Milestone+5

__**Goal 1: Students to become successful digital citizens **__  __**Goal 2:**__ __**Principals to lead the integration of e-learning in their schools (strategic and operatio**__nal)
 * 1) Interactive Whiteboards are now in 6 of our eight classrooms. Within the framework of our ‘Good Morning Circle’ staff have developed interactive lessons which engage the students from the outset. These incorporate a wide range of communication techniques including the use of sign, symbol and Te reo Maori to enhance understanding and participation.
 * 2) Within the senior school the new Enterprise scheme has focussed in on a number of students interest in technology and the students have set up a Trade Me account. The passionate engagement from the students running this account is a credit to themselves and their teacher who have had to use a variety of Assistive technologies to enable a student with profound physical disabilities to be a lead student in this project.
 * 3) One of our Junior boys who has a passion for writing has submitted a story which he wrote on his class computer for publication in our school newsletter. For a child with ASD to share their work so freely and to do so by using a computer is a huge step forward in him.
 * 1) A call back day during the last term break was focussed on further developing our Inquiry practice here at school. The day was led by our lead Maths and English external facilitators and enabled staff to further refine and develop their professional inquiry questions in these areas. These are solidly based now within our Performance review and appraisal systems and supported by regular Peer Critical colleague discussions.
 * 2) The IEP Process has ICT’s firmly embedded within it and this latest round (March) saw increasing engagement and focus from staff in incorporating ICT’s alongside very specific Success criteria’s linked in to the Key Competency Pathway within the student’s IEP and enhanced understanding of parents and caregivers.
 * 3) A school Co-ordinator for Clickspecialednz (the special schools website) has been appointed. She will ensure that staff are kept fully up to date with developments on the site, encourage staff to share good practice within the site and internally share useful websites. On a wider basis, she will link with coordinators from other schools on a termly basis and the National Coordinator and feedback to staff internally therein.
 * 4) Prioritisation and spending on ICT’s and AT’s has continued this year with equipment bought to make iPads more accessible to students, another smartboard has been purchased and installed and a number of computers (robust, damage proof ones) purchased. Sitting alongside these are such things as arms and pads, adapted keyboards and switches which access a greater range of students to technologies within the classroom.
 * 5) The school wireless network has been reviewed and plans approved to re-vamp this to ensure full access to our remote classrooms and satellites to the server. This work is scheduled to be completed by mid May.

__**Goal 4: Family and whānau to actively participate in their child’s learning **__
 * 1) School newsletters continue to share, inform on and celebrate student’s successes and achievements with a slowly increasing number of parents/caregivers now receiving these via email. ICT’s and AT’s are regularly featured within these. [[file:Week 6 newsletter.pdf]] [[file:Week 8  newsletter.pdf]]
 * 2) The school website is currently being re-developed.

__**Goal 5: Sharing online professional reflections to inform colleagues of the challenges and opportunities afforded by e-learning* **__
 * 1) A huge piece of work (Reading with Logo’s) has been shared online with the special education community on Clickspecialednz. This has been very positively received and staff have led a number of introductory workshops for other professionals following this.
 * 2) <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">At the Cluster ICTPD Day, Goldfields staff led a workshop on The key Competency Pathway. This highlighted both the pathway and the click website which has great relevance to mainstream colleague s.