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Principal's Piece
Nikki Willis
Kia ora koutou,
As we near the end of the Māori year, it is an opportune time to reflect upon the progress we have made and to shape future goals. We eagerly await the reappearance of the Matariki star cluster next week, marking the start of Te Tau Hou / The Māori New Year. We will be marking the occasion with our community Matariki breakfast on Thursday 27 June (see below for more details).
We also mark this time of the year by reporting your child's achievements and progress to you in our upcoming learner quality comments. There is nothing more exciting than celebrating learning progress with our students and with you. It is very rewarding to flick back through our student’s books, noting the visible progress that they are making.
Implementing the much publicised ‘one hour a day’ policies for reading, writing and maths has not been difficult. We have a long established commitment to ensuring literacy and numeracy programmes are prioritised, protected and delivered in ways that stretch our students.
Foundational to this approach is partnership. Our students play a key role. They have agency in their learning and tools such as learning progressions allow them to monitor their progress.
Our team is committed to implementing high quality learning programmes and having high expectations of learning and behaviour. They are also committed to their own professional growth and work hard to refine their practice. As word spreads about the great things that are happening at Te Kowhai, we are receiving more frequent requests for visits from teachers from other kura who want to improve their skills and knowledge.
Finally we appreciate our partnerships with parents. Your role in supporting learning through accessing our preview emails as best meets your child’s needs makes an important difference.
All the best for the end of this year, ngā mihi o Matarki and all the best for Te Tau Hou / The Māori New Year.
Nikki
As we near the end of the Māori year, it is an opportune time to reflect upon the progress we have made and to shape future goals. We eagerly await the reappearance of the Matariki star cluster next week, marking the start of Te Tau Hou / The Māori New Year. We will be marking the occasion with our community Matariki breakfast on Thursday 27 June (see below for more details).
We also mark this time of the year by reporting your child's achievements and progress to you in our upcoming learner quality comments. There is nothing more exciting than celebrating learning progress with our students and with you. It is very rewarding to flick back through our student’s books, noting the visible progress that they are making.
Implementing the much publicised ‘one hour a day’ policies for reading, writing and maths has not been difficult. We have a long established commitment to ensuring literacy and numeracy programmes are prioritised, protected and delivered in ways that stretch our students.
Foundational to this approach is partnership. Our students play a key role. They have agency in their learning and tools such as learning progressions allow them to monitor their progress.
Our team is committed to implementing high quality learning programmes and having high expectations of learning and behaviour. They are also committed to their own professional growth and work hard to refine their practice. As word spreads about the great things that are happening at Te Kowhai, we are receiving more frequent requests for visits from teachers from other kura who want to improve their skills and knowledge.
Finally we appreciate our partnerships with parents. Your role in supporting learning through accessing our preview emails as best meets your child’s needs makes an important difference.
All the best for the end of this year, ngā mihi o Matarki and all the best for Te Tau Hou / The Māori New Year.
Nikki
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