Curriculum

As in previous years, we have a wonderful collation of data, both external and internal from which to deduce and firm up our trend information and analysis.

The Manaiakalani Outreach Data, the Manaiakalani Cluster Data, Pt England School Data, the CoL Teacher Inquiries and our own Teacher Inquiries cohere very strongly with each other. This is a very good position to be in. Although, as always, there are things we badly need to improve, it is enormously helpful to have this large body of evidence and knowledge confirming what we have to do.

We continue to prove in Pt England School, the Manaiakalani CoL and Manaiakalani Outreach, that we are able to make 2 year's progress in 1 academic year in Writing.

We are able, when conditions are optimal, to make 1.5 year's progress in 1 academic year in Reading.

We are able, when conditions are optimal, to make 1.5 year's progress in 1 academic year in Maths.

We have not yet achieved this consistently in a wide number of classrooms across all 3 core subjects. This we must do.

We have identified teachers in our school, across our cluster and across the outreach who have been able to do this, albeit in a limited way. We have agreement from principals and boards that we will seek these teachers' approval to identify them, their knowledge and practices, so others can learn from this.

We have agreed that we do not need more external expertise, but that we need to harness the expertise we already have to help support and change the practice of those who find this more challenging.

This end we have agreed that we will:

• Use cluster wide and whole school Teacher Only Days as a vehicle for transferring practice Knowledge
• Use our own staff who have been identified by linking evidence to practice, to help train and support others.

2019 saw Pt England School achieve school wide acceleration in Writing

Except in specific classrooms, we did not achieve this accelerated progress in Reading and Maths, with the majority of learners making one year's progress in the academic year.

For more specific information please our Analysis of Variance Page

The Pt England Management Team, supported by our partners learning and the evidence mentioned above, have decided that we need to continue the focus begun in 2019. To build Teacher knowledge, capability and understanding that sits behind all 3 core subjects. This will require focus on:

• Language acquisition, development, sustaining and transfer relating to Self Regulation
• Learning design across subjects, including understanding and proficiency with the Learning Progressions
• Whanau engagement in learning
• Critical Literacy & extended discussion
• Wellbeing
• The Key Competency of Managing Self

Pt England will engage for a 3rd year with DMiC Maths as a specific core curriculum PLD focus, but will take care to adapt this more specifically to the emergent needs of our own school.

Pt England will be involved in the development and piloting of the Engage Programme, designed to develop core functional language related to Managing Self.

In view of the above and our commitment to design and development of an Area Wide wellbeing Strategy we are committed to reviewing the CoL Goals during 2020

The figure below outlines the CoL Inquiries into our 6 Achievement challenges and teachers responsible for carrying them out:

CoL Teacher Inquiries HERE

The Inquires at a CoL, School and individual level, triangulate very effectively the other data sets and sources of evidence we have.

Excellent examples of these Inquiries can be found below:

Inquiry Blog;Joanna Gormley Y1-Y3 - Tamaki Primary

Inquiry Blog; Karen Ferguson Y13 Graphics & Design - Tamaki College

Inquiry Blog; Robyn Anderson Y7/8 Learners - Panmure Bridge School

Inquiry Blog; Clarelle Carruthers Y3 Learners - Pt England School

This convergence of Inquiry, Observation, Assessment and Research has continued to sharpen the focus for what we need to plan, design and implement next.

We would encourage all readers of this report to read the National Standardised Testing portion of this Charter/Review site.

Writing Improvement

Approximately 75% of our learners made 1 - 1.5 yr's progress in Writing.

Specific details and data for Writing are available in the Self Review portion of this site as well as in the Assessment Section.

Mathematics Improvement

Approximately 50% of our learners made 1 - 1.5 yr's progress in Mathematics.

Details, results and analysis available at Self Review .

Reading Improvement

Approximately 50% of our learners made 1 - 1.5 yr's progress in Reading

Details and results available at Self Review .

Manaiakalani & Learn, Create, Share

The Learn Create Share pedagogy is a focus of development every year. As mentioned above, each staff member conducts an Inquiry into Practice, the published version of which can be found on the "About Us" page of the Pt England Website.

We are busy re-building our local curriculum design so that we can effectively and coherently deliver through the Learn, Create, Share pedagogical framework the items previously listed:

• Language acquisition, development, sustaining and transfer
• Learning design across subjects, including understanding and proficiency with the Learning Progressions
• Whanau engagement in learning
• Critical Literacy
• Wellbeing
• The Key Competency of Managing Self

Manaiakalani Class OnAir continued for its fourth year in 2019, under the Supervision of Anne Sinclair with support from Matt Goodwin. Check out the work of Danni Stone and Khismira Lal as fantastic examples of what this wonderful work. This great resource is being used as training and support content for teachers in the 100 Manaiakalani Schools around Aotearoa, along with Trainee Teachers in the Colleges of Education.

Pt England Visitor Programme and Ambassadors

The Pt England Visitor Programme continues to be an important way of making meaning for ourselves and others, offering Manāki, building Public good Partnership and securing resource to support the work of our school and Manaiakalani.

Congratulations go to Kent Somerville, Donna McMillan and the 2019 Pt England Ambassadors. We also congratulate the Pt England Staff who are so hospitable and welcoming of people in their classrooms and shared spaces.

The 2019 Ambassadors are Nina Faleono, Kahurangi Pihama, Simon Peco, Oali'i Tui, Evangeline Pakalani, Jane Manase

The Ambassadors have travelled away from home to give keynote addresses to:

• Auckland College of Education
• M.I.T. Grad Students

Media and Profile:

We continue to receive media attention, and l'm pleased and relieved to say that as in previous years it has been positive. We have continued to turn down media opportunities this year, as we find them intrusive. Instead we have completed a piece of work with the TRC and Social Contract to 'take charge of our own story" by making a documentary with supportive vignettes to tell our own story.

You can find and enjoy this collection HERE.

This year we have had staff present at the following events/to the following audiences:

• NZ Google Summit
• Sydney Google Summit
• Ministry of Education & ERO
• Manaiakalani Regional PLG's & DFI's
• KPMG
• Corporate and Government Agency events

Development Partnerships

During 2019 we have worked with Hapara (the Teacher Dashboard), Google, Noel Leeming Group, Fusion Networks, Linewize, Finance Now, Woolf Fisher Research Centre, CORE Ed, Crown Insurance & Assurant, Acer, and our Manaiakalani Hackers to invent, innovate and develop systems and solutions that support or enhance learner agency, visible learning, ubiquity, equity and access. I have also had the privilege of working with Boards' Forums in Te Hiku (Far Nth), Kaikohekohe, & Tairawhiti (Gisborne)

We are extremely grateful for the way these and other corporates and individuals have supported our work and effort again in 2019.

We have worked with the Ministry of Education on:

• Digital Equity for NZ Schools
• A co-design partnership for a Business Case to Cabinet
• The Data Integration project.

Funding Partnerships

Pt England School and Manaiakalani continue to be deeply grateful to MOE, NEXT Foundation, the Cooper Family Foundation, KPMG, Google and other philanthropic groups and individuals for supporting the innovations and developments mentioned above.

Research Partnerships

We are in our eighth year of partnership with the Woolf Fisher Research Centre, the Education Research division of the University of Auckland. By the time this report is published we will have access to our 8th annual milestone report for the 2019 academic year.

We continue to evolve our work and partnership and the various tools we use, in the light of the unfolding research narrative.

This partnership is of immense value and is the longest running one of its kind in Aoteroa.

Manaiakalani Community of Learning

Our CoL Teachers have conducted their inquiries with enthusiasm during 2019 and have all requested to have their responsibilities rolled over into 2020.

By the time you read this report, they will have all delivered their annual Report Back, via our annual "Bursts and Bubbles" event held in the Pt England School Hall and attended by educations and Board Members from across our Kahui Ako.

The current set of positions, including my own as CoL Leader, conclude at the end of 2020, when these roles will all need re-advertising and potentially the responsibilities could be re-designed at the same time.

We are extremely happy with the leadership shown by Pt England staff, who have been supporting staff from other schools in our Kahui Ako as well as those from across other regions of Aotearoa

Manaiakalani

The expanded story of Manaiakalani 2019 can be found at: http://www.manaiakalani.org and at:

http://www.manaiakalani.blogspot.com

Our circle of partners includes:

Manaiakalani Education Trust, MOE, Tamaki Re-Generation Company, Auckland City, Transport Auckland, Vector,

ADHB, NZ Police, Fusion Networks, Hapara, N4L, Acer, NLG, Variety, Open Source Volunteers, Local staff, parents & BOT’s, 10 other Regional Clusters of Schools

The programme goals remain unchanged.

As the programme continues to evolve and improve, we have added the Digital Fluency Intensive, the learnings for which came out of the Manaiakalani Digital Teacher Academy, and this has become one of our most successful deliverables in the regions where we work. The DFI has returned the highest degree of satisfaction from its attendees of any programme devised and delivered by Manaiakalani and Dorothy and her team are to be congratulated for this.

the Manaiakalani Programme is now working in approx. 100 schools in 11 regions. This is looking to expand again for 2021.

Programme Strand Updates:

Device identification, procurement & provisioning:

Using the same due diligence process as in previous years, we selected the Acer C733 as our ChromeBook Device for 2019.

iPads were again selected as our Tablet Device

We were able, once again, to secure a more attractive package and price than in previous years.

Finance, Equity, Administration & Manaiakalani Education Trust:

We continue with Finance Now as our key Finance Partner.

In 2019 we continue our "Financial Support" committee to:

• manage relationships with financially challenged families who cannot achieve a Credit Sale Agreement
• decide on what aid package should be brought to bear
• help families to reduce debt and experience rangatiratanga in their lives

We continue to partner with MOE & DIA in contribution to policy design for digital equity in NZ.

We have met with the Ministry of Education and prepared a Business Case to Cabinet for all of Decile 1 and 2 NZ.

Wireless infrastructure development (Tamaki Learning Net)

Many thanks, again, to the Manaiakalani Hackers and Dave Winter, who continue to test the efficacy of the TLN and push for its improvement and use-ability. In 2019 we have repaired and improved the network. We are now challenged with a network re-design and upgrade as the nature of neighbourhoods changes in Tāmaki, as a result of the work of the TRC.

In 2019 we have partnered with MOE to trial "Internet in a Box" along with improved filtering solutions and and monitoring of the TLN.

We continue to work with MOE and DIA to push for "Last MiLe" equity solutions for those who are not getting a fair digital access deal.

Professional Development & Pedagogical Development

We have had notable cluster wide events. These include:

• The Manaiaklani Hui
• The Manaiakalani Film Festival
• Manaiakalani Wananga

Dorothy, Fiona, Dave, Lenva, Georgie, Anne and the team are to be congratulated for the excellent in-school and across school PLD we have received this year.

Maker Space

Jackson continues to build on the success he has already produced since taking over this role in 2016, and continues forming great partnerships with:

• South Science
• MBIE
• Ngati Paoa
• Auckland Art Gallery
• Fisher and Paykel Health
• Tāmaki Wrap

Thanks Jackson, for your great work this year. The huge effort with "Bincurity" and recycling is greatly appreciated!

Jackson has added a Laser Cutter to his 3D printers, has continued his garden to table work, kept our eels alive and once again has managed a Netball team throughout the winter as well. Most recently, he has reconnected our school with Ngati Paoa and is currently forming connections with Electric Gardens.

Really well done Jackson!

For more detailed information about the Maker Programme please visit the Maker Space Programme Report.

Te reo me ona tikanga Maori

Whaea Kelly-Anne Tipene continued the delivery of te reo me ona tikanga Maori for Y7 & 8 learners in 2019. Whaea Francis Cassidy took over the delivery of te reo me ona tikanga Maori to our Y1 - Y6 learners in 2018, but sadly left us to go home to Moerewa during the middle of this year.. We are grateful to both Francis and Kelly and are now working hard to replace Francis. We hope that by the time you read this, we will have employed a new Kaiako.

We remain grateful that we can work in partnership with Kaumatua of our two main local iwi, Tautoko Witika and Hadyn Solomon to ensure that kawa is well set and that we have cultural and spiritual safety at our various events.

In 2020 we look forward to having further whanaungatanga events and to partnering with manawhenua for the acquisition of a training waka hourua for our tamariki and rangatahi to learn and practise celestial navigation and traditional sailing skills. We also look forward to participating in the Pātaka project being brought to us by our Mana Whenua partners.

We are pleased to have spent time in 2019 implementing Ta Taiako and working on Cultural Responsiveness.

Pasfika Success

Thanks and congratulations go to Sandy Lagitupu for doing an outstanding job of helping our large Pasifika population to celebrate all the Pasifika Language Weeks this year. Each week has been well celebrated on the Pt England News Network and supported by live performances of dance and language at Assembly on Fridays.

I thank all our Pasifika Staff for attending MOE PLD and then bringing back and implementing developments of the Pasifika Education Plan and Tapa Sa. Andrea Tele'a is to be particularly congratulated for this work.

We look forward to another HUGE Fiafia in Term 1, 2020.

We are still concerned about growing attendance all year at our Families@Pt England meetings, which are a specific vehicle designed to capture our Māori and Pasifika aiga and whanau. Improvement in attendance has improved a little in 2019, but is still patchy. Our larger turn-outs were when we had children perform for their parents.

The Manaiakalani Learn, Create, Share Programme has proven successful for Pasifika and Maori learners, where it is adhered to properly. Our on going commitment to education research with Woolf Fisher Research Centre means that we have robust metrics for analysing and discussing the success of this work.

Our Pasifika Fanau engage with us in discussing the children's work both at a parent community layer and at a Board's Forum level as well as with our own school based Boards of Trustees.

Y7/8 Specific Obligations

Technicraft

Our Y7's and Y8's have walked to Tamaki College twice a week for Technicraft. The programme gets evaluated twice yearly and we continue to work with Tamaki College to improve what our children receive. We will continue this programme in 2020.

Languages

Our whanau/aiga have continued to support our Y7/8 language for direct instruction being te reo Maori. This programme has continued its earlier success and continued to elevate the significance of Maori in our school. Special thanks goes to Whaea Francis, and Whaea Kelly for their work in this area. We have conducted our annual whanau consultation and whanau/aiga have agreed to continue this delivery in 2020

Careers

OurFuture Aspiration days have continued to be successful. This Ted Ex type event works very well for our students and the speakers we have had, have been truly inspirational. KPMG's recent additions to this programme has been of great benefit.

We 're very grateful for the partnership we have KPMG which has allowed Pt England Learners into KPMG in the city for day long exposure to how business works in "the glass towers"

Our learners and teachers have deeply appreciated these experiences.

Sports Performance

This is our 9th year of employing a full time sports co-ordinator. Sally Va'afusuaga continues to innovate, drive and improve this programme. Her commitment and passion produce excellent results! Sally's full report can be found in the Sport/PE Reporting area of this site.

We have had another great year of high performance in sport.

The following is a summary of our success:

• Over 40 volunteer coaches, managers + half PES Staff
• School-Club: 13 Netball, 10 Rugby, 7 Cricket, 5 B’Ball
• 300 kids training at once during winter
• Our children play in 15 sports codes
• Over 20 teams successful at Tamaki & Eastern Zone in 10 different codes
• Auckland Y8 Panthers Netball won their grade
• Marist cup winners primary <50Kg and Open Weight
• Primary & Intermediate Rugby; 4 teams, B/G, 2nd in Auckland
• Y7/8 7’s Boys and Girls won Pre-AIMS, Kelston
• Y7/8 7’s Boys won Pre-Aims, St Peters
• Played @ Auckland Inter-Zone level in:
• Softball, Cricket, Netball, League, Rugby (+ Rippa Rugby, Rugby 7’s),Volleyball, Tag , Athletics
• Auckland Inter-Zone Winners
• Y7-8 Ki-O-Rahi, Girls Cricket, Rippa Girls, Mixed Rippa, Intermediate Boys Tag,
• Auckland Reps in Rugby, Touch & Tag
• 17 Rugby Reps including Girls, 2 Roller Mills, 3 Auckland <13
• Pacific Nations Reps in Netball, Tag
• Primary Rippa Auckland Champs and Auckland Reps at Nationals

For more detail, view the Sport/PE Report in the Programme section of this Review.

Kiwi Sport/Sport Auckland

This area of school life has continued to flourish, as mentioned above, with 15 Sports Codes being played this year. Up until July 2019, Georgina Gatenby has been our Tāmaki Area Sports Co-ordinator and we are extremely grateful to her for all her work.

620 students have participated in Kiwi Sport and the school contributed all of its $8687.3 Kiwi Sport Funding to Sport Auckland who manage this contract for our cluster.

Programme Performance

Our Special Programmes are all reported on in detail by the people carrying out that work in the Programme Section of this Review.