Implementation Report for the New Zealand Ministry of Education

 Our team discussed and shared our thoughts about the Early Literacy Project report written by Alison W. Arrow. We shared 3 things that resonated with us and 1 thing we would implement in our class. For me, the things that resonated with me were:

1) Reading should be taught using an explicit phonics approach.

2) Teacher's are more effective when they have the requisite phonics teaching knowledge.

3) Literacy Learning progressions should be phased out. but some good stuff should be retained.

Healthy Active Learning Workshop Day

 

I attended a workshop run by Sport Auckland that posed the question: Are ALL students at my school and in my class having positive experiences in Health and Physical Education (HPE), Sport and Play? 

The day provided an opportunity to answer this question, as well as reconsider the purpose of teaching Health and Physical Education in school. The workshops that were run all helped me reconsider and keep an open mind to ensuring that my Health and Physical Education teaching is inclusive of ALL students, including those with 'disabilities', and that HPE is taught for other reasons than for the sole purpose of winning games of sport.

I will attempt to integrate games, sport and play that always promotes inclusion and which the practice of 'adapting' HPE to suit the needs of ALL my students is evident in planning and teaching lessons.

iPad Professional Learning Group

 

The focus of this session was to use the Explain Everything (EE) application to create a short recording that can be shared on our class blog site.

My goal is to use EE as a tool for students to use to make responses to Learning Intentions in Literacy and Numeracy.

Toi Tu Toi Ara: Contemporary Maori Art

 

On March 18, together with some of my colleagues, I paid a visit to the Auckland Art Gallery to view the Toi Tū Toi Ara exhibition. This was an opportunity to view some contemporary Māori Art while engaging myself with Māori cultural histories and further understandning the role of Māori knowledge in contemporary art and wider New Zealand society.

Practically, I hope to do some Māori art with my students this year to build on the art teaching I did in 2020.

iPad Professional Learning Group

iPad PLG

Venue: Room 19 Pt England School

Date:  Thursday 24th February

Time: 3.30 -3.40pm

Device: iPad/Mac

The focus of this session was on 1:1 iPad workflow and Kawa of Care. I up-skilled myself around how to improve the learning experience for my students who use an iPad for their learning activities. My next step is to empower my earners to be able to make an iMovie using their iPads.

Wolff Fischer Manaiakalani Presentation 2021

 

The Manaiakalani cohort of schools met to listen to the results and analysis of Student Achievement
Data on the 23rd February, 2021. The cohort heard from Professor Rebecca Jessop from the Department of Education and Social Work at the University of Auckland. She spoke about how teachers use their Class Sites to deliver teaching and learning. We also heard about writing and reading achievement data and some proposals about our next steps.

Marie Hirst - Maths Resources PLD @Panmure Bridge School

On February 4th 2021 Marie Hirst facilitated a Maths PLD day with the staff of Panmure Bridge School. We were initially engaged in some practical statistics exercises, reviewed a range of resources and planning ideas to incorporate in our classes, and held discussions about updating our math teaching pedagogy in our classroom programmes. I found the practical exercises highly useful and relevant and I immediately used Marie's 'About Me' Statistics exercises to help build relationships with my akonga learners in the first weeks of Term 1. I will also use the resources to meet the needs of all my learners to differentiate my teaching when required.