Early Wakes

The nature of this beast is finding myself waking at early times in the morning with things on the mind. Last night was a very pleasant sleep. In reflection, it may have been that I took some time to reflect and bring closure on a few things that took place yesterday. I might have to try this theory out. Anyway, there is so much to do and I wonder when and how I will fit it in. I'll keep trying to do my best. 😩😩😄😄😄

Staff Meeting Week 4

I thought our staff meeting was really effective today. Went over in depth the appraisal process. Went through all the documents. We are making great progress with the staff website too, with everything being accessed from the website. Adding planning and assessment tabs to the website. This is increasing transparency with the team and making things quickly accessible. 

Korero with Mark Scott

I had a very informative korero with MAori medium advisor from the ministry. We spoke together about the kaupapa of kura a iwi. We spoke about 2nd language acquisition. I like that kaupapa, using both languages to learn more. I aspire to be excellent in both worlds and both languages. I desire too that the children aspire to this goal too. There are some non negotiables: level 2 reo, ngatiwai reo, ngatiwai holds the mana. I've talked to the board and we'll try and get Mark back to korero about the kaupapa and then schedule a whanau hui and see if the whanau feel good about the kaupapa. I have since spoken to John from Omanaia who is on the same pathway, and Riripeti from Raurimu who is also looking at kura a iwi status.