It has been a while since i have posted on here but i think that just goes to show how busy Term One started and the exciting things that are going on at school at the moment. The biggest change is that of the school rebuld. We have taken part in two staff meetings and a Teachers Only Day that was solely focused around the school and how its buildings are going to be designed in relation to how we teach.
A couple of activities that we have had to do so far is 'A day in a life" in which we had to plan out what does a day in my life as my specialist area teacher involve. What activities do we do, how do we present that information and what do our classes look like if someone was to come into it. it has been tough trying to get out of the mind set that its all about flash new gear and individual class rooms for each teacher. Where reality is that so many of our rooms like we know it now will not exist and how our classrooms function will be very different.
The second activity was looking at our activities and how spaces could be utilized to suit these activities. We as staff need to be planning our lessons so they suit what we do rather than creating these spaces and then not knowing how to use them.
Monday, May 2, 2016
Sunday, February 28, 2016
A new year new challenges
Feb 29th
So we have been back at school four weeks and I was very kindly remind by a colleague, as she told all our staff that if they wanted a good blogging site re teachers reg to look at mine, eeeekkkkk. So I thought I better update it and reflect on what has occurred in the past four weeks.
Digital technology as a school wide development is huge, HHS is involved with maiakalani who look at getting BYOD up and running in schools. At the end of last year and beginning of this year I have used my time to develop a couple of sites, one linked in with PE and Health called HHS Lifestyles and one for my Hospo kids which you can see screen shots of below, and then with my junior classes getting them to create and design their own sites, where class work and reflections on their practicals can be stored. My reasoning for taking this direction with my students I feel like I wasn't getting enough feedback from them in regards to what they had learnt through their practicals and where they actually making those links from theory classes or not.
It has not all been smooth sailing and getting access to devices has seen the start of this process be a little disjointed and sometimes confusing but I think in the long run it will be easier for me to see just what my students are getting out of the practical lessons in particular.
Another development that I have made is looking at the actual questions I've asked the students to reflect on, rather than just getting them to state what was positive and what can be improved they actually have to look at different sections within their practical lesson, what skills they used, how did the team function, what has changed about their confidence etc etc. by getting them do do this I hope that they will analysis their work more and actually take time to look at what actually happened in the period
During the holidays I did a little bit of professional development by challenging myself to try and cook new foods from a lovely Japanese cook book gifted to me by departing students. I decided to also keep me honest I would blog about it, if your interested in looking at it you can find it at the blog address below http://myjapanesecooking.blogspot.co.nz
So we have been back at school four weeks and I was very kindly remind by a colleague, as she told all our staff that if they wanted a good blogging site re teachers reg to look at mine, eeeekkkkk. So I thought I better update it and reflect on what has occurred in the past four weeks.
Digital technology as a school wide development is huge, HHS is involved with maiakalani who look at getting BYOD up and running in schools. At the end of last year and beginning of this year I have used my time to develop a couple of sites, one linked in with PE and Health called HHS Lifestyles and one for my Hospo kids which you can see screen shots of below, and then with my junior classes getting them to create and design their own sites, where class work and reflections on their practicals can be stored. My reasoning for taking this direction with my students I feel like I wasn't getting enough feedback from them in regards to what they had learnt through their practicals and where they actually making those links from theory classes or not.
It has not all been smooth sailing and getting access to devices has seen the start of this process be a little disjointed and sometimes confusing but I think in the long run it will be easier for me to see just what my students are getting out of the practical lessons in particular.
Another development that I have made is looking at the actual questions I've asked the students to reflect on, rather than just getting them to state what was positive and what can be improved they actually have to look at different sections within their practical lesson, what skills they used, how did the team function, what has changed about their confidence etc etc. by getting them do do this I hope that they will analysis their work more and actually take time to look at what actually happened in the period
During the holidays I did a little bit of professional development by challenging myself to try and cook new foods from a lovely Japanese cook book gifted to me by departing students. I decided to also keep me honest I would blog about it, if your interested in looking at it you can find it at the blog address below http://myjapanesecooking.blogspot.co.nz
Above is an example of my dumplings that I had a go at cooking which were delicious
Monday, November 30, 2015
Google sites
Monday 30th November
Had a brilliant PD session with Julie from core education, working on 'Google sites'. I have established a good start to my site for the Lifestyles group, which is a combination of Home Economics, Health and Physical a Education. I am really happy with the start that I've made and am starting to see how I can use this fluently with the classes.
Had a brilliant PD session with Julie from core education, working on 'Google sites'. I have established a good start to my site for the Lifestyles group, which is a combination of Home Economics, Health and Physical a Education. I am really happy with the start that I've made and am starting to see how I can use this fluently with the classes.
Sunday, November 22, 2015
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| Staff and Students engage in the taste testing opportunity |
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| Fresh fruit salads made by my Year 10 Classes. This was selected the most popular on the day As a school we are looking at improving the healthy options for our students in our school canteen, within my Year 10 classes we trialed three different foods, a crispy chicken that is made from cornflakes and lots of spices, which is then grilled, to a choc chip biscuit that replaces the sugar with apple sauce and the fruit salad. Each taster was asked to place a token in the jar of the product they would most like to see the school canteen. The fruit salad was the overall winner and was trialed in the school canteen that following Friday. |
Have been working with my Year 10 classes to try and get them to be creative when designing alternative and healthier burger concepts. The above picture was of the rice burger in which there was no bread used but was replaced with the rice. The patties incorporated the Japanese flavours of a teriyaki glaze. Students were a little nervous about the wasabi but many gave it a go.
We spent the morning going through moderation and checking to make sure our marking was okay. It was such a nice feeling to know that the doubts and issues that i was having were shared with the group.
The middle session was looking at units and having pair and group discussions with people doing similar units, seeing how they were run and sharing some of my ideas. I told the other schools about my blogging of the paper work for hospitality and many were thinking of doing something similar with their classes.
In the afternoon CPIT came in and talked to us about what they are offering at their facility today.
http://www.cpit.ac.nz/study-options/our-study-interest-areas/food-and-hospitality
It was good to finally understand the links and see the pathways that my students can then move onto. Was really interested in the new Degree of Hospitality they are looking at running in 2017, some of us staff even volunteered to be tasters for the new course.
In the afternoon CPIT came in and talked to us about what they are offering at their facility today.
http://www.cpit.ac.nz/study-options/our-study-interest-areas/food-and-hospitality
It was good to finally understand the links and see the pathways that my students can then move onto. Was really interested in the new Degree of Hospitality they are looking at running in 2017, some of us staff even volunteered to be tasters for the new course.
Tuesday, October 20, 2015
October 20th
Today I tried a new teaching philosophy in my Childcare class: Reggio Emila Approach.
The Reggio Emilia Approach is an innovative and inspiring approach to early childhood education which values the child as strong, capable and resilient; rich with wonder and knowledge. Every child brings with them deep curiosity and potential and this innate curiosity drives their interest to understand their world and their place within it.
The child is incharge of the direction in which their learning travels.
So today I gave my students of what an Reggio Emilia lesson would look like, they spent time gathering objects from outside, each returning with a variety of objects. We talked about why they selected those objects and then referenced them to spring and the changes we see in nature during spring time. The students were then asked to design pictures that would give us a story. Below are examples of their work.students said this is one of the best lessons they have done in childcare this year.
Today I tried a new teaching philosophy in my Childcare class: Reggio Emila Approach.
The Reggio Emilia Approach is an innovative and inspiring approach to early childhood education which values the child as strong, capable and resilient; rich with wonder and knowledge. Every child brings with them deep curiosity and potential and this innate curiosity drives their interest to understand their world and their place within it.
The child is incharge of the direction in which their learning travels.
So today I gave my students of what an Reggio Emilia lesson would look like, they spent time gathering objects from outside, each returning with a variety of objects. We talked about why they selected those objects and then referenced them to spring and the changes we see in nature during spring time. The students were then asked to design pictures that would give us a story. Below are examples of their work.students said this is one of the best lessons they have done in childcare this year.
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