DFI Day 2!

Today was another great day at the DFI - learning, creating and sharing.

I enjoyed diving deeper into the Manaiakalani Kaupapa around effective teaching and accelerated learning. I enjoyed the refresher on turbocharging how we teach in the classroom.

The new learning with the extensions was great! I now have 26 new extensions that I can explore and play with to help support my professional and personal life!

Google Keep is another functional app that I already use. I enjoyed seeing people make the connections of how this can be used across a number of their devices.

I really enjoyed working with Trish to make a recording of our Meet to share our thoughts on some fantastic Maniakalani student blogs!

Here is my Meet Recording.

Musical - Curriculum Integration through The Arts.

This term we have been focussing on a Junior School Musical - One Fly Over the Rubbish Dump. This was an environmentally focussed musical that connects to our school Enviroschools programme. It involved Music, Dance, Drama, and Visual Arts. Students and whanau were involved in all aspects of the musical, with teachers acting as facilitators. This opportunity has inspired some students to want to take advantage of the opportunities that will become available for them in the senior school.

Mihi - Creating a sense of identity.

This term we have been working with whānau and learners to develop an understanding of their whakapapa and identity. Each student had to undertake research with their whānau to establish their places of significance. In class we have scaffolded this further by creating a written mihi and visual mihi template. Each day we are covering different aspects of mihimihi. Through this process, whānau have been actively engaged in the learning of their students. As teachers we have demonstrated a commitment to Te Tiriti o Waitangi and Tangata Whenuatanga.

Sharing Learning Sites at Hokitika Hub Community Open Evening

On Tuesday 10th April I was asked to host a sharing session regarding learning sites at the Hokitika Hub Community Open Evening. I shared our learning site with a number of whānau and teachers. In total, I run three 20 minute sessions. There were a number of questions and a range of positive feedback about this sharing session. We have also undertaken to support other junior teachers within the hub to implement 1:1 iPads within their setting.

Spiral of Inquiry - 2018

Self-regulated learning - Blogging

It is inspiring to see students blogging outside of class time, empowered to take ownership and control over their learning.

Class Sharing at Assembly - "Oh The Things You Can Think" from Suessical The Musical

Class Sharing at Assembly - "Oh The Things You Can Think" from Suessical The Musical

Link to Video Recording

Weekly Inspiration - Creating a tolerant learning environment.

Weekly Inspiration - Creating a tolerant learning environment.

Developing self-regulation, an ability to connect with learning outside of the classroom.

Developing self-regulation, an ability to connect with learning outside of the classroom.

Feedforward and Feedback - Akonga's Writing

Class Learning Site 2018

Class Learning Site 2018