Te Tiriti o Waitangi Partnership

At DPS I...

Call the morning roll in Te Reo Maori, greeting each child and encouraging responses also in Te Reo.

Am involved in the Powhiri at the beginning of each term to welcome the new staff, students and whanau to our school.

Sing the karakia along with the students during Celebration Time on a friday, and at our Friday Focus teacher meeting.

Write the date in Te Reo Maori on the display board outside the the office and provide these for the students who write the date on our classroom boards. **PHOTO**

Teach Te reo Maori using our DPS progressions and Kids Korero. During our PRIDE lessons I include the Te reo and use the local Rangitane stories during Whanau classes on Fridays. They frame the lessons that we do together.

Am a part of a syndicate participating in the Ka Rewa program. This involves an outside organisation coming in and facilitating sessions every fortnight which use Te Reo Maori as a tool to teach the students about resilience. It provides great opportunities for teachers to see ways for us to incorperate Te Reo into our classroom environments. They have taught games and activities which are easily transferable, alongside resources to develop the students confidence in their pepeha.

Have been progressing through the Mau Ki Te Ako, program which focusses on being a culturally responsive practitioner. This program has been a part of our school wide PL.

Mau Ki Te Ako- Standards Reflection

The competency I have chosen is Whanaungatanga. This involves creating and maintaining relationships with whanau, students, community etc with high expectations. This is something that I think Kahikatea has done really well, particularly at the beginning of the year. We made a huge effort at the beginning of the year to really get to know our students and to engage our parents using seesaw and class dojo. I have noticed that throughout the year I haven’t made an effort to continue to interacting with whanau and using these outlet to the best of my ability.

Next Steps- A way this could be improved is by encouraging parents to leave meaningful comments, which start a conversation, on their child’s work. Last year we create resources with the ways to leave meaningful, open, comments. This is something that we can introduce with our students and also share with parents to encourage them to have a conversation about the learning. I will be introducing these with my literacy class so we can engage better on twitter and encourage them to talk about these at home.