Feedback from the voice collection from students at Mapua School in 2020 was analysed by the staff in Term 4, 2020. It came to light that the main area which will make learning more beneficial for students revolves around relationships. They thought that relationships between students, and relationships between students and teachers was very important. This falls squarely in line with the relationships based learning approach we have been undertaking through our Community of Learning (Kahui Ako) with our associate schools. Last year the staff brainstormed how we could improve relationships through the school and the wider community. This was revisited at our Teacher Only Day and we have made some changes as a result: We have set up buddy classes, so that teachers can buddy up and children from across different levels can meet the younger/older students and share their learning. This will be changed each term, so that a wide variety of levels and students can build positive...
At Brooklyn school, our focus for 2021 is "Tūhura - Discover". Alongside our students, staff have started a journey to 'discover' our Brooklyn roots, what makes us who we are here at Brooklyn School. We are proud to be learning alongside our tamariki as we explore our Brooklyn whakapapa, beginning this year with our Maunga. We have been able to weave this idea through our 2021 topics, starting with visual art, local stories, kaupapa ki Motueka and NZ native plants and animals, with the support of local groups, e.g. Friends of Flora, Tasman Bay Guardians and Abel Tasman Birdsong Trust. We are excited to see where this journey of discovery takes us! We would like to thank our AST's, Struan McKenzie and Vicki McKerrow, who made time to come to our recent staff hui to present the 2021 kaupapa of our Kāhui Ako to our staff. As we continue on our journey through the RbL Profile, we are excited to be able to weave the next steps in 'Relationships Fir...
We are looking at creating and supporting a cohesive transition/pathway between our junior and senior syndicates. This is continuing to be developed by using whole school curriculum planning with an overarching concept, for example, the whole school is following an odd and even year long term overview of our mathematics DMIC programme and are involved in developing a school wide spelling programme. We are using a key word or phrase each term that the whole school follows, eg: Term 2 this year is the word 'Stories'. This will encompass Book Week, Myths and Legends, personal stories, community stories, whanau stories and a possible Marae visit for the students. Another example of our continued work for cohesion within the whole of Riwaka School is our WAKA values, which are now embedded within all we do. This sits within our PB4L behaviour plan. As a school staff, we are looking at the shared responsibility for the learning, emotional and social growth of all our students within ...
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