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High-quality, byte-sized lesson resources tailored for the Manaiakalani Programme.
Lesson Bytes is a collaborative space for sharing lesson resources created by teachers within the Manaiakalani Programme. Each Lesson Byte offers a resource pack and guide, giving you all the essentials to bring these lessons to life in your classroom. Whether you use them as-is or tweak them to suit your style, these resources are here for you—and we can't wait to see what will be shared next.
Statement of Purpose
Vaʻatele Education Consulting is a professional development organisation providing innovative and creative professional learning solutions for school leaders and teachers. We focus on supporting education providers to enact transformational system change that enables all of their linguistically diverse learners to be successful as who they are.
In 2022, Vaʻatele Education Consulting was contracted by the Ministry of Education to design and deliver the Pacific Bilingual and Immersion Education Project (PBIEP) (2022 – 2025). This project would later be renamed as ‘Ngā Reo o te Moana’ or, ‘Reo Moana’. This project aims to support senior leaders in schools to build their understanding about bilingual and immersion education and to increase skills and competencies of teachers in Pacific bilingual and immersion contexts.
Providing professional learning and development for Teacher Aides/Learning Assistants in English-Medium and Pacific Medium classrooms, this project focuses on effective practice with emergent bilingual tamariki.
Meet David Riley, "The Reading Warrior" – a South Auckland writer and teacher passionate about inspiring young people with positive stories from Aotearoa New Zealand and Oceania, encouraging them to write their own!
David offers workshops for students and staff, and you can connect with him directly to bring his inspiring mahi to your school. Fa'afetai tele lava!
Go here to find out more about how David's books along with workshops can support your Pasfika learners.
Pacific STEAM
Pacific peoples were always scientists, technologists, engineers, artists, and mathematicians. They were innovative, creative, and resourceful.
Videos illustrate specific examples of STEAM within traditional Pacific Island culture and practices. Use the resource to encourage students to study STEAM subjects and carry their ancestors' legacy into the future. TKI Te Kete Ipurangi
Taloha ni,
Tautai o Le Moana is a professional learning and development pathway created by Pasifika principals, for principals of Pasifika learners, and focused on changing educational outcomes for Pasifika/Pacific students.
Parents and families
Parents and families have such an important role in their children’s education. Talanoa Ako is a Pacific parent education programme that aims to help parents, families and communities with the skills, knowledge, and confidence they need to champion their children’s education.
The Talanoa Ako parent focussed programme is for parents and adult family members only. The parent and their children focussed programme supports the entire family. Go here for Talanoa Ako in the Tongan Language.
Digital Pacifik
This site is a key part of the Pacific Virtual Museum project, funded by the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) in Australia, and implemented by the National Library of New Zealand, Te Puna Mātauranga in collaboration with the National Library of Australia.
Centre for Pacific Languages
We are an NZQA-registered Private Training Establishment (PTE), approved to offer Pacific language courses as Training Schemes. Our funding from the Government means that we can deliver these courses to our communities for free!
Knowing Our Learners The Heart of Pasifika Education: Effective teaching for Pacific students
This resource contains a series of videos to support effective teacher practice of Pacific learners.
Effective teaching for Pacific students starts with building strong relationships. Our learners thrive when teachers take the time to truly know them and their interests, as positive connections with their teachers often lead to deeper engagement with learning. Successful schools embed inquiry processes across all systems, consistently focusing on raising Pacific students' achievement. This approach ensures a holistic and supportive environment for every learner.
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