Claire O’Fee from Poutama Pounamu led this workshop in response to the needs identified from earlier transitions workshops, our transitions survey, and the Transitions Tracking document. Discussions were rich and highlighted the shared needs, and foci, across all our centres from ECE to senior secondary students.
Groups focused on how the cultural relationship metaphors (whanau, whakapapa, kaupapa) are aligned with deliberate acts of teaching to foster friendships. How do centres and schools facilitate friendships? How do these actions reflect a Te Ao Maori view? A strong theme that emerged was that of walking alongside others to support and nurture relationships – and the significance of modelling relational strategies with students. Knowing students, using their names when around others, promoting shared interests / activities, inviting-in fringe participants to group work, and sustaining shared engagement were identified as key factors of building relationships. Claire shared a reading 'A Commentary on Ngā Pou Here, ERO's Framework for Reviewing Early Childhood Services' exploring themes of whakapapa and whanaungatanga - both themes from the Poutama Pounamu work, and relevant to all centres and schools. Some big questions emerged from our mahi about strengthening the networks between centres and between schools, and ways of working to best meet student needs in this important space – particularly, how do we know what is working for students? We hope to explore these questions in future sessions.
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