Whānau Newsletter - 26 September 2023
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Carrie Johnston - Team Lead for Tairawhiti ki Wairoa (Gisborne / Wairoa)
Rugby World Cup excitement strikes!
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Tracy Dahlberg - Provision Lead Teacher
This term, Ormiston Primary has explored the value of 'Choose' through a scientific lens. We have been learning about our world through science.
Jean Gage - Relief Teacher
Reading at Hagley allows personal choice in reading content for students. Students work to build confidence and increase reading skills.
Louise Elgar - Team Lead
Wellington students embrace a day of wacky challenges, inspiring even the Resource Teachers of the Deaf (RTD) to join in!
Dr Denise Powell - Executive Principal (Acting)
Mā te kimi ka kite, Mā te kite ka mōhio, Mā te mōhio ka mārama - Seek and discover, Discover and know, Know and become enlightened.
Catherine Blakemore - Provision Lead & Lesly Randall
Students shared their inspiring stories of empowerment through choice.
Daniel Greenwood - Deputy Head of Enrolled School
Auckland's Enrolled School students try out an ice skating session at Paradice.
Joni Bigelow - Teacher Aide of Deaf
Tanisha has been working hard in Motion Graphics, creating a 'stop motion'. Her chosen project is called "The Cookie Jar".
Tina Harrison - Early Years Programme Lead
We're going on a Bear and Chocolate Hunt!
Vashna Subratty - ECE Teacher of the Deaf
A term full of exciting growth and communication milestones, as we welcomed new faces, bid farewell to friends, and celebrated the diverse ways our children express themselves and engage in their learning journey.
Helen Urquhart - Teacher of the Deaf
In term 3, we continued learning about our bodies and how they work. The topic chosen was "Living things", including what makes something living or not living.
Ysceifiog Coggins - Teacher Aide
Amber-Rose from Hagley Provision has 'Chosen' to learn something new by taking on a hard materials course and learning to make a Cape Cod chair.
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Ram Prakash - Provision Lead Teacher
Bryanna ORegan - Provision Lead Teacher
As part of the curriculum refresh, we have been busy teaching the pilot project for NZSL NCEA, both in the provision and online, from Invercargill to Auckland!
Mandy Irwin - Provision Lead Teacher
For the second half of Term 3, Kelston Primary Provision has explored the concept of choice in their learning.
Kerri Narbey - Teacher of the Deaf
Choice is the ability to freely decide whether we 'Choose' a positive action with an equally positive outcome or the alternative. At Wharenui, we always choose options that give us positive outcomes.
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