Cultural Sharing 2020

As part of our school-wide getting to know our learners, I created a culturally focused survey that we sent out to our whānau.  The aim of this was to get a really clear idea about the cultural experiences of our community.  My next step for this is to collate findings and use them to guide what we do.

We also had a cultural sharing day where students could share different aspects of their culture.  The aim was to develop a culturally inclusive mindset for staff, students and whānau.  Classes used the following slide to help guide their planning for the day.

Students in Whakamanawa worked on a Cultural Sharing slide and then presented these on the big screen to the class.  The engagement and encouragement from students were really lovely to witness.  All students were really focused and full of positive comments and questions during the sharing sessions.  

This is an example of one of the student's slide:

We had a class shared lunch and an afternoon of performances.

Our next step is to finish off sharing cultural slides which I could link to our Oral Language programme.  I also intend to organise another cultural event later in the year.

• Develop an environment where the diversity and uniqueness of all learners are accepted and valued.