Navigating Through Omicron - Term Two Reflections

Maintaining the Trust of the Community

Regular and simple communication was essential, especially important for the parents of year seven students who are new to our school.

Example of early comms in term one ...

Parent Communication Feb 2022

Parent Comms - first covid case

Ensuring our environment was safe and planning to the edges for multiple scenarios.

It was crucial to build planning documents that were detailed, specific to our context and agile enough to be adapted easily.

Breens Stage and Responses to COVID - Planning

Health and Safety Planning for Breens at Red

Health and Safety Planning for Partnership Schools

Continuity of Learning in the Face of Ongoing Staff and Student Absence

Aspects that contributed to maintaining engagement levels during difficult weeks:

Staff who could seamlessly step into each other roles due to the collaborative culture in their teams.
Making the most of well established digital tools - Hapara, google sites, learning hubs

Capitalising on great ubiquitous resources - ie Education Perfect, Writers Toolbox
Capitalising on the Breens curriculum - Tōtara Mai in particular

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1:1 Hui with Damon Ritai MAC Facilitator - June

1:1 Hui with Damon Ritai - 26 June Te Puna Waiora o Hereora te ingoa o te kura. Kapahaka o Te Puna Waiora o Hereora Have written a whole new programme for Chch cultural festival Themes - Whiria te tangata haka Tira - About Breens tree of values Te Reo - Summer breeze Intermediates school comp Y7-8 Steve competition School haka Nathan composed KAIARAHI MAORI - Maori Leaders are all in kapahaka Creating spaces for teachers to be reflective about their own practice, developing deeper understanding - He Papa Tikanga, collaborative approach. Te Reo Maori across the school looking the best its looked, built capacity to teach this. Utilising Nathan to teach Te Reo Maori Nathan using stronger members in whanau class to build sustainability by children, flourish and grow Young teacher Jess Pearce - not Maori growing capacity Whanau hui we have the Kaiarahi Maori leaders leading the korero. Purpose at the moment for kids in whanau...

Mana Enhancement Project - PD led by Steve and James

Mana Enhancement Model A tool for Positive Behaviour Management Uses narrative and stories of Māori creation to understand the student's mana and to feed into the strengths of students. Maui is a key figure. Mana is central in the model. See more information below about Mana Enhancement from Steve's slideshow Papatuanuku (earth mother) - what nurtures, calms, sustains us When asking the children about the aspects of papatuanuku, listen without judgement. Ranginui (sky father) - how we respond to life's challenges My reflections - This is a useful model to help students better understand their own emotions and how to self regulate. How could this be part of our wellbeing model and be utilised within our existing pastoral care model. One on one mentoring with key students - using the model to support students with their individual behaviour goals. https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1o-aC1IideJtMCVXTbokYBtMfCQR3pbbhWhpTOpWzhb0...

Dr Melinda Webber - Kia tū rangatira ai: Learning, succeeding, and thriving in education

Ka Awatea: An iwi case study of Māori student success as Māori Ake ake (cherish) Manaki (to maintain the mana of others) What does it mean to be successful as Māori (from the tamariki) Eight main qualities identified by these children: 1 Positive sense of identity Strong sense of who they are as Māori 2 Diligence and an internal locus of control An understanding that learning took a sacrifice of time and effort Value the benefits of education 3 Understand the importance of relationships The smartest kids know how to develop good relationships with their teachers (even the ones they don't like) Willingness to mentor others 4 Being curious and innovative Taking learning from one area and applying it to another 5 Wellness/Hauora If am healthy, I can learn 6 Being scholarly Setting goa...

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