BOT Newsletter – November 2017

The Cornwall Park District School Board of Trustees had its monthly meeting on Tuesday evening 21 November. This note provides a brief update to parents, whānau and caregivers on both that meeting and any other key Board issues.

The Principal presented her monthly report which included the results for the Student Well Being survey. This is a survey undertaken every couple of years by our students to help the management and staff understand how our students are doing and how they feel about the school. It asks our students if they feel safe, providing a picture at the level of bullying in the school and whether or not the students know what to do about it, as well as asking them if they feel they are heard, what they think of the staff and how they interact with them and how they see staff interact with their families.

This is a very useful tool to gauge what goes on inside and outside classroom time so that our staff can work to improve on any areas of concern or tension for staff, students and their families.

We were impressed to find that the majority of our students do feel safe at school and are united in the understanding that behaviour such as bullying or hurting others is not acceptable. Our students also value the different cultures in our school and believe our staff to be respectful of each other, of the students and of their whanau.

The report also shows some matters to be addressed such as providing students with more say with what goes on in the school, ongoing maintenance of buildings and playground equipment and education of what bullying is. On this last matter, the Principal will be providing some material through her regular updates on the website in the new school year, that should be of interest to all.

As stated above, the report will be used to inform the staff and guide their teaching programmes and practices. The survey is available on our website should you wish to view it.

Next, the Finance and Property Committee informed us of the latest on the development of our property. We approved an additional spend of approx. $36,000 for the development of the space under Room 27.

The Community Committee provided a summary of feedback received on the charter review. Thank you to those who took the time to complete the survey on-line. The majority of the matters were directed at the management level of the school and these will be incorporated by them moving forward, where appropriate. Generally though the feedback supported the Charter as it reads and therefore will be carried through for 2018.

We updated our Work Plan and Action register to accommodate the amendments and updates that we made during the meeting.

While this is the second to last meeting for the year this will be our last 2017 update to you as the last meeting (in December) is just a short one to discuss how our draft budget is looking for the coming year.

The BOT is looking forward to Flag Day 2017 gap where we can farewell our wonderful year six students and send them on their way to their next great learning adventure. We will also take the opportunity to thank some people who have given a lot of their time and energy to the school to make it the place that it is. With mixed feelings, we will also be farewelling some of our magnificent staff who will be going on to their next great adventure as well. (We are sure it will be an eventful day and hope that you can join us in this tradition that Cornwall Park District School is very proud of.

On behalf of the Board, thank you for taking the time to read these newsletters and providing your input on the matters raised. We appreciate knowing that you feel able to use this avenue to engage with your school.
Nga mihi nui/ Very warm regards

Chair: Lee-Ann Lucas llucas@cpds.school.nz
Treasurer: Sarah Sutcliffe ssutcliffe@cpds.school.nz
Jamie Galloway jgalloway@cpds.school.nz
Michael O’Brien mobrien@cpds.school.nz
Nicki Taylor ntaylor@cpds.school.nz
Lou Dennis ldennis@cpds.school.nz
Gowan Duff gduff@cpds.school.nz
Chris Porteous  cporteous@cpds.school.nz
Janine Irvine principal@cpds.school.nz

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亲爱的学校社区

11月21日星期二晚上 Cornwall Park 小学举行了每月一次的董事会。这个最新简报是让所有的父母、家庭和看护人了解会议上所讨论的问题。

校长提交了她的每月报告，其中包括学生健康调查的结果。这是每两年进行一次的调查，用来帮助管理层和员工来了解学生们的情况，以及他们对学校的感受。其中问到：学生们在学校是否感到安全？在学校被同学欺负的层度有多大？情况是如何？学生们是否听说过？学生们是否知道如何处理？并且询问学生们，他们是否有被关心？他们如何看待自己和员工之间的互动？以及他们如何看待员工与家人们的互动？

这是一个非常有用的工具，可以用来衡量教室内外的情况，以便我们的工作人员、学生和家庭用来改善任何担心或者紧张的情况。

我们非常高兴能够听见大多数学生在学校里感到安全，并且认识到欺负或伤害他人的行为是不可以被接受的。学生们也尊重学校里有着许多不同的文化背景的学生，也相信学校员工们会互相尊重对方，尊重学生，和他们的家人。

报告还提出了一些有待解决的问题，比如为学生提供更多的发言权，让他们告诉我们学校里发生的事情，或者学校正在进行的维护工作，建筑物和游乐设施的维护，以及欺负行为，伤害他人行为的教育。关于最后一个问题，校长将通过网站定期提供一些所有人都会感兴趣的资料。

如上所述，报告将会被用来通知工作人员，并指导他们，提供教学计划和如何去实践计划。如果您想查看，我们网站上有提供这项调查的问题。

接下来，财务和财产委员会向我们通报了我们财产发展的最新情况。我们批准了一个三万六千元的额外花费，用于发展27号教室下面的空间。

社区委员会提供了关于章程审查收到的反馈的摘要。非常感谢那些花时间在线上完成调查的人。大部分事项都是针对学校的管理层，而这些事宜将会在适当的时候纳入其中。大致说来，反馈支持宪章的內容，因此将会延续到2018年。

我们更新了我们的工作计划和行动注册表，来配合会议中所做的修改和更新。

虽然这是本年度倒数第二次的会议，但这将是我们今年最后一次的简报。因为12月份的会议是一个较短的会议，用来讨论下一年的预算草案。

董事会非常期待2017年的国旗日，我们将欢送六年级的学生，并将他们送往下一个学习的领域。我们也借此次机会感谢一些为学校付出了很多时间和精力，让学校能有今日的人。非常感慨，我们也将告别一些学校的员工，他们将会继续前往下一个冒险旅程。（ 我们相信这将是个充满活力的一天，希望您能参与这个 Cornwall Park 小学引以自豪的传统节日。）

谨代表董事会，感谢您花时间阅读此通讯，并就所提出的问题提供意见。我们很高兴知道您能夠使用这个途径与学校进行交流。

非常温馨的问候

Cornwall Park 小学董事会