facetoface2 day 4
Ma te huruhuru te manu ka rere (With feathers a bird flies). When looking at Inclusive Practices with Dr Joanne Walker she used an activity called a Whatu pokeka, where we had to complete two sentences on blue and orange coloured paper cut out in the shape of a feather. “ I know I belong at school because…….” And “I feel valued at school when …” . This is a very good activity to do at the start of the year when establishing a classroom treaty giving the freedom of everyone in the class to express their opinions. Joanne had collected a set together on a cloak ( a large sheet of paper) which you can then display in the classroom. Did a number of matching exercises. One was phrases with their correct definition of either “Differentiation” (the what) or “Adaptation” (the how). Again, a good practical strategy to use in the classroom which I have used a lot when taking health classes where there is a lot of terminologies the students have to come to grips with. For education to be inc
