Reflection and Evidence for PTC10F

Reflection and Evidence

I have been involved in supporting Maori students in a variety of ways. I have use Te Reo in my classroom with greetings and other phrases where appropriate. I have been to many Powhiri for new Year 9 students and new staff. At Burnside I had a long involvement in a small steering group focused on the Maori students at our school. This group morphed into the  He Kakano group, where I was also a member. While at Burnside High I also took an after school class in Te Reo. My successful delivery of my pepeha is recorded in this blog post.

The cabbage trees at Burnside High are a significant group of trees. They also became significant for my Yr 9 English class in 2013. Our class blog was called Ti Kouka -Directions for Learning . We took photos for our class wall at the cabbage trees. Our final class task was to join history, culture and technology together by creating a QR Code that linked to a video about the cabbage trees.

I have continued to work on my knowledge of Tikanga and Reo. Some examples are:

Preparation and use of my pepeha when first meeting with school leaders etc.

Joining in karakia and waiata at CORE and LwDT South team hui.

Taking opportunity to leading Karakia in team meetings.

Use of karakaia and Whakatoki in presentations.

Consulting with colleagues about appropriate Māori language/concepts, l  eg questions at lunchtime meetings and informal conversations

Attendance at CORE Te Reo lunchtime learning desire to learn Te Reo and keep learning

To sum up this reflection is an extract from my blog

"As a staff we have also been involved in using Te Reo in our classrooms. One way is by using Whakatauki or proverbs. I enjoy using the words of people I believe to have something worthwhile to convey. Here is my pick for this week – It conveys the idea of the importance of language. The language of Te Reo and also my subject, English.

Ko te reo te tuakiri

Ko te reo tōku ahurei

Ko te reo te ora.

Language is my identity.

Language is my uniqueness.

Language is life."

Link to Tātaiako -Tangata Whenuatanga