Anita's Teaching as Inquiry Blog

  Our recent communication on our  Knowledge Builders | Tupu Mātauranga cards shares how parents can use these cards at home. Taking this a step further by engaging our whānau with the learning at school enables our whānau to feel empowered with how to use the cards. I am using these cards during reading and writing times, to provide ore practise for learners to read and spell these sight words. Learners can use these games and activities at home with their whānau. 

  Research Read a great article recently "The importance of Teaching and Learning in the Classroom" 2021 Some things really resonated with me. The 'Tools for transforming themselves and their world" When I think about the learning process and how it helps our learners, it is about providing tools and and a vehicle to drive learning. The next paragraphs explain that if learners are to experience success we need to consistently be reflective about what is going to help student learn best. What is going to help our learners connect to the knowledge, teach them how to think and reduce barriers to learn new knowledge.  Learning Principles “Good students are those who  learn . Whatever their preconceptions, barriers or deficits—whatever their story—they take new information and new experiences, and to the best of their ability, make them tools for transforming themselves and their world. And at last I’ve learned that a good teacher is someone who can recognize and connect