RPI: Day 1: Reading is Core

  Manaiakalani Reading Practice Intensive

Wow, what an amazing first day of RPI, Yes a real information overload but really good at the same time, to know that we have a vast range of very knowledgeable people behind this who are always willing to give us these gems of Professional Development.

What makes a Good Reader?

We were asked this question, I made a little list on what I think a Good Reader is. Understanding what they read, Making Connections, Asking Questions and Vocabulary. This image shown is what we were shown after we made our own list of What makes a Good Reader.

After this we went into our breakout group and had a further discussion on this topic. After having these discussions in our groups, I do know that my learners are not enjoying reading and I feel I need to allow my learners to be able to responsible choose their book or text that they are going to read. 

We then had the pleasure of Mrs Burt coming in and sharing the Kaupapa and Pedagogy. This session was an awesome piece of knowledge to know. It was full of a lot of information and I had to pick this image out because I like what it says and it speaks loudly and this is what our kids need.  

Reading Across the Curriculum.

"It is the Core to everything" is my take away from this session. It is totally true that we need reading for everything when it comes to life. We need to be able to read and understand what we are reading to be able to comprehend what is happening and what to do.

We also had a look at Task Boards, we have had the pleasure of our Team Leader already implementing this into our team for all our curriculum areas.

Pillars of Practice.

I enjoyed having discussions about this and I am ready to start using this in my class. We have been told that we will be getting hit with a heap of information around these pillars and I cant wait to get in to it.

Reflection.

Day 1 of RPI has been intense but so rewarding too. I love how by the end of this day I am absolutely smashed with a ton of useful and amazing information that I can start using these gems. Thank you to Naomi and Amie for taking us through today.

Day 1 Done and Dusted....... Over and OUT!!!!!!

NZ Histories TOD

 

Today we have a Teacher Only Day,  today we had a look at the History of New Zealand. We had a look at this website.
Talking and Learning about New Zealand History and our Community. 

We also did a Digital Dig which made us try find our way around the website. 

Check out both Angela and I Digital Dig. 
Have a look around the website to check out the histories of place. 

Kia Ora Everyone. 

This year's teacher inquiry for myself is pertaining to the Attendance within my class. Since we have had so many lockdowns and online learnings, my home class are the most worst offenders for not coming to school.  So my inquiry question is. "How can I increase the attendance of certain students". I have a core target group that contains of 7 students that I am focussing on. I am also wanting to include Key Competencies as well. Managing Self, Making sure you are accountable for your actions. Relating to Others,  Remembering that we have all been through what you are going through. Thinking and Participating, Think about what you need to do and how we can help or make it better,  and Contributing, Being able to express and explain your thinking about anything. 

Keep an eye out for the next Inquiry post. 

MITEY

 Today,  we had a Teacher Only Day looking at the framework of MITEY.  Mitey is a framework used by many New Zealand children,  it looks at the mental health and well being of children.  We will be launching this framework to our kids this year.  We look forward to more professional development.  

AND we are BACK!!

 

Kia Ora and Greetings to you all. 

Well it has been a trying time with Covid around. I have only just returned back to work after having Covid-19. Yes it was just like a cold or flu but it was a lot worse, experiencing the devil (Covid) was not a nice feeling. Staying home and isolating for the duration was hard but being super sick and knowing you can't jump online to see your students was even harder. I did actually miss being at school and around my students. 

If you are feeling sick and have the symptoms in the picture below then please take a test, you won't know you have the Covid until you have a test,  it could be days after you start experiencing these symptoms that you get it but just be sure to know that they are just like a flu or cold. 

Being back at school and around all the students is just what I love and needed,  took me a little bit to come around after my return but I am back and ready to hopefully finish off term 1 with a bang.

Its that time AGAIN!!

 Kia Ora and Greetings to you all, 

Yes this year has been a challenging year already. This pandemic has/is the devil already as we are trying to get back to some normality in school.  Mask wearing, sanitising and trying to keep to social distancing is a challenge in itself. Returning back to school and knowing that you can't hug your friends you haven't seen for a while is hard but unstoppable at the same time. All we need to do to stay safe is follow the guidelines of the Government and we should be fine. On a positive note,  we are still learning and blogging all our learning that we are doing within the weeks. Hopefully we can beat this pandemic and return to being normal. 

 

 Take care and be safe during these trying times. 

Week 9 and FINAL week of DFI

WHAT AN AMAZING 9 WEEKS IT'S BEEN.

Exam Day Today and we were all very worried about the test. We all started our exam around 9.30am ish, Damn it was a head banger, the first few questions were not what I was ready for but I just answered them as I knew best. I finished the exam after 2 hours. 

Returned back to DFI at 1pm and kept an eye out for our results to see if we have passed this level 1 exam. I was very overwhelmed with the outcome of my result. 

YUUUUUUSSSSSS I PASSSSSSSED DFI Level 1. I just want to take this opportunity to Thank the Head of this waka, Dorothy, it was awesome being in this cohort and being guided through this journey by you. Jeremy and Jacob thank you both for being by our sides to get us all through to the end of this course. To all my new class mates well done on the exam and let's stay connected.   

THAT'S A WRAP!!!