The document provides a programme outline for a two-day curriculum conference with details on the schedule, presenters, costs and venue information. Day 1 includes keynote speeches on implications of implementing the New Zealand Curriculum and using assessment to build learner capabilities, and a workshop on providing quality feedback. Day 2 consists of choice workshops on topics like professional learning and key competencies, a keynote on deconstructing and reconstructing curriculum, and a school planning session. The venue is the Rutherford Hotel in Nelson, New Zealand. Registration costs $180 early bird or $250 afterward, including meals but not accommodation. Presenters include experts from schools and educational organizations focusing on curriculum development.

1. Programme Outline: Programme Outline
CURRICULUM
D AY 1 D AY 2
9:00-9:30 a.m.
Welcome and Greet 8:30-9:00 a.m.
Welcome and Greet LINK NELSON
9:30-11:00 a.m.
Keynote 1 – Sarah Martin 9:00-10:30 a.m.
Workshop 4 – Rose Hipkins, 2011
and Charlotte Hinge,
‘Implications for
Stonefields School
implementing the NZC -
What does the research tell
us?’
11:00-11:30 a.m.
Morning Tea
10:30-11:00 a.m.
Morning Tea
11:30 – 1:00 p.m.
Keynote 2 – Bridget Casse
and Rowena Pearson. 11:00 – 12:30 p.m.
Workshop 2 – ‘Your Choice’
Halsey Drive School
1.
The Genius Team -
1:00-2:00 p.m.
Lunch
Genius Cafe - New Look
Professional Learning
2:00-3:30 p.m
Keynote 3 – Deb Masters -
‘Visible Learning - what the
2.
Kidz Cannes - Using film to
research says about
co-create curriculum stories
building assessment
capable learners’
3.
Kellie McRobert - Key
Competencies into ‘e‘
3:30-4:00 p.m.
Afternoon Tea
Competencies
4:00-5:00 p.m
Workshop 1 - Deb Masters. 12:30-1:30 p.m.
Lunch
‘Quality Feedback to
support a connected 1:30-3:00 p.m
Keynote 6 – Mary-Anne
curriculum’
Mills, Deconstructing and
Reconstructing your
Close Day 1
Curriculum. The BIG T H E RU T H E R F O R D H O T E L
Questions. T R A FA L G A R S Q UA R E , N E L S O N
3:00-3:30 p.m.
Afternoon Tea 16 - 17 AU G U S T 2 0 1 1 .
3:30-4:30 p.m
Workshop 3 - School
Planning Session with
Mary- Anne
“…Connecting through curriculum, teaching
−
Impact on your School and learning…”
−
Next Steps
4:30pm
Closure

2. CONFERENCE COSTS AND PRESENTERS
I N F O R M AT I O N
We are delighted to announce the following speakers who will be presenting at Curriculum Link
Registration: Nelson. Along with our presenters, we have invited the Local Ministry of Education representatives
Early Bird: $180 per registration and other colleagues.
or $130 per day
A" registrations received a#er the 5th of
STONEFIELDS SCHOOL
August wi" pay the fu" rate of $250 (or $150
Stonefields School is a brand new school in Auckland. Sarah Martin and her team have worked
per day)
hard to establish the learning environment from the ground up. The four rocks in the Stonefields
Note that this fee includes afternoon and School brand represent the four elements of the learner that will be developed.
morning tea as well as Lunch. www.stonefields.school.nz Stonefields School
Accommodation is extra and needs to be
HALSEY DRIVE SCHOOL
booked in advance
(See below) Halsey Drive School is in Auckland. Cheryl Davies-Crook and her Teachers have been recognised
with their curriculum innovations on TKI with recent coverage of their curriculum stories about
‘Concept Curriculum’, Teaching and Learning and their ‘Part-Whole‘ Thinking maps.
All registrations need to be confirmed www.halseydrive.school.nz Halsey Drive School
with Isaac Day before the 5th of August
2011. DEB MASTERS
ph (03) 547 7480 Deb is a Principal Consultant at Cognition Education. She has most recently worked in
fax (03) 547 2859 assessment with John Hattie at the University of Auckland. Deb moved to Auckland two years
ago from a senior assessment role with the Ministry of Education in Wellington. In that role she
email office@ennerglynn.school.nz managed assessment policy, the development of assessment tools and assessment P.D. Deb Masters
The conference programme is included M A R Y-A N N E M I L L S
with this flyer. Mary Anne Mills is the curriculum manager for CORE Education. She began her career as a
history and social studies teacher before moving into lecturing in pre-service teacher education.
Mary-Anne was the project manager for the MoE for the redevelopment of the draft New Zealand
Curriculum from 2002 - 2006. Mary-Anne Mi"s
Venue: The Rutherford Hotel, P O Box 248 ROSE HIPKINS
Trafalgar Square
NELSON Rose Hipkins is a chief researcher at NZCER. Rose's current research programme includes
ongoing investigations of the implementation of the New Zealand Curriculum (2007). Rose has
ph: +64 3 548 2299
been researching what is happening with the implementation of the NZC and, with other NZCER
e-mail: reservations@rutherfordhotel.co.nz Rose Hipkins
(Te" them you are with this conference for a better rate) researchers, developing resources to support the implementation of the Key Competencies.