This document summarizes key outcomes and activities from professional development sessions, school visits, and furniture viewings for the Amesbury School. It includes: 1) Professional development with a focus on leadership skills, values, active listening, conceptual thinking, and vision. 2) School visits in Hamilton, Tauranga, and Auckland to discuss opening new schools with leadership teams and learn from their successes and challenges. 3) Viewing furniture options and shared learning spaces at different schools to inform criteria for equipping their own school.

1. Economy Amesbury School 6/8/2011

3. PD With Jan Robertson

4. Coaching and Reflection

6. Individual values and their influences

7. Active Listening

8. Reflective Questioning

9. Conceptual thinking and the big educational picture

10. Clarifying vision direction

15. Hamilton Tauranga Auckland Schools

16. School Visits Hingaia Peninsula School Mission Heights School

18. Successes and challenges in opening their new schools

21. Chairs

22. Tables

23. Staffrooms

24. Libraries

25. Playgrounds

26. Receptions

27. School’s Principles

28. Special Features

30. Answers to focused questions around furniture – from staff and students

31. Liasing with Distinction furniture and sharing of Amesbury preferences

32. Viewing and trying out a wide variety of furniture

33. Observing and discussing use of flexible learning spaces

34. Exploration of ways in which students are grouped to maximise learning

35. Seeing 21st Century learning in action

37. Prepare for Landing O L L T N E G W I N