What worked well?
Our Ahoy Waitangi day experience in Paihia was a hit with all the students, and was a great opportunity for me to build positive relationships with my students.
Our getting to know each other activity, where we wrote down three things about ourselves on a paper, scrunched it up and through it at each other, was a great hit. The kids loved going around to each other and seeing if they had their paper.
What needs changing?
After some assessments, I have noticed that there is a huge gap in the achievement of my students, some achieving 3 years below the expectation, to those achieving at 2 years above the expectation. This had me thinking about how I can continue to challenge the high achievers, and at the same time support the low achievers in progressing quicker to their expected level.
Acceleration and not remediation. This is something a work colleague has always told me, and something I will focus on this year.
So how can I support acceleration for these students?
Where to next?
I need to ensure that my class site is always up to date, with relevant learning and resources, so that learning is always rewindable for my students. I have already noticed in the two weeks at school, that students love going back through their work, and using our class site.
I need to record some of my teaching to make that available for my students to view at a later date. As well as recording myself, I need to record my students explaining their learning, which will support other students understanding.
