CoL PD Cultural Responsiveness

Here is one of the Slideshows from our Cultural Responsiveness PD days with South Auckland COl on 28 and 29 March. This PD was very thought-provoking. We got to explore the surface features of culture and the deeper features. There was a lot of sharing around what the resasons may be as to why Pasifika and Maori learners are not achieving comparatively with other ethnic groups. The Treaty of Waitangi and our country's bilcultural identiity was a huge focus.My take away questions to reflect on are:

1) How will I engage Maori and Pasifika whanau with their children's learning?
2) How does my classroom environment and practice reflect the bicultural partnership of Aotearoa?
3) How can I accelerate learning of Maori and Pasifika students in my team?

Bi-Cultural Practice

All students in Room 5 have presented their Mihimihi this term. This has been quite powerful. One Maori boy had his mother come to listen and support him.

Also as part of our home learning, students had this task:

Concept Learning: Standing on the Shoulders of Those Who have Gone Before Us

Watch this video about Maori culture in NZ. Then choose ONE research task below to present in Google Slides.

Sharing will be Friday and each morning next week.

1. Māori Carvings
2. Māori Gods
3. Māori Welcome Customs (such as the Hongi, Powhiri, Mihimihi)
4. Māori Games
5. Māori Kai (cooking and food)

Please do this in your CONCEPT folder.

Has this been completed? YES / NO

New label

This is to make a label for my new areas of responsibility.

Writing Workshops in the Senior Team

This term we are trying to meet the needs of learners in our team through writing workshops.

We did asttle writing Week 1 and based on punctuation results, we grouped students for workshops.

There have been teething problems in terms of a very busy timetable and trying to fit it in.

However, students feel they were able to target specific needs more and wish to try workshopping early Term 2 for another writing area (structure and language next time).

Here is one of my presentations for my punctuation workshops.