2. The Cluster Bethlehem Primary Bellevue Primary Brookfield Primary Matua Primary Otumoetai Primary Otumoetai Intermediate Otumoetai College Pillans Point Primary There are currently 58 clusters involving 369 schools in the EHSAS initiative

3. The Stakeholders Principals and staff (169) Students (3946) Parents & caregivers Ngati Ranginui Iwi and whanau MoE Otumoetai, Tauranga and wider community

4. Enrolment 2007 (by school)

5. Enrolment 2007 (by gender and Year)

6. Total No. of Maori students = 654 Overall percentage = 16.6% Percentage of Maori students

7. The project in practice 1. 1.Establishing baseline data on the competency levels of all students in reading and writing. 2. 2.Monitoring progress of these students in reading and writing at the end of Year 1 and at Years 4, 6, 8 and 10 during the period of the project.

8. The project in practice 3. 3.Establishing baseline data on existing ‘social capital’ within the Otumoetai Learning Community Schools. 4. 4.Strengthen co-operation between the staff of the different schools in the improvement of reading and writing ability of their students. 5. 5.Monitoring progress in social capital gains.

9. The project in practice 6. 6.Identifying and disseminating good practice strategies in the teaching of reading and writing. 7. 7.Producing profiles of the Otumoetai student as a reader.

10. Underlying principles 1.As much as possible will be done in normal working hours through time release (90% of budget). 2.Sharing and learning from each-other. 3.Seeking excellence whilst valuing diversity.

11. Today’s learner   The digital native :   The average American 15 year-old has   spent two years of his/her life playing video games   sent 250,000 emails   spent another two years on cell phones   watched TV for 4 years   read for less than one year.   (Marc Prensky 2004)   Professor Tony McEnery (2006) of Lancaster University found that the average 25 year-old in England has double the vocabulary of a 15 year-old.

12.   During the last 10 years 325 million copies have been sold (i.e. before the latest and last book)

13. 20072008200920102011 Jan Term 1 Feb Mar Apr Term 2 May Jun Jul Term 3 Aug Sep Oct Term 4 Nov Dec The life of the project

14. “It isn’t about knowing, but about continuous learning; not about hierarchy, but about relationships; not about seeking stability, but about encouraging dynamic interplay; not about being self-contained, but about being connected; not about singular solutions, but about multiple opportunities; not about control, but about positioning for innovation and creativity; not about competition, but about collaboration; not about the parts, but about the multiple wholes that can be made by continuous integration and disintegration.” Foster, R. (current Vice-President of the W.K. Kellogg Foundation)