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Wednesday, 14 December 2016

End of Term: Last Day with Students and Big-Time Reflection

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Today was full of mixed emotions. It felt good to be so proud of my students and the prizewinners. Felt good to observe another kaiako work...
Thursday, 1 December 2016

Self-Care and Pacing Ourselves

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After a particularly stressful day today, tired after Crystel's prizegiving (pics and vids to come), sorting out last minute assessments...
Saturday, 12 November 2016

Sticker Charts - Visible Success

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Last year I spent a RIDICULOUSLY long time colouring in blocks of rectangles to show student's credits. This year... I was smarter. I ...

Kia Eke Panuku Obs

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Have been thinking about my Kia Eke Panuku obs from this week. At the crux of it... I'd probably call my teaching style, organised chao...
Wednesday, 19 October 2016

Parent Teacher Interviews: Thankful parents

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Last night I experienced another really rare moment. This time it was two parents of two of my students who explicitly thanked me for what I...
Friday, 14 October 2016

Financial Literacy: Y9 Social Studies

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Yesterday we started a new topic: Financial Literacy. We discussed what financial literacy means and why it's important to be financial...
Friday, 9 September 2016

Film Booklets - Visual Text Analysis (The Lovely Bones, The Intouchables, The Perks of Being a Wallflower)

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I feel rejuvenated. This term I've taught all new films (excepting my Y11 film study of 'V for Vendetta'..) and they've bee...