Future for Computers in Homes Wellington/Hutt

Computers in Homes Wellington/Hutt are looking at creating a School Training Centre in the Wellington Region.  This is a pilot centre and if all goes well, we will be offering 8 places for Wellington Central families to participate in the programme.  Criteria's apply.

In 2015, Schools who are interested in the programme but don't have enough families to carry an intake of Computers in Homes of their own, will be able to send their families to the STC.
Watch this space...

Welcome to Computers in Homes Newtown School

A potential date has been set for Newtown School to begin their Computers in Homes intake in February 2014.

Mark Brown was the principal of Victory School Nelson, who completed the Computers in Homes programme back in 2012 graduating 38 families.

Mark knows the benefits the programme has for his families and has taken up the opportunity for his school.

I look forward to working in this school.

Still looking at more schools to add to the Wellington/Hutt List.

PLANS FOR 2014-2015

I have been working a lot in the Hutt Valley schools and am now venturing into the Wellington CBD
area to provide Computers in Homes in the schools.

The first school on my list is the lovely Newtown School.

Newtown School were one of the first Computers in Homes school around 10 years ago.  When speaking to the new principal Mark Brown and other staff members, the children who attend the school back then now have children of their own that attend Newtown School.
There are also teachers who were apart of the school with the first Computers in Homes intake are still teaching at the school today.

The school is now going through a revamp in buildings, so we look forward to working with Newtown School in term 1 of the 2015 school year.

I am also looking at other schools in Wellington such as Kahurangi School and Holy Cross, but have yet to set dates as to when Computers in Homes can begin.

 

Hutt Schools I would also like to work with in this project year from the Hutt are Wainuiomata College and St Bernards College.
 

Epuni School 2014

Well Done Epuni School

Gathering numbers for this school was a bit of a struggle, but we got there in the end!! Well Done to the 9 families who graduated with their 20 hours of Digitial Literacy through Computers in Homes and a refurbished desktop to take home for you and your whanau.

Congratulations Maoribank School

Maoribank School were the first Upper Hutt School to participate in the Computers in Homes programme.
The school were worried they would not fill their quota of 15 places and thought they would barely fill 10 places as the school's roll wasn't the biggest.
But with commitment, belief and dedication to the programme the school managed to have 14 parents graduate with 1 partner attending so he had knowledge about what his children would be doing on the internet.

This was a great successful programme and I wish the parents all the best for theirs and their children's future.

Rata Street School Graduation 2nd December 2013

We were graced with the presence of the Taita Central Kapahaka roopu when the fantastic 11 fantastic parents celebrated a mile stone of graduating from Computers in Homes.

Congratulations to all the wonderful parents of Taita Central School and also a wonderful congratulations to Taita Central on the excellent ERO Report for 2013.

Dyer Street School Graduation 18th June 2013

Dyer Street School graduate 14 families on the Computers in Homes programme.

With Honourable Tariana Turia there to present the parents with their awards, the gleam on their faces said it all.

A lovely husband and wife attended the programme as they both felt the need to learn about digital literacy to help their 5 children with their education.  The wife stated in her speech "My husband and I began to use these classes as our date night as it was the only time we didn't have our children".

An amazing bunch of parents and a great tutor Kristine Saunders (also the school librarian) helped make the programme a huge success in the school.

Taita Central Graduates - 27th June 2013

Taita Central School graduated 15 parents who participated on the Computers in Homes programme.  As we celebrated the parents step towards digital literacy, their children look on and admire their new computers their parents are rewarded with for their hard efforts.

Parents say "It was nice to have the principal come into the class just to say hi or how's the lesson going?.  Mark Fakney was a great support to the parents learning.

We wish you all good luck for your future and hope the children get some much needed use out of the computers.