Challenging learning

A motivating Saturday PD with James Nottingham on Challenging Learning. I really like the idea of having 'preview' for children prior to learning and will share the learning pit with the class and attempt to keep learning interesting and challenging. Also will definitely be praising the action and process rather than the person. Need to also look at progress verses achievement, might be a high achiever but not progressing.

Notes and images from the day

Teacher Inquiry and reflective questioning

Staff meeting today was led by NpEW on reflective questioning and peer coaching

Wrote down strengths and weaknesses then fed back to partner- neutral

Looked at levels of questioning and wrote a series of questions based on them.

Asked partner the questions.

Discussed challenges of questioning. We looked at and developed and questioned the use of the following.

Found it tricky to not want to show agreement or disagreement or to add own thoughts or interrupt when listening and difficult when not given any acknowledgement when talking. Something I need to learn. Will also try and use these reflective questions with the class, may help in my inquiry this year on self-directed learning.

What is the vision for our school? TOD 2017

An interesting day looking at the our mission and vision statement and what we see as our vision moving forward. Having read the book The Leader in Me and listened to the talk from Western Heights Primary I really like the 7 Habits and their initiatives especially as it fosters an inside out approach, starting with teachers and that it is not a curriculum, it is integrated throughout the school and community. I will try and introduce this into my practice and life this year. A summary of the day can be viewed here

ULearn 2016

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1-M3neOoHjNFdG3Cxz1_sirlNcbv7bqjjPAP9-53DQ4s/edit

End of Mindlab

http://ncarrington-apc.weebly.com/

The above site was used to reflect on applied practice for the last 16 weeks of the Mind lab course on applied practice in context and also includes a reflection of the course.

Using ICT to enhance Literacy workshop

Had a great evening presenting 2 workshops at this event organised by the Waiariki literacy association. It was an honor to be asked and great to meet and share with other teachers.

Te Rangihakahaka

Our second teacher only day focusing on our professional development of Ngati Whakaue identity, language and culture.

Te Rangihakahaka 3 from Callie Raureti on Vimeo.

Te Rangihakahaka

Attended our school's Te Rangihakahaka wananga at Paratehoata-Te Kohea marae. Where we experienced the marae setting and deepened our knowledge of Ngati Whakaue identity, language and culture through various korero about whakapapa, tikanga and whenua. We also learnt about the setting and significance of Ohinemutu and various other places in and around Rotorua, including the stories around the street names in the CBD. From the wananga experience we reflected and considered what we had learnt and how we can use this new learning within the school community and classroom, and what support is needed.

Marae trip

Spoke at the marae on behalf of the school; my pepeha followed by recognising the ancestors and the tangata whenua of Tangatarua and Ihenga and thanked them for welcomimng our school.

No Ingarangi ahau, te tāone o Coalville

Ko Beacon Hill te Maunga

Ko Soar te Awa

Ko Singapore Airlines te waka

Ko Leicestershire te Iwi

Ko Carrington te hapu

Ko te whare o Matua Carrington toku marae

Kei Rotorua ahau e noho ana inaianei

Ko Neil Carrington toku ingoa

Tena koe te whare e tu nei. Tu mai tu mai tena koe.

Te papa e takoto nei tena koe oti kau tena korua.

Tena koutou e nga tangata o te hau kainga,

Mo te whakatau mai i a matou nga manuhiri.

Mihi mai ki a matou te kura o Otonga.

Kua tae mai i waenga i a koutou.

Mihi mai, mihi mai, mihi mai

Tenei te mihi tenei te maioha

Tena koutou tena koutou tena tatou katoa.

TOD

Teachers Only Day Tuesday 3^rd June

Met with different iwi and hapu in Rotorua and discussed working together with schools to build relationships and engage further in raising Maori achievement in schools. Heard of initiatives that are currently taking place and the aspirations of Excel Rotorua and the different hapu. On return to school we questioned and discussed what we had learnt and what changes we could make. These were the thoughts of our team.

                                Middle School Team

Be more aware of your children's background - how are we going to use that? 

Link agencies to your child. Tap into resources- stories. 

Pull all resources together? Without loss of identity. 

Identify your students iwi!

Science camp! Joe Evans 

Maps were good. We need to know them and where they are.

Engagement of families - ECE! See the values of education future employment

Inclusion - partnership. How can the parents help us? How can we help our parents? 

Common Haka and waiata

Would love if people came in and spoke to our kids.                                              

Wednesday 28/8/13 staff meeting/workshop re Tataiako with lara Hania. Questioned whether I am a culturally competent teacher and how I empower Maori learners. We unpacked the Tataiako document and what it means for us as teachers. Also questioned and discussed how the cultural competencies within Tataiako are linked to the registered teacher criteria. I set a goal at the work shop to get to know my students whanau more and to make contact with them at the start and introduce myself, and then maintain a positive relationship Manaakitanga.

Te Reo Maori

On Ultranet on our class blog there is a page for activities and resources for learning Te Reo and Maori culture. There is a video of our school waiata otonga-E which the children have learnt and use regularly in class and in school, whanau and the community have access to this page and also to the school page which has other waiaita and information about Maori learning. The children in room 22 also have a chapter in their portfolio which shows their learning and assessment in Te Reo, within this there is a link to the children speaking their class pepeha/mihi.