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Common Language
Common Language
‘Common language’ is when schools link the language of learning across all learning areas. All rangatahi would be able to have a clear understanding in any area. This is a process of normalising vocabulary and helping understand how to do a task in any subject area.
This action has developed from CAA req mahi – sharing the load of literacy and numeracy across all subjects. If shared language/templates are used, consistency will occur, and students will develop skills through all learning areas without having to translate the task/language of learning.
Our 6 colleges have been working together to support the development of this – to support students learning. Some of this shared mahi is also in the CAA folder.
Structured Literacy Journey
Structured Literacy Journey
‘Evidence-based Literacy Practice’ An approach rather than a programme, responsive to the science and evidence-based research. While primary schools are being given support and training, secondary schools in Whakaoriori are developing programmes that work for their kura and staff to support the acquisition of important building blocks to literacy for junior secondary students. Representatives from 4 secondary schools met on Monday, 18th August, at Wairarapa College, with further discussion with all secondary schools on Friday, 22nd August.
Findings: Schools are lucky if they have specialist teachers to lead/teach this; there is certainly a demand for many students to be assessed and given explicit evidence-based literacy.
Tutors or similar are a huge benefit to support teaching
Schools try not to stream, but these students need support out of the main classroom programme – grouped for needs
There are demands by parents for tier 3, which schools are just not equipped to deliver with 1-1
Evidence/results are showing that students who have explicit help/teaching support are meeting expectations.
There is a belief that intermediate schools are not accurately identifying/testing students – data is still incorrect coming into colleges. Transition data is not trusted. Therefore, extensive testing is still being done – what if we could ask all Year 8 students to have completed Diebels, Burt and Schonnell before leaving schools where they have relationships with teachers – time is the issue.
Next step—watch out for information on a modeled lesson from staff at Wairarapa College in Term 4.
How can we support all rangatahi on their literacy and numeracy journey?
CAA Supporting Resources
CAA Supporting Resources
The following resources have been designed to help all schools support rangatahi on their journey towards achieving the CAA
CAA Supporting Resources
CAA workshop
CAA workshop
Year 6-9 teachers gathered together at Masterton Intermediate on Thursday 29th after school to learn from the Within School Leads and secondary teachers that work hard to support students achieve these ‘Common Assessment Activities.‘
Thank you particularly Michelle and Katy for the time spent putting this presentation together. We learnt what we can do as Primary / Intermediate teachers to support development in Literacy and Numeracy. It was also another chance to connect between primary and secondary and share practice. We have a lot of experience in our kura.
A.I. Workshop Term 1
A.I. Workshop Term 1
A fantastic afternoon with educators from many Whakaoriori schools sharing and learning together.
AI being used
AI PresentationOpen Classrooms Secondary Term 2
Open Classrooms Secondary Term 2
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