Summer 202020 Feb 2020
To literacy and beyond: Te Totara School
Michelle Simms, the librarian at Te Totara Primary School, talks about some of the ways she supports literacy at the school.
Video
Summer 202020 Feb 2020
“Speaking my culture”
Nerra Lealiifano-Tamarua considers herself blessed.
“I am one of the lucky generation of Pasifika New Zealanders who learned to walk in two worlds. I’m confident and successful as a Samoan and as a Kiwi – and that’s what I want for the students I teach.”
Summer 202020 Feb 2020
Jumping into Māori immersion learning at Otari School
A number of mainstream schools like Otari School can date their Māori immersion units back to the late 1980s and early 1990s, developing alongside the Kura Kaupapa Māori movement.
Winter 201915 Aug 2019
Building bridges at Papakowhai School
“The relationship between the teacher and the student is one thing, but it’s so much richer when the community is backing that student as well,” says Eryn Street, a teacher at Papakowhai School in Porirua.
Winter 201915 Aug 2019
Building bridges at Owhiro Bay School
For Amie Roberts, a New Entrants/Year 1 teacher at Owhiro Bay School in Wellington, community means that teachers, parents and families are all working together to support the child in a holistic way, be it social, emotional, developmental or academic. “We’re a team,” she says.
Winter 201914 Aug 2019
Kapa haka at Kapanui School
For nearly a decade, Kapanui School in Waikanae has been using kapa haka as a way of building community in and around the school – and the benefits have been extraordinary for both Māori and non-Māori students.
Summer 2019, Video4 Feb 2019
Student-led learning in Nelson
Student motivation, behaviour and progress have shot up since Hampden Street School in Nelson introduced greater student agency.
Summer 2019, Video4 Feb 2019
Student-led learning in Wellington
At Raroa Normal Intermediate in Wellington’s northern suburbs, teachers have embraced the concept of student agency.
Video, Winter 201830 Jul 2018
Portraits of Tupuna
Schools are finding new ways to integrate arts and science into the curricula, like this Kawerau school and its student-led photography project.
Video, Winter 201816 Jul 2018
DMIC and Inclusive Practices
Collins is a teacher at Corinna School in Porirua. She is passionate about inclusive teaching and learning practices., and is a practitioner of the Developing Mathematical Inquiry Communities (DMIC) pedagogy.