I love these last weeks of each term. I especially love the fact that so often we see the end products of a term's worth of student mahi, the use of creativity to capture and display the learning. One of the wonderful things about our Manaiakalani 'Learn Create Share' pedagogy is that this mahi isn't just a product of the learning, it IS the learning. This is one of those huge benefits of the fact that we have a consistent coherent and explicit pedagogy (a way of causing learning), a pedagogy that flows though everything that we do.
Year 7 & 8 students in our Mōhua kāhui have been undertaking student led inquiry into Matariki. Today has been an exhibition day for their work, and there is so much amazing work on display my heart is full. Even though our focus is on using digital technology to amplify the impact of 'Learn Create Share', as always, not all outputs need to be digital. And what an amazing example of the leadership of staff in this 'creativity space'.
There is much to celebrate. I loved it all. I did have two personal favourites: the 'Matariki Manopoly' game, and the 'Starry Nights' artwork. However it is ALL awesome!! I won't caption each photo. Consider this a photo essay if you like, a simple demonstration of the range and depth of creativity, yet again, in our kura.
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