship of the various parts to the whole. // (eg. trees AND forest) // Kids are not only making connections but taking this connected understanding to a brand new place so new connections AND new understandings are happening. // (eg. see the tree AND the forest AND significance of the forest to the environment) // It is important to understand that any of us can be operating at any or all of these levels in the same day depending on what we are trying to do. level where I know what I’m looking for (hopefully) even though I don’t understand how the different items are used together. RELATIONAL level. to make it understandable in a whole lot of different ways so I’ve been doing some EXTENDED ABSTRACT thinking.
 * UNISTRUCTURAL: **
 * MULTISTRUCTURAL: **
 * RELATIONAL: **
 * EXTENDED ABSTRACT: **
 * For me I am definitely PRESTRUCTURAL if something goes wrong with my little VW.
 * I will have a UNISTRUCTURAL response (yes-no) if you ask me to go to the movies.
 * When my husband asks me to pick up a list of things from Mitre10, I will probably be working at a MULTISTRUCTURAL
 * When I do the grocery shopping I definitely know what I want to do with the ingredients so I’m operating at the
 * As I’ve been writing all the articles for the newsletter on the Thinking Curriculum I have had to take what I know and try
 * //This means that while we do want to be thinking beyond ‘the dot’, the level of thinking we need really depends on what we’re doing.//**