Our Year 10 students had an hour on their hands, so after a quick introduction they raced off to capture some Year 9 students and ask them about their day.  Take the opportunity to listen now before we remove the iCraighead Podcast in January 2025.

The Craighead Diploma is a new initiative for the South Canterbury region, coinciding with a change to the NCEA Level 1 Standards that Craighead (and most other schools) has assessed against for the last 21 years.   The Diploma recognises not only a student's Academic achievement, but also other aspects of learning and service that take place in other contexts outside of the classroom.  From 2024, Year 11 students will work towards their Craighead Diploma which will be embossed in Bronze, Gold or Platinum - based on the student's level of achievement.

We talk with Deputy Principal, Lara Hearn, about the development of and the reasoning for the new direction for our Year 11 students.

LINKS:

The Craighead Diploma (Slides),

The Craighead Diploma (Summary),

The Craighead Diploma (FAQs)

The Year 10 students from 2022 have created a series of radio dramas as part of their Drama class.  We talk with Miss Haley Vuleta who describes the process and introduces us to the four productions.

Drama 1: Summer Camp (Briar, Ellie and Molly)
Drama 2: Murder Mystery (Arabella, Adeeba and Andra)
Drama 3: Scrubs (Kate, Faith and Chloe)
Drama 4: Great Bake Off (Charlotte, Mackenzie and Honour)

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A traditional event in our calendar is the Rent A Year 13 event which provides money to a chosen charity.  This year, the charity is very local.  We interview students preparing for the auction, but prospective buyers and the students who are volunteering their time to support the cause.

On the day before lockdown, the choir rehearsed for the Big Sing Cadenza concert in the Sacred Heart Basilica.  Today, we return and record our tracks for the judging of the online competition.

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Three Craighead students have created the The Purple Hand Movement as part of their Business Enterprise Scheme and won a local competition for doing so.  The Purple Hand Movement an act of support and love for those with learning disabilities who feel like they may not belong. It’s a stand against the lack of awareness and false fabrication that surrounds them and The Purple Hand Movement symbolises the joint unity that we treasure and envision in Aotearoa.

https://linktr.ee/b.able.nz

In Whanau time today, I discovered that my two Year 7 students are both Boarders and that, in fact they are two of only seven Year 7 Boarders this year.  A lot of discussion ensued about life as a Boarder and I realised how much important information was been presented.  So we agreed to get the Year 7 Boarders together and have a chat.

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May 17 marks the beginning of Languages Week, where we at Craighead celebrate, not just the vast number of languages about, but the cultures too, with clothing, food, puzzles and games!

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Pieta was allowed to write a speech about anything for the Rotary Speech Competition.  However, the speech needed to meet the four international "Guiding Principles" of the Rotary:

Is it the TRUTH?;
Is it FAIR to all concerned?;
Will it build GOODWILL and BETTER FRIENDSHIPS?;
Will it be BENEFICIAL to all concerned?  

Pieta subjected the test to the test.

The Guiding Principles of Rotary International and their history can be found here:
https://my.rotary.org/en/guiding-principles

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