Teachers make powerful connections between home and school, with opportunities for children to; draw/paint family portraits, write about themselves and others, or bring along items/stories/photos from home to share. All the while, new data is being gathered to provide an overview of learner skills, knowledge and needs.
It may take a little longer to get to each child/young person's
- experiences and realities
- goals and aspirations
- learning preferences (larger font, group work, standing desks)
- history and culture
Professor Professor Brian Edmiston talks about the power of polyphonic (between many) learning conversations as well as, ‘connecting to storytelling as a genuine tool for understanding.’ Through quality conversations, teachers can and do discover what influences, motivates and inspires students from all different perspectives and world views.
One way to find out more about our learners, is to invite tamariki to create and share their mihi or pepeha (Māori, Pacific or other).
We will be sharing our mihis before saying our speeches this week. Here are some videos of our class members sharing their mihis:
Links to the RTC
3. demonstrate commitment to
bicultural partnership in
Aotearoa New Zealand
Demonstrate respect for the heritages,
languages and cultures of both partners to the
Treaty of Waitangi
10. work effectively within the
bicultural context of
Aotearoa New Zealand
Practise and develop the relevant use of te reo
Māori me ngā tikanga-a-iwi in context
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