Teachers aspire to creative excellence too

 I recently posted this article to our community, on a beautiful piece of creativity completed by Anne Howison of our staff team. One of my 'reckons;' is that you want staff to be happy to indulge their own creativity if you expect them to support and develop creativity amongst our learners. This is a deliberate and intentional leadership strategy that I pursue in our kura.

Anne Howison, our Learning Support Coordinator, is a quilter. She designs and makes quilts. As a part of her professional learning (specifically improving her understanding of the significance of Matariki) Anne decided to research the meanings of the stars. Rather than write a paper that captured her learning, she decided to capture the meaning in a quilt. 

This is the final product, a beautiful quilt that shows creative excellence in both the design and the physical creation.

Each of the stars has for example been created from fabric designs that capture the meaning of that specific star.

Anne has gifted the quilt to Te Huruhuru Ao o Horomaka Hornby High School, and it now hangs high on the wall in Te Pae Rewa, our library and careers space.

What a fabulous way to demonstrate and share your learning, what a fabulous example of teachers using our 'learn create share' kaupapa, what a fabulous gift for our kura in the week of this our first ever Matariki holiday.

Thank you Anne .. ka mau te wehi #creativeexcellence