Week 6 Spotlight @MatuaNgaru

Tena kotou katoa!

Our focus for Week 6 has been based on developing our partnerships and thinking about what they might look like at Matua Ngaru School. We made connections with the community at the Community Consultation Evening and the community were able to meet with some of the partners that have joined with the school  

Communicative....

Community Consultation Evening

What an amazing night, many of our new learners and their families, joined us and our partners for an information night.  We were lucky enough to have our first books donated to the Library through Dorothy Butler Books. Our first book donated by a learner was Mackenzie. Many of our partners joined as and meet with parents to talk about things such as after school and before school care, BYOD options and banking needs.  Families were able to view the school uniform options with Argyle.

Creative....We finished the week doing Art with Anna Dickson.  The team had a fun time learning new art experiences to share with our learners.  We had fun with different types of clay and drawing on different surfaces.

Collaborative...

The whole team were lucky enough to join Sarah Martin the foundation principal of Stonefields School.  Together we learned about how they have successfully worked towards establishing their We vs. Me culture in the school and looked at the accomplishments they have had building strong collaboration across their school. It provided an opportunity for the team to learn about tools, system and structures to help us on our journey.

Curious...
Local Kindy visits

The Learning Coaches visited some of the local Daycares and Kindergartens around the area on Tuesday and discovered the amazing work being done with our younger community members.  Every one of the team had a fantastic time working with the children and learning from the talented teachers. Matua Ngaru is hoping to develop close ties with the preschools in order to make the transition to school smooth and to build better connections with our local preschools.

Visit to the school

This week the team have been lucky enough to have some access to the school grounds and have begun to look at furniture location.  It was marvellous

to see the quick developments of the building and the new playgrounds popping up outside. We all look forward to continuing to work within the building and setting it up for our future learners.

Have a great week