After attending a toolkit on Gemini Gems run by Matt Goodwin I decided that introducing this in my learning time this might spark another l...

Once again with 'create' in mind I planned my Inquiry unit on Dinosaurs with these activities in mind. Pretty much I started at the ...

Using texts suggested in the Refreshed English Curriculum for Year 7-8 this term has allowed me to experiment with aligning my learning in s...

As I have said before I am on a mission this year to both successfully implement structured literacy and to keep the create opportunities al...

With the challenge of keeping the 'create' aspect alive in our kura, I made the conscious decision to lead by example. Last term we ...

Click here   to see how I align my inquiry with the Manaiakalani framework . “Recognising and spreading sophisticated pedagogical practice a...

My inquiry this year has had many twists and turns. Achieving accelerated shift in Literacy was identified as being one of the most importan...

Once again I'm tapping back to Jason Borland's thinking in our 2015 Manaiakalani Innovative Teacher's PLG where he stated that ...

As my inquiry has now taken a new direction I needed to collect an additional set of time point 1 (TP1) data that can be used at the end of ...

Click here   to see how I align my inquiry with the Manaiakalani framework . “Recognising and spreading sophisticated pedagogical practice a...

I am a firm believer when it comes to the effectiveness of professional learning development (PLD) is that when a team walks the journey tog...

This year I want to find out if  a focus on spelling conventions foster an environment where word consciousness strengthens connections to t...

This week the words I heard in our class speech competition completely stopped me in my tracks. Standing in front of an audience of their pe...

I have been approaching my inquiry into word consciousness as a whole language focus and not simply looking for opportunities to strengthen ...

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Last term I attended the Creating Digital Escape Rooms with Donna Yates toolkit. Donna introduced us to a collection of published digital es...

After attending the   PLD: Supporting students to become confident and competent spellers run by Louise Dempsey I put some of my new learni...

'Will a focus on Reading for Enjoyment increase student self efficacy and capability in Reading?' This is the question that is guidi...