School Programmes

The focus of the Learning Centres are to offer a place for children, teachers and the community to integrate technology into their learning, update skills and access information.

Guiding principles for programmes

Learning in authentic contexts
- Inquiry and issues based learning
Creativity, critical thinking and informed decision making
- Information literacy
- Problem solving
Relationships
- Collaboration and teamwork
- Connecting people – friendships across geographical boundaries
Participation and contribution to society and community
- Learning through reflection and action
- Practical outcomes

Programme types offered: Horizons, Connect and individualised class programmes within a technology rich environment.

Programme Design and Delivery

Our aim is to foster confident creative and connected life long learners. Aligned with the vision of the New Zealand Curriculum document, SLC provides learning experiences in a technology rich environment.

Students participating in SLC programmes experience e-learning embedded within traditional and future focused learning areas. Key competencies are developed as students work in collaboration with others across geographical and generational boundaries.

Teachers gain professional learning opportunities as planning sessions with SLC staff focus on authentic integration of ICT into their curriculum based unit plan whilst delivery involves teachers developing their skills with their students.

SLC staff are fully trained teachers with experience both in secondary and primary schools. They have community connections which we can utilise within our programmes to ensure greater community connectedness for schools. Constant exposure to new technologies by our staff ensures that we can provide innovative new courses.

Using the Learning Centres

Memorandum of Understanding

Prior to any school visit, the school’s Principal must sign a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU). This MOU establishes the context of learning and services that will be provided to visiting staff and students. Please request an MOU by emailing learningcentre@ccc.govt.nz

SLC Co-ordinators

Each school who chooses to bring students to work in the Learning Centre (LC) needs to nominate a staff member to work as a co-ordinator between the school’s teaching staff and the LC.

Their role is to be the main communication channel between South Learning Centre (SLC), and your school. This involves:

School teaching staff consulting with the Co-ordinator at your school to discuss class booking needs based on the school’s priorities. If required, the Co-ordinator will have to establish which classes from your school receive priority each term. Bonus bookings for additional classes may be available throughout the term. These are dependent on demand and availability at the LC.
Responsibility for distributing information received from the SLC to the school teaching staff. Newsletters from the SLC are printed twice each term. New information relating to programmes and procedures will be sent directly to the Co-ordinator.
Attending any co-ordinator meetings and providing the SLC with feedback from your school.

Booking Procedure

Request that your LC Co-ordinator book a planning meeting with LC staff where lesson content, cost and duration will be identified.
Dates will then be booked into our LC calendar.
An Estimation of Costs will be sent to the School.
Invoices are to be paid at the end of each term.
Phone 941 5140 or email: learningcentre@ccc.govt.nz

Programme Venues

South Learning Centre

This venue includes two learning rooms, The Computer Lab and The Sydenham Room, plus a Video Conferencing Room.

The Lab, a networked computer suite of 31 computers, each with their own web cam, an inbuilt data projector, and printer/scanner/photocopier. Maximum of 35 people.

The Sydenham room is a learning room for teaching or meetings big and small. Maximum of 60 people.

Video Conferencing room, a permanent room dedicated to live distant communication.

Available equipment includes tablet PCs, digital cameras, video cameras, polycom sound station, and overhead projector.

These spaces are available for programmes between 9am and 5pm.

Upper Riccarton Learning Centre

This venue includes three learning rooms; one Computer Lab and two classrooms each with data projectors. The Lab is a networked computer suite of 31 computers, each with their own web cam, an inbuilt data projector, and printer/scanner/photocopier.

These spaces are available for programmes between 4pm and 7pm.

The following equipment is available for loan from the centre for class use, by arrangement, generally for up to 24 hours. Your personal library card is required to issue the equipment.

1 video camera,
5 digital cameras,
1 datashow projector,
10 tablet PCs,
1 polycom sound station,
1 portable overhead projector.

Waitikiri Learning Centre

This venue has one smaller computer lab with 10 PC based computers including web cams, datashow projector and colour printer/scanner/photocopier.

These spaces are available for programmes between 9am and 5pm.