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New Pedagogies for Deep Learning is a crucial part of our Kaupapa Ako (programmes) at Cromwell Primary School. This pedagogy is woven through everything we do, from our school values to our planning for/with our tamariki and their learning. We have woven it through our school vision and strategic plan and through our Enviroschools' journey. Each of the 4 quadrants relates directly to the Guiding Principles of Enviroschools and we believe this makes our practices even more robust, strong and tailored to our tamariki in our tūrangawaewae, our standing place that is Tīrau (Cromwell). It is through these key areas, tamariki are able to develop the 6 Cs: Communication, Collaboration, Citizenship, Critical Thinking, Creativity and Character.
New Pedagogies for Deep Learning
New Pedagogies for Deep Learning
Aotearoa Context
Learning Partnerships - students, whānau, teachers, experts, community, iwi and hapū
We believe that learning partnerships between all of these groups is crucial to the hauora of all tamariki in our kura. We ensure that we make the most of local experts and iwi and are involved in our community in many ways. Our Kahui Ako ties together the schools and the early childhood centres in the area and we often work together on transitions between centres and schools, celebrations and professional development for kaiako. We value our community and the whānau of our tamariki and they are involved as often as possible in planning for their children's learning and in the partnership between the child's teacher and the child. We believe that without these strong connections between all stakeholders we would not be caring for the hauora of each of our learners.
Guiding Principles: Māori Perspectives, Respect for Diversity of People and Culture, Empowered Students & Sustainable Communities.
Learning Environments - home, school, Marae, global, libraries, virtual, outdoors, local environment
We believe that making use of a range of learning environments is crucial for our tamariki to get the most out of their learning and to cater to the range of ākonga we have in our care. This also allows children to explore their learning in multiple ways, allows them to communicate with their kaiako, learning and whānau in ways that work for the individual. This is part of caring for the hauora of our tamariki. It enables us to take learning outside of the classroom and into the world around them, and to make connections and put their learning in context with the world around them. This could be through community projects, digital citizenship and connections to their world outside of the school gates.
Guiding Principles: Empowered Students, Sustainable Communities, Māori Perspectives, Learning for Sustainability & Respect for Diversity of People and Culture.
Leveraging Digital - personalisation, digital creativity, connecting, collaborating, real-time feedback, learning anywhere, anytime
We believe that in a 21st century world, it is important children learn to use digital technologies. Our world is truly a global community and our tamariki are citizens within it. It is up to us to teach them how to be citizens who can communicate digitally, collaborate and contribute to our global society. By harnessing digital technologies we are able to support them on this journey. You will see much of our evidence is presented digitally, has digital elements or digital technologies have been used to gather information or expert knowledge from people and organisations we normally would not have access to.
Guiding Principles: Empowered Students & Learning for Sustainability
Pedagogical Practices - student agency, ako, tuakana-teina, place-based learning, inquiry learning, project and problem-based learning
During 2020 we have focussed on the 4 theme areas (zero waste, living landscapes, water of life, energy and ecological buildings) under the umbrella of Sustainability. Within this whole-school inquiry, tamariki from each team were involved in identifying a problem that they saw as needing attention. From here they explored, found out more about these problems, visited local sites, talked to experts and locals, gathered data and analysed it. From here, each team made a plan of how to improve or solve the issues they had been researching. From here, they put their plans into action and the outcomes of these inquiries can be seen under the 4 Guiding Principles tabs in this website, but also around our school and community. This also inspired children to get working on other problems they had seen at school and home independently which shows just how empowered our tamariki are. This fits so perfectly with the Action Learning Cycle that the Enviroschools' kura practice. We identified problems, explored and planned for what we could do, and then took action!
Guiding Principles: Empowered students, Learning for Sustainability, Māori Perspectives, Sustainable Communities & Respect for Diversity of People and Culture.
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