October Recap

 The October newsletter has a different format as we have recently been together and celebrated so much of the mahi that is going on in schools and work streams across the network face-to-face. Thank you to the 200 people who attended and contributed your expertise and insights throughout the evening event on Thursday and the day of the wānanga on Friday.  To those who came down with illnesses - we missed you!

We are highlighting five areas below and will return to a more comprehensive report at the end of November.  

	Wānanga Thursday October 27th Friday October 28th 2022 The presentation slides and speaker notes are all shared from this slide deck The webpage used for our annual wānanga will be updated over the coming week to include videos of sessions. Photos taken during the 2 days are here for you to enjoy. Please mark your calendars for these 2023 dates: Wānanga 2023 Thursday 26th (evening) Friday, October 27th
	Opportunities 2023 We are in the closing week of applications for opportunities 2023. Thank you for passing these on. We have some roles in the Manaiakalani facilitation team opening up now that are advertised in the Gazette and on our website.
	Device orders for 2023 It’s that time of year again, when you need to consult your current roll and make a very educated “projection” about how many new Chromebooks and iPads you will need to start February 2023 This Form is designed to bring together initial indications from across the Manaiakalani Network of schools. Your Procurement Team needs to know approximately how many we are negotiating for!  AND to get stock into the country.  iPads  We are recommending the iPad 9 as the best learner iPad. The price of this is to increase $100 in the next shipment. Get in quick if you want some at the current price. Contact Stan +64 22 061 2432 Stan.F@pbtech.co.nz Chromebooks  The current indication from schools for next year is for over 2300 Chromebooks.  Make sure we have enough for you by filling in this form. Even if you need zero it helps us to know. There are 50 schools yet to respond.
	Spaces for the Reading Practice Intensive are filling up fast for 2023.  If you have a Year 4-8 teacher you’d like to register for the sessions, to be supported in developing their effective reading practice, please click here.  If you’d like more information about the programme, please click here, or send the research team an email and we will be in touch.
	Cook Islands Teacher Summit 2022 This inaugural event was rated a success on every measure. As a genuine partnership event between the Cook Islands educators and the kiwis who travelled over, all participants rated it highly. The speakers and session presenters were world-class, the immersive cultural opportunities designed for us were confronting and enlightening, and the collaboration between attendees was something most had never experienced. Thank you for supporting this by sending teachers or coming yourself. Hint: Oct 2,3- 2023

If you do not have the calendar for the activities of the Manaiakalani Network added to your calendar collection, we recommend you click this link and on the bottom right-hand corner of the calendar that opens up, click the +Google Calendar button.  Now you will have all our network-wide activities added to your set of Google calendars.