Teaching As Inquiry 2021

 Teaching As Inquiry Focus For 2021

For 2021, I have been part of the ALL Intervention. Accelerated Literacy Learning has helped me to focus on a target group of students to improve their progress in Literacy, with a particular focus on Reading.

Appraisal 2021

 My Appraisal Document for 2021

 Reading Simplified - A Conversation

Throughout my learning of Structured Literacy, I have done some online reading throughout the year.  One of the things I came across was Reading Simplified which has a lot of correlations with the Structured Literacy approach.  

In trying to do the best by the students who I am responsible for teaching Reading, in the holidays I came across this conversation about Reading Simplified.

Te Wiki o Te Reo Māori

 Māori Language Week

Te Wiki o Te Reo Māori is easily my favourite week of the year and I often stretch it out so it's longer than just one week.  This year we had booked visits out to Ngāti Moki Marae however, Covid19 meant we had to change this.  

In our Te Ao Māori Programme, our learning is focused on four areas:  

• Waiata - Songs and Singing
• Karakia - Prayer and Giving Thanks
• Tikanga - Protocol and Values
• Te Reo Māori - Māori Language

All of our learning was based on a visit to a marae and although we had some changes, we continued to work on these things.  

Although the marae trips could not take place, we had another event that we all took part in.  Māori Language Moment is an event where people register and at a specific time on a certain day, stop and do something to do with Māori Language.

The different things can be related to:

• Waiata - Sing
• Pānui - Read
• Tākaro - Play
• Ako - Learn
• Whakarongo - Listen
• Kōrero - Speak

Once we were all registered, teachers were asked to complete a section in a school-wide Google Slide to plan and share what they did.

Every year, I share out a slide with resources and ways we can increase and include Te Reo Māori throughout the school.