Ngā Matapakinga | Discussion

Thanks Perry and Tessa.  I really hope that a significant number of teachers make the most of this opportunity to reflect on our practice and revisit our original reason for becoming teachers.  Was it really to get NCEA passes to make our school look good?  Putting students back at the centre of everything we do must be our goal.  We can each make a change, we don't need to wait for our school or our colleagues.  Simply putting stuff online to keep them busy isn't helpful.  If it wasn't appropriate for f2f it is most likely less appropriate for remote learning.

Several more have popped up on http://www.edblognz.blogspot.com list Anne and the newer entries always go to the top of the list. 

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In this next video we explore strengths spotting - and how we can do that.

We also explore the pesky issue of negativity bias which can cause us stress and anxiety as parents.

The curious question here is - when we work with our tāmariki in our class settings so do see what they can do, or is there always a focus on what they can't do?

Resource links

Strengths cards

Derek Redmond - Never give up

Thanks Kath. Sometimes we don't know what we need so when this happens a useful strategy is to just pause and take a breath, before asking ourselves again. The following are a couple of useful breathing strategies if you are new to this 'intentional' breathing lark.

1. Square breathing (great also for dealing with anxiety)

I have included a kids version video which illustrates the process very simply.

2. Deep breathing

Are there any tips that you could share Kath that work for you in terms of getting "unstuck"?

Ngā mihi Anne-Louise. 

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Update to the Update!

Looks like it's become more  official - check out this website

https://maps.bearhunt.co.nz/findbears/index.html

This blog just came through the Twittersphere from Mauri Abraham

http://principalpossum.blogspot.com/2020/03/we-got-this-preparing-for-off-site.html

A blog from Maurie Abraham outlining what HPHS has done to prepare for online learning - interesting he calls it 'off-site' rather than 'online' which I think shifts the emphasis and the focus from all learning needing to be online...