Kahui means community, Ako means to learn

On Friday 31 May, 100 staff from St Joseph’s Pleasant Point, Temuka, Timaru, Sacred Heart and Roncalli College came together as a community of learning to explore how we can support the wellbeing of our students, staff and wider community.

We were very fortunate to have the expertise of Dr Denise Quinlan, an experienced international researcher and author of positive psychology, resilience and well-being, lead staff through workshops which explored whole school wellbeing approaches.

Throughout 2019 student wellbeing will continue to be a critical focus for our Kahui Ako as we work towards improving deeper engagement in learning and achievement for every student. The diagram below provides a visual representation of the links between these concepts.

Along with the focus on student and whole school wellbeing, the Kahui Ako also continues to support a range of other goals. These include:

• Building teacher and leadership capacity, including consistency of practice and developing a shared language of learning.
• Strengthening transitions to ensure consistency in expectations between early childhood, primary and secondary school settings.
• Developing a shared learning platform to enable collaboration and the sharing of information between students, parents, whanau and teachers.
• Enhancing community engagement and partnership between parish, church, boards, students, parents, whanau and iwi. 

For further information about What it means to be in a Kahui Ako in 2019, please follow this link to the College website.