Week 4 Term 3: English Department: Goals for Term 3 (August 04 - August 08)

Term 3 is crucial for the English Department, with priorities set for junior and senior English students, curriculum development, and alignment with school goals. The department acknowledges that flexibility is needed as the term progresses, but they will strive to meet their Term 3 objectives. Below are some of the goals that we would like to work towards and focus on in Term 3. 

Students at risk of achieving: 

We want to work with our identified students who are at risk of achieving credits in English. We have identified who the students were for Term 1 and we revisit the list in Term 3. We know that this list would have significantly changed since we have spent time in Term 2 to complete internal assessments.

Designing a unit for NCEA Level 1 English Internal Assessment: 91926: 

As a Department, we are designing a unit for a new NCEA Level 1 English internal assessment (91926). We will be running this assessment in Term 3 starting from Week 2 - Week 9. It has been a good process so far, getting everyone on board with the assessment and deciding what we want to do and how we want to assess it. We are excited to have started this journey with our NCEA facilitator Mr Alex Moffat-Wood.

Finishing Internal Assessments and preparing for Derived Grade Assessment: 

We know that Term 3 is our last full term with our senior students. We are looking to use the time well to ensure that our senior students complete their internal assessments and that they are also prepared for their Derived Grade Exams which will take place in Week 7 Term 3.