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There are many pockets of mahi going on in the background that you may not be aware of.
Below are our current projects in various areas.
All of the mahi we do aligns with our achievement challenges and strategic plan.
Find these documents below.
If any of these initiatives appeal to you and you wish to be involved, check the calendar dates, apply for release and come along!
All are welcome :)
TIKKA Strategic Plan 2022 - 2024 - reviewed progress.pdfTe Iti Kahurangi 2021Refreshed AC Final.pdfLearning Progressions Framework (LPF)
Learning Progressions Framework (LPF)
The LPF Working Group was established at the beginning of 2022 with Irene Anderson from Evaluation Associates to support schools in their journey to understand and implement LPF and PaCT. Those who have been part of this work mostly were unfamiliar with using the LPF but together we have been able to participate in moderating a piece of student writing with kaiako from other schools. Through doing this, those in attendance could identify where the students' next steps were and it allowed them to identify areas they had neglected to teach in their own classes.
This group continues to meet regularly, this year having branched off into two groups, a beginners group who have just begun to unpack the LPF and the an advanced group, now focusing on reading progressions. Irene is also available for more focused support for Te Iti Kahurangi schools. Check the calendar for dates or contact Robin: rtapper@royaloakint.school.nz or Kydene: KydeneS@tepapapa.school.nz to find out more.
Whanau Attendance & Engagement
Whanau Attendance & Engagement
WHO: All whanau, board members and teachers
A collaborative group of teachers, principals, whanau and students are working together with funding from the Ministry of Education to increase engagement and attendance of at risk students across the Kāhui Ako.
The group meet twice a term to plan and implement a shared strategy, driven by whanau members. Attendance data has been shared from each- of the schools. Surveys will be implemented across all schools to gather student and whanau voice that will be used to support the kaupapa moving forward. A student forum, led by senior students, has been initiated to gather student perspectives.
Solutions and interventions will be co-constructed with whanau and students.
If you are interested in joining this working group, contact Robyn robync@tepapapa.school.nz or Paul pleulusoo@onehungaprimary.school.nz
Enviro Group
Enviro Group
Our Enviro Group of teachers has continued to meet twice per term via video call, together with several of our community partners including Auckland Council, Mountains to Sea, Tamaki WRAP and Tūpuna Maunga Authority amongst others.
A new initiative has been connecting with the Onehunga People’s Garden. Originating from our schools' connections with the Mountains to Sea Experiencing Marine Reserves Programme.
Sustainability Youth Forum
This is a group of students from across the kāhui working with Sarah from Tamaki Wrap and various other local experts. They are in the process of planning a project relating to the maintenace of community resources such as Onehunga People's Garden. The group are also working on a initiative around transport to school. Watch this space!
Beach Litter Audits and Planting Days
Our schools run regular beach litter audits at selected spots around the Manakau harbour and attend collaborative planting days acros Tamaki Makaurau.
Supporting EnviroGroup Projects with Digital Technologies
The EnviroGroup is involved in several community projects that are highly relevant to teaching and learning occurring in classrooms across the community.
Mahi with this team will focus on how digital tools can be used to better showcase the mahi that the EnviroGroup are doing, hosting resources connected to local projects that are accessible to teachers and students. Not to mention exploring ways that digital technologies can be used by teachers and students around the community to connect with and contribute to EnviroGroup projects from their classrooms.
Contact Robin: rtapper@royaloakint.school.nz if you're interested in coming along for the ride!
Digital technology & TIk website
Digital technology & TIk website
TIK Digi Kaiako
The TIK Digi Kaiako group is a fantastic vehicle to share common digital teaching and learning tools and strategies that are being employed across the Kāhui Ako. Support for this group will involve connecting with the team and exploring digital tools that are currently, or could be, used throughout community schools.
The intention is to not only upskill members of the digital team around a variety of edu-tech tools but also to develop an idea of what and how digital technology is being utilised across the community and ultimately, developing a pool of common tools being utilised in schools across the Kāhui Ako. Some time may also be spent addressing the community roll out of the digital technologies curriculum and better integrating this curriculum into teaching and learning across schools.
The group is open to all teachers/staff who have a passion for digital technology and wish to collaborate with others. Our aim is to use the space as a place to share ideas and resources, discuss authentic integration and support our kaiako in the best way possible.
If this sounds like you, contact Robin: rtapper@royaloakint.school.nz
Universal Design for Learning
Universal Design for Learning
Who: LSCs, SENCO and any other staff keen to attend.
The purpose of this mahi is to increase staff knowledge of the readily available digital tools that can be used to make teaching and learning more inclusive and accessible.
With a focus on both Google and Microsoft tools, we will explore the use of a range of digital tools that are built into schools' chosen learning management systems but often underutilised by teachers and support staff.
Work with this group will focus on supporting students with specific needs but can be applied to all learners within the community. Using Universal Design (UDL) for Learning as the framework to guide this work, the ultimate goal is to see a shift in classroom perceptions of inclusive and accessible tech, seeing its use become the norm and not an exception in day-to-day teaching and learning.
If you would like support for this at your kura, contact Thane: thane.williams@cyclone.co.nz
LSC/SENCO work
LSC/SENCO work
The LSC Collective has continued to meet regularly, both face-to-face and online, to discuss best practices, share professional development that individuals have been involved in, analyse trends and patterns illustrated by our Learning Support Registers, and identify areas of need across our Kāhui Ako and then brainstorm ways to address these needs, gaps and inequities.
Through discussion, inquiry and reflection, the LSC Collective have identified two areas of professional practice that need to be further developed so we are better able to support our whānau and learners with additional needs. These are Universal Design for Learning (UDL) and Culturally Responsive Practice. Successful funding applications were made to the MoE to source facilitators to provide this professional learning for the LSC Collective and other members of the Kāhui Ako (SENCos, APs, DPs, etc).
Te Iti Kahurangi Kāhui Ako has engaged the services of Thane Williams from Cyclone to provide learning and support around UDL, with a particular focus on enhancing/strengthening curriculum and classroom adaptations for our learners with additional needs. Te Iti Kahurangi has also engaged the services of the team at Poutama Pounamu to provide guidance and to walk alongside us as we journey down the path that is Culturally Responsive Practice.
LSCs have spent time identifying and analysing trends within the Learning Support Registers (LSRs) of their respective schools. They have found that there is a significant number of learners across our schools that are on the Autism Spectrum and another large group with ADHD. At this stage, we are planning to improve our understanding of these areas and how we can better support these learners across the Kāhui Ako.
Transition Project teams have continued to meet and discuss possible pathways and procedures at key transition points for our learners with additional needs. Whānau, ECE providers, and members from the MOE and RTLB Service have attended meetings both online and face-to-face and have made valuable contributions to the discussion and planning processes.
An across-school LSC/SENCo whanaungatanga group has been established. The purpose of the group is to make links across the six primary schools (Te Papapa, Onehunga, Waterlea, Oranga, Māngere Bridge, and St Joseph’s) that the four shared LSCs work with. We meet to share best practices, brainstorm ideas, network and discuss ways that the skills and knowledge of the LSCs can be best utilised to support our whānau and learners with additional needs.
In-School Lead Teacher Hui
In-School Lead Teacher Hui
This year with all In School Lead Teachers, there has been a focus on developing a robust inquiry question that is measurable, allows scope for collaboration and provides leadership opportunities. Hui are held twice a term, which allows all ILT attending the opportunity to do some new learning and to converse and collaborate with others that have a similar inquiry focus or teach a similar year group. The feedback around this is that the time given to talk and connect with others is invaluable.
This year we are working closely with Poutama Pounamu (culturally responsive pedagogy) and Jenny Thompson (our leadership coach).
One Plan
One Plan
Across School Leads, LSCs and SENCOs from across Te Iti Kahurangi are working together to develop a central document that travels with our high-need students as they transition from school to school. This will enable information across multiple agencies to be transparent to all involved in the student’s care. All actions taken to support the student and their whānau will be tracked in one place and whānau will contribute to the document throughout the student's educational journey. This document will be flexible to best meet individual whānau needs but will consist of a common framework to ensure consistency and inclusion of agreed information and documentation.
Cultural Capabilities - Poutama Pounamu
Cultural Capabilities - Poutama Pounamu
This year, we are working with Dawn Lawrence and her team from Poutama Pounamu ~ accredited cultural capability educators from the University of Waikato. Dawn supports kaiako and schools to:
Implement Ako: Critical Contexts for Change
Understand cultural relationships as the basis for responsive pedagogy
Form and sustain home, school and community collaborations
Work within a critical cycle of school reform
Use and understand evidence for greater impact
Poutama Pounamu work closely with our Principals, Boards of Trustees, In-School Lead Teachers, Across-School Lead Teachers, SENCos & LSCs
The LPF Working Group was established at the beginning of 2022 with Irene Anderson from Evaluation Associates to support schools in their journey to understand and implement LPF and PaCT. Those who have been part of this work mostly were unfamiliar with using the LPF but together we have been able to participate in moderating a piece of student writing with kaiako from other schools. Through doing this, those in attendance could identify where the students' next steps were and it allowed them to identify areas they had neglected to teach in their own classes.
This group continues to meet regularly, this year having branched off into two groups, a beginners group who have just begun to unpack the LPF and the an advanced group, now focusing on reading progressions. Irene is also available for more focused support for Te Iti Kahurangi schools. Check the calendar for dates or contact Robin: rtapper@royaloakint.school.nz or Kydene: KydeneS@tepapapa.school.nz to find out more.
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