Our team has a positive vibe and we work well together - there have been no disputes and communication seems to happen naturally.
Due to building requirements, we have moved classrooms often and we end up in rooms that require more management to move between. It's been a challenge to our team collaboration and I've been proud of how flexible we've been throughout the process. It is my hope that next year will be more settled, though with continuing building work, this may not be the case. The end of 2018 should see us in our new modern learning environments and having a mutual space will be wonderful. Having our co-joined rooms this year (with holes in the wall through to each other's classrooms) has been really helpful for the transition for both us teachers as well as the kids.
Working together on programmes for the kids has been awesome! I hadn't realised how effective this collaboration could make us. In particular, working on our EOTC planning together was amazing. Being able to plan, undertaken and reflect on the whole thing was amazing. I really enjoyed the opportunities that we presented the students with and many of them were surprised with what they enjoyed. My base group were well planned for The Mind Lab and created amazing animations around protecting and preserving Tangaroa. Later, their visit to the museum meant they were excited to learn about how the Taruheru River has changed as a result of human impact... and they got to learn about where the first settler homes were. This was really interesting for them the following week, when they were in the Lysnar House room overlooking the river, making their clay pots, and realised that this was the house they'd seen in the old-school movie the week before.
Animation Movies about Protecting Tangaroa
This EOTC time was also lovely as us teachers could collaborate on the walk down there and support each other, so many of our challenging learners could still attend.
Looking ahead:
Next year, without all the moving around, it is my hope that our collaboration will improve even more. I've been impressed with what LH1 are doing with their 'Ignition Station'. My son uses this at home and it's an easy way to access all his learning in one place. He always knows what he should be doing next and has access to all the design briefs from the work they're doing. It's a phenomenal way to enhance learning and his self-management has skyrocketed as a result of this. I've been playing around with a Landing Page of our own and I'm really excited by its potential and am looking forward to seeing how we can grow and adapt this across 2018.
Learning Hub 5 Landing Page
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