Waihi Kahui ako reflective space

Our Hauora workstream will always be the first hui in every term. Here are some notes from our term 2 hui with next steps on our journey. What is happening in our different kura: WBS : Te whare tapa wha and schoolwide Hauora as a way of looking at staff Hauora   reflective sheet as a way of supporting tamariki Hauora Working from our staff and developing ways of bringing the staff together, understanding their own hauora to be able to find strategies to support themselves .  Staff reflective sheet to do this by recording and revisiting termly reflection of the different areas of Hauora through Te Whare Tapa Wha.  Ongoing. Beginning to use Te Whare Tapa Wha as a way of supporting our tamariki after returning to school from learning at home.  Resources available to inform kaiako understanding of Te Whare Tapa Wha. Central School: Hauora inquiry. Following on from the Distressed or deliberately defiant PLD from early 2019, planning around Te Whare Tapa Wha to improve Ha...

A great first hui for this work stream post lockdown! Some of the dialogue from this hui and our next steps are linked below. St Jo’s have had a facilitator in school over the last couple of years to work on agency, involvement in this workstream is to hopefully bounce ideas off others and give  ideas from their own practice. . New classroom has led the teachers to wonder "how can we make the students in here drive their own learning?" Waikino- Shared their journey towards agency and their reflection that even though you can feel ahead with your journey, having new students gives challenges as you try to unconditionally learners from one 'system' of education to lead their own learning. Whereas students that have been there from the start are ‘conditioned in agency’-know why they need to have conversations about their learning etc. Documenting the dialogue between teacher and students instead of using formalised planning supports the development of learner agency over...

To reflect on our stories of practice across the Kahui Ako and pool shared learnings related to how we are implementing the kahui ako levers for change   To affirm how our inquiry stories are building our adaptive expertise and  collective capacity To build our collaborative bank of teaching and learning strategies Appreciative Warm-up activity - into pairs or group sharing(5 mins):  Each person takes a turn to identify ONE aspect of their practice that they have been working on and ONE thing about it that they are pleased with or have found engaging. Minute taker records this for them on Waihiu kahui ako blog for the staff to see and comment A window on the work (15 min):  In buddy groups take it in turns to: Describe an aspect of practice you have been working on  / thinking about / inquiring into and what prompted you to explore it - this might be a collective work or your own Share an example of research or reading that you have found useful Describe wha...