To identify the Key Competencies through the eyes of MATARIKI

Our aim  To acknowledge Treaty of Waitangi.  To build a strong partnership between all children and their whanau, people within the community and school.  To create a safe learning environment.

Matariki and Key Competencies Thinking Students are encouraged to use a variety of thinking tools, this will establish and inform us as teachers what our children know already. (Ross, L. 2010) Inquiry in Room 7 – What is a Calabash?

Matariki and Key Competencies Using Language Symbols Texts Awe…..wonder………..amazement Gaze into Room 6 window and follow the journey of Papatuanuku… … …

Matariki and Key Competencies Managing Self

Matariki and Key Competencies Relating to others From a non-Maori teaching perspective

Key Competencies through the eyes of Matariki Relating to others Relating to others is about interacting effectively with a diverse range of people in a variety of contexts. This competency includes the ability to listen actively, recognise different points of view, negotiate, and share ideas. Students who relate well to others are open to new learning and able to take different roles in different situations. They are aware of how their words and actions affect others. They know when it is appropriate to compete and when it is appropriate to co-operate. By working effectively together, they can come up with new approaches, ideas, and ways of thinking. P12 NZC

Respecting each others differences One of the ways in which we learned to appreciate each others differences was to do a homework Inquiry task, in which children interviewed their families about their ‘hidden talents’. From this we had a ‘data base’ of our families’ expertise. Then we had to ask if they would come and share with us in our class room.

Using Inquiry for inclusive education, and bring our community experts into our classroom to enrich the learning experiences for Matariki. ‘Relating to others is about interacting effectively with a diverse range of people in a variety of contexts.’

Northern Hemisphere has Winter Solstice. We have Matariki. The more we are differentThe more we are the same

Winter Solstice = Midwinter/ Shortest Day. Matariki = Maori New Year Abstract Winter SolsticeAbstract Matariki

Parents in the Classroom Whaea Marchand describing what she wants to do Students helping her to find the tools she needs

Rotorua Museum teacher Matua George Middle School trip to museum for Matariki. (Immersion/Discovery activity, new learning in different situations KC.) Thanks to the Ngati Whakaue Education Endowment T rust Board for the free bus. Incorporating the wider community and building relationships with EOTC.

Matariki and Key Competencies Participating and contributing DANCING WITH THE STARS.... Ignite imagination! Let the mind create beyond what is seen, So that the arts that inspire continue to do so. Let everyone know that the arts celebrate the present and create the future. (Marautanga o Aotearoa – Nga Toi) Managing Self

Matariki and Key Competencies (Marautanga o Aotearoa – Nga Toi) The Big Idea How can we celebrate Matariki? What? Who? Why? Which? Where? When? How are we going to assess? Where to next? Evaluation The Key Competencies: Thinking Using language, symbols and texts Managing self Relating to others Participating and contributing

Matariki and Key Competencies (Marautanga o Aotearoa – Nga Toi) We live in a time of much talk about intelligence. Yet we operate with a fairly restricted measure of what the term means... we tend to undervalue, or miss entirely, the many displays of what the mind does, every day, all the time, under our noses. (Rose. 2009)

Matariki and Key Competencies Participating and contributing Managing Self