GCSN Newsletter 2 December 2011

Seasons greetings
This will be our last newsletter for 2011 -  a year of incredible challenges.  The response of teachers and school communities to the events of February and their aftermath has been superb.  The GCSN team hopes that everyone has most well deserved break and a restful time during Christmas vacation.  We all earnestly hope that 2012 brings happier times and challenges of a more enriching nature.  Our next newsletter will arrive at the beginning of February 2012.  

Upcoming events
 Opening of new National Library Centre in Christchurch on Monday 5 December - Unit 7/150 Cavendish Business Park, Cavendish Road, Casebrook.    An invitation to attend the new National Library Centre in Christchurch to browse or return your resources.  Full walk-in service will be available from 4th January providing curriculum resources to support teaching programmes in schools, and services to support learners and educators.  Visit the Calendar

For 2012,  LEARNZ Mt Ruapehu Online field trip, Wednesday, February 22, 2012 - 09:30 Visit the Calendar

Other items

Further BYOD sessions will be held early in 2012.   Watch for more news and support on this subject.  Important messages from the session on 24 November - get buy in from all staff and put all building blocks in place if you are thinking about pursuing this idea in your school.  

For further information about Brett Lee’s well received and engaging presentations on cyber safety, watch here for further news.