Jump Start Whakatu Piki Mai Kake Mai

Jump start: Yr 11 me haere tātou ma runga tereina

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What do they say about IQ

One strategy i learnt as a result of this is to provide students with more problem solving strategies.

What do top students do differently? | Douglas Barton | TEDxYouth@Tallinn

 

TEDx Talks

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Na8m4GPqA30&list=PLhiaNMDCYcof6-uG_ha9FbI_4QGFkDHCG&index=1&t=21s

Storing and filing student Results (The Matryoska Russian System)

The system relieved some of my own anxieties about locating student works and important docs with ease. I liken this system to the  The MATRYOSKA RUSSIAN WHANAU SYSTEM but in my case the Māori equivalent. 

Problem Solving Strategies in Te Reo Māori Texts.

Pānui is one of the focuses for the external exam, through out the year one of the greatest strategies for empowering students to problem solve difficult pieces of texts has been to work with students to help them identify common familiar threads and themes in the texts and than leave them to work out the more complex pieces on their own.

I have found students more receptive to this style of learning as they like to work it out themselves and feel more empowered building self confidence and self esteem.  Part 2 has been to work on accuracy of their interpretations.

Te Haerenga ki te Marae

Some of the highlights for students is serving the community with the yearly visit of the local Kindergarten and Play Centres tamariki, whanau and kaiako.

Whakatauki

Year 10's choose a simple whakatauki to include in their mihimihi. Kapai koutou.

Ta Apirana Ngata

Year 10 option Māori wrote essays about Ta Apirana Ngata, focus on details and full sentence writing. Reading for meaning and interpretation two important aspects that students are trying to develop.