Anita's Teaching as Inquiry Blog

Aligning the models; Manaiakalani - Learn, Create, Share with Stonefields School - The Learning Process to base my Inquiry on strengthening whānau partnerships to lift student achievement in Reading in particular Māori and boys.  When I look at this Adaptation of 'The Educutural Wheel' Mc Farlane 2014 Whanau engagement in the education model I can see the connectedness to our Stonefields School Strategy Goal of fostering Whanau engagement and this model. The TKI MOE Website Foster whānau engagement  s uggestions for implementing the strategy ‘Building strong community networks   is a wonderful resource to give me insights on what strategies have worked,  there is a whole chapter on practical strategies to implement. I look forward to making meaning in my Y0-2 village and across the leadership team to see what is going to give us stronger whānau engagement and build relationships. 

My child loves reading, but writing is so much harder for them. I can teach reading, but not writing. They are just not interested in writing  If they don’t know a word should I tell them or do I let them guess? Kia ora, Great to be back here to share my 2022 Inquiry. whānau voice is asking us to partner alongside to help them support their child in writing,  The data collected from earlier this year, EASTle, Overall Teacher Judgements, Gap Analysis in School Talk, Our school-wide data, and tracking attitude and confidence show there is a dip in progress and learners are not making the expected rate of shift or are below standard in writing. I saw this as an opportunity to strengthen relationships and educate whanau on how to help their child at home.  I led a parent writing workshop to upskill them on how we use the LP and to engage their child in writing. We unpacked writing samples to notice what is happening to their child. At Whānau day learners shared their writing success and ne