1 Dates of Travel
4-26 April 2025
13-26 October 2024
9-27 April 2024
3-14 October 2019
16-24 March 2018
5-16 October 2017
8-16 April 2016
July 2015
2014
2 Destination
Calgary/USA
China
Calgary/USA
China
China
China
Singapore
Singapore
Melbourne
Build on our Cambridge Fusion
Network and Mandarin Language
learning throughout Cambridge.
This trip was in support of our
leading the language and cultural
Student Cultural School trip to China learning across 7 schools in
including visiting Chinese Sister
Cambridge . Total students involved
Schools and other school
across Cambridge at that time was
experiences. Continue on the
approximately 1500. learning
pathway of being an Asia and
Mandarin and chinese culture. I also
globally aware school. As lead
went to promote Cambridge schools
principal and of 7 schools leading
as a great town to visit being made
Mandarin across Cambridge it also
up of a range of successful schools.
reinforces our commitment and an
It included visiting several schools.
providing opportunities for ours and On this trip Sister School
Itinerary
Based around modern
other schools to attend a trip like
Agreements were signed between
learning environments and
this. students learning Mandarin
Cambridge and Wuhan School and
Giving children and parents a first
visiting school that are
Student Cultural School trip to China including
within Cambridge
the Wuhan Bureau of Education
hand experience of China as we
Waikato Principals Association trip -
using these. Looking at the
Chinese Sister Schools and other school
Attend uLead Conference.
was involved.
were embarking on becoming
The Impact of Asia on the Education
Asian Immersion
pedagogy of the why these
Stated objective, purpose, rationale
experiences. Continue on the pathway of
Leadership Professional
Itinerary
increasingly Asia Aware as a school System
Experience - Staff Trip
are good for children's
3 of the trip
Attend uLead conference
being an asia and globally aware school
Development
Itinerary
and Cambridge Community.
Itinerary
Proposal
learning.
Funded by the Ministry of
Funded by the Ministry of
Education's Principals Professional
Education's Principals Professional
As principal/tour leader this was
Development and Well-being Grant
Development and Well-being Grant funded /built in as part participants
As principal/tour leader this was
Waikato Principals Association
BOT funds to through
$6,900(part of principal's collective
$6,900(part of principal's collective
travel costs
funded/ built in as part participants
subsidy was $1,000. Approx. cost
professional development
agreement) CPS Bot Funded
agreement) CPS Bot Funded
costing We did not get the grant that
travel costs. No actual costs for
from Board funds through the
was $384.61. all other
Amount of funding and a breakdown component through Professional
component through Professional
was mentioned.
Cost against principals professional
school
principal professional development
costs were externally or
WPA subsidised by $1,000.
4 of how it was allocated / spent
Development Budget $1,558.
Funded by travellers
Development Budget $1,532.
budget was $200, incidentals, gifts
costing
budget was $1,500
self staff funded.
Other costs unknown
Mr Pettit's wife (CPS Deputy
Mr Pettit's wife (CPS Deputy
Principal 1) & 2 dependents. Nic-
Principal 1) total costs from CPS
Mr Pettit's wife - staff
DP, total costs from CPS BoT
BoT funds through the professional
member; staff funding
funds through the professional
development budget for conference
breakdowns and
Confirmation of any family member
development budget for conference
and any other costs was $1,295 all
proportions were the same
(s) accompanying Mike on the same and any other costs was $1,142.28
other costs personally funded
for all staff that went.
trip, including details of any funding
All other costs personally funded.
$381.61 from CPS Bot
assistance which they may have
Nothing else claimed including,
funds professional
5 benefited from
dependents - personally funded.
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
development budget.
N/A
Classroom Release Time
increased from 60 minutes
per week to 120 for
We set up 4-5 Sister School
teachers, Professional
Relationships between schools in
Learning Groups
Wuhan and Cambridge including.
established and a template
Mike was the unofficial leader of the
and time frame each week
Summary
group as he had been there before
for these to take place,
Leadership professional
and had met staff from some of the
connectivity between
development, add value to the
This professional development lead
schools. It helped bring many more
classrooms opened up (we
changes made from the 2024
to the implementation of an S-Curve winner of NZCLE school excellence students from China to Cambridge
are a single cell type
conference. Network with other
shift in achievement data results
awards for outstanding contribution over the subsequent years. It has
school), professional
A copy of any report, summary or
international principal's and
across the areas of Reading,
to Chinese Language Teaching
also lead to an online Summit
This trip really kicked
development in the
other documentation to confirm how recharge with the family post
Feedback-Summary
Writing, and Maths. To allow for this
between principals in Wuhan and
https://drive.google.
started the Asia aware
teaching pedagogy within a
funds were used, outcomes from the conference. Principal well-
drive in focus, school wide changes
Cambridge. This was to foster and
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modern learning
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were adopted.
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strengthen relationships in this area.
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environment.
News letter. This is an example of
years of focus on being an Asia
https://www.educationalleaders.
Aware School. The principal,
govt.
mandarin learning assistant and
nz/content/download/78268/641922/
international student coordinator all
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the school community, and a link to
Multiple reports to the CPS BOT and Auckland to accept the award. Up
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school community.
and back that afternoon.
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