Makerspace

Jackson Vogt continued teaching the Makerspace programme through 2019.

All Year 1 students attended the Makerspace an hour each week, while all Year 2-6 students attended in the Makerspace in alternate weeks. The other half of the class attended the Creative Space with Sandy Lagitupu giving class teachers their weekly hour long CRT allowance and providing a unique hands on small group learning programme taught by specialist teachers.

Jackson worked with teachers across Teams 1-4 to develop learning that complemented and extended the school wide inquiry focus at each level. Planning and preparation for the projects has ensured the continuity and sequence of learning throughout the school as well as the resourcing of tools and materials for each project.

Lunch time sessions are open to Team 5 students who show aptitude and enthusiasm for hands on creative activities.

Jackson and Sandy were responsible for overseeing the Digital Technologies Curriculum, supporting teachers across the school with their pilot groups and supervising lunchtime code clubs.

The teaching in the Makerspace has a strong commitment to cultural responsiveness and Jackson also took responsibility for a range of projects and clubs that reflected our theme of 'Kaitiakitanga i ngā Wā Katoa' from the perspective of communities represented in our school and their aspirations.

Makerspace Projects and Partners

Bincurity

Jackson is responsible for this initiative to sort and collect recycling that was previously going to landfill in 2017.

Jackson coordinated the Bincurity Squad - a voluntary group of students who coordinate the collection of bins and help remind their peers about recycling.

Bincurity students have created a media production group - 'BincuriT.V' which has started to make short educational videos about recycling for the school's PENN news.

Robotics Rōpū

With the assistance of a grant from Curious Minds Jackson teaches a group of nine gifted and talented students who are interested in extending their scientific practice once a week.

These students are the R&D arm of Bincurity, focussing on inventing and building smart online recycling bins and are supported by engineers from Fisher & Paykel Healthcare and a Scientist from Citizen Science.

Students work with the expectation that their creations are designed for purpose and will be deployed in school.

Kuwharuwharu Eels

The Makerspace hosts 15 Kuwharuwharu Longfin Eels in a 1000 litre tank.

Students have been studying the habits of the eels, especially in relation to Te Maramataka- the Māori lunar calendar. In 2020 and beyond they will continue to study these endangered fish and sharing data using live streaming of video and water conditions.

Jackson has continued to foster and build a strong relationship with Ngāti Paoa, the tangata whenua of Pt England and the Ōmaru creek which flows past our school and many of our students' houses.

Jackson has worked hard to build the partnership with Ngāti Paoa, Aquaculture Services and Curious Minds to facilitate this ambitious project.

Clay Club

The Makerspace has continued to host the Pt England Clay Club, an art collective run primarily by girls interested in working with clay in lunchtimes.

Aware of the cultures represented at Pt England Jackson was keen to introduce a wider perspective to the students' group.

Toi o Tāmaki Auckland Art Gallery Outreach team were very interested in the club and now have an ongoing relationship with Pt England as does the War Memorial Museum .

Students have visited the gallery to see contemporary māori pottery and gallery's education team have visited the school to teach maori techniques of working with clay.

These interactions have built a strong identity for students interested in the arts and students have been eager to follow tikanga when visiting or welcoming manuhiri.

Te Māra Kai

Members of the the community have assisted us in building raised gardens in Team 2 and teaching our Year 2 students to garden.

From 2020 Pt England will partner with Ngāti Paoa, Garden to Table and Code Club Aotearoa's Electric Garden to expand our gardens and teach more children how to cook the food they grow.

Jackson is also working with Team 1 students in rejuvenating and replanting their existing garden beds with flowers and plants to attract bees Butterflies and other pollinators.

LEOTC

Jackson has continued to ensure that students have opportunities to learn offsite with groups who complement the specialist learning.

Trips have included :

The XChange conference sharing our Robotics Rōpū's work with schools from across Auckland.
Madave's 'The River Talks
OMG Tech!'s Schools Space Exploration Live Stream
Planting native trees with the Kiwanis group on Motutapu Island.
Auckland War Memorial Museum Pacific collection.
Wi Taepa's retrospective exhibition at Toi o Tāmaki Auckland Art Gallery.
Auckland Botanical gardens to study fresh water science.
The Roots Creative Entrepreneurs.
Making 'ei for Cook Island language week at Te Oro.
Auckland Council's Sustainable Schools recycling evening.
Participating in the Vector ePro8 Engineering Challenge.
The South Sci Symposium , showcasing our Recycling and Robotics learning .
Fisher & Paykel Healthcare Laboratories.

Term 1

Team 1 (Year 0-1) Caring for and feeding eels.
Team 2 ( Year 2) Planting seeds and seedlings in Team 2's Te Māra Kai garden.
Team 3 ( Year 3 & 4) Designing and making healthy sandwiches and wrappers .
Team 4 (Year 4, 5 & 6) Building Whare Tapa Whā model whare.

Term 2

Team 1 Making toy bees and beehives with Junior Students.
Team 2 Continuing to plant and harvesting first vegetables from Te Māra Kai .
Team 3 Making personalised individual Google Earth maps of the school with students' own photos and descriptions.
Team 4 Designing and printing personalised 3D printed compasses.

Term 3

Team 1 Composing chants and making models about the eels' life cycle and starring in the G. I ZILLA Manaiakalani Movie.
Team 2 Maintaining Te Māra Kai and building the scale-model set for G. I ZILLA .
Team 3 Making sea creatures and fishing rods from plastic rubbish and magnets.
Team 4 Designing and printing personalised 3D printed compasses and building the detailed scale-model set for G. I ZILLA.

Term 4

Team 1 Composing a multilingual action song about eels.
Team 2 Maintaining Te Māra Kai, feeding the eels, planting the strawberry boat and harvesting lots of kai to take home!
Team 3 Making puppets from gloves and found materials.
Team 4 Designing and making venetian masks with aluminium foil and plaster of Paris.

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