Education Gazette | Tukutuku Kōrero

Navigating Covid: experiences, learnings and opportunities

Education Gazette talks to Steve Lindsey and Erika Ross about their experience of visiting 60 schools across Aotearoa to lead their communities through Covid-19. They share common themes, key learnings, and opportunities for growth and innovation.

Free period products - a game changer

Ikura | Manaakitia te whare tangata aims to provide access to free period products for children and young people in all state and state-integrated schools and kura across Aotearoa...

Curriculum at the heart of teaching and learning

Ellen MacGregor-Reid, Hautū for Te Poutāhū | the Curriculum Centre of Te Tāhuhu o te Mātauranga | The Ministry of Education, talks about the vision for curriculum in Aotearoa New Zealand – and the work that’s underway to get us there.

Boosting attendance and engagement at Paeroa College

Listen to how Paeroa College is working hard to boost attendance and engagement by removing barriers wherever possible, providing rich learning opportunities, and really listening to students and families. 

Fa’amalosi - Say it right

A group of passionate, business-savvy students from Bishop Viard College in Porirua have developed a website to improve pronunciation of Māori and Pacific names.

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Acknowledging the mitamitaga and mana of Māori and Pacific names

Iwi partnership in action: Ākonga thrive with te ao Māori class

In partnership with Ngāti Kauwhata, Feilding High School has given ākonga the opportunity to delve deeper into the history and mōhiotanga/knowledge of all things tikanga Māori and te ao Māori.

 

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Curriculum in action: Understand, Know, Do

‘Understand, Know, Do’ is a fundamental part of Sylvia Park School’s inquiry process. In this podcast, principal Barbara Ala’alatoa talks about how the framework helps to create meaningful learning opportunities.

“Any inquiry that is absent of knowledge – the ‘know’ – runs the risk of being fluff, and any inquiry that is absent of the big and enduring and connecting ideas – the ‘understand’ – runs the risk of being irrelevant to our learners in the here and now. Any inquiry that is absent of the practices that bring rigour to learning – the ‘do’ part – runs the risk of not motivating, challenging and engaging our learners, let alone inspiring them to act on what they've learned. When we deliver equally on these, our students will be informed. They will be active and passionate learners who will go on to make a difference in the world.”

 

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Curriculum in action: He Māori Ahau

"It's about celebrating being Māori and providing a platform where children can learn more about their identity without being whakamā." - Whaea Paiana, Randwick School, Lower Hutt

In this episode we speak with Whaitiri Poutawa, the founder of He Māori Ahau, a wellbeing and positive identity programme being delivered in schools and kura across the Hutt Valley.

Whaea Paiana and ākonga, Kaian from Randwick School also give their perspectives on what it's been like having the 'I am Māori' He Māori Ahau programme at their kura. 

 

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Creatives in Schools: My Turangawaewae

A Creatives in Schools project took students and staff at Sylvia Park School on a learning journey encompassing the arts, mathematics, tikanga and identity.

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Curriculum in action: Bringing a strategic plan to life

In this short follow-up to our first podcast at Sylvia Park School, we look at how teachers and students created the school’s strategic plan together. The plan is represented on a giant colourful visual on a wall at the centre of the school, keeping everyone accountable to their goals on a daily basis.