Friday 3 July 2020

Thursday 18 June 2020

Paediatrician Dr Alison Leversha told us it's almost become the norm for children & elderly to live in cold damp homes in NZ. Poor housing conditions can lead to all sorts of preventable illnesses. She said that we even have some of the highest rates of rheumatic fever in the world. So, in order to give vulnerable kids a better chance this winter she's working with Variety New Zealand to provide more than 400 children with their own bed.

Tuesday 16 June 2020

Google for Education Virtual Event...

Thank you teachers...

Google Arts & Culture

Portrait of a Woman

Painted originally by: Caspar Netscher

An evening of being educated thanks to...

Thursday 4 June 2020

ENGAGE "abridged" worshop (online)

x31 attendees from local schools, ECE's and RTLB practitioners.

Monday 18 May 2020

So near...and yet so far!

Thank you for completing the Google Certified Educator Level 2 exam.

Your score: 78%

Unfortunately, you did not pass the exam this time.

The passing score is 80%

BUT, I cracked the pivot tables!!!!

Term 2 C19 in-class-support "hangouts"; how 21days = 528 hangouts (average 25 per day)

Day 1 = x16 hangouts 7.30am / 4.00pm

Day 2 = x19 hangouts 8.45am / 4.00pm

Day 3 = x17 hangouts 8.45am / 3.30pm

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Day 4 = x21 hangouts 8.45am / 4.45pm

Day 5 = x21 hangouts 8.45am / 4.00pm

Day 6 = x19 hangouts 8.45am / 4.00pm

Day 7 = x19 hangouts 8.45am / 3.30pm

Day 8 = x 22 hangouts 8.45am / 3.30pm

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Day 9 = x28 hangouts 8.45am / 4.00pm

Day 10 = x33 hangouts 8.45am / 5.00pm

Day 11 = x28 hangouts 8.45am / 4.30pm

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Day 12 = x27 hangouts 8.45am / 4.00pm

Day 13 = x31 hangouts 8.45am / 4.00pm

Day 14 = x28 hangouts 8.45am / 4.00pm

Day 15 = x29 hangouts 8.45am / 3.30pm

Day 16 = x 27 hangouts 8.45am / 3.30pm

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Day 17 = x27 hangouts 8.45am / 3.30pm

Day 18 = x34 hangouts 8.45am / 4.00pm

Day 19 = x28 hangouts 8.45am / 4.00pm

Day 20 = x27 hangouts 8.45am / 4.00pm

Day 21 = x27 hangouts 8.45am / 3.30pm

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Monday 4 May 2020

2020 Hindsight...The Great Realisation!

Sunday 26 April 2020

Powerful Peers Cybersmart Observation

Back in February when I was at Panmure Bridge School I was asked by Robyn Anderson if I could deliver a Cybersmart lesson about blog commenting and threading. As one of the Manaiakalani summer learning journey commenters I had noticed that PBS were VERY active in their participation but lacked somewhat in their comment threading and therefore (in my opinion) had not fulfilled their potential and capacity in the programme which addresses the "summer drop off".

I regularly support x3 classes at PBS and have a great professional connection with Robyn from when I was an in-school-CoL teacher whilst A.P at my previous school. On this occasion one of my classes had been cancelled last minute, so over morning-tea Robyn asked if I could address her Y7/8 class to deep dive with them as to how and why this next step of blogging and commenting was SO important and valuable...

My intention is to check in with them in July, and then again in December, to see how their "threading" progress is developing and to realign any issues that have arisen. This should then (in theory) place the students in an exceptional position for the SLJ 2020 and allow them to retain the Manaiakalani crown of 'top school' with a firmer foundation and greater understanding of blog commenting...

Blog Link

Friday 24 April 2020

Manaiakalani Mailout T2 Wk 2

ENGAGE

So T2 W2 has seen me hangout x102 this week including management meetings, in-class-support, 1:1 support, Kapa Haka practise, Professional PD and a virtual assembly beside the numerous emails and telephone calls I've addressed.

It's been awesome, delightful, fun and included lots of extra screen time...

Friday 17 April 2020

Manaiakalani Mailout T2 Wk 1 - Professional Highlights!

Y2 class at Point England School

Bilingual Class (Maori/English) at Tamaki Primary School

Exposed in the very first edition of the "Manaiakalani Mailout" are two of the twenty one classes I support through my weekly in-class-facilitation. They are showcasing how teaching, learning, creating and sharing are still happening at this time of distance learning due to the current lockdown...they are pushing the educational boundaries at such at time as this. Well done Heidi and Whaea Lee.

Wednesday 15 April 2020

Term 2 Day 1 - from small seeds!

From small seeds come tall trees - or in this case avocados!

In the midst of the x16 hangouts I've jumped in and out of today supporting my teachers in this distance learning time I was delighted to receive an email tonight from a conversation many months ago about cultivating avocados...

Perseverance is stubbornness with a purpose...

Friday 10 April 2020

Zoom Meetings - that's why we use Google Hangouts!

Zoom Meetings!!!

C19 Spring Clean

The world it got so busy,

There were people all around.

They left their germs behind them;

In the air and on the ground.

These germs grew bigger and stronger.

They wanted to come and stay.

They didn’t want to hurt anyone -

They just really wanted to play.

Sometimes they tried to hold your hand,

Or tickled your throat or your nose.

They could make you cough and sneeze

And make your face as red as a rose.

And so these germs took over.

They started to make people ill,

And with every cough we coughed

More and more germs would spill.

All the queens and kings had a meeting.

“It’s time to clean the world up!” they said.

And so they had to close lots of fun stuff,

Just so these germs couldn’t spread.

We couldn’t go to cinemas

Or restaurants for our tea.

There was no football or parties,

The world got as quiet as can be.

The kids stopped going to school,

The mums and dads went to work less.

Then a great, big, giant scrubbing brush

Cleaned the sky and the sea and the mess!

Dads started teaching the sums,

Big brothers played with us more,

Mums were in charge of homework

And we read and played jigsaws galore!

The whole world was washing their hands

And building super toilet roll forts!

Outside was quiet and peaceful,

Now home was the place for all sports.

So we played in the world that was home

And our days filled up with fun and love,

And the germs they grew smaller and smaller

And the sun watched from up above.

Then one morning the sun woke up early,

She smiled and stretched her beams wide.

The world had been fully spring cleaned,

It was time to go back outside!

We opened our doors oh so slowly

And breathed in the clean and fresh air.

We promised thar forever and always

Of this beautiful world we’d take care!

Wednesday 1 April 2020

Teaching (facilitating) in Lockdown - 1 week on...

FROM LT;

Mihi nui kia koutou katoa,

My teaching has never been so different in so many ways LOL. I have learnt so much in a short amount of time and secretly actually loving the new way of teaching especially when it comes time for muting, and of course exiting someone from the chat LOL. The support for myself and my students of Te Puna Wairua it has been a blessing as these students need some kind of normality in there lives and this i can see as being another part of normality as they are all very digitally aware.

Heather you have been there since day one you know how Te Puna Wairua feels about you and all your hard work you have put into getting these kids up and running and of course there kaiako.

Ka nui te Mihi

Mā Pango, mā whero, ka oti ai ngā mahi katoa.

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FROM AS;

I am very appreciative of Heather's support and she has been very active throughout this time to support all of us. Thank you to you Heather and I know she will be available for you to help you out during the holidays. So please contact her if you need support with setting up your sites for hangouts.

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Tuhi Mai Tuhi Atu

CYBERSMART CREATIVITY

Wairai Blog - cybersmart activities

NB.

Daily check-in's via hangouts with GTS, TPS & PES and commenting on student / class blogs when not "trouble-shooting" technical issues....other schools will resume once 'holidays' are over or begin at GBS, RPS, SPS, SPX and PBS.

Thursday 26 March 2020

ENGAGE with ENGAGE

RELAXATION

C19 lockdown - Day 1

PES TEAM 2

NE Home Learning - PES

Rm 10 GTS

Rm 12 GTS - PREDICTION Numeracy Lesson

Wednesday 25 March 2020

For such a time as this...

Rest now, e Papatūānuku Breathe easy and settle Right here where you are

We’ll not move upon you

For awhile

We’ll stop, we’ll cease

We’ll slow down and stay home

Draw each other close and be kind

Kinder than we’ve ever been.

I wish we could say we were doing it for you

as much as ourselves

But hei aha

We’re doing it anyway

It’s right. It’s time.

Time to return

Time to remember

Time to listen and forgive

Time to withhold judgment

Time to cry

Time to think

About others

Remove our shoes

Press hands to soil

Sift grains between fingers

🍃 Gentle palms

Time to plant

Time to wait

Time to notice

To whom we belong

For now it’s just you

And the wind

And the forests and the oceans and the sky full of rain

Finally, it’s raining!

Ka turuturu te wai kamo o Rangi ki runga i a koe

Embrace it

This sacrifice of solitude we have carved out for you

He iti noaiho - a small offering

People always said it wasn’t possible

To ground flights and stay home and stop our habits of consumption

But it was

It always was.

We were just afraid of how much it was going to hurt

- and it IS hurting and it will hurt and continue to hurt

But not as much as you have been hurt.

So be still now

Wrap your hills around our absence

Loosen the concrete belt cinched tight at your waist

Rest.

Breathe.

Recover.

Heal...and we will do the same.

Tuesday 24 March 2020

Limiting the links and learning beyond the walls...

The Prime Minister announced on Tuesday 23rd March that we are moving to Level 3 for the next 48 hours and then from Thursday 26 March we move to Level 4 in the COVID-19 Alert Level structure for a further period of 4 weeks where people are instructed to stay at home. For Tuesday and Wednesday, the expectations are that teachers go work to teach the children of essential workers, including children of teachers, and to prepare online work. They will not be able to access the school site from midnight Wednesday and will work from home. Teachers will need to provide them with learning opportunities there to the greatest extent practicable. For those with online learning already in place, implement your online learning programme.

School holidays brought forward

School holidays are being brought forward so that they are completed within the current 4 week period. Holidays will now begin from Monday 30 March to Tuesday 14 April inclusive (a reminder that the Tuesday after Easter Monday is always a closed day for schools). However, at the end of the school holidays, schools will be open for distance learning but not physically open for staff to work at the schools. Note the instruction to stay home (Alert Level 4) will continue beyond the new school holiday period but schools will be technically open for distance instruction. Teachers will be working offsite.

Supporting learning from home

Here in Manaiakalani I have been helping my 21 classes, across 8 schools, to make their students learning visible, accessible and available in an authentic way. Here are just a few examples of how we're doing learning in a ubiquitous way from Y0 - Y8. Rm 10 GTS Yr 3 @ PBS Team 2 (Y2/3) PES Every class has a class blog, and most students have their own individual blog, which will allow connections to be maintained despite the current physical restrictions we are currently having to abide by.

Thursday 19 March 2020

T1 2020 the story so far...

This year I have x20 teachers across 8 schools within the Manaiakalani Kaahui Ako with an additional x2 teachers who are within the MIT (Manaiakalani Innovation Team) developing the ENGAGE programme in a turbocharged way.

Term 1 is about empowering learners (Teachers and Students) to be SMART LEARNERS

I have classes ranging from Y0 - Y8 and within that range I have 1:1 classes who have ipads and chromebooks, but also classes where devices are not in use so they are supported in a LEARN CREATE SHARE ethos.

Here are some examples of my in-class-support facilitation across all year groups to date...

kawa-of-care - GBS - LCS

Peter's Profile 2020 - GTS - CBk

Room 12 Class Profile - GTS - CBk

Room 2 Class Profile - PBS - LCS/Ipad

Rm 13 Tuhi Mai Tuhi Atu Connection - PES - LCS

Cybersmart 101 - PES -Ipad

Kawa-of-care. - PES - Ipad

Class Profile - RPS - CBk

Profile Update 2020 - RPS - CBk

Tuhi Mai Tuhi Atu Connection 1:1 - RPS - CBk

SPS Celebrations - SPS - LCS

Blue-vanilla-tigers - SPS - LCS

Individual Profile - SPS - LCS/Ipad