Showing posts with label Maori. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Maori. Show all posts

Tuesday, 17 May 2022

Local Curriculum Review - Learner Attributes

John is leading the charge on updating the local curriculum. We spent some time looking at the Learner Attributes. We discussed what is still relevant and changes that could be made. 


Sunday, 15 March 2020

Leading PLD- Leading Student Agency by demonstrating Teacher Agency

Effective PLD:

● Links to identified student needs and learning outcomes

● Integrates knowledge and skills

● Operates within a learning community and culture of trust

● Offers sustained, multiple opportunities to learn (= TIME)

● Is collaborative, shared, collegial

● Active role taken by leaders

● Is inquiry-based

CONTEXT from Staff Business Plan 2020

The 3 big drivers for 2020 are Positive Education, Sustainability and Te Ao Māori. All 3 intersect and all 3 will receive the same time and attention. Additionally all 3 will have a team of staff driving the components, based on passion, knowledge/ expertise.

End of 2019 data in reading, writing and maths will determine TAI and help fine tune PLD.

As well as ongoing assessment for learning and tracking progress against annual targets the science curriculum will be reviewed to determine effectiveness. The science curriculum also has strong links to Sustainability and Te Ao Māori.

The PE/ Health curriculum, with it’s close relationship to Positive Education will also be timely to review.

The Wellbeing and Te Ao Māori goals link directly to the umbrella goals of the Kāhui Ako

We got into our PLD groups and started to brainstorm initial ideas. 

Tuesday, 4 February 2020

Staff Only Day 2: 1 Day Wananga

Kia ora to John and Suz for leading our 1 day Wananga.

Link to Wananga Slides

We learnt about significant places, stories and history of our area. We all met at Churchill Park and walked along the beach, listening to some significant stories. We walked to Te Pa o Oruaiti and across the top.


We strengthened our knowledge of Pōwhiri.

We developed an understanding of kawa and tikanga
We worked together to develop school wide processes that align with kawa and tikanga with a focus on mihi, karakia, manaakitanga, whakawhanaungatanga.
  • classroom
  • meetings and ways of working 
  • events and opportunities






Friday, 1 June 2018

Planning for Matariki 2018

Here is some information from the Admin meeting - Some background information for each of the 9 stars. Some Te Wanaga ō Aotearoa and some general stuff off KCC.


Date of celebrations at Worser Bay to be confirmed.