Navigating through Myths and Legends-workshop snapper

Our second kaupapa ako for term two is Navigation. Clark and I were keen to work together and focus on arts as a media-output for learning. Maddie also joined us initially. Our pre-meeting was brief and we talked through the pre-task, post-task and workshop. We did not focus on the curriculum during our discussion and revisited this during our korepo PD meeting. We focussed on levels 2-5 in English and arts.

I was not part of the first workshop and Maddie and Clark's feedback was it felt quite flat. I grabbed the buckets of modelling clay for our second workshop and the buy in was engaging. the majority of the akonga choosing to use this to represent a feature/prop/ retelling of our adapted legend.
Two individuals for me

Anaru

Anaru- chose to work with our workshop twice. AJ worked hard engaging him with his puna ako group and he revisited with Erana the following day.

Taylor

Taylor was fully engaged and absorbed into the activity- not a peep out of him??

Here are our work pieces...
inspired by the video below...

 Clark and I adapted our workshop with Bridie and my puna ako group and included two Samoan legends I sourced as well. It was important to us to be culturally responsive.

Marae visit

Clark posted this photo to facebook following our Noho Marae sessions at Tuahiwi and I felt it represented perfectly how I was feeling. For me the Marae visit was not just about what I learnt but how I felt.

I was initially not looking forward to the Marae visit, anxiety, tiredness and the unknown were the reasons behind this. I had felt now confident saying my mihi and was weary of extending it. Nicole one of the coordinators told us right out at the start we were going to be taken out of our comfort zones; yes we were but in a safe comfortable way by both the coordinator but more importantly by our Haeata colleagues.  A task that was quite  threatening for some was made safe and sound by the Manakitanga and Whanaungatanga within the space by our new and old colleagues. 

Hence the photo: the wharenui and ngā whetū represented our coming together and reaching for the stars. As cheesy as it is it about the whanau feel and I then followed it up with my one word goal being strength.  I felt a real strength of whanaungatanga at the marae and wanted this to continue to be felt as the term/year continued; both for me to feel/ be ad support.

LEARNING:

manaakitangaPlay

1. (noun) hospitality, kindness, generosity, support - the process of showing respect, generosity and care for others.

whanaungatanga

Pla

1. (noun) relationship, kinship, sense of family connection - a relationship through shared experiences and working together which provides people with a sense of belonging. It develops as a result of kinship rights and obligations, which also serve to strengthen each member of the kin group. It also extends to others to whom one develops a close familial, friendship or reciprocal relationship.